Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II‘s Royal Tour message to Australians, recorded in Canberra two days earlier, is broadcast across all capital city networks and some regional stations.
Source: TV Times, 22 April 1970
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| ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | ATV0 | |
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| 8AM | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Special: Anzac March And Shrine Service (Rpt) | |||
| 10AM | 10.20am Your Career 10.30 Otis 70. Peter Sumner |
10.30am Playroom | ||
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11.15 Faith For Today 11.45 Sunday Magazine |
11am Nature Walkabout 11.30 Something To Sing About |
11.30am Building Today. Murray Jones |
| 12PM | 12pm Football: VFL. Highlights (Rpt) | 12pm World Of Sport | 12pm World Championship Wrestling | 12pm Happening 70 |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.50 Movie: Love In Monaco. 1960 [IMDB] |
1pm Football: VFL. Highlights (Rpt) 1.50 Point Of View |
1.30 Bowling: Championship Bowling | |
| 2PM | 2pm Movie: Men Of The Fighting Lady. 1954 [IMDB] | 2pm Football: VFA. Williamstown v Geelong West | ||
| 3PM | 3.30 A Big Country | 3pm Motor Racing: Rallycross. Live from Calder Raceway | 3.30 Movie: Blondie’s Blessed Event. 1942 [IMDB] | |
| 4PM | 4pm Maya 4.50 Special: Your Most Humble And Obedient Servant — James Cook |
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| 5PM | 5.30 Movie: Davey Jones’ Locker 1966 [IMDB] | 5pm Good Morning World 5.30 Flipper |
5pm Land Of The Giants | 5pm Movie: Tarzan’s Savage Fury. 1952 [IMDB] |
| 6PM | 6.30 Finders Seekers 6.55 Weather |
6pm News. Brian Naylor 6.30 Disneyland |
6pm News 6.30 New Faces. Frank Wilson |
6.25 News 6.30 Special: The Enchanted Isles |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Magic Of Music |
7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Doctor In The House |
7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Special: Mannequin And Model Of The Year. Stuart Wagstaff |
7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Hogan’s Heroes |
| 8PM | 8.10 Armchair Theatre | 8.10 Movie: Who Was That Lady? 1960 [IMDB] | 8.10 Movie: The King And I. 1956 [IMDB] | 8.10 Movie: Mister Moses. 1965 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9pm Ballet | |||
| 10PM | 10pm The Sermon On The Mount 10.25 Intertel: Who Speaks For Man? |
10.15 This Week. Brian Naylor | 10.35 Bailey File. John Bailey, Tanya Halesworth 10.50 The Planemakers |
10.25 Dateline 70. Barry McQueen, Andrew Carroll, Phil de Montignie |
| 11PM | 11.25 Close | 11.15 Late News 11.30 The Man From UNCLE |
11.50 Epilogue | 11.25 News 11.55 Close |
| 12AM | 12.25am Close | 12am Close | ||
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| 5AM | ||||
| REGIONALS | ||||||
| Albury ABAV1 Ballarat ABGV3 Bendigo ABEV1 Gippsland ABLV4 Mildura ABMV4 Shepparton ABGV3 Swan Hill ABSV2 |
AMV4 Albury |
BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo |
STV8 Mildura |
GLV10 Gippsland |
| 10.20am Your Career 10.30 Otis 70. Peter Sumner 11am Divine Service 12pm Football: VFL. Highlights (Rpt) 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.50 Movie: Love In Monaco. 1960 [IMDB] 3.30 A Big Country 4pm Maya 4.50 Special: Your Most Humble And Obedient Servant — James Cook 5.30 Movie: Davey Jones’ Locker 1966 [IMDB] 6.30 Finders Seekers 6.55 Weather 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Magic Of Music 8.10 Armchair Theatre 9pm Ballet 10pm The Sermon On The Mount 10.25 Intertel: Who Speaks For Man? 11.25 Close |
11.30am Religious Program 12pm World Of Sport 3pm Australians At War 4pm Rifleman 4.25 Tarzan 5.10 Australia’s New Faces. Terry Dear 6pm News 6.30 Disneyland 7.30 Here’s Lucy 8pm Movie: The Desert Song. 1953 [IMDB] 10pm Here’s Harry 10.30 Close |
11am Catholic Vision 11.30 Countryman’s Hour 12pm World Of Sport 3pm Trotting 3.05 The Larkins 3.30 The Country Music Hour 4.30 Brian And The Juniors 5pm Bandstand 6pm News 6.15 Week In The West 6.35 Roving Eye 6.40 Disneyland 7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Showcase 70. Rod McLennan 8.35 Australians At War 11pm The Carol Burnett Show 11.50 News 12.10am Epilogue; Close |
12pm World Of Sport 2.30 Movie: Please Believe Me. 1950 [IMDB] 4pm Country And Western Hour 5.10 Bandstand 6pm News 6.10 Disneyland 7.05 Room 222 7.35 The Tommy Leonetti Show 8.30 Movie: Military Policeman. 1953 [IMDB] 10.10 The Sound Of Music 11pm News, Weather 11.15 Epilogue 11.20 Close |
12pm World Of Sport 2.30 Sportsworld 70 3pm Country And Western Hour 4pm The Virginian 5.05 Cartoons 5.10 The Flying Nun 5.35 The Dick Van Dyke Show 6pm News 6.15 Disneyland 7.05 To Rome With Love 7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.45 Showcase 70. Rod McLennan 8.45 Movie: Stagecoach. 1939 [IMDB] 10.20 If These Walls Could Speak 11pm Religious Feature 11.10 Close |
5.30pm Religious Feature 6pm Citizen James 6.25 News 6.40 Disneyland 7.30 Green Acres 8pm Movie: Hot Spell. 1958 [IMDB] 9.35 Man Alive 10.05 News 10.18 Tomorrow On 8 10.20 Close |
12pm World Of Sport 3pm Football 5pm Disneyland 6pm News 6.30 Here’s Lucy 7pm If These Walls Could Speak 7.30 Special: Queen’s Message To The People Of Australia 7.40 Movie: Forever Female. 1953 [IMDB] 9.25 Roving Eye 9.30 Movie: The Country Girl. 1954 [IMDB] 11.20 Close |



