Source: TV Week, 18 December 1982
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| 6AM | ||
| 7AM | 7am Animal World 7.25 The Doris Day Show 7.50 Shazam |
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| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.15 The Brady Bunch 8.40 Cartoons |
| 9AM | 9am Close 9.30 Play School |
9.15 Here’s Humphrey |
| 10AM | 10am John Martin’s Christmas Pageant | 10am Special: Carols Of Christmas 10.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World |
| 11AM | 11am The Man From Atlantis | |
| 12PM | 12pm Special: High Country Calling | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 Story Beneath The Sands 1.40 The Flaxton Boys |
1.25 The Christmas Martians |
| 2PM | 2.05 Tom Grattan’s War 2.30 Matt And Jenny 2.50 Mr Men |
2.30 Special: Sharing Is Caring |
| 3PM | 3pm Christmas Eve On Sesame Street | 3pm The Nanny And The Professor 3.30 Cartoons |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Pied Piper Of Hamelin |
4pm Trolls And The Christmas Express 4.25 Little Brown Burro 4.50 Go Health |
| 5PM | 5pm (not advised) 5.30 The New Adventures Of Ichabod Crane |
5pm Why The Bears Dance On Christmas Eve 5.30 Mr Krueger’s Christmas |
| 6PM | 6pm Countdown: Christmas Special 6.55 Regional News |
6pm The New Price Is Right 6.30 News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Rolf Harris’ Christmas Caper. Rolf Harris, Simon Gallaher, Maurie Fields, Rod McLennan, Jane Scali |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Special: John Denver And The Muppets |
| 8PM | 8.30 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em Christmas Special | 8.30 Get Some In |
| 9PM | 9.15 Soccer: Match Of The Day | 9pm Carols By Candlelight. Brian Naylor. Live from Melbourne |
| 10PM | 10.15 ABC News, Weather 10.25 A Corinthian Christmas. Simulcast ABCFM |
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| 11PM | 11.15 Peace In No Man’s Land 11.50 Close |
11pm Special: Perry Como Christmas In The Holy Land 11.55 Movie: Marriage On The Rocks. 1965 [IMDB] |
| 12AM | ||
| 1AM | 1.50am Close | |
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