SBS Channel 0/28’s third day of transmission includes its first sports broadcasts — live coverage from Canberra of the match between Australia’s National Youth Team and Johnny Warren’s All Stars, followed by the Philips Soccer League Grand Final, between Sydney City and Heidelberg United.
See also: Sunday 26 October 1980 — SYDNEY, Sunday 26 October 1980 — BRISBANE, Sunday 26 October 1980 — SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Source: TV Week, 25 October 1980
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| 6AM | 6am King Leonardo 6.30 The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show |
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| 7AM | 7am Untamed World 7.30 Look Listen Laugh And Learn |
7.30am You Say The Word | |||
| 8AM | 8.45am It Is Written | 8am Day Of Discovery 8.30 Good News |
8.30 Hour Of Power | ||
| 9AM | 9.15 Sunday Magazine 9.30 Special: The Haunted Trailer |
9am Rex Humbard Hour | 9.30 Mass For You At Home | ||
| 10AM | 10am World Of Sport Replay | 10am Here’s Humphrey 10.52 Point Of View |
10am Greek Variety Show | ||
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am World Of Sport. Ron Casey | 11am Special: A Matter Of Identity 11.30 You Me And Education |
11am Variety Italian Style | |
| 12PM | 12pm Countrywide (Rpt) 12.40 Sow What (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Marco. 1973 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Tarzan’s Secret Treasure. 1941 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Golf: Westlakes Classic Championship, Live from Adelaide |
1.35 Movie: Hanford’s Point. 1967 [IMDB] | 1pm Soccer: Australia’s National Youth Team v Johnny Warren’s All Stars. Live from Canberra | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Tennis: Melbourne Indoor Championship. Live from Frankston Indoor Courts | 2pm Movie: Shenandoah. 1965 [IMDB] | 2pm Soccer: Philips Soccer League Grand Final. Sydney City v Heidelberg United. Live from Canberra | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Movie: The McConnell Story. 1955 [IMDB] | ||||
| 4PM | 4pm Reg Lindsay’s Country Homestead | ||||
| 5PM | 5pm The Road Runner Show 5.30 Charlie Brown |
5pm Tarzan | 5pm Buona Sera Con Rita Al Circo (Italy) 5.30 Hunt For Janne (Sweden) |
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| 6PM | 6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. Mal Walden 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney |
6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 Safeway New Faces. Bert Newton |
6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Shirley |
6pm Movie: Die Vorstadtkrokodile (Germany) [IMDB] |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 The Onedin Line |
7.30 Battlestar Galactica | 7.30 60 Minutes | 7.30 MASH | 7.30 Studio 80 (Italy) |
| 8PM | 8.30 The Devil’s Crown | 8.30 Movie: The Eagle Has Landed. 1976 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Love Story. 1970 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: The Wilby Conspiracy. 1975 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Elvira Madigan. 1967 (Sweden) [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 The Life And Times Of Lord Mountbatten |
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| 10PM | 10.20 Motor Racing: Rose City 10,000. Highlights | 10.30 Upstairs Downstairs | 10.25 Lou Grant | 10.30 Soccer: Philips Soccer League Grand Final. Highlights | |
| 11PM | 11.20 Close | 11pm Movie: Mississippi. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11.30 Rhoda | 11.25 Movie: The Fabulous Dorseys. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11.30 Close |
| 12AM | 12.30am Insight | 12am Movie: The Hunchbank Of Notre Dame. 1957 [IMDB] | |||
| 1AM | 1am Close | 1.10am Close | |||
| 2AM | 2.05 Movie: The Crimson Blade. 1954 [IMDB] | ||||
| 3AM | 3.45 Movie: The March Hare. 1956 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.15 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am) |
