The VFL Grand Final is not permitted for live telecast in Victoria until 1977. ABV2, HSV7, GTV9 and ATV0 all present prime-time replays of the 1965 grand final match between Essendon and St Kilda, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Source: TV Times, 22 September 1965
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| 7AM | 7am Test Pattern, Music 7.30 The Bugs Bunny Show |
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| 8AM | 8am Kevin Dennis New Faces | |||
| 9AM | 9am Kaper Cops 9.30 Turf Guide |
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| 10AM | 10.30am Test Pattern, Music | 10am Test Pattern 10.30 Employment Service |
10am Football Flashback | |
| 11AM | 11am Television Tutorial | 11am Championship Bowling 11.30 The Country And Western Hour |
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| 12PM | 12.20pm Movie: Underwater. 1955 [IMDB] | 12pm Consider Your Verdict | 12.30pm Your Hit Parade | |
| 1PM | 1pm Theatre Royal | 1pm Grand Final Preview 1.30 World Championship Wrestling |
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| 2PM | 2pm Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final score updates and post-match interviews. | 2pm Movie: Ricochet Romance. 1955 [IMDB] | 2.30 Canadian Playdate | 2.30pm Test Pattern, Music |
| 3PM | 3.30 The Amazing Miss A | 3.30 Shindig | 3pm Light Time 3.15 London Line 3.30 Jazz USA |
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| 4PM | 4pm Movie: Westbound. 1954 [IMDB] | 4.30 Roller Derby | 4pm The Buccaneers 4.30 Maverick |
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| 5PM | 5.20 Cartoon Time | 5.25 News Headlines 5.30 Peter’s Fun Fair |
5.30 Sports Review. Bob Walters, Maurie Kirby, Wayne Kirby, Alex Barr | 5.28 News Headlines 5.30 Football Stop Press. Philip Gibbs, Ted Whitten, Noel McMahen |
| 6PM | 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay | 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay | 6pm Twelve O’Clock High | 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Weather 7.10 Football (cont’d) |
7.30 Football Inquest. Michael Williamson | 7pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay | 7.15 Footy Tips Contest 7.25 News 7.30 The Ed Sullivan Show |
| 8PM | 8pm Four Corners 8.50 My Brother Jack |
8pm The Big Show 8.30 The Mavis Bramston Show |
8.30 The Red Skelton Hour | 8.28 News 8.30 Gunsmoke |
| 9PM | 9.15 Movie: Stop Me Before I Kill. 1961 [IMDB] | 9.30 News Headlines 9.33 The Virginian |
9.30 Movie: Two Years Before The Mast. 1946 [IMDB] | 9.28 News 9.30 Movie: The Naked Jungle. 1954 [IMDB] |
| 10PM | 10.59 Weather; Close | 10.58 News Headlines | ||
| 11PM | 11pm Fighting Words. Danny Webb 11.45 Late News |
11.15 The Norman Banks Program | 11pm The Jerry Lester Show 11.50 Close |
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| 12AM | 12.10am Close | 12.15am News 12.30 Epilogue 12.40 Close |
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| Albury ABAV1 Ballarat ABRV3 Bendigo ABEV1 Gippsland ABLV4 Shepparton ABGV3 Swan Hill ABSV2 |
AMV4 Albury |
BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo |
GLV10 Gippsland |
| 10.30am Test Pattern, Music 12.20pm Movie: Underwater. 1955 [IMDB] 2pm Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final score updates and post-match interviews. 5.20 Cartoon Time 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 7pm ABC News, Weather 7.10 Football (cont’d) 8pm Four Corners 8.50 My Brother Jack 9.15 Movie: Stop Me Before I Kill. 1961 [IMDB] 10.59 Weather; Close |
4.45pm Cartoons 5pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson 5.50 International Showtime 6.40 Sporting Results. Ross Sellars 7pm ABC News 7.15 Playhouse 15 7.25 Entertainment Billboard 7.30 Pick A Box. Bob Dyer, Dolly Dyer 8pm Sing Along With Mitch 8.30 Movie: Tales Of Hoffman. 1951 [IMDB] 10pm Ringside With The Rasslers |
5pm The Invisible Man 5.30 Ten On The Town 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 7.30 The Big Show 8.30 Burke’s Law 9.15 The Andy Williams Show 10pm The Mavis Bramston Show 10.50 Late News. Arthur Scuffins 11pm Epilogue; Close |
4.45pm Evening Viewing 4.50 Sing Sing Sing. Johnny O’Keefe 5.45 Football Scores / Sports Results 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 7.30 Rawhide 8.30 Sunnyside Up 9.30 Movie: Member Of The Wedding. 1953 [IMDB] 11.05 News 11.15 Roller Derby 12am Epilogue 12.10 Close |
4pm The Samurai 4.25 Eric Merton’s Camera Corner 4.30 Bandstand. Brian Henderson 5.25 Sporting Results 5.30 Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 7.20 BCV8-ATV0 News 7.25 Sunnyside Up 8.20 The Virginian 9.35 The Mavis Bramston Show 10.35 Hong Kong 11.25 News; Newsreel 11.45 London Line 11.55 Close |
5.30pm Magilla Gorilla 6pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 7.30 Football Inquest (LVFL) 8pm Bonanza 9pm Movie: Witness To Murder [IMDB] 10.30 Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers 11pm Close |
