ATN7’s telethon for the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney features guest appearances by personalities from all three commercial networks — including stars from Skyways, Cop Shop, Kingswood Country, Shirl’s Neighbourhood, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, The Restless Years, Sale Of The Century, Eyewitness News and Simon Townsend’s Wonder World.

Source: TV Week, 30 August 1980

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10
6AM			6am Thunderbirds
7AM		7am Land Of The Lost 7.30 New Shmoo 7.40 Pebbles And Bam Bam	7am The Krofft Supershow
8AM		8am Track Time. Gai Smith, Don Scott	8am Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich, Jacki MacDonald	8am Waterline 8.30 Archie’s TV Funnies 8.55 Plastic Man
9AM		9am Sounds. Donnie Sutherland		9.20 World’s Greatest Superfriends 9.45 Johnny Cypher
10AM				10.10 The New Adventures Of Superman 10.35 Space Sentinels
11AM			11am Grandstand Preview. Johnny Tapp 11.30 Big John Little John	11am Fang Face 11.30 The Magic Wok. Philip Paxton
12PM	12pm Sportsview 12.02 Lawn Bowls: Jack High	12pm Movie: Pacific Adventure. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB]	12pm Reg Lindsay’s Country Homestead	12pm The Doris Day Show 12.30 Green Acres
1PM	1.05 Soccer: Match Of The Day	1.55 Football: VFL	1pm Movie: Happy-Go-Lovely. 1951 [IMDB]	1pm Greek Variety Show
2PM	2.05 Rugby League Preview 2.15 Greatest Fights Of The Century 2.27 Masters Of Golf 2.58 Rugby League Match Of The Day			2pm Movie: Log Of The Black Pearl. 1975 [IMDB]
3PM			3pm Grandstand
4PM	4.35 Sportsnight Item 4.40 World Sports Roundup 4.55 Race And Sporting Roundup	4.50 Olympic Minutes	4.30 Huckleberry Hound	4pm Small Talk 4.30 Young Talent Time
5PM	5.05 Countdown (Rpt)	5pm Great Mysteries Of The World	5pm Time Tunnel	5.30 Eyewitness News
6PM	6pm Top Saturday League 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. John Bok 6.30 Telethon 1980. Roger Climpson, Barbie Rogers (Continues to 6pm)	6pm National Nine News 6.30 Ask The Leyland Brothers	6pm The Big Game. Ray Warren, Keith Barnes
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.15 Sports Review 7.30 Parkinson		7.30 Upstairs Downstairs	7.30 Switch
8PM	8.25 Cricket: Cornhill Centenary Cricket Test. England v Australia. Live from London		8.30 Movie: The Waltz Of The Toreadors. 1962 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Across 110th Street. 1972 [IMDB]
9PM
10PM	10.30 ABC News, Weather 10.36 Four Corners		10.30 Movie: Two-Way Stretch. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB]	10.30 Movie: The Foxes Of Harrow. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB]
11PM	11.08 Cricket (cont’d)
12AM			12.30am Movie: I’m Alright Jack. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB]	12.50am Close
1AM
2AM			2.30 Movie: Battle Of The Sexes. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM	3.30am Close
4AM			4.10 Movie: Only Two Can Play. 1962 (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am)
5AM