ABC’s prime time line-up for Australia Day includes the Governor-General’s Australia Day Message, the Australia Day Live concert from Melbourne and the premiere of the six-part comedy And Here Comes Bucknuckle, starring Peter Curtin, Noni Hazlehurst, John Bluthal and Reg Evans. The series screens over six consecutive nights. Later, there is a repeat of the three-part 1980 drama Players To The Gallery, starring Peter Sumner, Kate Fitzpatrick and Richard Moir.
See also: Monday 26 January 1981 — VICTORIA
Source: The Australian Women’s Weekly TV World, 28 January 1981
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| 7AM | 7am Movie: Treasure Island. 1970 [IMDB] | |||
| 8AM | 8.45 Movie: About Face. 1952 [IMDB] | |||
| 9AM | 9.10am Here’s Humphrey | |||
| 10AM | 10am Ready Set Go 10.30 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home |
10.10 Movie: Raising The Wind. 1962 [IMDB] | 10.30 Movie: Amazons Of Rome. 1963 [IMDB] | |
| 11AM | 11am The Cisco Kid (B&W) 11.30 Tom And Jerry |
11.49 Anne Wills Hosting 11.50 Movie: Desk Set. 1957 [IMDB] |
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| 12PM | 12.30pm ABC News, Weather 12.41 Weekend Magazine (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Strange Holiday. 1969 [IMDB] | 12.15pm Movie: Sunstruck [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1.05 Swimming: 1980 Australian Championships | 1.30 Movie: Navy Wife. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.44pm Head Start To Beauty 1.49 News 1.50 Movie: Apache Drums. 1951 [IMDB] |
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| 2PM | 2.05 Motor Racing: 1980 Italian Grand Prix | 2pm Movie: 80 Steps To Jonah. 1969 [IMDB] | ||
| 3PM | 3.05 Rugby Union: 1980 All Nations Cup | 3pm Coronation Street | 3.10 Super Monday 3.40 Cricket: Second Test. Live from Adelaide Oval |
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| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Sesame Street |
4pm Kids Only — KO 4.30 Heidi |
4pm Thunder 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World |
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| 5PM | 5.30 Sam’s Luck 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm Elephant Boy 5.30 Celebrity Tattletales |
5pm Dance Fever 5.30 The Celebrity Game |
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| 6PM | 6pm Seven Little Australians 6.55 Videodisc |
6pm In Search Of 6.30 Seven National News. Guy Blackmore |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 News. Roger Cardwell, Caroline Ainslie |
6pm News. Tony Dickinson, Jane Reilly 6.30 The Have A Go Show. Jimmy Hannan |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 His Excellency The Governor-General’s Australia Day Message 1981 7.40 Special: Australia Day Live. Barry Crocker, Julie Anthony, June Bronhill, Kamahl, Debbie Byrne, Air Supply, The Australian Boys Choir |
7pm Welcome Back Kotter 7.30 Special: John Denver And The Ladies |
7pm Hogan’s Heroes 7.30 Benson |
7.05 Special: Summergirl ’81 Grand Final 7.35 Alice |
| 8PM | 8.50 Bird Of The Thunder Woman | 8.30 News 8.35 Cop Shop |
8pm Taxi 8.30 News 8.31 Movie: Soldier Blue. 1970 [IMDB] |
8.05 Detective School 8.35 American Girls |
| 9PM | 9.40 ABC News, Weather 9.50 And Here Comes Bucknuckle PREMIERE |
9.35 Skyways | 9.35 Movie: Come Out Fighting. 1972 [IMDB] | |
| 10PM | 10.20 Players To The Gallery | 10.35 Big League Soccer | 10pm New Zealand Summer Games | 10.35 Mission Impossible |
| 11PM | 11.10 World Of Music 11.45 Close |
11.35 The Persuaders | 11pm Cricket: Second Test. Highlights | 11.35 Hello Larry |
| 12AM | 12.35am Goodnight; Close | 11.30 Movie: The Man Who Never Was. 1956 [IMDB] | 12.05am With Joyful Praise 12.10 Close |
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| 2AM | 1.30am On This Day (B&W); Close | |||
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