The VFL Grand Final — featuring Carlton versus Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — is on delayed telecast on ABC and Seven. Live TV coverage of the Grand Final is not permitted in Victoria until 1977.
Source: TV Times, 23 September 1970
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| 7AM | 7am Bomba The Jungle Boy | 7.30am Building Today. Murray Jones | ||
| 8AM | 8am Thunderbirds 8.55 Cricket Clinic |
8am Happening 70. Ross D Wyllie | ||
| 9AM | 9am Romper Room | 9am Laurel And Hardy 9.30 Movie: Heidi. 1937 [IMDB] |
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| 10AM | 10am Movie: Atoll K. 1954 [IMDB] | |||
| 11AM | 11.30 Abbott And Costello | 11am My Friend Flicka 11.28 Sport Report 11.30 Star Soccer |
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| 12PM | 12.30pm Movie: Destination Rome [IMDB] | 12pm Consider Your Verdict | 12.30pm World Championship Wrestling | 12pm Racing: Bendigo Races. Clem Dimsey, John Russell |
| 1PM | 1.55 Sportsview | 1pm Movie: Thunder Over The Plains. 1953 [IMDB] | 1.30 Movie: Canyon Ambush. 1952 [IMDB] | |
| 2PM | 2pm Football: VFL Grand Final Preview 2.10 Hit Scene. Dick Williams 2.40 Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final updates at 3pm, 3.40, 4.25, 5pm |
2.30 Movie: Journey Beneath The Desert. 1961 [IMDB] | 2.30 Movie: Wall Of Fury. 1962 [IMDB] | |
| 3PM | VFL Grand Final updates at 2.25, 3pm, 3.35, 4.25 | |||
| 4PM | 4pm Movie: Men Against The Sun [IMDB] | 4pm Roller Game | 4.55 News | |
| 5PM | 5.10 Sporting Roundup 5.20 Hound For Hire 5.30 Peter’s Adventures 5.35 Kimba The White Lion |
5.30 Jeopardy | 5pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson | 5pm Petticoat Junction 5.30 George Of The Jungle |
| 6PM | 6pm Paulus The Wood Gnome 6.10 The Hardy Boys 6.30 Football Roundup: VFL Grand Final |
6pm Seven National News. David Johnston 6.30 Football Inquest. Michael Williamson |
6pm News. John Bailey, Peter Smith, Jim Taylor, Bert Bryant 6.30 Movie: The Titfield Thunderbolt. 1953 [IMDB] |
6pm Cowboy In Africa |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.15 Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood |
7pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood | 7pm Daniel Boone | |
| 8PM | 8pm Australia’s New Faces. Terry Dear | 8pm Adam 12 | ||
| 9PM | 9pm Four Corners 9.55 Movie: Black Spurs. 1964 [IMDB] |
9pm Special: Farewell The Seekers | 9pm Movie: The Story On Page One. 1959 [IMDB] | 9pm The Long Arm |
| 10PM | 10pm Movie: The Love Parade. 1965 [IMDB] | 10pm Garrison’s Gorillas | ||
| 11PM | 11.10 Misleading Cases 11.45 Sports Review |
11.45 Late News | 11.20 Late News 11.30 The Sex Game |
11pm Journey To The Unknown |
| 12AM | 12.05am Close | 12am Movie: Evil Brain From Outer Space. 1964 [IMDB] | 12.30am Movie: Revenge Of The Gladiators. 1962 [IMDB] | 12am Weather; Close |
| 1AM | 1.30 Close | |||
| 2AM | 2.05 Epilogue 2.15 Close |
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AMV4 Albury |
BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo |
STV8 Mildura |
GLV10 Gippsland |
| 12.30pm Movie: Destination Rome [IMDB] 1.55 Sportsview 2pm Football: VFL Grand Final Preview 2.10 Hit Scene. Dick Williams 2.40 Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final updates at 3pm, 3.40, 4.25, 5pm 5.10 Sporting Roundup 5.20 Hound For Hire 5.30 Peter’s Adventures 5.35 Kimba The White Lion 6pm Paulus The Wood Gnome 6.10 The Hardy Boys 6.30 Football Roundup: VFL Grand Final 7pm ABC News 7.15 Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood 9pm Four Corners 9.55 Movie: Black Spurs. 1964 [IMDB] 11.10 Misleading Cases 11.45 Sports Review 12.05am Close |
5pm Cartoon Carnival 5.15 Bandstand. Brian Henderson 6pm News 6.30 Football Results 6.35 Wild Kingdom 7pm That Girl 7.25 The Dick Van Dyke Show 8pm Ironside 8.50 Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood 10.50 Close |
5pm Bandstand 6pm News 6.30 Football Inquest. Michael Williamson 7pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood 9pm Special: Jack Benny’s Carnival Nights 9.50 Curry And Chips 10.15 Agricultural Talk 10.20 Wrestling 11.15 News 11.20 Racing: Highlights 11.45 Epilogue; Close |
5pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson 6pm News 6.30 The Lucy Show 6.55 Football Scores 7pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood 9pm Dragnet 9.25 On The Buses 9.55 It Takes A Thief 10.45 Wrestling 11.30 News, Weather 11.50 Epilogue; Close |
5pm Laramie 6pm News 6.25 Sport 6.30 Football Inquest 7pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay. Carlton v Collingwood 9pm Name Of The Game 10.20 This Week In Agriculture 10.35 The New Breed 11.30 Close |
5.45pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson 6.40 News, Newsreel 7pm Here’s Harry 7.30 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 The Virginian 9.35 It Takes A Thief 10.28 Tomorrow On 8 10.30 Close |
5pm Bandstand. Brian Henderson 6pm News 6.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 7pm Star Trek 8pm Movie: The Perfect Furlough. 1955 [IMDB] 9.40 Movie: A Man Named Rocca. 1963 [IMDB] 11.25 Close |