Source: TV Week, 24 May 1986
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| 6AM | 6am Boris’ Breakfast Club | 6am National Nine News 6.30 Today |
6am The Early Bird Show | ||
| 7AM | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.59 News | |||
| 9AM | 9am The Voyages Of Dr Dolittle 9.22 Mr Men 9.30 Play School |
9am Romper Room 9.28 Community Noticeboard 9.30 Coronation Street |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Di’s Gourmet Show |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Hunter, Alexander Bunyip’s Billabong, Science Topics, Japan: The Crowded Islands, Writing, Flip, Slide, Turn, Northern Australian Documentaries, A New World (For Sure) | 10am Donahue 10.55 Astrology |
10.01 Another World | 10am The Restless Years | |
| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11.01 The Odd Couple 11.30 National Nine News |
11am Living | 11am The Car With Seven Dots (Hungary) 11.10 The Morning Star (Greece) |
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| 12PM | 12.30pm Understanding Toddlers | 12pm Movie: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes. 1970 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Ray Martin | 12pm Movie: Stuntman. 1968 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Sunday In August (Italy) 1950 (B&W) [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.05 For Schools: Buongiorno Italia, Music Time, For The Juniors, The World At War |
1.55 Stefan | 1.31 The Young And The Restless | 1.20 Close | |
| 2PM | 2pm Cop Shop | 2.31 General Hospital | 2pm Carson’s Law | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Alexander Bunyip’s Billabong |
3pm The New Price Is Right | 3pm Days Of Our Lives | 3pm Blankety Blanks | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Littlest Hobo |
4pm C’mon Kids | 4pm Off The Dish 4.28 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.59 News |
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| 5PM | 5pm Astroboy 5.25 Roger Ramjet 5.30 Metal Mickey 5.55 Come And Get It |
5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 PM Magazine |
5pm Happy Days 5.30 Benson |
5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Perfect Match |
5.30 The Electric Company |
| 6PM | 6pm Edge Of The Wedge 6.30 Bananaman 6.35 Doctor Who |
6pm Seven National News. Mike Higgins, Frank Warrick 6.30 State Affair. Glenn Taylor |
6pm National Nine News. Bruce Paige, Sarah Henderson 6.30 Willesee |
6pm Eyewitness News. Des McWilliam, Kay McGrath | 6pm Olympic Airways Soccer League |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Chance In A Million 7.55 Full House |
7pm Family Ties 7.30 A Country Practice |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Cosby Show |
7pm Neighbours (see advertisement below) 7.30 Return To Eden |
7pm World News. George Donikian 7.30 The Way Of The Warrior (UK) |
| 8PM | 8.20 Four Corners | 8.29 News 8.30 Mini-series: All The Rivers Run. Part I [IMDB] |
8pm Benson 8.30 Miami Vice |
8.30 Movie: Doctor Detroit. 1983 [IMDB] | 8.15 Sneak Preview 8.30 Longing To Fly (Italy) |
| 9PM | 9.10 ABC News 9.15 Pot Black 9.40 The Book Program |
9.30 Hill Street Blues | 9.30 Movie: Innocence Unprotected (Yugoslavia) 1968 [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | 10.10 Rugby World | 10.30 Newsworld | 10.30 Nightline 10.35 SWAT |
10.20 The Golden Years Of Television. Includes Sargeant Bilko | 10.55 Close |
| 11PM | 11.10 Soccer: FA Cup | 11.30 British Rugby League | 11.35 Newhart | 11.50 The Paper Chase | |
| 12AM | 12.50am Close | 12.05am Epilogue 12.10 Movie: Twilight People. 1975 [IMDB] |
12.50am Close | ||
| 1AM | 1am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) | 1.50 Movie: Big Bob Johnson And His Fantastic Speed Circus. 1978 [IMDB] | |||
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| 3AM | 3.40 Movie: Okinawa. 1952 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.59 News (Continues to 6am) |
5am Wyatt Earp 5.25 The New Ed Allen Show 5.50 Prologue 5.55 Answers For Today (Continues to 6am) |
