Nine presents live via satellite coverage of the heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) and Jimmy Ellis, live from Houston Astrodome, Texas.
Source: TV Times, 21 July 1971
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| 7AM | 7am Today | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | 7am Fredd Bear’s Breakfast A Go-Go | |
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street 8.55 Close |
8.30 Here’s Humphrey | ||
| 9AM | 9.10 For Schools: Form 2 Maths, Form 3 Maths | 9am Romper Room | 9.30 Playroom | 9am The Marvellous Munchkin Show 9.30 Owly’s School |
| 10AM | 10.10 Play School 10.40 Close 10.50 For Schools: Form 1 Maths, Watch, Form 2 Science |
10am Movie: To Be Or Not To Be. 1942 [IMDB] | 10am Divorce Court | 10am Kindy 10.30 The Magic Circle Club 10.55 News |
| 11AM | 11am Where The Heart Is 11.25 Relaxing With Roma 11.30 Peyton Place |
11am Swami Sarasvati 11.15 The Roy Hampson Show |
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| 12PM | 12pm Moment Of Truth 12.30 Movie: Affair In Reno. 1956 [IMDB] |
12pm Days Of Our Lives 12.30 Boxing: Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay) v Jimmy Ellis. Live from Texas (see advertisement below) |
12pm Movie: The Wayward Bus. 1957 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.05 Close 1.15 For Schools: Discovering Melbourne, Macbeth, Watch, History 1917-1967 |
1.55 Wool Craft | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Temptation. Tony Barber 2.30 Beauty And The Beast |
2pm Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 2.30 General Hospital |
2pm Movie: Lady Luck. 1946 [IMDB] | |
| 3PM | 3.20 The Flowerpot Men 3.35 Play School |
3.30 To Rome With Love | 3pm Adventures In Paradise | 3.27 Headline News 3.30 The Game Game Show |
| 4PM | 4pm Adventure Island 4.30 Sesame Street |
4pm Batman 4.30 Flipper |
4pm Cartoon Corner | 4pm Hector Heathcote 4.25 Storytime 4.30 Happening 71. Jeff Phillips |
| 5PM | 5.25 Cartoons 5.40 Space Patrol |
5pm Get Smart 5.30 Mister Ed |
5pm Bachelor Father 5.30 National Velvet |
5pm Lost In Space |
| 6PM | 6.05 The Ghost And Mrs Muir 6.30 GTK 6.40 Bellbird 6.55 This Week In Britain |
6pm The Beverly Hillbillies 6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor, David Johnston |
6pm The Bugs Bunny Show 6.30 National Nine News. Eric Pearce |
6pm 0 Melbourne News. Geoff Raymond, Tom Jones, Clem Dimsey 6.30 Gilligan’s Island |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.26 Weather 7.30 This Day Tonight. Bill Peach |
7pm Tell The Truth. Danny Webb, David Foster, Helen Homewood, Betty Bobbitt 7.30 Homicide |
7pm My Three Sons 7.30 Boxing: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) v Jimmy Ellis (Rpt) |
7pm Musical Cashbox. Tim Evans 7.30 The Avengers |
| 8PM | 8pm Beggar My Neighbour 8.30 Chequerboard |
8.30 Movie: Diary Of A Madman. 1963 [IMDB] | 8.30 Division 4 | 8.30 Movie: Soldier In The Rain. 1963 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.10 ABC News 9.15 Callan |
9.30 Wanted | ||
| 10PM | 10pm ABC News, Weather 10.15 Night Cap. Peter Ross 10.55 Close |
10.25 The Bob Rogers Show | 10pm Movie: The Blue Lamp. 1951 [IMDB] | 10pm TV Fight Night. Philip Gibbs, Peter Sharp, Mike Ryan |
| 11PM | 11.55 Late News, Weather | 11.50 Late News | 11.30 Memoirs | |
| 12AM | 12am Movie: Spider Woman. 1940 [IMDB] | 12am Can You Top This? 12.30 What’s My Line? |
12am Weather; Close | |
| 1AM | 1.10 Close | 1am Epilogue 1.05 Close |
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