See also: Wednesday 26 September 1979 — SYDNEY, Wednesday 26 September 1979 — CANBERRA
Source: TV Times, 22 September 1979. The Age Green Guide, 20 September 1979
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| 6AM | 6.15am Thunderbirds | |||
| 7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | 7am The Early Bird Show | ||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | |||
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Careers – Getting A Job 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Rovers |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Behind The News, City Living, Man And His World, Exploring Science, Words And Pictures | 10am Romper Room | 10am All My Children | 10am Barrier Reef 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
| 11AM | 11am Dinah! | 11am Another World 11.55 News |
11am Everyday 11.55 Be Crafty |
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| 12PM | 12pm Close | 12pm Movie: It’s A Wonderful Life. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: Silent Night, Lonely Night. 1969 [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 For Schools: Neighbours, Waterloo Street, Exploring Science (1), Exploring Science (2), Man And Religion |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | ||
| 2PM | 2.55 Close | 2.25 Olympic Minutes 2.30 Doctor In The House |
2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The FBI |
| 3PM | 3pm Bluey | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Alice 3.30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show |
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| 4PM | 4pm ARVO. Includes Play School, Sesame Street, Horse In The House | 4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood | 4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 Yogi’s Galaxy Goofups |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 Lost In Space |
| 5PM | 5.58 ABC News Headlines | 5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Get Smart |
5pm Family Feud. Tony Barber 5.30 Here’s Lucy |
5.30 The Brady Bunch |
| 6PM | 6pm Anna And The King 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Today’s Sport |
6pm I Dream Of Jeannie 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Naylor |
6pm Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Annette Allison |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 In The Wild With Harry Butler |
7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 CHiPs |
7pm The Sullivans 7.30 Special: The Paul Hogan Show |
7pm Peter Couchman’s Melbourne 7.30 The Restless Years |
| 8PM | 8pm The Inventors. Geoff Stone, Diana Fisher, Vic Nicholson, Neville Stephensen 8.30 Tycoon |
8.30 Special: The Sensational Seventies | 8.30 Special: All-Star Salute To Muhammad Ali | 8.30 Prisoner |
| 9PM | 9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide |
9.30 Special: Inside Idi Amin’s Terror Machine | ||
| 10PM | 10.10 Soccer: Match Of The Day | 10.30 Two’s Company | 10.30 The Bob Newhart Show | 10.30 Peter Couchman Tonight |
| 11PM | 11.05 Drag Racing: Calder Raceway. Highlights 11.35 Close |
11pm News 11.30 Movie: Hunt The Man Down. 1950 (B&W) [IMDB] |
11pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 11.30 Get Some In |
11.30 Movie: The Spoilers. 1955 [IMDB] |
| 12AM | 12.55am Close | 12.10am Movie: Daddy-O. 1959 [IMDB] | ||
| 1AM | 1.30 Movie: Houston, We’ve Got A Problem. 1974 [IMDB] | 1.10am Close | ||
| 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) |
