The Movie Show debuts with host Silvio Rivier joined by SBS film reviewer David Stratton and producer Margaret Pomeranz making her on-screen debut. The program continued until May 2004, when Stratton and Pomeranz left SBS to go to ABC for a new program, At The Movies.
See also: Thursday 30 October 1986 — MELBOURNE
Source: TV Week, 25 October 1986
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| 6AM | 6.30am Today | ||
| 7AM | 7.30am The Carleton/Walsh Report (Rpt) | ||
| 8AM | 8am Mr Squiggle And Friends 8.30 Sesame Street |
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| 9AM | 9.30 Play School | 9am Here’s Humphrey 9.55 Cartoons |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Trapp Winkle And Box, Junior Craft, Secondary Drama, The Red And The Blue, A Tough Place To Play, Go Health, Infinity Ltd, What Do We Do Now | 10am Barney Miller 10.30 Coronation Street |
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| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | ||
| 12PM | 12pm The Investigators (Rpt) 12.30 A New World (For Sure) |
12pm Midday With Ray Martin | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.05 For Schools: The Voyage Of The Mimi, Excuse My French, Hunter, Spare Parts In Performance, Passwords, Earthwatch |
1.30 News 1.35 Days Of Our Lives |
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| 2PM | 2.30 King In The Kitchen 2.35 The Fall Guy |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 The Magic Roundabout |
3.30 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Sooty Show 4.55 The Croc-Note Show |
4pm Wombat 4.30 Fraggle Rock |
4.25pm Swami Sarasvati 4.30 Kaleidoscope |
| 5PM | 5pm Inspector Gadget 5.25 Roger Ramjet 5.30 The Haunted School |
5pm Benson 5.25 Community Billboard 5.30 Perfect Match |
5pm Everybody Here 5.30 Marco Polo’s Stone (Italy) |
| 6PM | 6pm Dancing Daze 6.30 Bananaman 6.35 Doctor Who |
6pm News 6.30 Willesee |
6pm Rose De Lejos (Argentina) 6.30 The Noise. Annette Shun Wah |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Richard Morecroft 7.30 The 7.30 Report. Jane Singleton |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 A Country Practice |
7pm World News. George Donikian 7.30 Five Times Dizzy. Rebekah Elmaloglou, Helen Kambos, Stavros Economidis, Mary Kostakidis |
| 8PM | 8pm Flying Start 8.30 The Fast Lane |
8.27 News 8.30 Miami Vice |
8pm Hello Australia. George Donikian, Kay Stammers 8.30 The Movie Show PREMIERE David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Silvio Rivier |
| 9PM | 9.25 Back Chat 9.35 The Carleton/Walsh Report |
9.30 This Week. Niree Creed, Zena Armstrong, Shamus Gonella, Karen Milliner | 9pm 9 O’Clock. Christina Koutsoukos 9.30 Movie: Bodyguard. 1980 (USSR) [IMDB] |
| 10PM | 10.05 Encounters 10.55 Golf: 1986 Toshiba Australian PGA Tournament. Highlights |
10pm The Twilight Zone 10.57 News |
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| 11PM | 11.55 Close | 11pm Movie: Of Mice And Men. 1981 [IMDB] | 11pm Soccer |
| 12AM | 12am Close | ||
| 1AM | 1.15am Close | ||
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