The opening of the Sydney Opera House by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II receives coverage on all channels.
Sydney Opera House celebrates 40 years [2013]
Source: TV Times, 20 October 1973
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| 7AM | 7.30am Playroom | |||
| 8AM | 8.30am Cartoons | 8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday | 8am Cartoon Carnival | |
| 9AM | 9am Mattel’s Magical World 9.30 The Osmonds |
9am The Saturday Show | ||
| 10AM | 10am Get Smart 10.30 Tom Foolery |
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| 11AM | 11am The Jetsons 11.30 Huckleberry Hound |
11am McHale’s Navy 11.30 Tales Of Wells Fargo |
11.30 The Rovers | |
| 12PM | 12pm Golf: Wills Masters Championships | 12pm Special: A Tribute To England | 12pm Wrestling | 12pm Barrier Reef 12.30 Topper |
| 1PM | 1pm Special: A Queen Is Crowned | 1pm Movie: Summer Love. 1958 [IMDB] | 1pm Great Adventure | |
| 2PM | 2.30 Special: Official Opening — Sydney Opera House | 2.30 Special: Official Opening — Sydney Opera House | 2.30 Special: Official Opening — Sydney Opera House | 2pm Candid Camera 2.30 Special: Official Opening — Sydney Opera House |
| 3PM | 3.45 Golf (cont’d) | 3.45 Special: A Tribute To England (cont’d) | 3.45 Cartoons | |
| 4PM | 4.30 This Week Has Seven Days | 4pm The Curiosity Show | 4pm What In The World 4.30 Junior Jury |
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| 5PM | 5.10 Sporting Roundup 5.25 Adventures On The Riverbank 5.50 Cattanooga Cats |
5.30 Jeopardy | 5pm Riverboat | 5pm Here Comes The Grump 5.30 Eyewitness News |
| 6PM | 6.30 Golden Silents 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News 6.30 Movie: Battle Beneath The Earth. 1967 [IMDB] |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 The Mouse Factory |
6pm The Brady Bunch 6.30 Young Talent Time |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Sport 7.30 Four Corners |
7pm Here’s Lucy 7.30 Division 4 |
7.30 Special: Last Of The Wild | |
| 8PM | 8.20 Special: Sydney Opera House Royal Opening Concert | 8.15 Penthouse Club. Michael Williamson, Mary Hardy. Includes Tattslotto | 8.30 Movie: Arabesque. 1966 [IMDB] | |
| 9PM | 9.45 Special: Mike Walsh At The Sydney Opera House | |||
| 10PM | 10pm Movie: A Lonely Profession. 1969 [IMDB] | 10.50 Cade’s County | ||
| 11PM | 11.30 Close | 11.15 News, Weather 11.30 Star Soccer |
11.50 News 11.55 Movie: There’s Going To Be A Party [IMDB] |
11.15 Rowan And Martin’s Laugh-In |
| 12AM | 12.45am Close | 12.15am Weather 12.20 Close |
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| 2AM | 2.55am Epilogue | |||
| 3AM | 3am Close | |||
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