ABC debuts quiz show Mastermind, hosted by Huw Evans. Each week four contestants answer questions on general knowledge and specialist subjects. The winner at the end of the 17-week series will be named Mastermind of Australia, 1978 and be invited to appear on the BBC program of the same name.
Source: TV Times, 25 March 1978
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| 6AM | 6am Gene Autry (B&W) | |||
| 7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | 7am The Early Bird Show | ||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | |||
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Six Faces Of Royalty, Living Tomorrow 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Make A Wish 9.45 King’s Kitchen. Bernard King |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Behind The News, Industrial Arts, Thinkabout/Talkabout, Science, Writers Workshop, Words And Pictures | 10am Romper Room. Miss Patricia | 10am Dinah! | 10am Movie: Machete (B&W) [IMDB] |
| 11AM | 11am Gidget 11.30 Willesee At Seven (Rpt) |
11am Another World 11.55 News |
11.30 Rooms | |
| 12PM | 12pm The Pallisers 12.50 A Noise In The Ears |
12pm Movie: The Way Ahead. 1944 (B&W) [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm As The World Turns |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Horizon-5 1.29 Weather 1.30 For Schools: For The Juniors, The Arcade Show, Outlook, Thinkabout/Talkabout |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | 1pm Ryan’s Hope | |
| 2PM | 2.30 The Adventurer | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News. Peter Hitchener |
2pm Shoulder To Shoulder. Mickie de Stoop, Carryl Browne | |
| 3PM | 3pm Close | 3pm The Saint | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Pot Of Gold International. Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Bernard King |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.25 Kiri The Clown 4.30 Sesame Street |
4pm The Beverly Hillbillies 4.30 The Partridge Family |
4pm Groovy Goolies 4.30 Wacky Races |
4pm Bugs Bunny And Friends 4.30 Petticoat Junction |
| 5PM | 5.30 The Nutty Squirrels 5.40 The Kids From 47A |
5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Get Smart |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud. Tony Barber |
5pm Family Affair |
| 6PM | 6.05 My Favourite Martian 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Police File |
6pm I Dream Of Jeannie 6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Eric Pearce, Peter Hitchener |
6pm News At Six. Bruce Mansfield |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 This Day Tonight. Mike Minehan |
7pm Willesee At Seven. Mike Willesee 7.30 Special: Disco Fever |
7pm A Current Affair. Michael Schildberger 7.30 Special: The Little River Band Live At The Rainbow, London |
7pm Blankety Blanks, Graham Kennedy 7.30 The Restless Years |
| 8PM | 8pm Mastermind. Huw Evans PREMIERE 8.30 Special: The Bulls-Eye War |
8.30 Movie: Kenner. 1969 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Summertree. 1971 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Innocent Bystanders. 1972 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.20 Special: In The Great Pyramid | |||
| 10PM | 10pm ABC News, Weather 10.10 The Real Thing. Ron E Sparx 10.50 Close |
10.15 Movie: John And Mary. 1969 [IMDB] | 10.30 World Masters Snooker | 10.35 The Peter Couchman Show |
| 11PM | 11.30 The Evil Touch | 11.55 Movie: The Music. 1966 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
| 12AM | 12.30am Close | 12am Movie: RPM. 1970 [IMDB] | ||
| 1AM | 1.35 Movie: Crashout. 1955 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.25am Close | ||
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| 3AM | 3am Movie: The New Interns. 1964 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
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| 5AM | 5am Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
