Vintage TV schedules from the 60s (US, UK, Australia, Canada
Jun 1, 2017 21:25:32 GMT
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 1, 2017 21:25:32 GMT
Melbourne Australia TV schedule for Wednesday 30 October 1963.
Notice that most of the shows are American or based on U.S. formats.
There are some non-import programs though, most notably a TV play (The Giaconda Smile) and the hugely popular variety series "In Melbourne Tonight".
GTV-9:
9:30AM - Test pattern
11:30AM - News
11:35AM - Heart of the City
12:00PM - The Danny Thomas Show
12:30PM - Film: Criminal Lawyer (1951)
1:52PM - Beauty Book
2:00PM - It Could be You
2:30PM - Take the Hint
3:00PM - Say When
3:30PM - Concentration (yes, based on the U.S. game show)
4:00PM - Sea Hunt
4:30PM - Wild Bill Hickok
5:00PM - The Tarax Show
6:00PM - Komedy Korner (with The Three Stooges)
6:30PM - News, Weather, Professor Browne's Study
7:00PM - Dennis the Menace
7:30PM - The Red Skelton Show
8:30PM - The Nurses
9:30PM - In Melbourne Tonight
10:45PM - Kevin Sanders Reports
11:00PM - The Detectives
11:30PM - Epilogue
11:35PM - Station close
HSV-7
11:55AM - News
12:00PM - Film: The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
1:30PM - Make a Wish
2:00PM - Video Village
2:30PM - The Price is Right
3:00PM - Film: Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
4:05PM - Cartoon Carvival
4:25PM - Yacky Duck
4:35PM - Cartoon Carvival
4:50PM - The Happy Show
6:00PM - News
6:30PM - Swallow's Juniors
7:00PM - Coles £3000 Question
7:30PM - Bachelor Father
8:00PM - Film: National Velvet (1944)
10:00PM - Perry Mason
11:00PM - News
11:05PM - Station close
ABV-2 (non-commercial)
10:30AM - Test pattern, music
11:15AM - For Schools (with "For the Juniors" and "People Who Help Us")
11:35AM - Test pattern, music
2:00PM - Woman's World
2:30PM - For Schools ("For the Juniors" and "People who Help Us", not the same episodes as above)
2:50PM - Test pattern, music
4:15PM - Introduction to Music
4:45PM - Andy Pandy
5:00PM - Wonderbox (Australian children's series. Not on IMDb)
6:00PM - While We're Young (note: this was a Canadian series. There's no record of it on IMDb)
6:30PM - Sir Francis Drake
7:00PM - News
7:15PM - Newsreel
2:27PM - Weather
7:30PM - Brothers in Law
8:00PM - People
8:30PM - TV Play: The Giaconda Smile
9:45PM - Recital (music recital)
10:00PM - News
10:10PM - A Night at the Y.M.C.A. (live telecast, probably a one-off?)
11:00PM - Station close
Notice that most of the shows are American or based on U.S. formats.
There are some non-import programs though, most notably a TV play (The Giaconda Smile) and the hugely popular variety series "In Melbourne Tonight".
GTV-9:
9:30AM - Test pattern
11:30AM - News
11:35AM - Heart of the City
12:00PM - The Danny Thomas Show
12:30PM - Film: Criminal Lawyer (1951)
1:52PM - Beauty Book
2:00PM - It Could be You
2:30PM - Take the Hint
3:00PM - Say When
3:30PM - Concentration (yes, based on the U.S. game show)
4:00PM - Sea Hunt
4:30PM - Wild Bill Hickok
5:00PM - The Tarax Show
6:00PM - Komedy Korner (with The Three Stooges)
6:30PM - News, Weather, Professor Browne's Study
7:00PM - Dennis the Menace
7:30PM - The Red Skelton Show
8:30PM - The Nurses
9:30PM - In Melbourne Tonight
10:45PM - Kevin Sanders Reports
11:00PM - The Detectives
11:30PM - Epilogue
11:35PM - Station close
HSV-7
11:55AM - News
12:00PM - Film: The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
1:30PM - Make a Wish
2:00PM - Video Village
2:30PM - The Price is Right
3:00PM - Film: Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
4:05PM - Cartoon Carvival
4:25PM - Yacky Duck
4:35PM - Cartoon Carvival
4:50PM - The Happy Show
6:00PM - News
6:30PM - Swallow's Juniors
7:00PM - Coles £3000 Question
7:30PM - Bachelor Father
8:00PM - Film: National Velvet (1944)
10:00PM - Perry Mason
11:00PM - News
11:05PM - Station close
ABV-2 (non-commercial)
10:30AM - Test pattern, music
11:15AM - For Schools (with "For the Juniors" and "People Who Help Us")
11:35AM - Test pattern, music
2:00PM - Woman's World
2:30PM - For Schools ("For the Juniors" and "People who Help Us", not the same episodes as above)
2:50PM - Test pattern, music
4:15PM - Introduction to Music
4:45PM - Andy Pandy
5:00PM - Wonderbox (Australian children's series. Not on IMDb)
6:00PM - While We're Young (note: this was a Canadian series. There's no record of it on IMDb)
6:30PM - Sir Francis Drake
7:00PM - News
7:15PM - Newsreel
2:27PM - Weather
7:30PM - Brothers in Law
8:00PM - People
8:30PM - TV Play: The Giaconda Smile
9:45PM - Recital (music recital)
10:00PM - News
10:10PM - A Night at the Y.M.C.A. (live telecast, probably a one-off?)
11:00PM - Station close