from TV Week-Victoria edition
Rating Key
G-General Audiences
A-Recommended for Adults
ATV0 Melbourne
3:30pm Compass
4:15 London Line
4:30 Discovery
5:00 Western Theatre (G)
5:55 Football Replay
6:55 News Headlines
7:00 Patty Duke "Patty the Diplomat"
7:30 Ed Sullivan (guests Richard Burton, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Worsley, Jackie Vernon, Topo Gigio, Carmel Quinn, the Volantes, and Augusburg's Jungle Wonders)
8:28 News Headlines
8:30 Gunsmoke "Gold Mine" (A)
9:30 Entertaining with Kerr (yep, Graham Kerr)
10:00 King of Diamonds "Guided Tour de Force" (A)
10:28 News Headlines
10:30 Football Replay
11:30 sign-off
ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland
12:30pm Movie "Ghost of the China Sea" (G)
1:40 Barbican Regained (a visit to London's famous square mile)
1:55 Sportsview (on the agenda: VFL reports, Hit Parade, Football Flashback, Story of the Derby, Australian Junior Swimming Championships, Soccer: England v Scotland, and Sporting Roundup)
5:20 Cartoon Time
6:00 League Football Replays
7:00 News/Newsreel/Weather
7:18 Football Roundup
7:45 Danny Kaye (guests Marguerite Piazza, and Freddie & the Dreamers)
8:30 Four Corners
9:20 Insurrection "Nothing in Heaven or Earth" (a RTE import, re-enacting the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule of Ireland/A)
9:45 Sports Review
9:55 Movie "Simba" (A)
11:30 sign-off
HSV7 Melbourne
9:30 Aspro Footy Show
10:00 HSV Turf Guide
10:30 Employment Service
11:00 Television Tutorial "Canterbury Tales"/"Music by Numbers"
noon program break
1:40 Station Re-Opening
1:45 Adventure Club
2:00 Hits of the Past
2:30 Consider Your Verdict "Queen v Nelson" (A)
3:25 Football Scores
3:30 Under the Big Top
4:00 Saturday Matinee "The Big Leaguer" (G)
4:55 Football Results
5:00 Saturday Matinee cont'd
5:25 Pet's Corner
5:30 Peter's Fun Fair
6:00 Football Replay
6:50 Sports/News/Weather
7:00 Football Inquest
7:30 Perry Mason "The Case of the Unwelcome Well" (A)
8:30 Mavis Bramston
9:30 Fighting Words (topics discussed: (1) Australia and Japan: Trading Partners or Rivals?, (2) The sale of war toys should be banned, and (3) Boxing should be strictly controlled)
10:15 International Theatre "Project: Pied Piper" (A)
11:15 Peter Gunn "Wolf Case" (A)
11:42 Tomorrow's Programs
11:45 sign-off
GTV9 Melbourne
7:30 Harveytoons
7:55 Little Tuppence Club
8:00 New Faces
9:00 Football Flashbacks
10:00 Turf Guide
11:00 Championship Bowling (from Cross Roads Bowl, Adelaide)
11:30 Country & Western Hour
12:30 The Samurai "Spy's Revenge"/"Poison Blade" (A)
1:30 Matinee Theatre "Bail Out at 43,000" (A)
3:00 Buck Jones' Western Theatre "The Ivory Handled Guns" (G)
4:00 Saturday Date
5:00 Shindig
5:30 Sport & News
6:00 League Replay
7:00 Lucy Show "Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere at the Taj Mahal Theatre" (guest stars Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Durante, and Vincent Edwards)
7:30 Danger Man "Someone is Liable to Get Hurt" (A)
8:30 Red Skelton "The Red Skelton Scrapwork" (Ed Wynn guest hosts as Red performs some of his favorite sketches and mimes)
9:30 Charlie Chan Theatre "Charlie Chan at the Racetrack" (A)
10:45 Interview
11:45 News/Sport/Weather
12:15 Epilogue (Roman Catholic representative)
12:25 sign-off
GLV10 Gippsland
5:30pm Ten on the Town
6:00 Wackiest Ship in the Army "The Day the Crew Paced the Deck"
7:00 Gidget "Ring a Ding Din(g)bat"
7:30 Mona McCluskey "Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Friend"
8:00 Bonanza "The Reluctant Rebel" (A)
9:00 Man from UNCLE "The Fiddlesticks Affair" (David MacCallum was on that week's cover)
10:00 Theatre Ten "Moment of Indiscretion" (A)
11:30 sign-off
Rating Key
G-General Audiences
A-Recommended for Adults
ATV0 Melbourne
3:30pm Compass
4:15 London Line
4:30 Discovery
5:00 Western Theatre (G)
5:55 Football Replay
6:55 News Headlines
7:00 Patty Duke "Patty the Diplomat"
7:30 Ed Sullivan (guests Richard Burton, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Worsley, Jackie Vernon, Topo Gigio, Carmel Quinn, the Volantes, and Augusburg's Jungle Wonders)
8:28 News Headlines
8:30 Gunsmoke "Gold Mine" (A)
9:30 Entertaining with Kerr (yep, Graham Kerr)
10:00 King of Diamonds "Guided Tour de Force" (A)
10:28 News Headlines
10:30 Football Replay
11:30 sign-off
ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland
12:30pm Movie "Ghost of the China Sea" (G)
1:40 Barbican Regained (a visit to London's famous square mile)
1:55 Sportsview (on the agenda: VFL reports, Hit Parade, Football Flashback, Story of the Derby, Australian Junior Swimming Championships, Soccer: England v Scotland, and Sporting Roundup)
5:20 Cartoon Time
6:00 League Football Replays
7:00 News/Newsreel/Weather
7:18 Football Roundup
7:45 Danny Kaye (guests Marguerite Piazza, and Freddie & the Dreamers)
8:30 Four Corners
9:20 Insurrection "Nothing in Heaven or Earth" (a RTE import, re-enacting the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule of Ireland/A)
9:45 Sports Review
9:55 Movie "Simba" (A)
11:30 sign-off
HSV7 Melbourne
9:30 Aspro Footy Show
10:00 HSV Turf Guide
10:30 Employment Service
11:00 Television Tutorial "Canterbury Tales"/"Music by Numbers"
noon program break
1:40 Station Re-Opening
1:45 Adventure Club
2:00 Hits of the Past
2:30 Consider Your Verdict "Queen v Nelson" (A)
3:25 Football Scores
3:30 Under the Big Top
4:00 Saturday Matinee "The Big Leaguer" (G)
4:55 Football Results
5:00 Saturday Matinee cont'd
5:25 Pet's Corner
5:30 Peter's Fun Fair
6:00 Football Replay
6:50 Sports/News/Weather
7:00 Football Inquest
7:30 Perry Mason "The Case of the Unwelcome Well" (A)
8:30 Mavis Bramston
9:30 Fighting Words (topics discussed: (1) Australia and Japan: Trading Partners or Rivals?, (2) The sale of war toys should be banned, and (3) Boxing should be strictly controlled)
10:15 International Theatre "Project: Pied Piper" (A)
11:15 Peter Gunn "Wolf Case" (A)
11:42 Tomorrow's Programs
11:45 sign-off
GTV9 Melbourne
7:30 Harveytoons
7:55 Little Tuppence Club
8:00 New Faces
9:00 Football Flashbacks
10:00 Turf Guide
11:00 Championship Bowling (from Cross Roads Bowl, Adelaide)
11:30 Country & Western Hour
12:30 The Samurai "Spy's Revenge"/"Poison Blade" (A)
1:30 Matinee Theatre "Bail Out at 43,000" (A)
3:00 Buck Jones' Western Theatre "The Ivory Handled Guns" (G)
4:00 Saturday Date
5:00 Shindig
5:30 Sport & News
6:00 League Replay
7:00 Lucy Show "Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere at the Taj Mahal Theatre" (guest stars Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Durante, and Vincent Edwards)
7:30 Danger Man "Someone is Liable to Get Hurt" (A)
8:30 Red Skelton "The Red Skelton Scrapwork" (Ed Wynn guest hosts as Red performs some of his favorite sketches and mimes)
9:30 Charlie Chan Theatre "Charlie Chan at the Racetrack" (A)
10:45 Interview
11:45 News/Sport/Weather
12:15 Epilogue (Roman Catholic representative)
12:25 sign-off
GLV10 Gippsland
5:30pm Ten on the Town
6:00 Wackiest Ship in the Army "The Day the Crew Paced the Deck"
7:00 Gidget "Ring a Ding Din(g)bat"
7:30 Mona McCluskey "Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Friend"
8:00 Bonanza "The Reluctant Rebel" (A)
9:00 Man from UNCLE "The Fiddlesticks Affair" (David MacCallum was on that week's cover)
10:00 Theatre Ten "Moment of Indiscretion" (A)
11:30 sign-off