The Melbourne premiere of the Crawford Productions police drama Ryan, starring Rod Mullinar and Pamela Stephenson. The Melbourne-based series was produced in colour, though television in Australia was still airing in black and white.
See also: Sunday 27 May 1973 — SYDNEY, Sunday 27 May 1973 — CANBERRA
Source: TV Times, 26 May 1973
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| 7AM | 7am This Week Has Seven Days | 7.30am The Curiosity Show | ||
| 8AM | 8.30 Molecules To Man | |||
| 9AM | 9am Look 9.15 It Is Written 9.45 Sunday Magazine |
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| 10AM | 10.50am Is This Your Career? | 10am World Of Sport Replay | 10am Religion 10.30 Sunday Sport Show. Ted Whitten |
10am Old Time Gospel Hour |
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am Mass For You At Home. Father Peter Matheson 11.30 What In The World |
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| 12PM | 12pm A Big Country 12.30 Sow What? 12.45 Landline |
12pm World Of Sport. Ron Casey | 12pm World Championship Wrestling. Jack Little | 12pm Variety Italian Style. John Mahon, Geraldine Ricca |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Ivanhoe |
1pm Movie: Robin Hood And The Pirates. 1960 [IMDB] | 1pm Racing Review. Clem Dimsey, Peter Lovitt, Des Spain, John Russell 1.45 Football: VFA. Prahran v Oakleigh |
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| 2PM | 2.20 Ballet By The Black Sea | 2.30 Point Of View 2.40 Movie: The Story Of Dr Wassell. 1944 [IMDB] |
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| 3PM | 3.25 Movie: Man In The Moon. 1961 [IMDB] | 3pm Motor Racing: Calder Rallycross | ||
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| 5PM | 5pm Love Of A Kind 5.40 The Nutty Squirrels 5.50 Origami |
5pm Untamed World 5.30 It’s Academic. Dan Webb |
5pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 5.30 Woobinda |
5pm Pink Panther 5.30 Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Clem Dimsey |
| 6PM | 6pm Vision On 6.25 A Taste Of Blue Ribbons 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. Brian Naylor 6.30 Disneyland |
6pm National Nine News. Includes Sunday Magazine. John Bailey, Peter Smith 6.30 New Faces. Frank Wilson |
6pm The Brady Bunch 6.30 Wild Kingdom |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.30 The Rolf Harris Show |
7.30 Ryan PREMIERE | 7.30 Special: Elvis Presley: Aloha From Hawaii (Rpt) | 7.30 The Benny Hill Show |
| 8PM | 8.10 TDT Sunday 8.40 ABC News, Weather 8.45 Softly Softly Task Force |
8.30 Movie: Show Boat. 1951 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Cool Hand Luke. 1967 [IMDB] | |
| 9PM | 9.35 Special: Local Measures On A World Scale | 9pm Movie: El Dorado. 1966 [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | 10.05 ABC News, Weather 10.15 Hugh And I 10.45 Close |
10.35 This Week. David Johnston | 10.55 Football: VFA Replay | |
| 11PM | 11.35 Insight | 11.20 News 11.25 Federal File 11.55 The Wonderful World Of Golf |
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| 12AM | 12.05am Close | 12.25am Epilogue 12.30 Close |
12.25am Weather; Close | |
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