Good Friday, and the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal dominates the day on Seven, continuing a TV tradition dating back to 1957.
ABC debuts its new interview series Talking Heads, hosted by Peter Thompson.
(This listing excludes community Channel 31 and digital-only channels ABC2 and SBS World News Channel which are not listed in TV Week)
Source: TV Week, 19 March 2005
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| 6AM | 6am Ocean Girl 6.25 Backyard Science 6.35 The Worst Witch |
6am Sunrise. Melissa Doyle, David Koch | 6am National Nine Early Morning News | 6am Totally Wild 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style |
6am Worldwatch: 6am Cantonese News, 6.20 Mandarin News, 7.25 Italian News, 8am Das Journal, 8.30 Spanish News, 9.20 Le Journal, 9.55 Russian News, 10.30 Greek News, 11.30 Arabic News, 12.05pm Indonesian News, 12.30 Business Report |
| 7AM | 7am The Fairytaler 7.25 Lavender Castle 7.40 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks |
7am Today | 7am Cheez TV | ||
| 8AM | 8am Toddworld 8.15 Jasper The Penguin 8.20 Franny’s Feet 8.30 Sesame Street |
8.30 In The Box | |||
| 9AM | 9am The Koala Brothers 9.10 The Wiggles 9.20 Pingu 9.25 Bananas In Pyjamas 9.30 Play School |
9am Playhouse Disney 9.30 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal |
9am Mornings With Kerri-Anne | 9am Good Morning Australia. Bert Newton | |
| 10AM | 10am Special: The Wiggles — Wiggle Bay 10.40 Postman Pat |
10am Turn Round Australia 10.30 Easter Dream |
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| 11AM | 11.05 Special: Stellaluna 11.45 Backyard Science |
11am National Nine News 11.30 Fresh Cooking With The Australian Women’s Weekly |
11am Huey’s Cooking Adventures 11.30 Ten News |
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| 12PM | 12pm Feast Of The Giant Sharks 12.30 Oliver’s Twist |
12pm Seven News 12.30 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal (cont’d) |
12pm Dr Phil | 12pm Movie: The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli And Baloo. 1997 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm Classic Parkinson | 1pm Days Of Our Lives | 1pm Insight (Rpt) | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Keeping Up Appearances 2.30 My Hero |
2pm The Young And The Restless | 2pm Oprah Winfrey | 2pm Special: Oz Concert 2005 | |
| 3PM | 3pm Bananas In Pyjamas 3.05 Boohbah 3.25 Tiny Planets 3.30 Play School |
3pm Entertainment Tonight 3.30 New MacDonald’s Farm |
3pm Huey’s Cooking Adventures 3.30 Judge Judy |
3.30 Easter In Art | |
| 4PM | 4pm Arthur 4.25 Martin Morning 4.35 Olliver’s Adventures 4.45 Tracey McBean |
4pm Streetsmartz 4.30 National Nine News Afternoon Edition |
4pm Scooter: Secret Agent 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful |
4pm World Sport (Rpt) 4.30 The Journal |
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| 5PM | 5pm Tutenstein 5.25 The Saddle Club 5.50 Mr Bean With Rowan Atkinson |
5pm The Price Is Right. Larry Emdur | 5pm Ten News | 5pm Newshour With Jim Lehrer (PBS) | |
| 6PM | 6pm Message Stick 6.30 Talking Heads. Peter Thompson PREMIERE |
6pm Seven News 6.30 Today Tonight |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 A Current Affair |
6pm The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours |
6pm Global Village 6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Compass |
7pm Home And Away 7.30 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal (cont’d) |
7pm Frasier 7.30 Renovation Rescue |
7pm The Simpsons 7.30 American Idol |
7pm World Sport 7.30 Lonely Planet Six Degrees |
| 8PM | 8pm Strictly Dancing 8.30 Blue Murder |
8.30 Movie: Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back. 1980 [IMDB] | 8.20 Hotline 8.30 Desperately Seeking Sheila |
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| 9PM | 9.45 Dalziel And Pascoe | 9pm Special: The 47th Annual Grammy Awards | 9.30 World News Tonight | ||
| 10PM | 10.35 The Kumars At No. 42 | 10pm Messiah | |||
| 11PM | 11.05 The Glass House (Rpt) 11.35 Rage (Continues to 11.15am) |
11pm Nightline 11.15 Movie: Carpool. 1996 [IMDB] |
11.30 Video Hits Uncut | 11.55 Movie: The Hold Up. 2001 (Spain) [IMDB] | |
| 12AM | 12am Celebrity Boot Camp | ||||
| 1AM | 1pm Rugby League: NRL. Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos | 1.30am Movie: Tell Her I’m Dreaming. 1998 (France) [IMDB] | |||
| 2AM | 2am Guthy-Renker | 2am Home Shopping | |||
| 3AM | 3am City Guys 3.30 Malibu CA |
3am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 3.30 The Bernie Mac Show |
3.05 Close | ||
| 4AM | 4am Today (NBC) (Continues to 6am) |
4am Entertainment Tonight 4.30 Good Morning America (Continues to 6am) |
4am Crime And Punishment | ||
| 5AM | 5am This Is Your Day With Benny Hinn 5.30 Christian City TV (Continues to 6am) |
5am Weatherwatch, Music 5.25 Worldwatch: Japanese News (Continues to 6am) |
