from TV Week-Victoria edition
Australia was still in the lead-in to "C-Day" on May 1, 1975 with most programs still in B&W, Australia's participation in the Vietnam War was the major reason for it taking so long for full color service as the then-Prime Minister felt the war effort took priority to color TV
Ratings Key:
A adult
AO adults only
0 ATV0 Melbourne
2 ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland
7 HSV7 Melbourne
9 GTV9 Melbourne
10 GLV10 Gippsland became GLV8 on January 20, 1980 when ATV0 became ATV10
Morning
6.30
9 Test Pattern (c)
7.00
0 Cartoon Carnival (Three Stooges/Alvin/Batfink)
9 Flying Fun Show
8.00
2 Sesame Street
8.30
0 Romper Room (Michele Kenny)
9.00
9 Here's Humphrey
9.10
2 For Schools: National Math Project "Speaking Volumes"
9.30
0-7 Test Pattern (c)
2 For Schools: Primary Maths "Fractions in Action"
9.50
2 Play School
10.00
9 Test Pattern (c)
10.20
2 For Schools: Form 3 Maths "Vision in Maths: What are the Odds?"
10.50
2 For Schools: Face to Face
11.00
0 Roy Hampson
7 A Morning with Andrew Simmons (includes Temptation, hosted by Tony Barber and Barbara Rogers)
9 Vi's Pad
11.15
2 For Schools: Living Here & There "Life Among Clowns"
11.30
9 A Current Affair (replay from last night)
Afternoon
noon
0 Movie "Miss Annie Rooney" (A)
7 Concentration (Lionel Williams)
9 Days of Our Lives (A)
10 News
12.05
10 $25,000 Great Temptation
12.15
2 New Horizons "Your Verdict: Joseph Stalin"
12.30
7 Homicide "Mein Herr Wanzel"
9 Young & the Restless (A)
10 Doris Day
12.55
9 Home Edition News (Peter Hitchener, still with GTV9 to this day)
10 News
1.00
2 News
9-10 No Man's Land (women's show, hosted by Mickie de Stoop)
1.05
2 This Week in Britain
1.20
2 For Schools: Primary Maths "Fractions in Action"
1.30
0 Mike Walsh
7 $25,000 Great Temptation (Barber's here too)
9 General Hospital (A)
10 Days of Our Lives (A)
1.40
2 For Schools: ASEP "The Alpine Eco-System"
2.00
7 Movie "I Was Happy Here" (A)
9 Movie "Too Young to Know"
2.15
2 For Schools: National Maths Project "Speaking Volumes"
2.30
10 Young & the Restless (A)
2.35
2 For Schools: Living Here & There "Life Among Clowns"
2.55
2 Scan
10 McArthur's Segment
3.00
0 Ben Casey "The Night That Nothing Happened"
10 Hennesey
3.15
2 Magic Roundabout
3.20
2 Flowerpot Men
3.30
9 Spending Spree (Jimmy Hannan)
10 Here's Lucy "Working Daughter"
3.35
2 Play School
4.00
0 Fury "Fourth Estate"
7 Anything Can Happen (Ian "Molly" Meldrum)
9 Cartoon Corner (Daryl Somers; cartoons include Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny)
10 Heckle & Jeckle
4.05
2 Adventure Island
7 Huckleberry Hound
4.25
10 Rin Tin Tin "O'Hara Gets Culture"
4.30
0 Gilligan's Island "The Sweepstakes"
2 Sesame Street
7 Get Smart "I'm Only Human"
4.50
10 Cartoons
5.00
0 Lost in Space "Dream Monster"
7 Cheyenne "Apache Blood"
9 Addams Family "Uncle Fester's Illness"
10 Lost in Space "The Colonists"
5.25
2 Cartoons
5.30
9 McHale's Navy "Urulu's Paradise West"
5.40
2 Roman Holidays
5.50
10 Class of '74
Evening
6.00
0 Brady Bunch "Tell It Like It Is"
2 Doctor Who "Colony in Space" (pt 5)
7 Bewitched "The Phrase is Familiar"
9 Lucy Show "Lucy and the Coin Collector"
6.15
10 Gippsland News
6.30
0 Eyewitness News/Weather/Sport (Bruce Mansfield/Clem Dimsey, Bruce is now co-host of top-rated Nightline on 3AW radio, which is simulcast to 3NE Wangaratta and 2QN Deniliquin as well as broadcast online)
2 GTK
7 News/Weather/Sport (Brian Naylor/David Johnston, Johnston worked with both HSV and ATV before retiring in 2005-Johnston was at ATV 1980-1996)
9 News/Sport/Weather (Hitchener/Brian Smith/Christine Howard)
10 News (relayed from one of the Melbourne channels, either 7 or 9)
6.40
2 Bellbird
6.55
2 Cricket Corner (Melbourne only; Gippsland viewers got a brief regional newscast)
7.00
0 24 Hours (Mike Willesee/John Bailey)
2 News/Weather
7 Class of '74
9-10 A Current Affair (Mike Minehan)
7.30
0 Love American Style "Love and the Hoodwinked Honey"/"Love and the Secret Spouse"/"Love and the Flunky"/"Love and the Cosy Comrades" (A)
2 This Day Tonight (Bill Peach)
7 On the Buses "Safety First"
9 Division 4 "Fair Cop"
10 Division 4 "Hello Stranger"
8.00
2 Certain Women
7 Father Dear Father "One Dog and His Man" (A)
8.30
0-10 Number 96
7 Doctor in Charge "Blackmail"
9 All in the Family "Mike Comes Into Money" (A)
8.45
2 News/Weather
8.50
2 Torque (Peter Wherrett, car show)
9.00
0-10 The Box (this Aussie soap was set in a TV station)
7 Caulfield Cup Draw (hosted by Bill Collins; guests Winifred Atwell, Tony Barber, Des O'Connor, Jill Perryman, Mary Hardy, Linda George, Cliff Portwood, the Four Kinsmen, and a ballet troupe)
9 Marcus Welby, MD "A Matter of Fault" (A)
9.20
2 Big Match Soccer: Tottenham-Middlesborough, taped Sept 28
9.30
0 Movie "Killdozer" (A)
10 Movie "Station Six Sahara" (AO)
10.00
9 Dan August "Death Chain" (AO)
10.15
2 News/Weather
10.25
2 Jazz: Graeme Bell All-Stars (joined by Paul Furniss, Deidre Hall, Harry Harman, Ken Herron, Eva Kelly, John Lyle, Geoffrey Proud, and Cliff Reese; sign-off 10.55)
10.30
7 News/Weather
10.40
7 Movie "Harlow" (AO; sign-off 1.00)
11.00
0 Name of the Game "A Hard Case of the Blues" (A)
9 News
11.05
9 Movie "Pursued" (A)
11.20
10 News/Weather
11.30
10 Epilogue (sign-off 11.35)
Late Night
12.30
0 Paul Bernard-Psychiatrist
1.00
0 Weather (sign-off 1.05)
9 Epilogue (sign-off 1.05)
Australia was still in the lead-in to "C-Day" on May 1, 1975 with most programs still in B&W, Australia's participation in the Vietnam War was the major reason for it taking so long for full color service as the then-Prime Minister felt the war effort took priority to color TV
Ratings Key:
A adult
AO adults only
0 ATV0 Melbourne
2 ABV2 Melbourne/ABLV4 Gippsland
7 HSV7 Melbourne
9 GTV9 Melbourne
10 GLV10 Gippsland became GLV8 on January 20, 1980 when ATV0 became ATV10
Morning
6.30
9 Test Pattern (c)
7.00
0 Cartoon Carnival (Three Stooges/Alvin/Batfink)
9 Flying Fun Show
8.00
2 Sesame Street
8.30
0 Romper Room (Michele Kenny)
9.00
9 Here's Humphrey
9.10
2 For Schools: National Math Project "Speaking Volumes"
9.30
0-7 Test Pattern (c)
2 For Schools: Primary Maths "Fractions in Action"
9.50
2 Play School
10.00
9 Test Pattern (c)
10.20
2 For Schools: Form 3 Maths "Vision in Maths: What are the Odds?"
10.50
2 For Schools: Face to Face
11.00
0 Roy Hampson
7 A Morning with Andrew Simmons (includes Temptation, hosted by Tony Barber and Barbara Rogers)
9 Vi's Pad
11.15
2 For Schools: Living Here & There "Life Among Clowns"
11.30
9 A Current Affair (replay from last night)
Afternoon
noon
0 Movie "Miss Annie Rooney" (A)
7 Concentration (Lionel Williams)
9 Days of Our Lives (A)
10 News
12.05
10 $25,000 Great Temptation
12.15
2 New Horizons "Your Verdict: Joseph Stalin"
12.30
7 Homicide "Mein Herr Wanzel"
9 Young & the Restless (A)
10 Doris Day
12.55
9 Home Edition News (Peter Hitchener, still with GTV9 to this day)
10 News
1.00
2 News
9-10 No Man's Land (women's show, hosted by Mickie de Stoop)
1.05
2 This Week in Britain
1.20
2 For Schools: Primary Maths "Fractions in Action"
1.30
0 Mike Walsh
7 $25,000 Great Temptation (Barber's here too)
9 General Hospital (A)
10 Days of Our Lives (A)
1.40
2 For Schools: ASEP "The Alpine Eco-System"
2.00
7 Movie "I Was Happy Here" (A)
9 Movie "Too Young to Know"
2.15
2 For Schools: National Maths Project "Speaking Volumes"
2.30
10 Young & the Restless (A)
2.35
2 For Schools: Living Here & There "Life Among Clowns"
2.55
2 Scan
10 McArthur's Segment
3.00
0 Ben Casey "The Night That Nothing Happened"
10 Hennesey
3.15
2 Magic Roundabout
3.20
2 Flowerpot Men
3.30
9 Spending Spree (Jimmy Hannan)
10 Here's Lucy "Working Daughter"
3.35
2 Play School
4.00
0 Fury "Fourth Estate"
7 Anything Can Happen (Ian "Molly" Meldrum)
9 Cartoon Corner (Daryl Somers; cartoons include Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny)
10 Heckle & Jeckle
4.05
2 Adventure Island
7 Huckleberry Hound
4.25
10 Rin Tin Tin "O'Hara Gets Culture"
4.30
0 Gilligan's Island "The Sweepstakes"
2 Sesame Street
7 Get Smart "I'm Only Human"
4.50
10 Cartoons
5.00
0 Lost in Space "Dream Monster"
7 Cheyenne "Apache Blood"
9 Addams Family "Uncle Fester's Illness"
10 Lost in Space "The Colonists"
5.25
2 Cartoons
5.30
9 McHale's Navy "Urulu's Paradise West"
5.40
2 Roman Holidays
5.50
10 Class of '74
Evening
6.00
0 Brady Bunch "Tell It Like It Is"
2 Doctor Who "Colony in Space" (pt 5)
7 Bewitched "The Phrase is Familiar"
9 Lucy Show "Lucy and the Coin Collector"
6.15
10 Gippsland News
6.30
0 Eyewitness News/Weather/Sport (Bruce Mansfield/Clem Dimsey, Bruce is now co-host of top-rated Nightline on 3AW radio, which is simulcast to 3NE Wangaratta and 2QN Deniliquin as well as broadcast online)
2 GTK
7 News/Weather/Sport (Brian Naylor/David Johnston, Johnston worked with both HSV and ATV before retiring in 2005-Johnston was at ATV 1980-1996)
9 News/Sport/Weather (Hitchener/Brian Smith/Christine Howard)
10 News (relayed from one of the Melbourne channels, either 7 or 9)
6.40
2 Bellbird
6.55
2 Cricket Corner (Melbourne only; Gippsland viewers got a brief regional newscast)
7.00
0 24 Hours (Mike Willesee/John Bailey)
2 News/Weather
7 Class of '74
9-10 A Current Affair (Mike Minehan)
7.30
0 Love American Style "Love and the Hoodwinked Honey"/"Love and the Secret Spouse"/"Love and the Flunky"/"Love and the Cosy Comrades" (A)
2 This Day Tonight (Bill Peach)
7 On the Buses "Safety First"
9 Division 4 "Fair Cop"
10 Division 4 "Hello Stranger"
8.00
2 Certain Women
7 Father Dear Father "One Dog and His Man" (A)
8.30
0-10 Number 96
7 Doctor in Charge "Blackmail"
9 All in the Family "Mike Comes Into Money" (A)
8.45
2 News/Weather
8.50
2 Torque (Peter Wherrett, car show)
9.00
0-10 The Box (this Aussie soap was set in a TV station)
7 Caulfield Cup Draw (hosted by Bill Collins; guests Winifred Atwell, Tony Barber, Des O'Connor, Jill Perryman, Mary Hardy, Linda George, Cliff Portwood, the Four Kinsmen, and a ballet troupe)
9 Marcus Welby, MD "A Matter of Fault" (A)
9.20
2 Big Match Soccer: Tottenham-Middlesborough, taped Sept 28
9.30
0 Movie "Killdozer" (A)
10 Movie "Station Six Sahara" (AO)
10.00
9 Dan August "Death Chain" (AO)
10.15
2 News/Weather
10.25
2 Jazz: Graeme Bell All-Stars (joined by Paul Furniss, Deidre Hall, Harry Harman, Ken Herron, Eva Kelly, John Lyle, Geoffrey Proud, and Cliff Reese; sign-off 10.55)
10.30
7 News/Weather
10.40
7 Movie "Harlow" (AO; sign-off 1.00)
11.00
0 Name of the Game "A Hard Case of the Blues" (A)
9 News
11.05
9 Movie "Pursued" (A)
11.20
10 News/Weather
11.30
10 Epilogue (sign-off 11.35)
Late Night
12.30
0 Paul Bernard-Psychiatrist
1.00
0 Weather (sign-off 1.05)
9 Epilogue (sign-off 1.05)
