Finishing the week of Christmas Day skeds with a visit to a place that's quite warm this time of year ;D
from TV Week-Victoria edition
Ratings Key
C Recommended for Children
PGR Parental Guidance Recommended
AO Recommended for Adults Only
S-subtitles (closed-captioned)
ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland (ABC)
11.00 Christmas Worship
noon John Martin's Christmas Pageant
1.00 Princess & the Flying Showmaker
2.30 George & the Star
3.00 Foxtales "A Winter Story" (S)
3.24 Morris' Disappearing Bag
3.30 Christmas Every Day
3.50 Clown of God
4.00 Babar & Father Christmas
4.25 Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends "Thomas' Christmas Party"
4.30 Angel & the Soldier Boy
5.00 A Crystal Christmas in Sweden (Crystal Gayle is joined by John Davidson, David Hasselhoff, and Michael Damien)
6.00 Countdown Revolution Christmas Special (with the Doug Anthony All Stars, Kate Cerebano, Stephen Cummings, and Reg Mombassa)
7.00 ABC News/Weather (Arthur Higgins)
7.20 Queen's Christmas Message (S)
7.30 Miracle on Fort Street (Handel's Messiah, performed by 90 Detroiters at Fort Street Presbyterian Church)
8.00 Home-Made Christmas Video "Alas Smith and Jones" (PGR/S)
8.30 Best of GP "Georgie" (S)
9.30 Movie "The Barkleys of Broadway"
11.25 Queen's Christmas Message (S)
11.35 NFL Football: teams not listed
1.05 sign-off (or close, to use the Australian term)
HSV7 Melbourne (Seven)
4.55 Holiday World
5.20 CSIRO The Researchers
5.35 Tomorrow People
6.00 Pac-Man
6.30 Agro's Cartoon Connection (Yearling/First Christmas/Terrahawks/Smurfs)
9.00 Bewitched (bw)
9.30 Fat Cat & Friends
10.00 John Martin's Christmas Pageant
11.00 Agro's Christmas Story
noon Movie "Christmas Without Snow"
2.00 Disney's Very Merry Christmas Parade
4.00 Adventures of Candy Claus
4.30 Now You See It (C)
5.00 ALF
5.30 Family Feud
6.00 Seven Nightly News (Peter Mitchell)
6.30 Wheel of Fortune (local version, John Burgess/Adriana Xenides)
7.00 Hinch (S; Peter Luck fills in for the summer)
7.30 Movie "Oklahoma!" (PGR)
10.15 Queen's Christmas Message
10.30 World Vision: Some of My Children (S)
11.25 Ivan's Face to Face (HSV7 movie critic Ivan Hutchinson also wrote for TV Week)
11.30 NBC Today (S; tape-delayed, the show hit the air live in the US at 11pm Melbourne time)
1.30 World at War
2.30 Rituals (PGR)
2.55 Generations (PGR)
3.20 Refuge (AO)
3.50 Sherlock Holmes (AO)
4.50 Holiday World
GLV8 Gippsland (SCN, relays BCV8 Bendigo)
6.55 Thought for the Day
7.00 News
7.30 Turn Round Australia Christmas Special
8.30 Other Wise Man
9.00 Fat Cat & Friends
9.30 Carol's Christmas
10.00 Movie "White Christmas"
noon Carols by Candlelight
2.00 Movie "A Very Brady Christmas"
4.00 Mr. Kreuger's Christmas
4.30 Double Dare (C)
5.00 Movie "Robin Hood"
6.30 National News (from GTV9, I believe)
7.00 Christmas Message (Most Rev. Noel Daly, Bishop of Sandhurst)
7.05 Movie "Finian's Rainbow"
9.50 Movie "The Importance of Being Ernest" (bw)
11.40 Movie "Father Dear Father"
1.20 Thought for the Day
1.25 sign-off
GTV9 Melbourne (Nine)
5.00 Carson's Comedy Classics (PGR)
5.30 Starting Out
6.00 Wowser
6.30 Three Stooges (bw)
7.00 ITN World News
7.30 Turn Round Australia Christmas Special
8.30 Carols of Christmas
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 KTV (C)
10.00 Carols by Candlelight
noon Movie "A Christmas Story"
1.45 Movie "The Night They Saved Christmas"
3.30 Other Wise Man
4.00 Facts of Life
4.30 C'mon Kids (C)
5.00 Mr. Krueger's Christmas
5.30 Head of the Class
6.00 National Nine News (Peter Hitchener)
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Designing Women "Manhunt"
7.30 Living Dolls "The Not So Sweet Smell of Success" (Earth Quest at 7.45)
8.00 Growing Pains "Obscure Objects of Our Desire" (pt 2)
8.30 China Beach "Christmas China Beach" (AO)
9.30 Matlock "Santa Claus" (PGR)
10.30 Queen's Christmas Message
10.40 Family & Friends
11.40 E! Entertainment (AO)
12.50 Movie "The Man Who Finally Died" (PGR/bw)
2.45 Movie "Yellowstone Kelly" (PGR)
4.30 Dukes of Hazzard (PGR)
ATV10 Melbourne (Ten)
5.00 Ten Newswatch (including reports from CNN)
7.00 Phantom Treehouse (pt 2)
7.30 Ewoks
8.00 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
8.30 Muppet Show
9.00 A Christmas World
10.00 Mulligrubs
10.30 A Christmas Celebration
11.00 Yeshua & the First Christmas
11.30 A Story We Share
noon Movie "Bush Christmas" (bw)
1.35 Movie "Miracle on 34th Street"
3.30 That Girl
4.00 Lassie
4.30 Storyteller (C)
5.00 Donahue
6.00 Ten Evening News (Mal Walden, still with the station today and occasionally doing the weather as well-his weather forecasts are legendary in the market; the Queen's Christmas Message airs during the newscast)
6.30 Doogie Howser MD (Doogie the Red Nosed Reindeer)
7.00 Wonder Years "Christmas"
7.30 Movie "White Christmas"
10.15 Movie "Larceny Inc." (bw)
12.20 It Began at a Party
12.50 Ten Newswatch
SBS28 Melbourne (SBS)
1.05pm Confidencen (Sweden)
1.50 Mytto & Christmas (Finland)
2.05 Movie "The Summer of the Falcon" (Germany)
3.45 Silent Night with Jose Carreras (UK)
4.20 Opera "La Boheme" (Italy)
6.20 Queen's Christmas Message
6.30 SBS World News (Mary Kostakidis)
7.00 Movie "My Father Lives in Rio" (Netherlands)
8.40 Cutting Edge "Christmas at Starcross" (US)
9.35 Fanny & Alexander (pt 3/PGR; Sweden)
10.35 Movie "My Sweet Little Village" (Czechoslovakia; PGR)
12.15 sign-off
from TV Week-Victoria edition
Ratings Key
C Recommended for Children
PGR Parental Guidance Recommended
AO Recommended for Adults Only
S-subtitles (closed-captioned)
ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland (ABC)
11.00 Christmas Worship
noon John Martin's Christmas Pageant
1.00 Princess & the Flying Showmaker
2.30 George & the Star
3.00 Foxtales "A Winter Story" (S)
3.24 Morris' Disappearing Bag
3.30 Christmas Every Day
3.50 Clown of God
4.00 Babar & Father Christmas
4.25 Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends "Thomas' Christmas Party"
4.30 Angel & the Soldier Boy
5.00 A Crystal Christmas in Sweden (Crystal Gayle is joined by John Davidson, David Hasselhoff, and Michael Damien)
6.00 Countdown Revolution Christmas Special (with the Doug Anthony All Stars, Kate Cerebano, Stephen Cummings, and Reg Mombassa)
7.00 ABC News/Weather (Arthur Higgins)
7.20 Queen's Christmas Message (S)
7.30 Miracle on Fort Street (Handel's Messiah, performed by 90 Detroiters at Fort Street Presbyterian Church)
8.00 Home-Made Christmas Video "Alas Smith and Jones" (PGR/S)
8.30 Best of GP "Georgie" (S)
9.30 Movie "The Barkleys of Broadway"
11.25 Queen's Christmas Message (S)
11.35 NFL Football: teams not listed
1.05 sign-off (or close, to use the Australian term)
HSV7 Melbourne (Seven)
4.55 Holiday World
5.20 CSIRO The Researchers
5.35 Tomorrow People
6.00 Pac-Man
6.30 Agro's Cartoon Connection (Yearling/First Christmas/Terrahawks/Smurfs)
9.00 Bewitched (bw)
9.30 Fat Cat & Friends
10.00 John Martin's Christmas Pageant
11.00 Agro's Christmas Story
noon Movie "Christmas Without Snow"
2.00 Disney's Very Merry Christmas Parade
4.00 Adventures of Candy Claus
4.30 Now You See It (C)
5.00 ALF
5.30 Family Feud
6.00 Seven Nightly News (Peter Mitchell)
6.30 Wheel of Fortune (local version, John Burgess/Adriana Xenides)
7.00 Hinch (S; Peter Luck fills in for the summer)
7.30 Movie "Oklahoma!" (PGR)
10.15 Queen's Christmas Message
10.30 World Vision: Some of My Children (S)
11.25 Ivan's Face to Face (HSV7 movie critic Ivan Hutchinson also wrote for TV Week)
11.30 NBC Today (S; tape-delayed, the show hit the air live in the US at 11pm Melbourne time)
1.30 World at War
2.30 Rituals (PGR)
2.55 Generations (PGR)
3.20 Refuge (AO)
3.50 Sherlock Holmes (AO)
4.50 Holiday World
GLV8 Gippsland (SCN, relays BCV8 Bendigo)
6.55 Thought for the Day
7.00 News
7.30 Turn Round Australia Christmas Special
8.30 Other Wise Man
9.00 Fat Cat & Friends
9.30 Carol's Christmas
10.00 Movie "White Christmas"
noon Carols by Candlelight
2.00 Movie "A Very Brady Christmas"
4.00 Mr. Kreuger's Christmas
4.30 Double Dare (C)
5.00 Movie "Robin Hood"
6.30 National News (from GTV9, I believe)
7.00 Christmas Message (Most Rev. Noel Daly, Bishop of Sandhurst)
7.05 Movie "Finian's Rainbow"
9.50 Movie "The Importance of Being Ernest" (bw)
11.40 Movie "Father Dear Father"
1.20 Thought for the Day
1.25 sign-off
GTV9 Melbourne (Nine)
5.00 Carson's Comedy Classics (PGR)
5.30 Starting Out
6.00 Wowser
6.30 Three Stooges (bw)
7.00 ITN World News
7.30 Turn Round Australia Christmas Special
8.30 Carols of Christmas
9.00 Here's Humphrey
9.30 KTV (C)
10.00 Carols by Candlelight
noon Movie "A Christmas Story"
1.45 Movie "The Night They Saved Christmas"
3.30 Other Wise Man
4.00 Facts of Life
4.30 C'mon Kids (C)
5.00 Mr. Krueger's Christmas
5.30 Head of the Class
6.00 National Nine News (Peter Hitchener)
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 Designing Women "Manhunt"
7.30 Living Dolls "The Not So Sweet Smell of Success" (Earth Quest at 7.45)
8.00 Growing Pains "Obscure Objects of Our Desire" (pt 2)
8.30 China Beach "Christmas China Beach" (AO)
9.30 Matlock "Santa Claus" (PGR)
10.30 Queen's Christmas Message
10.40 Family & Friends
11.40 E! Entertainment (AO)
12.50 Movie "The Man Who Finally Died" (PGR/bw)
2.45 Movie "Yellowstone Kelly" (PGR)
4.30 Dukes of Hazzard (PGR)
ATV10 Melbourne (Ten)
5.00 Ten Newswatch (including reports from CNN)
7.00 Phantom Treehouse (pt 2)
7.30 Ewoks
8.00 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
8.30 Muppet Show
9.00 A Christmas World
10.00 Mulligrubs
10.30 A Christmas Celebration
11.00 Yeshua & the First Christmas
11.30 A Story We Share
noon Movie "Bush Christmas" (bw)
1.35 Movie "Miracle on 34th Street"
3.30 That Girl
4.00 Lassie
4.30 Storyteller (C)
5.00 Donahue
6.00 Ten Evening News (Mal Walden, still with the station today and occasionally doing the weather as well-his weather forecasts are legendary in the market; the Queen's Christmas Message airs during the newscast)
6.30 Doogie Howser MD (Doogie the Red Nosed Reindeer)
7.00 Wonder Years "Christmas"
7.30 Movie "White Christmas"
10.15 Movie "Larceny Inc." (bw)
12.20 It Began at a Party
12.50 Ten Newswatch
SBS28 Melbourne (SBS)
1.05pm Confidencen (Sweden)
1.50 Mytto & Christmas (Finland)
2.05 Movie "The Summer of the Falcon" (Germany)
3.45 Silent Night with Jose Carreras (UK)
4.20 Opera "La Boheme" (Italy)
6.20 Queen's Christmas Message
6.30 SBS World News (Mary Kostakidis)
7.00 Movie "My Father Lives in Rio" (Netherlands)
8.40 Cutting Edge "Christmas at Starcross" (US)
9.35 Fanny & Alexander (pt 3/PGR; Sweden)
10.35 Movie "My Sweet Little Village" (Czechoslovakia; PGR)
12.15 sign-off
-this actually went out over the air: