The first day of colour test programming, as permitted by the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, with colour programs as indicated.
ABN2 sneaks in ahead of the commercial channels by switching to colour at midnight with a snooker telecast.
The official changeover to full-time colour transmission followed on 1 March 1975.
See also: Saturday 19 October 1974 — MELBOURNE
Source: TV Times, 19 October 1974. Sydney Morning Herald, 18 October 1974
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| 6AM | (12am) Snooker: International Snooker Challenge (Colour) 12.45 Close |
(5.50am) Movie: Stallion Road [IMDB], | ||
| 7AM | 7.45am Cartoons | 7am Colour Test Pattern | 7.25 Movie: Fox Of Paris [IMDB] | |
| 8AM | 8.30 Quick Draw McGraw | 8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday | ||
| 9AM | 9.20 Colour Test Pattern | 9am Family Classics 9.30 Phantom Agents |
9am Colour Test Pattern | |
| 10AM | 10.20 Chess Report 10.45 Sportsview. Includes NSW Open golf (Colour transmission 10.45 to 12pm), Soccer, Squash, Racing |
10.15 The Three Stooges 10.25 Mr Magoo 10.30 Baseball. Live from Oriole Park, Auburn (Colour) |
10am Saturday Morning Kids’ Show | |
| 11AM | 11am World Of Sport. Ron Casey 11.30 The Home Show |
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| 12PM | 12.30pm Movie: Ma And Pa Kettle. 1949 [IMDB] | 12pm Wrestling | 12pm Movie: Tarzan And The Amazons. 1945 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1.45 Movie: Ma And Pa Kettle At The Fair. 1952 [IMDB] | 1pm Racing: Bong Bong Picnic Race Carnival (Colour) | 1.30 Tennis: Australian Indoor Tennis Championships. Live from Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (Colour transmission TBC at time of print) | |
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| 3PM | 3pm Movie: Ma And Pa Kettle On Vacation. 1953 [IMDB] | |||
| 4PM | 4.30 The Yellow House | |||
| 5PM | 5.20 Sporting Roundup 5.35 The Enchanted House 5.45 Larry The Lamb |
5.30 Jeopardy. Andrew Harwood | 5pm Rawhide | 5.30 Time For Living. JJ White |
| 6PM | 6pm The Magic Roundabout 6.05 Speed Buggy 6.30 Last Of The Wild 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News 6.30 Movie: A Gathering Of Eagles. 1963 [IMDB] |
6pm News 6.30 Thrillseekers |
6pm Eyewitness News. Peter Hanrahan 6.30 Young Talent Time. Johnny Young, Philip Gould, Debbie Byrne, Greg Mills, Jane Scali, Trevor Hindmarsh, Julie Ryles, Derek Redfern, Sally Boyden |
| 7PM | 7pm News, Sport 7.30 Needles And Pins 7.55 Four Corners |
7pm Happy Days 7.30 Hawaii Five O |
7.30 Matlock Police | |
| 8PM | 8.38 Hamlet | 8.30 The Paul Hogan Show | 8.30 Marcus Welby MD | 8.30 Tennis: Australian Indoor Tennis Championships (Colour transmission TBC at time of print) |
| 9PM | 9.30 The New Club Show. Rex Mossop | 9.30 Movie: The Norliss Tapes. 1972 [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | ||||
| 11PM | 11.10 Certain Women 11.55 Close |
11pm Star Soccer | 11pm Movie: In This Our Life. 1942 [IMDB] | 11.30 Movie: Carry On Spying. 1965 [IMDB] |
| 12AM | 12am Close | 12.50am Viewpoint, Close | ||
| 1AM | 1.05am Journey To The Unknown | |||
| 2AM | 2.05 Close | |||
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