The first day of colour test programming, as permitted by the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, with colour programs as indicated. The official changeover to full-time colour transmission followed on 1 March 1975.
See also: Saturday 19 October 1974 — SYDNEY
Source: The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne), 19 October 1974
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| 7AM | 7am Colour Test Pattern | 7.30am Playroom | ||
| 8AM | 8.45am Colour Test Pattern | 8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich | 8am The All Electric Non Stop Cartoon Carnival | |
| 9AM | 9am Golf: NSW Open 9.45 Colour Test Pattern |
9am Movies: The Three Pirates. 1950 [IMDB]; Rio Bravo. 1969 [IMDB] | 9.30 Colour Test Pattern | |
| 10AM | 10.45 Golf: NSW Open (Colour transmission until 12pm) | |||
| 11AM | 11am Colour Test Pattern | 11am On Safari 11.30 Topper |
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| 12PM | 12.45pm Sporting Film | 12pm World Championship Wrestling | 12pm Movie: Adventures Of Robin Hood. 1938 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm Sportsview 1.05 Let’s Go Lawn Bowling 1.15 Soccer: The Big Match |
1pm Cricket: Gillette Cup, Western Australia vs South Australia. Live from Perth (Colour transmission 2.30 to 3pm) | 1pm Movie: The Night We Got The Bird [IMDB] | |
| 2PM | 2.10 1968 Melbourne Cup 2.25 1973 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race 2.50 Commonwealth Junior Middleweight Title Fight 1973 |
2.30 Bong Bong Race Carnival (Colour) Live from Sydney | 2pm Indoor Tennis Championships (Colour transmission 3.30 to 4pm) | |
| 3PM | 3.45 Golf: 1974 British Open Highlights | 3pm Special: Larwood 3.30 Cricket (cont’d) (Colour) |
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| 4PM | 4pm This Week Has Seven Days | 4.30 Look, Listen, Laugh And Learn | 4pm What In The World 4.30 Junior Jury |
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| 5PM | 5.15 Sporting Roundup 5.35 The Enchanted House 5.45 Larry The Lamb |
5.30 Jeopardy | 5pm Rawhide | 5pm Superfriends |
| 6PM | 6pm The Magic Roundabout 6.05 Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid 6.30 Lorne Greene’s Last Of The Wild 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. Mal Walden 6.30 Movie: Stay Away Joe. 1968 [IMDB] |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 Special: Lion At World’s End |
6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Young Talent Time |
| 7PM | 7pm News, Sport 7.30 Dad’s Army |
7.30 Ironside | 7.30 Movie: In Harm’s Way. 1965 [IMDB] | |
| 8PM | 8pm Four Corners 8.45 The Misanthrope |
8.25 Penthouse Club. Includes live Trotting coverage in colour. Includes Tattslotto | 8.30 Movie: Buck And The Preacher. 1972 [IMDB] | |
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| 10PM | 10pm A Place In The Country 10.25 Certain Women |
10.25 Movie: The Americano. 1955 [IMDB] | 10.30 Indoor Tennis Championships (Colour transmission 10.30 to 11pm) | |
| 11PM | 11.10 Close | 11.15 News, Weather 11.30 Star Soccer |
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| 12AM | 12.45am Close | 12am Movie: The Hi-Jackers. 1963 [IMDB] | 12.30am Close | |
| 1AM | ||||
| 2AM | 2.20 Epilogue 2.25 Close |
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