The Adelaide debut of mini-series The Flying Doctors, starring Andrew McFarlane, Lorna Patterson, Maurie Fields, Val Jellay, Vikki Hammond, Steve Bisley and Max Cullen. (The series debuted in Melbourne the night before) The success of the mini-series leads to an ongoing series of the same name that runs for seven years. The Flying Doctors was produced by Crawfords Australia and sold well overseas.

Source: TV Radio Extra, 27 April 1985

ADELAIDE
	ABS2	ADS7	NWS9	SAS10
6AM		Newsworld (cont’d)	6am Survival 6.30 Today. Steve Liebmann, Sue Kellaway	6.30am Good Morning Australia. Gordon Elliott, Kerri-Anne Kennerley
7AM		7am Lassie 7.30 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
8AM	8am Sesame Street	8am The Smurfs 8.30 Kwicky Koala	8.30 Here’s Humphrey	8.30 Eight Is Enough
9AM	9am Play School 9.30 For Schools: Lower Primary Science; Flip, Slide, Turn; Insight; Lifestyle; Evolution; A Good Read; Faces Of Man; Six Of The Best; Maths In A Box	9am Romper Room. Miss Helena	9.30 Fantasy Island	9.30 Fat Cat And Friends
10AM		10am The Lionel Williams Show	10.30 Adelaide Today. Amanda Halvorsen	10am All My Children
11AM		11am Eleven AM. Clive Robertson, Ross Symonds	11am National Nine News 11.30 Here’s Lucy	11am Touch Of Elegance. Margaret Glazbrook
12PM		12pm Mini-Series: Captains And The Kings [IMDB]	12pm Midday With Ray Martin	12pm The Young And The Restless
1PM		1pm The Streets Of San Francisco 1.58 News	1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm Another World 1.58 News
2PM		2pm Knots Landing 2.58 News	2.30 General Hospital	2pm After Noon. Katrina Lee, Tony Murphy
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Paddington	3pm Donahue	3.30 The Young Doctors	3.30 Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends	4pm Wombat 4.30 Now You See It	4pm The Channel Niners. Includes Boomerang	4pm The Long Chase 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
5PM	5pm Out There. Ian Rogerson, Mandy Salomon, Joy Smithers, Richard Stubbs 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 Ulysses 31 5.55 Come And Get It. Peter Russell-Clarke	5pm Play Your Cards Right 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. John Burgess, Adriana Xenides	5pm The Bugs Bunny Show 5.30 Blankety Blanks	5pm The Flintstones 5.28 7-Day Sweep 5.30 Perfect Match. Greg Evans, Debbie Newsome
6PM	6pm Inspector Gadget 6.30 ABC National. Clive Hale, Dale Sinclair	6pm Neighbours 6.30 Seven National News. Kevin Crease	6pm Nine Action News. Rob Kelvin, Caroline Ainslie 6.30 Willesee	6pm Eyewitness News. Graeme Goodings, Guy Blackmore
7PM	7.30 Rumpole Of The Bailey	7pm State Affair. Keith Conlon 7.30 Sons And Daughters	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Mini-Series: The Flying Doctors PREMIERE [IMDB]	7pm MASH 7.30 TJ Hooker
8PM	8.25 Four Corners	8.28 News 8.30 Football: VFL. Foster’s Cup. Fitzroy v Swan Districts. From VFL Park, Melbourne		8.29 News 8.30 Prisoner
9PM	9.15 Tenko		9.30 St Elsewhere	9.30 The Benny Hill Show
10PM	10.10 Rock Arena. Suzanne Dowling		10.30 The Road To Wembley	10pm Cheers 10.30 Basketball: Slam Dunk ’85
11PM	11.10 Close	11pm Barney Miller 11.30 Newsworld. Includes Today (NBC), Daybreak (CNN), Daywatch (CNN) (Continues to 7am)	11.30 Movie: The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank. 1978 [IMDB]	11.30 Chris Conroy’s Wonderful World Of Boats
12AM				12am Alice 12.30 Close
1AM			1.20am Movie: The Monk. 1969 [IMDB]
2AM			2.50 Movie: Operation St Peter’s. 1968 [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4.35 Movie: Sorrowful Jones. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6.30am)
5AM

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8am Sesame Street 9am Play School 9.30 For Schools: Lower Primary Science; Flip, Slide, Turn; Insight; Lifestyle; Evolution; A Good Read; Faces Of Man; Six Of The Best; Maths In A Box 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Paddington 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends 5pm Out There. Ian Rogerson, Mandy Salomon, Joy Smithers, Richard Stubbs 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 Ulysses 31 5.55 Come And Get It. Peter Russell-Clarke 6pm Inspector Gadget 6.30 ABC National. Clive Hale, Dale Sinclair 7.30 Rumpole Of The Bailey 8.25 Four Corners 9.15 Tenko 10.10 Rock Arena. Suzanne Dowling 11.10 Close	12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Port Lincoln Woman’s World 2.30 All In The Family 3pm Sons And Daughters 3.30 Children’s Programs. Includes Fat Cat And Friends, Shirl’s Neighbourhood, Wombat, Archie And Sabrina, The Flintstones 5.45 Regional News 6pm The Muppet Show 6.30 National News 7pm State Affair 7.30 Flying High 8.29 Tide Times — East 8.30 Mini-Series: All The Rivers Run. Part Three [IMDB] 10.27 News, Weather 10.30 Carry On Laughing 11pm Regional News (Rpt) 11.15 Tomorrow’s Programs; Close	1.30pm Fat Cat And Friends 2pm The Sullivans 3pm Donahue 4pm Time For Kids. Includes Simon Townsend’s Wonder World, Fraggle Rock, Woody Woodpecker 5.20 What’s On In The Riverland 5.25 Perfect Match 5.50 Sale Of The Century 6.15 Riverland News 6.30 National News 7pm State Affair 7.30 A Country Practice 8.30 Special: The Fountain Of Youth 10.25 Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer 11.20 Dad’s Army 11.45 Riverland News (Rpt); Epilogue; Tomorrow’s Programs; Close	6.30am Good Morning Australia 8.30 Close 10.30 Fat Cat And Friends 11am State Affair 11.30 Midday With Ray Martin 1pm Days Of Our Lives 2pm Woman’s World 3.10 The Young And The Restless 4pm Children’s Hour. Includes Simon Townsend’s Wonder World, The Littlest Hobo 5pm The Muppet Show 5.30 Perfect Match 5.55 Two-Way Sweep 6pm Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Sons And Daughters 8.30 Mini-Series: Hollywood Wives [IMDB] 10.30 Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 11.30 Regional News (Rpt) 12am Close