See also: Wednesday 26 September 1979 — MELBOURNE, Wednesday 26 September 1979 — CANBERRA
Source: TV Guide, 22 September 1979
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| 6AM | 6.15am Thunderbirds | |||
| 7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | 7.30am The Electric Company | ||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am Fat Cat And Friends 8.30 Rainbow 8.55 Building A People |
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| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Careers – Getting A Job 9.30 Play School |
9am Television Tutorial | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Movie: Maytime In Mayfair. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB] |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Behind The News, City Living, Man And His World, Exploring Science, The Magic Bag, Words And Pictures | 10am Romper Room | 10am All My Children | 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM. Steve Liebmann | 11am Another World 11.55 News |
11am Good Morning Sydney | |
| 12PM | 12pm Test Pattern | 12pm Movie: Wild In The Streets. 1968 [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: Find The Lady. 1956 [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 For Schools: Neighbours: Four Families In Europe, Waterloo Street, Exploring Science (1), Exploring Science (2), Man And Religion |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Dinah! | 2.30 The Young And The Restless | 2pm John Newcombe’s The Good Life 2.28 News 2.30 Couples |
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| 3PM | 3pm Test Pattern | 3pm The Persuaders | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Occasional Wife 3.28 News 3.30 Laurel And Hardy 3.58 News |
| 4PM | 4pm ARVO. Includes Play School, Sesame Street, Horse In The House | 4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 4.30 Carrots |
4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 The New Scooby Doo Movies |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 Battle Of The Planets |
| 5PM | 5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Bewitched |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud. Tony Barber |
5pm Gomer Pyle USMC 5.30 Green Acres |
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| 6PM | 6pm The David Nixon Show 6.30 Doctor Who |
6pm Welcome Back Kotter 6.30 Seven National News. Roger Climpson |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News |
6pm Eyewitness News. Katrina Lee, John Bailey |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 The Wild With Harry Butler |
7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 Mind Your Language |
7pm The Sullivans 7.30 Special: The Paul Hogan Show |
7pm MASH 7.30 The Restless Years |
| 8PM | 8pm The Inventors 8.30 Tycoon |
8pm The Dick Emery Show 8.30 Movie: Nevada Smith. 1966 [IMDB] |
8.30 Special: All-Star Salute To Muhammad Ali | 8.30 Movie: California Split. 1974 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide |
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| 10PM | 10.10 Soccer: Match Of The Day | 10.30 The Bob Newhart Show | 10.25 Movie: Blue. 1968 [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | 11.05 In Performance At Wolf Trap 11.55 Close |
11.15 News. John Bok 11.45 The Naked Vicar Show |
11pm News. Ian Ross 11.30 Movie: The Plainsman. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB] |
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| 12AM | 12.45am Close | 12.15am King Of Kensington 12.45 Building A People 12.50 Close |
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| 1AM | 1.30 Movie: Houston, We’ve Got A Problem. 1974 [IMDB] | |||
| 2AM | 2.50 Movie: Dead Men Tell No Tales. 1971 [IMDB] | |||
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| 4AM | 4.05 Movie: Gangster Story. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 5AM | 5.15 The Baron (Continues to 6.15am) |
