The SBS Christmas night special A Song For Peace reunites 60 families in war torn Lebanon via satellite with relatives waiting in a studio in Sydney. The program was hosted by Karim Barbara and Clarissa Kaye-Mason.
Source: TV Week, 20 December 1986
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| 6AM | News Overnight (cont’d) | 6am Early Morning News 6.30 Today |
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| 7AM | 7am Special: The City That Forgot Christmas 7.25 The Smurfs 7.50 Special: Christmas Comes To Pacland |
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| 8AM | 8.15 Special: Christmas World | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Romper Room 9.55 Papal Mass. Live from St Peter’s, Rome |
9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 Turn Round Australia |
9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Magical World Of Gigi |
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| 10AM | 10am Special: Carols By Candlelight. Brian Naylor (Rpt) | 10am Special: Christmas World 10.30 Special: A Child Is Born |
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| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am The Down Under Show | |||
| 12PM | 12pm Never Never Land | 12pm Movie: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. 1964 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Christmas Lillies Of The Field. 1979 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Bundle Of Joy. 1956 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1.30 Movie: Gulliver’s Travels [IMDB] | 1.15 Movie: Mary And Joseph — A Story Of Faith. 1979 [IMDB] | |||
| 2PM | 2pm Special: Godunov – The World To Dance In | 2pm Matlock Police | 2.20pm Movie: Friends For Life. 1971 (USSR) [IMDB] | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Earthstars 3.40 Santa’s Pocket Watch |
3.35 The Smurfs | 3pm Special: Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner | 3pm Special: Mr Kruger’s Christmas 3.30 Superfriends |
3.50 Movie: Pessi And Illusia. 1983 (Finland) [IMDB] |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.35 Grange Hill |
4pm The Tomorrow People 4.25 Family Classics 4.50 Tom And Jerry 4.55 Special: Celebrity Fun Cruise |
4pm Animals Animals Animals 4.30 Special: Danny’s Egg |
4pm Special: Cameron Daddo Christmas Show | |
| 5PM | 5pm Special: Christmas Carols | 5pm Small Wonder 5.30 Webster |
5pm Gilligan’s Island (B&W) 5.30 Perfect Match |
5.10 Special: Cinderella (Germany) | |
| 6PM | 6pm Circus World Championships: Highlights | 6pm Gimme A Break 6.30 Seven National News. Includes Tatts 2 |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 Six Thirty. John Gatfield, Jane Phelan |
6pm Eyewitness News | |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Mary Delahunty 7.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.40 Special: Romeo And Juliet On Ice |
7pm Day By Day 7.30 Movie: Meet Me In St Louis. 1945 [IMDB] |
7pm The Newlywed Game. Ian Turpie 7.30 Special: Champions On Ice |
7pm MASH 7.30 You Again |
7pm World News 7.30 Special: A Song For Peace (see advertisement below) |
| 8PM | 8.25 All Creatures Great And Small | 8.30 Movie: True Grit. 1969 [IMDB] | 8pm MASH 8.30 TJ Hooker |
8.30 The Mysteries | |
| 9PM | 9.55 Special: Christmas In Washington | 9.30 Movie: Bring Me Sunshine — A Tribute To Eric Morcambe | 9.30 Cheers | ||
| 10PM | 10.45 The Queen’s Christmas Message (Rpt) 10.55 Close |
10.55 The Queen’s Christmas Message | 10pm Night Court 10.30 Eyewitness News 10.45 Special: A Christmas Evening With Noel |
10.30 Movie: Warm Greetings From The Planet Earth. 1982 (Czechoslovakia) [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | 11.05 Movie: Jet Pilot. 1957 [IMDB] | ||||
| 12AM | 12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 7am) |
12.45am American Football NFL | 12.10am Close | ||
| 1AM | 1.10 Movie: A Wedding. 1978 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 3AM | 3.45 Chuck Connors’ Western Adventures | 3.45 Close | |||
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| 5AM | 5.10 Animal Express 5.35 The New You Asked For It (Continues to 6am) |
