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 — MELBOURNE, Sunday 26 October 1980 — BRISBANE, Sunday 26 October 1980 — SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Source: The Sun-Herald, 26 October 1980
| ABN2 | ATN7 | TCN9 | TEN10 | SBS0/28 | |
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| 6AM | 6am King Leonardo 6.30 The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show |
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| 7AM | 7am Jimmy Swaggart 7.30 Day Of Discovery |
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| 8AM | 8.15am These Children Are Ours 8.30 Heart And Hope |
8am Good News 8.30 It Is Written |
8am You Say The Word 8.30 Cartoons. Includes Space Academy, Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids, The Pink Panther |
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| 9AM | 9am The Adventures Of Black Beauty 9.30 Elephant Boy |
9am Rex Humbard Hour | |||
| 10AM | 10am Big League Soccer | 10am Christian Television 10.30 Whose World 10.55 Point Of View |
10am Turn Round Australia 10.30 Hour Of Power |
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| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am Sportsworld. Rex Mossop | 11am Reg Lindsay’s Country Homestead | 11.30 Live And Learn | |
| 12PM | 12pm Countrywide (Rpt) 12.40 In Your Garden (Rpt) |
12pm World Of Sport. Ron Casey | 12pm Variety Italian Style | ||
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Golf: Westlakes Classic Championship. Live from Adelaide |
1pm Special: All Star Salute To James Stewart | 1pm Movie: So This Is Love. 1953 [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, Melbourne | 2pm Movie: Smoky. 1966 [IMDB] | 2pm Soccer: Philips Soccer League Grand Final. Sydney City v Heidelberg United. Live from Canberra | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Movie: Geronimo. 1962 [IMDB] | ||||
| 4PM | 4pm Movie: Born Free. 1966 [IMDB] | ||||
| 5PM | 5pm Solid Gold | 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. Roger Climpson 6.30 Movie: For The Love Of Benji. 1977 [IMDB] |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney |
6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 The Waltons |
6pm Movie: Die Vorstadtkrokodile (Germany) [IMDB] |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 The Onedin Line |
7.30 60 Minutes | 7.30 MASH | 7.30 Studio 80 (Italy) | |
| 8PM | 8.30 The Devil’s Crown | 8.10 The Muppet Show 8.30 Movie: Like Normal People. 1979 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: And Then There Were None. 1974 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Brannigan. 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 Big League Soccer | 10.35 Lou Grant | 10.30 Soccer: Philips Soccer League Grand Final. Highlights | |
| 11PM | 11.20 Close | 11.30 Heart And Hope | 11pm Starsky And Hutch | 11.35 From Here To Eternity | 11.30 Close |
| 12AM | 12am Close | 12am Movie: The Hunchbank Of Notre Dame. 1957 [IMDB] | 12.35am Rat Patrol | ||
| 1AM | 1.05 Something To Sing About 1.10 Close |
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| 2AM | 2am Movie: The Crimson Blade. 1954 [IMDB] | ||||
| 3AM | 3.40 Movie: The March Hare. 1956 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am) |
