from The Age
0-28 (SBS)
5.10pm Follow Me (English lessons)
5.30 My Uncle Theodore (Germany)
6.00 Cartoon Corner
6.30 Rock Around the World
7.00 International Sports Magazine (highlights: NSW Women's Open Championships; Gaelic Football: Galway v. Mayo; Ten Pin Bowling Championships)
7.30 News
8.00 The Vikings (British documentary focusing on the artistic, cultural and technological achievements of the Vikings; narrated by Magnus Magnusson)
8.30 Verdi (the life of composer Giuseppe Verdi)
9.28 News Headlines
9.30 Movie "Pale Mother" (Germany)
11.35 sign-off
ABV2 (ABC)
8.00 Sesame Street
9.00 Class of '83
9.20 The Enchanted House
9.30 Play School
10.00 Communication
10.20 sign-off
10.40 Detective
11.00 Flip, Slide, Turn
11.20 Words & Pictures
11.40 Lower Primary Science
12.00 Four Corners
12.30 Golf: Australian Open highlights
1.00 ABC News (from ABN2 Sydney)
1.11 Weekend Magazine
1.35 Social Studies
1.55 The Australians
2.15 Countrywide
2.45 sign-off
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 Play School
4.30 Professor Balthazar
4.35 Amazing Adventures of Morph
4.40 Swiss Family Robinson
5.05 The Flaxton Boys
5.30 Shadows
5.55 Come & Get It
5.58 News Headlines
6.00 The Goodies
6.30 Doctor Who (part 4 of "The Seeds of Doom")
6.54 Take Five
7.00 ABC News/Weather
7.30 It Ain't Half Hot Mum (final)
8.00 Porridge
8.30 Nationwide
9.00 To Serve Them All My Days
9.55 ABC News
10.05 UEFA Cup: Aston Villa v. Spartak Moscow
11.05 sign-off
HSV7 (Seven)
7.00 Stax
7.30 Jabberjaw
8.00 Family Affair
8.30 Flintstone Frolics
9.00 Beauty & the Beast
10.00 Romper Room
10.55 Take Five
11.00 Tennis: NSW Women's Open Championships
6.00 New Price is Right
6.30 News
7.00 Laugh-In (guest Diana Ross)
7.30 Quincy, ME
8.30 Falcon Crest
9.30 The Gentle Touch
10.30 News
11.00 NBA Playoffs: L.A. at San Antonio (one of the games played between May 8 and May 20, 1983; the paper didn't specify which of these was aired)
1.00 It Takes a Thief
2.00 sign-off
GTV9 (Nine)
6.00 Zorro
6.25 Go Health
6.30 King Leonardo
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
10.00 Another World
11.00 Richard Simmons
11.30 News
12.00 Movie "The Legend of Valentino"
2.00 Bracken's World (2 hours)
4.00 Matchmates
4.30 Skippy
5.00 Starting Out
6.00 Mr. Merlin
6.30 News
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 The Fall Guy
8.30 Strike Force "Sharks"
9.30 Kings
10.30 Cade's County "The Mustangers"
11.30 That's My Boy "Settling In"
12.00 Movie "Little Fauss & Big Halsy"
1.50 Movie "Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious"
3.40 Movie "Homer"
5.10 Big Valley
ATV10 (Ten)
6.00 Courageous Cat
6.05 The Three Stooges
6.30 Superman
7.00 Good Morning Australia
9.00 The Restless Years
10.00 W.O.W.
10.30 Fat Cat & Friends
11.00 Good Morning Melbourne
12.00 Movie "Bandido"
2.00 Clive Robertson's Beauty & the Beast
3.00 Emergency!
4.00 Simon Townsend's Wonder World!
5.00 F-Troop
5.30 Alice
6.00 Eyewitness News
7.00 M*A*S*H
7.30 Now Look Here (Britcom starring Ronnie Corbett)
8.00 Seven on One "Spanner's Eleven" (another Britcom, this one with Ronnie Barker)
8.30 Movie "21 Hours at Munich"
10.25 Kung Fu
11.25 Connections (organized crime in North America)
11.55 People's Court
12.25 Flappers
12.55 Tarzan
sign-off at 1.25am
0-28 (SBS)
5.10pm Follow Me (English lessons)
5.30 My Uncle Theodore (Germany)
6.00 Cartoon Corner
6.30 Rock Around the World
7.00 International Sports Magazine (highlights: NSW Women's Open Championships; Gaelic Football: Galway v. Mayo; Ten Pin Bowling Championships)
7.30 News
8.00 The Vikings (British documentary focusing on the artistic, cultural and technological achievements of the Vikings; narrated by Magnus Magnusson)
8.30 Verdi (the life of composer Giuseppe Verdi)
9.28 News Headlines
9.30 Movie "Pale Mother" (Germany)
11.35 sign-off
ABV2 (ABC)
8.00 Sesame Street
9.00 Class of '83
9.20 The Enchanted House
9.30 Play School
10.00 Communication
10.20 sign-off
10.40 Detective
11.00 Flip, Slide, Turn
11.20 Words & Pictures
11.40 Lower Primary Science
12.00 Four Corners
12.30 Golf: Australian Open highlights
1.00 ABC News (from ABN2 Sydney)
1.11 Weekend Magazine
1.35 Social Studies
1.55 The Australians
2.15 Countrywide
2.45 sign-off
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 Play School
4.30 Professor Balthazar
4.35 Amazing Adventures of Morph
4.40 Swiss Family Robinson
5.05 The Flaxton Boys
5.30 Shadows
5.55 Come & Get It
5.58 News Headlines
6.00 The Goodies
6.30 Doctor Who (part 4 of "The Seeds of Doom")
6.54 Take Five
7.00 ABC News/Weather
7.30 It Ain't Half Hot Mum (final)
8.00 Porridge
8.30 Nationwide
9.00 To Serve Them All My Days
9.55 ABC News
10.05 UEFA Cup: Aston Villa v. Spartak Moscow
11.05 sign-off
HSV7 (Seven)
7.00 Stax
7.30 Jabberjaw
8.00 Family Affair
8.30 Flintstone Frolics
9.00 Beauty & the Beast
10.00 Romper Room
10.55 Take Five
11.00 Tennis: NSW Women's Open Championships
6.00 New Price is Right
6.30 News
7.00 Laugh-In (guest Diana Ross)
7.30 Quincy, ME
8.30 Falcon Crest
9.30 The Gentle Touch
10.30 News
11.00 NBA Playoffs: L.A. at San Antonio (one of the games played between May 8 and May 20, 1983; the paper didn't specify which of these was aired)
1.00 It Takes a Thief
2.00 sign-off
GTV9 (Nine)
6.00 Zorro
6.25 Go Health
6.30 King Leonardo
7.00 Today
9.00 Here's Humphrey
10.00 Another World
11.00 Richard Simmons
11.30 News
12.00 Movie "The Legend of Valentino"
2.00 Bracken's World (2 hours)
4.00 Matchmates
4.30 Skippy
5.00 Starting Out
6.00 Mr. Merlin
6.30 News
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 The Fall Guy
8.30 Strike Force "Sharks"
9.30 Kings
10.30 Cade's County "The Mustangers"
11.30 That's My Boy "Settling In"
12.00 Movie "Little Fauss & Big Halsy"
1.50 Movie "Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious"
3.40 Movie "Homer"
5.10 Big Valley
ATV10 (Ten)
6.00 Courageous Cat
6.05 The Three Stooges
6.30 Superman
7.00 Good Morning Australia
9.00 The Restless Years
10.00 W.O.W.
10.30 Fat Cat & Friends
11.00 Good Morning Melbourne
12.00 Movie "Bandido"
2.00 Clive Robertson's Beauty & the Beast
3.00 Emergency!
4.00 Simon Townsend's Wonder World!
5.00 F-Troop
5.30 Alice
6.00 Eyewitness News
7.00 M*A*S*H
7.30 Now Look Here (Britcom starring Ronnie Corbett)
8.00 Seven on One "Spanner's Eleven" (another Britcom, this one with Ronnie Barker)
8.30 Movie "21 Hours at Munich"
10.25 Kung Fu
11.25 Connections (organized crime in North America)
11.55 People's Court
12.25 Flappers
12.55 Tarzan
sign-off at 1.25am