The Seven Network covers the sixth annual Sammy Awards for Australian film and television, presented in association with the Variety Club of Australia, live from the Centrepoint tower, Sydney. Hosted by Stuart Wagstaff, it became the last annual presentation of the awards.
Source: The Australian Women’s Weekly TV & Entertainment World, 19 August 1981. The Age Green Guide, 20 August 1981.
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| 6AM | 6am Josie And The Pussycats 6.30 Jason Of Star Command 6.55 Go Health |
6.30am The Adventures Of Superman | |||
| 7AM | 7am Cartoons | 7am Good Morning Australia | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Close 9.30 Play School |
9am Country Education Project | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Eyewitness News 9.05 Texas |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Noses Have It, Maths Topics, The Great Coastal Dune Show, Waterloo Street, Science About | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 Another World |
10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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| 11AM | 11am Celebrity Tattletales 11.30 Willesee ’81 (Rpt) |
11.55 News | 11am Good Morning Melbourne 11.55 Eyewitness News |
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| 12PM | 12pm Close | 12pm Movie: Thunder Bay. 1953 [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: The Incredible Mr Limpet. 1964 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 For Schools: Avventura, Music Time |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2.15 Close | 2pm The Streets Of San Francisco | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The Celebrity Game 2.30 Blankety Blanks |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm Homicide | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Matlock Police | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Famous Five |
4pm Flipper 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm The Curiosity Show 4.30 Matchmates |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | |
| 5PM | 5pm Matt And Jenny 5.30 The Hills Of Heaven 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 The Flintstones |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud |
5pm Batman 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 6PM | 6pm Countrywide. Neil Inall 6.40 Living Tomorrow 6.55 Videodisc |
6pm The Muppet Show 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News |
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jana Wendt, Rob Astbury, Clem Dimsey, Rob Gell | 6.27pm News Headlines 6.30 A World Of Soccer |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 The Two Ronnies |
7pm Willesee ’81. Mike Willesee 7.30 Special: Man, Myth And Titans |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Mork And Mindy |
7pm The Restless Years 7.30 Search For A Star. Jimmy Hannan |
7.30 World News |
| 8PM | 8.15 Nationwide. Peter Couchman, Richard Carleton 8.45 Sow What. Kevin Heinze |
8.30 Special: The 1981 Sammy Awards. Stuart Wagstaff. Live from Centrepoint, Sydney | 8pm Laverne And Shirley 8.30 Movie: The Jungle Book. 1942 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: Band Of Angels. 1957 [IMDB] | 8pm Timm Thaler (Germany) 8.30 The Lady Of Monsoreau (France) |
| 9PM | 9pm ABC News, Weather 9.15 Sportsnight. Dick Mason. Includes VFL Football Preview: Drew Morphett, Tim Lane, Doug Heywood, Ian Cleland, Len Thompson |
9.30 Movie: Don Camillo And Today’s Generation. 1971 (Italy) [IMDB] | |||
| 10PM | 10.30 Tales Of The Unexpected | ||||
| 11PM | 11.10 Close | 11pm Ivan’s Late Night Matinee. Ivan Hutchinson 11.45 Nightmoves. Lee Simon |
11pm Special: Dublin Horse Show | 11pm Movie: Merrill’s Marauders. 1962 [IMDB] | 11.15 Close |
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| 1AM | 1.45am Close | 1am Movie: The Thing With Two Heads. 1972 [IMDB] | |||
| 2AM | 2.40 Close | ||||
| 3AM | 3am Movie: Operation Amsterdam. 1960. (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
| 4AM | 4.45 The Baron | ||||
| 5AM | 5.30 World Of Survival (Continues to 6am) |