Channel 0/28 presents its second annual A Whole World Of Christmas, reuniting migrant families in Australia with relatives in Europe, South America and Asia via satellite and pre-recorded film footage from their home countries.

The ambitious production was taped at TCN9’s studios in Sydney and hosted by actor John Bluthal.

Source: (Melbourne) TV Week, 19 December 1981, (Regional) TV Day. 23 December 1981

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo 6.55 Go Health
7AM		7am Movie: Hugo The Hippo. 1975 [IMDB]	7am Cartoons
8AM		8.30 Christmas In Your Neighbourhood	8am TV Mass
9AM		9.20 Special: Sharing Is Caring 9.55 Papal Mass. Live from St Peter’s, Rome	9am Robin Hoodnik 9.40 All-Star Laff-A-Lympics 9.55 Humphrey B Bear’s Christmas Message
10AM			10am Carols By Candlelight (Rpt)
11AM	11am Divine Service	11.30 A Family Christmas
12PM	12pm Close	12.30pm Why The Bears Dance On Christmas Eve 12.55 Raggedy Ann In The Great Santa Claus Caper	12pm Movie: Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. 1972 [IMDB]	12.30pm Special: Carols From King’s
1PM	1.40 Movie: Dancing In The Dark. 1949 [IMDB]	1.20 Movie: Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July. 1980 [IMDB]	1.30 A Snow White Christmas
2PM		2.55 Movie: Bush Christmas. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB]	2.15 The Osmond Family Christmas Special	2pm Movie: Young Pioneers Christmas. 1979 [IMDB]
3PM	3.10 Movie: The Ghost Goes West. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB]		3.10 Rocky And His Friends 3.35 Gomer Pyle USMC	3.30 Pink Panther’s O’Henry Christmas
4PM	4.25 Play School 4.55 Basil Brush	4pm Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	4pm The Curiosity Show	4pm Simon Townsend’s Christmas Show 4.30 The Christmas Cherries
5PM	5.35 Worzel Gummidge	5pm Neighbourhood Christmas Party	5pm Nanny And The Professor 5.30 Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown	5pm Dance Fever Christmas Special	5.05pm A Child’s Christmas: The Legend Of A Christmas Tree 5.15 Soccer: USSR v Turkey
6PM	6.25 Paul Daniels’ Magic Show	6pm Special: The Twelve Gifts 6.30 Seven National News. Malcolm Gray	6.30 National Nine News	6pm Eyewitness News. Rod McNeil, Charles Slade 6.30 Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus	6.15 Numero Un Sylvie Vartan
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.20 Queen’s Christmas Message 7.30 To The Manor Born. Christmas Special	7pm Special: Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story 7.30 Special: Dean Martin’s Christmas Show 1980	7pm The Odd Couple 7.30 Movie: Christmas Lilies Of The Field. 1979 [IMDB]	7pm Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales 7.30 Perry Como’s Christmas In The Holy Land	7.30 Special: A Whole World Of Christmas
8PM	8pm Butterflies. Christmas Special 8.30 Val Doonican’s Music Show	8.30 Movie: The Gift. 1979 [IMDB]		8.30 MASH
9PM	9.30 Soccer: Match Of The Day		9.30 Queen’s Christmas Message 9.40 Movie: Aunt Mary. 1979 [IMDB]	9pm Movie: White Christmas. 1954 [IMDB]	9.15 Queen’s Christmas Message 9.30 Movie: Hotel Pacific (Poland) [IMDB]
10PM	10.20 Steptoe And Son Christmas Special	10.15 Special: The Dick Emery Christmas Show 1977
11PM	11pm Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 11.10 Close	11.15 Special: An Evening With The Royal Ballet		11.15 Movie: Scrooge. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB]	11.05 Roberto Carols (Brazil) 11.55 Close
12AM		12.50am Close	12am Movie: Give My Regards To Broadway. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB]
1AM			1.45 Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire. 1951 (B&W) [IMDB]	1am Close
2AM
3AM			3.55 Movie: To All My Friends On Shore. 1971 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Dangerman (B&W) (Continues to 6am)