# Classic NZ TV Listings **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [January 3, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979 "2020-01-03T07:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1080 "2022-10-30T08:57:05Z")
**Today’s TV: Wednesday 30 October 1985** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 10.30am The Richard Simmons Show (Rpt) 10.55 Tai Chi 11.00 Crossroads 11.20 Paddington Bear (Rpt) 11.30 Play School (Rpt) 11.55 You and Your Child (Rpt) Noon News 12.05 The Young and the Restless 12.55 See Here 1.05 Beauty and the Beast 1.35 Days of Our Lives 2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 2.35 Play School (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 3.00 The New Adventures of Pinocchio 3.05 Chic Chat (Rpt) 3.35 After School, including: _3.38 Mika 3.56 The Edison Twins (Starting today0 4.22 Anthony Savill’s Small Wood - Rats 4.30 Huckleberry Hound (Rpt)_ 4.55 Moonfleet (Part 6, final) 5.30 Terrahawks 6.00 Happy Days (Rpt) 6.30 News _Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 7.30 Credit Card 8.00 Charles in Charge 8.30 Tenko 9.30 Full House 10.00 Paper Dolls 11.00 News 11.05 Closedown **TV2** Noon The Midday Movie: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967) (Rpt) 1.55 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Final) (Rpt) 2.30 General Hospital 3.50 Fantasy Island 4.40 Bewitched (Rpt) 5.10 RTR Video Releases 5.45 News 5.50 Te Karere 6.00 The Young Doctors 6.30 The Sullivans (Double episode) 7.30 Our World - 2000 Feet Deep: An Ocean Odyssey 8.30 The A-Team 9.30 Eye Witness News 10.00 Mr Palfrey of Westminster 11.00 Mannix 11.55 Closedown ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1081 "2022-10-30T09:06:24Z")
> [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](#): > > Do have any listings for Terry and the Gunrunners Paddy? Yes, I have the listings for the premiere of _Terry and the Gunrunners_. The six-part series aired on TV2 (now TVNZ 2) at 6.25pm on Sunday nights from 13 April 1986. **Extra: Sunday 13 April 1986** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 6.10am Little House on the Prairie (Rpt) 7.00 Sesame Street (Rpt) 8.00 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Rpt) 8.20 Warner Bros Cartoons 8.30 Praise Be 9.00 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (Rpt) 9.30 Big League Soccer 10.20 British Football Results 1985/86 10.30 Weekend Noon Agreport 12.15 Dig This (Rpt) 12.30 Three Potters (Starting today, part 1) 1.05 The Least Funny Thing in th World 1.50 Love Those Trains 3.00 Silence to Silence 4.20 Opus 5.05 Growing Pains 5.30 Spot On 6.00 Day One 6.30 News 6.45 Koha 7.00 Entertainment Showcase - My Kind of Music (Part 4, final) 7.45 Country Calendar 8.00 Ever Decreasing Circles 8.25 Palace of Dreams 9.15 News 9.30 Sunday 10.00 Play of the Week - A Life (Part 1) 11.00 News 11.05 Danger Man (B&W) (Rpt) 11.50 Closedown **TV2** 7.00am Sports Special _Includes tennis (1986 WCT Finals - semifinal, live from Dallas, Texas) and golf (1986 US Masters - round three, live from Augusta, Georgia)_ 11.00 Family Hour Festival 11.45 Science International 11.50 Mr Magoo Noon Sunday Matinee: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) (B&W) (Rpt) 1.35 Here’s Lucy 2.00 Jazz Seen 2.50 I Am Joe’s Skin 3.15 Woolly Valley 3.20 The Wind in the Willows 3.40 Supergran 4.10 Sunday Grandstand _Includes yachting, basketball and rugby (Wellington v NSW)_ 5.55 News 6.00 Seaview (Starting tonight) 6.25 Terry and the Gunrunners (Starting tonight, part 1) 6.50 I Like That One: 2 7.00 Diff’rent Strokes 7.25 Sunday Movie: The Children of an Lac (1980) 9.00 Viewfinder 9.30 Radio with Pictures 10.30 The Sunday Horrors: The Late Nancy Irving (1985) 11.40 Closedown ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1082 "2022-10-30T21:59:15Z")
**Today’s TV: Wednesday 31 October 1973** from _The Press_ **CHTV3** 2.00pm Headline News and Weather 2.05 Matinee Movie: Petticoat Pirates (1961) 3.33 The Ham’s Wide World (Rpt) 4.02 The Doris Day Show 4.26 France Panorama / Clutch Cargo 4.47 Houndcats 5.08 The Adventures of Black Beauty 5.37 News 5.41 Great Zoos of the World (Rpt) 6.14 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 6.42 Thyme for Cookery (Starting tonight) 7.00 Network News 7.22 The South Tonight 7.45 Conversion to Colour 7.48 Thrillseekers (Starting tonight) (C) 8.16 Marcus Welby MD 9.14 Newsbrief 9.16 Inquiry (C) 9.44 The Odd Couple (C) 10.13 Sporting Life (C) 10.46 Late News and Weather 10.52 Closedown @OnAir @TelevisionAU Today is 31 October… and it’s happy birthday from me. But on this day in 1973, it was “C-Day” for us as New Zealanders as colour television came to our country - just in time for the 1974 Commonwealth Games, which were to be held in Christchurch in January and February 1974. Most of the NZBC’s New Zealand-made programmes continued to be broadcast in black and white, and some of which were converted to colour. Imports, however, were broadcast in colour. In February 1975, black-and-white television sets cost on average $350 (equivalent to $3,900 in December 2021) while colour television sets cost on average $840 (equivalent to $9,400 in December 2021). The final switchover for colour television in New Zealand was in December 1975. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1083 "2022-10-30T22:12:10Z")
> [@PaddyTePou](#): > > Today is 31 October… and it’s happy birthday from me. But on this day in 1973, it was “C-Day” for us as New Zealanders as colour television came to our country Apparently the opening ceremony of the Sydney Opera House on 20 October 1973 was shown in colour in NZ. Although ABC produced the telecast in colour, Australians watched it in black and white. Happy birthday too 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1084 "2022-10-30T22:13:27Z")
Thanks, @TelevisionAU. ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1085 "2022-10-31T22:22:39Z")
**Today’s TV: Sunday 1 November 1981** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 11.00am Church Service - The Centennial Eucharist Noon News 12.02 Big League Soccer 12.55 Tomorrow’s World 1.00 Farming Today 1.15 Dig This 1.30 Of Course You Can Do It 2.00 Sunday Afternoon Movie: Here Comes the Groom (1951) (B&W) (Rpt) 3.50 New Animated Flash Gordon 4.15 The Wonderful World of Disney = Cartoon Carousel 5.30 Spot On 6.00 People Like Us 6.30 News 6.45 World Watch 7.00 Louise and Friends 7.45 Country Calendar 8.00 Madame Bovary (Part 2) 8.50 News 9.00 Newsmakers 9.30 Offerings 9.35 Play of the Week - The Sound of the Guns 10.50 News 10.55 Closedown **TV2** Noon Sunday Matinee: Fastest Gun Alive (1956) (B&W) 1.25 The Liver Birds (Rpt) 2.00 Brahms Violin Concerto in D Opus 77 2.45 The Last Tasmanian 3.45 Flambards 4.40 Singapore: One Man’s Dream 5.30 Stars on Sunday 5.55 News 6.00 Our World - Steens Mountain 6.50 The Week with Two 7.00 Three’s Company 7.25 Sunday Feature: The Lost Man (1969) 9.10 Radio with Pictures 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 10.50 Closedown ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1086 "2022-10-31T23:13:48Z")
**Extra: Sunday 18 October 1981** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** Noon News 12.02 Big League Soccer 12.55 Tomorrow’s World 1.00 Farming Today 1.15 Dig This 1.30 Of Course You Can Do It 2.00 Sunday Afternoon Movie: Father Goose (1964) (Rpt) 3.50 The Royal Visit 1981 - The Prince Philip Design Awards 4.20 The All New Popeye Show 4.40 The Wonderful World of Disney - Disneyland 25th Anniversary Special 5.30 Spot On Special (Rpt) 6.00 The Herd 6.30 News 6.45 World Watch 7.00 Landmarks 7.50 Country Calendar 8.05 The Good Companions (Final) 8.55 News 9.05 Newsmakers 9.35 Offerings 9.40 Play of the Week - Giants and Ogres 10.55 News 11.00 Closedown **TV2** Noon Sunday Matinee: The Road to Denver (1955) (Rpt) 1.25 The Liver Birds (Rpt) 2.00 Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman in Concert (Part 1) 2.45 Once in a Lifetime (Final) 3.25 Arthritis 3.40 Flambards 4.30 National Geographic Special - The Invisible World 5.30 Stars on Sunday 5.55 News 6.00 Our World - The Last Roundup 6.50 The Week with Two 7.00 Three’s Company 7.25 The Project 8.05 1981 Royal Variety Performance _Recorded at St James Theatre in Auckland, and presented by the Auckland City Council for HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh_ > **[Royal Variety Performance Show 1981 | Television | NZ On Screen](https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/royal-variety-performance-show-1981)** > > Royal Variety Performance Show 1981 - This live TV spectacular documents an 18 October 1981 Royal Variety performance in front of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The many performers in Auckland's St James Theatre included Ray Columbus (in... 10.05 Charlie’s Angels 10.50 Closedown The 1981 Royal Variety Performance was shown on TV2 (now TVNZ 2) as a delayed telecast at 8.05pm on the evening of Sunday 18 October 1981. It was given two nights earlier by the Auckland City Council (now Auckland Council) for HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, who both died recently. John Hayden was the announcer. The many performers in Auckland’s St James Theatre included Michael Houstoun, the Rodger Fox Big Band, Mavis Rivers, John Rowles, Ray Columbus (in _That’s Country_ mode), Ray Woolf, (Sir) Howard Morrison, Tina Cross, Sharon O’Neill, Tom Sharplin and many others. Dance was represented by Limbs and the Royal New Zealand Ballet, while comedy was provided by Billy T James, Lynn of Tawa (Ginette McDonald) and McPhail and Gadsby, with an all singing, all dancing finale to finish off. The show was compered by the late Peter Sinclair. You can watch the 1981 Royal Variety Performance via NZ On Screen by clicking its link above. ---
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Do you have any tv listings for Melbourne Cup in the 1990-1999 ---
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> [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](#): > > Do you have any tv listings for Melbourne Cup in the 1990-1999 Yes, I have the listings for the 1990 Melbourne Cup which was won by Kingston Rule, arguably the best bred horse to win the Cup. **Extra: Tuesday 6 November 1990** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 10.00am Teletext in Vision 10.15 Play School (Rpt, G) 10.40 Rainbow (G) 10.55 Roobarb (Rpt, G) 11.00 All Creatures Great and Small (Rpt, G) 11.55 Te Karere Headlines Noon One Network News 12.05 Film on One: Rome Adventure (1962) (G) 1.55 Reap the Whirlwind 2.50 Ann Jillian (G) 3.20 One World of Sport - Racing Special, including: _3.25 Firestone Eurosteels Free-for-All - live from Addington 4.05 DB Draught NZ Cup - live from Addington 4.40 1990 Melbourne Cup - live from Flemington 5.05 Liquorland Sires Stakes Final - live from from Addington_ 5.20 North and South Island Programmes _NORTH 5.20 Te Karere 5.30 George and Mildred (Rpt, G) SOUTH 5.20 Bugs Bunny (G) 5.35 Te Karere 5.45 The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) / The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 6.00 One Network News 6.30 Holmes 7.00 Sale of the Century 7.30 Neighbourhood Watch 8.00 Never the Twain (G) 8.30 Tuesday Documentary - Aids Babies: Somebody’s Child 9.30 May to December (G) 10.10 One Network News 10.40 Crossfire (Part 3) (AO) 11.45 In Sickness and in Health (PGR) 12.20am Closedown **Channel 2** 6.15am Teletext in Vision 6.30 Gumby Adventures 7.00 The Flintstones (G) 7.30 Magilla Gorilla (Rpt, G) 8.00 ITN World News 8.30 The Smurfs 9.00 Captain Pugwash (Rpt, G) 9.05 Sesame Street (G) 10.05 Streets Apart (G) 10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G) 11.05 Santa Barbara Noon The Young and the Restless 1.00 Days of Our Lives 2.00 Sugar and Spice (Final) 2.25 After 2, including: _2.26 Play School (Rpt) 2.50 Paddington Bear (Final) (G) 3.15 Seabert (G)_ 3.45 Live!, including: _3.50 The Ewoks 4.20 The California Raisin Show_ 5.00 Charles in Charge (Starting tonight) (Rpt, G) 5.30 Blind Date 6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G) 6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G) 7.30 Cheers (Rpt, G) 8.00 Night Court (PGR) 8.30 Paradise (PGR) 9.30 Wiseguy (PGR) 10.30 Newsbreak 10.35 Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Double episode) (Rpt, AO) 11.50 Closedown **TV3** Noon Gems (Double episode) (PGR) 1.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR) 1.30 Another World (PGR) 2.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G) 2.30 Mighty Mouse and Friends (G) 3.00 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G) 3.30 DuckTales (G) 4.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G) 4.30 Home and Away (Double episode) (G) 5.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G) 6.30 3 National News 7.00 Family Feud 7.30 McPhail and Gadsby - 1990: The Issues (Final) (G) 8.30 In the Heat of the Night (AO) 9.30 Hunter (AO) 10.30 Nightline 11.00 The Master (AO) 12.00am Closedown **Sky Sport** Noon Magic Years in Sport: 1978 12.30 Horse Racing _1990 Melbourne Cup - live from Flemington_ 6.00 Motorsport _Off-Road Grand Prix_ 6.30 Horse Racing _California Cup_ 7.00 Sky Sports Week 8.00 Spanish Football 9.00 American Football 12.00am Closedown **Sky Movies** Noon Doctor in Clover (1965) (GA) 2.00 Getting Married at Buffalo Jump (GA) 4.00 Frog Dreaming (1985) (GY) 6.00 Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) (GA) 7.54 Sky Hollywood Report 8.00 Gotcha! (1985) 10.00 Backlash (1986) (GY) 11.40 Closedown **Sky News (CNN)** 6.00am Newshour 7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin) 7.30 Sonya Live 8.00 Newsday 9.00 International Hour 10.00 Newsday 11.00 Early Prime 11.30 Showbiz Today Noon The World Today 1.00 Moneyline 1.30 Crossfire 2.00 Prime News 3.00 Larry King Live 4.00 CNN Evening News 5.00 Moneyline 5.30 CNN Sports 6.00 Newsnight 7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin) 7.30 Newsnight Update 8.30 CNN Sports 9.00 Newsnight Update 9.45 CNN Newsroom 10.00 Larry King Overnight 11.00 Daybreak 11.30 Early Bird News 12.00am Daybreak 12.30 Business Morning 1.00 Daybreak 1.30 Business Day 2.00 Daybreak 3.00 CNN Morning News 4.00 World Day 5.00 Daywatch (Continues to 6am) ---
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1990 TV coverage only lasts for half an hour middled with homegrown cup races ---
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**Today’s TV: Monday 3 November 1986** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 4.30am Sport on One Special _New York Marathon - live from New York_ 7.30 Closedown 9.00 Play School (Rpt) 9.25 Button Moon 9.35 The Moomins 9.40 You and Your Child (Rpt) 9.45 The New Ed Allen Show (Rpt) 10.05 Crossroads 10.30 A Big Country 11.00 News 11.02 Entertainment This Week (Rpt) Noon The Young and the Restless 1.00 Butterflies (Rpt) 1.35 Days of Our Lives 2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 2.35 Play School (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 3.00 Wil Cwac Cwac 3.05 Mooncat and Co 3.20 Tales from Fat Tulip’s Garden 3.30 After School, including: _3.33 Cantinflas 3.38 Once Upon a Story 3.50 The Electric Company 4.18 Anthony Savill’s Small World 4.28 The Edison Twins_ 4.55 W-3 5.25 Grange Hill 6.00 WKRP in Cincinnati (Rpt) 6.30 Network News _Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Credit Card 8.30 The Golden Girls 9.00 Hill Street Blues 10.00 Prisoner (Rpt) 11.00 News 11.05 The Blue Knight (Rpt) 12.00am Closedown **TV2** Noon Petticoat Junction (Rpt) 12.30 America’s Cup: Challenge Round - Race Report 12.45 Newsline 1.25 Beauty and the Beast 1.50 See Here 2.00 Crown Court (Rpt) 2.30 Prisoner 3.35 The Love Boat (Special feature-length episode) 5.05 The Young Doctors 5.30 America’s Cup: Challenge Round - Race Report (Rpt) 5.45 News 5.50 Te Karere 6.00 Sons and Daughters 6.30 TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes 7.30 Benson 8.00 Riptide 9.00 Heart of the High Country (Starting tonight) 10.00 Eye Witness News 11.00 Jazz Seen - To the Count of Basie (Rpt) 11.50 Closedown @OnAir @TV4 @nztv @NuStraya On the evening of Monday 3 November 1986, TVNZ revamped the main evening news bulletin to make use of the most modern equipment provided. Technical staff had worked long hours over the final weeks of October 1986 to get that equipment installed. At the same time, the evening news bulletin was rebranded as the “Network News” and had two new co-anchors: Judy Bailey (from _Top Half_) and Neil Billington. TVNZ, under Julian Mounter as then-CEO, wanted a fresh new look by adopting a double head newsreader format, but what the audience didn’t like was the removal of existing newsreaders Philip Sherry and Tom Bradley from the bulletin. ![Philip Sherry (news) and Richard Long (sport)](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/d/0/5/d058ef432db75640bbc5d229f9697518054861a9.jpeg) _The late Philip Sherry reading TVNZ’s 6.30pm news bulletin with Richard Long on sport. (Image courtesy of TVNZ and The University of Auckland/Chapman Archive. No copyright infringement intended.)_ ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1092 "2022-11-04T00:57:45Z")
**This Week’s TV: 1-7 November 1969 (CHTV3)** from _The Press_ **Saturday 1 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 The Contestants 2.29 Mechanical Cow 2.33 Get Smart (Rpt) 2.59 The Making of an All Black (Rpt) 3.59 Science Special 4.55 Bonanza 5.48 Sports Magazine 5.59 Headline News and Weather 6.01 Joe 90 6.30 Hogan’s Heroes 6.57 Personality Squares 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 News 7.54 Mission: Impossible 8.49 Saturday Movie: Winchester 73 (1950) 10.33 Japan Screen Topics 10.49 Late News and Weather 10.56 The FBI Followed by Closedown **Sunday 2 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 World Scene 2.23 Sunday Matinee: The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) 3.58 Golf _1969 British Open Golf Championship_ 5.28 The Living Stone 6.00 Headline News and Weather 6.03 The Basil Brush Show 6.33 The Railway Children 7.00 Dialogue 7.15 Country Calendar 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 News 7.48 Looking at New Zealand 8.04 The Alpha Plan (Part 6, final) 8.37 The Air Jam 9.02 Champion House 9.52 Repercussion 10.07 The Night Sky 10.32 Masterworks 10.53 The New Week 10.58 Late News and Weather 11.05 Closedown **Monday 3 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 My Friend Tony 2.53 The Big Valley 3.41 Around the World of Mike Todd 4.31 Sinbad Junior 4.36 The Magic Roundabout 4.41 Mr Punch 5.31 Family Affair 5.56 Headline News and Weather 5.58 Carousel 6.11 Dr Who 6.36 Best Sellers 7.03 The Ghost and Mrs Muir 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 Network News (Starting tonight) / Town and Around 8.10 1969 General Election - Opening Addresses 8.55 Grandstands 9.15 The Gunpowder Plot 10.17 Tonight in Person 10.48 Late News and Weather 10.55 Closedown **Tuesday 4 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.04 On Camera 2.46 Petticoat Junction 3.12 Dr Kildare 3.38 The Jerry Lewis Show 4.27 Casper the Friendly Ghost 4.47 Captain Zephos 5.13 Candid Camera 5.39 This Week in Britain 5.44 Headline News and Weather 5.46 Lost in Space 6.41 Down to Earth 6.57 Coronation Street 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 Network News / Town and Around 8.10 1969 General Election - Opening Addresses 8.43 Sedco 315F 8.58 Marty 9.32 The Outcasts 10.29 This Week 10.45 Late News and Weather 10.52 Closedown **Wednesday 5 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 The Frost Interview 2.42 Hawaii Five-O 3.34 Transtel Magazine 3.49 Green Acres 4.14 Country Calendar 4.30 Sinbad Junior 4.35 Speed Racer 4.58 Kid Set 5.28 Lassie 5.58 Headline News and Weather 6.01 Cesar’s World 6.29 The Andy Griffith Show 6.57 The Country Touch 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 Network News / Town and Around 8.00 Column Comment 8.10 1969 General Election - Opening Addresses 8.55 The First Lady 9.49 Peyton Place 10.41 Mr John Jorrocks 11.09 Late News and Weather 11.16 Closedown **Thursday 6 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 On Camera 2.45 The Mothers-in-Law 3.12 Man Alive 3.41 Riptide 4.32 Dodo the Kid from Outer Space 4.37 Dan 4.48 Beany and Cecil 5.08 The Night Sky 5.35 Partners in View 5.50 Headline News and Weather 5.53 Daktari 6.47 Coronation Street 7.20 1969 General Election - Opening Addresses 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 Network News / Town and Around 8.10 It Takes a Thief 9.05 Once More with Felix 9.39 Landscape 10.03 Garrison’s Gorillas 10.57 Late News and Weather 11.04 Closedown **Friday 7 November 1969** 2.00pm Headline News 2.03 Blackmail 2.51 Workshop 3.52 Bewitched 4.17 Pitsea Market 4.21 Lawman 4.46 Filopat and Patafil 4.51 The Magic Roundabout 4.56 Dodo the Kid from Outer Space 5.01 Sinbad Junior 5.06 Ooky Spooky Club 5.35 Sexton Blake 6.00 Headline News and Weather 6.02 Disneyland 6.52 The Good Guys 7.18 Sports Magazine 7.30 Weather Forecast 7.33 Network News / Town and Around 8.06 The Revenue Men 8.58 Gallery 9.24 Friday Movie 11.13 Late News and Weather 11.20 Mannix Followed by Closedown On the evening of Monday 3 November 1969, the first ever _NZBC Network News_ was broadcast to the whole of New Zealand from the studios of WNTV1 in Wellington. Two years of experimental linking for special event telecasts, and firm pressure on the engineers to meet deadline of the 1969 general election, brought the NZBC’s permanent national network link into use. It was hardly a perfect system, at least six manual switching points were necessary up and down the country where technicians waited for cue words and a black caption with small letters in the corner to change the direction of audio and video feeds… but it worked. ![Dougal Stevenson (circa 1969)](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/5/0/4/5045ee831d1fc5404fe3f7f4e074ccc665c23914.jpeg) Dougal Stevenson (pictured above) took the honours of the first network newsreader from a roster which included Bill Toft, Philip Sherry and Stewart MacPherson. The programme was prepared by Doug Eckhoff and directed by Mike Mune, with stories of political upheavals in India and Australia, and a New Zealand election preview from parliamentary reporter Dave Inglis. Christchurch’s CHTV3 injected the first non-Wellington story to the network with a report on a communications blackout in Antarctica… and in Auckland (via AKTV2) the seamen’s strike continued. All went relatively smoothly, and the _Network News_ now had an instantaneous nightly audience in over half a million New Zealand homes. _Image credit: Supplied. No copyright infringement intended._ ---
**Author:** ![Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sheldon_betteridge/32/212478_2.png) [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sheldon_Betteridge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1093 "2022-11-04T04:41:44Z")
Do you have any listings for Under the Mountain in 1981? ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1094 "2022-11-08T09:07:16Z")
**Today’s TV: Wednesday 8 November 1989** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 9.55am Teletext in Vision 10.10 Play School (Rpt) 10.35 Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay 10.45 Kohanga Reo (Rpt) 10.55 Crossroads (Double episode) 11.55 Te Karere Headlines Noon Network News at Noon 12.15 Film on One: The Hasty Heart (1949) (B&W) (Rpt) 1.55 Strike It Rich (Rpt) 3.00 Hotel 3.50 Coming of Age 4.20 Sports Special - Racing _NZ 2000 Guineas - live from Riccarton Park, Christchurch_ 4.50 Tomorrow’s World 5.05 Te Karere 5.15 Sons and Daughters 5.50 Whitbread Report 6.00 Network News at Six 6.30 Holmes 7.00 Sale of the Century 7.30 Rediscovery of the World (Starting tonight) 8.30 Taggart - The Killing Philosophy (Part 3, final) 9.30 EyeWitness News 10.00 The Equalizer 10.55 Late Starter 11.55 Closedown 3.35am Rugby Special _Leinster v NZ - live from Lansdowne Road, Dublin (highlights from 7-8am)_ 5.30 (approx) Closedown **Channel 2** 6.15am Teletext in Vision 6.30 The Telebugs 6.35 Space Ghost and Herculoids 7.00 Breakfast News 7.30 The Flintstone Kids 8.00 Breakfast News (Update) 8.05 Babar 8.30 Two by Two 8.50 Sesame Street 9.50 Sooty 10.10 Just Good Friends (Rpt) 10.40 Aerobics Oz Style 11.05 Santa Barbara Noon The Young and the Restless 1.00 Days of Our Lives 1.55 We Got It Made 2.20 After 2, including: _2.21 Play School (Rpt) 2.45 Care Bears 3.10 Bananaman (Rpt) 3.15 The Electric Company (Rpt)_ 3.45 Live!, including: _3.50 Bugs Bunny and Friends (Rpt) 4.05 The Yogi Bear Show 4.40 The Video Dispatch_ 5.15 Blind Date 5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes _Top Half (Auckland) Today Tonight (Wellington) The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt) 6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) 7.30 Gloss 8.30 The Star Movie: Funny Lady (1975) (Rpt) 11.15 Newsbreak 11.20 The Two Ronnies (Rpt) 12.15am British Comedy Classics: Where’s Jack? (1968) 2.20 Closedown Before _Breakfast_ came along, breakfast television was introduced to TVNZ’s Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2) in November 1989 with an early morning news service called _Breakfast News_ with Tom Bradley as anchor and Penelope Barr as weather presenter. _Breakfast News_ - which consisted of overnight stories, a business news summary and weather forecasts - aired on Channel 2 initially as a half hour bulletin at 7am with a five-minute news and weather update at 8am. The first edition of _Breakfast News_ was broadcast on the morning of Monday 6 November 1989. Within days of launch, TVNZ attempted to rebrand _Breakfast News_ as _Good Morning New Zealand_ but, when it came to ‘copycatting and premeditated plagiarism’, faced legal action against RNZ over the name “Good Morning New Zealand”, which was a three-hour morning news and information programme on National Radio (now RNZ National). In fact, RNZ had lodged an application in the High Court in Wellington for an injunction to stop TVNZ using the name. Lodged under the Fair Trading Act, the application claimed TVNZ was using a brand name for its own commercial advantage and implied that its morning programme had a similar level of quality of information service as the radio programme. As a result, TVNZ had to revert back to its old name, _Breakfast News_. Meanwhile, TV One (now TVNZ 1) closed down at 11.55pm on the evening of Wednesday 8 November 1989 and resumed at 3.35am the next morning (Thu 9 Nov) for live coverage of the Leinster v All Blacks match at Lansdowne Road in Dublin before it ended transmission (at approx 5.30am). It resumed transmission again at 7am with an hour of rugby highlights, followed by a further closedown (at 8am), then regular programming on TV One at 10.10am. ---
**Author:** ![Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sheldon_betteridge/32/212478_2.png) [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sheldon_Betteridge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1095 "2022-11-08T10:05:18Z")
Do you have any listings for Under The Mountain in 1981? Plus do you have any listings for 1991 NZ Trotting Cup? ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1096 "2022-11-08T22:59:38Z")
> [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](#): > > Do you have any listings for Under The Mountain in 1981? **Extra: Tuesday 27 October 1981** from the _NZ Listener_ (requested by @Sheldon_Betteridge) **TV One** 10.35am Play School 11.00 The New Ed Allen Show 11.25 Jazzercise 11.30 Are You Being Served? Noon News 12.02 The Young and the Restless 12.30 See Here 12.35 Beauty and the Beast 1.00 Crown Court (Rpt) 1.30 Days of Our Lives 2.25 Play School (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 2.50 Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay 3.00 Sesame Street 4.00 After School, including: _4.00 Take Hart 4.20 Tomfoolery (Rpt) 4.45 Video Dispatch_ 5.05 The Beachcombers 5.30 Grange Hill 6.00 Under the Mountain - “The Alien World Below” (Part 4) > **[Under the Mountain - The Alien World Below (Episode Four) | Television | NZ...](https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/under-the-mountain-episode-four-1981)** > > Under the Mountain - The Alien World Below (Episode Four) - Classic sci-fi series Under the Mountain follows redheaded twins with psychic powers — Rachel and Theo — as they battle the alien Wilberforces. This fourth episode sees the twins venture... 6.30 News 7.00 Close to Home 7.30 Regional Programmes _Top Half (Auckland) Today Tonight (Wellington) The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) 7.30 South (Dunedin)_ 8.00 Motorshow 8.30 The Mallens (Part 6, final) 9.30 Rowan Atkinson Presents Canned Laughter 10.00 A Divorce (Part 3, final) 11.05 News 11.10 Closedown **TV2** 2.30pm Prisoner 3.30 General Hospital 4.00 Eight Is Enough (Final) 5.00 Solid Gold 6.00 News at Six 6.30 Nobody’s Perfect 7.00 Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World 7.30 The Onedin Line 8.30 Escape (Part 2) 9.30 Eye Witness 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 On the Mat 11.00 Kojak 11.55 Closedown I have a request regarding any listings for the made-for-television adaptation of Maurice Gee’s 1979 novel, _Under the Mountain_. It was produced in-house by TVNZ and broadcast on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 6pm on Tuesday nights from 6 October until 24 November 1981. _Under the Mountain_ was a sci-fi series which consisted of eight episodes (all of which were written by Ken Catran) and followed the adventures of teenage twin siblings, Rachel and Theo (played by Kirsty Wilkinson and Lance Warren). I only have a sample of those listings for _Under the Mountain_ where episode four, “The Alien World Below”, is available on NZ On Screen (click the link above to watch). ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1097 "2022-11-08T23:08:04Z")
**Today’s TV: Thursday 9 November 1989** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 6.45am Teletext in Vision 7.00 Rugby Special _Leinster v NZ - highlights_ 8.00 Closedown 10.10 Play School (Rpt) 10.35 Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay 10.45 Kohanga Reo (Rpt) 10.55 Crossroads (Double episode) 11.55 Te Karere Headlines Noon Network News at Noon 12.15 Film on One: Family Sins (1987) 2.00 Strike It Rich 2.55 Knots Landing 4.10 Too Close for Comfort 4.45 Emmerdale Farm 5.15 Te Karere 5.25 Sons and Daughters 6.00 Network News at Six 6.30 Holmes 7.00 Sale of the Century 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 The Bill 8.30 Foreign Correspondent 9.30 EyeWitness News 10.00 Mobil Sportsnight _Includes rugby league (Hull v Kiwis), Melbourne Cup (post-race analysis) and motorsport (all-terrain-vehicles/ATV)_ 11.00 Return of the Saint (Rpt) 12.00am Closedown **Channel 2** 6.15am Teletext in Vision 6.30 The Telebugs 6.35 Fantastic Max 7.00 Breakfast News 7.30 Inch High Private Eye 8.00 Breakfast News (Update) 8.05 Babar 8.30 Chigley 8.50 Sesame Street 9.50 Grimm’s Fairy Tales 10.15 Just Good Friends (Rpt) 10.40 Aerobics Oz Style 11.05 Santa Barbara Noon The Young and the Restless 1.00 Days of Our Lives 1.55 Small Wonder 2.20 After 2, including: _2.21 Play School (Rpt) 2.45 Sesame Street (Rpt)_ 3.45 Live!, including: _3.50 Bugs Bunny and Friends (Rpt) 4.05 Denver, the Last Dinosaur 4.40 Mr Majeika_ 5.15 Blind Date 5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes _Top Half (Auckland) Today Tonight (Wellington) The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt) 6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) 7.30 The Comedy Company 8.30 Tour of Duty 9.30 The Twilight Zone (Double episode) 10.30 Newsbreak 10.35 Dallas 11.35 Late Night Movie: Hawk the Slayer (1980) 1.15am Closedown ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1098 "2022-11-09T23:14:56Z")
**Today’s TV: Monday 10 November 1975** from the _NZ Listener_ and _The Press_ **TV One** 11.30am Play School (Rpt) Noon Note for Note 12.30 Lunchbox 12.35 The Young and the Restless 1.00 Today at One 1.30 Days of Our Lives 1.50 Scotch Corner 2.15 Harriet’s Back in Town 2.40 Survival 3.05 Play School 3.35 Sesame Street 4.35 Mr Cartoon 4.45 The Tomorrow People 5.10 Ready to Roll 5.45 Happy Days 6.10 This Week in Britain 6.15 Dig This 6.30 News _Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin_ 7.00 Party Political Broadcast (National Party) 7.03 Close to Home 7.30 Rising Damp (Series premiere) 8.00 Party Political Broadcast (Labour Party) 8.45 Motor Show 9.00 Tonight at Nine 9.30 The Japanese Experience 10.20 The Villains 11.10 News and Weather 11.15 Closedown **TV2 South Pacific Television** 1.00pm The Box _Different episodes of this programme air in Auckland/Waikato/Bay of Plenty and Canterbury_ 1.25 Speakeasy 2.00 Search for Tomorrow 2.25 Dinah! 3.10 Romper Room 3.40 Rainbow 4.00 Rupert Bear 4.15 Now C Here 4.45 Yogi’s Gang (Rpt) 5.10 The Partridge Family (Rpt) 5.40 The Flintstones (Rpt) 6.00 My Three Sons 6.30 Concentration 7.00 News - The Seven O’Clock Report 7.10 Regional Magazines _Two at Seven (Auckland/Waikato/Bay of Plenty) Points South (Canterbury)_ 7.30 The Magician 8.25 My Wife Next Door 9.00 Softly, Softly: Task Force 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 Emergency! 11.30 (approx) Closedown ---
**Author:** ![Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sheldon_betteridge/32/212478_2.png) [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sheldon_Betteridge)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1099 "2022-11-10T05:29:35Z")
Wow that is good that we have a competing channel in the 1970s till multiple competitions today, so do you have any tv listings for 1986 New Zealand Music Awards? ---
**Author:** ![PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/paddytepou/32/320761_2.png) [@PaddyTePou](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/PaddyTePou)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979/1100 "2022-11-10T08:23:53Z")
> [@Sheldon\_Betteridge](#): > > do you have any tv listings for 1986 New Zealand Music Awards @Sheldon_Betteridge Sadly, there was no TV coverage of the 1986 New Zealand Music Awards but I do have the listings for 1985 which was hosted from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington by Steve Parr. **Extra: Monday 11 November 1985** from the _NZ Listener_ **TV One** 10.30am The Richard Simmons Show (Rpt) 10.55 Tai Chi 11.00 Crossroads 11.20 Paddington Bear (Rpt) 11.30 Play School (Rpt) 11.55 You and Your Child (Rpt) Noon News 12.02 The Young and the Restless 12.55 See Here 1.05 Beauty and the Beast 1.35 Days of Our Lives 2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 2.35 Play School (Rpt) _A repeat screening of today’s programme_ 3.00 Mariolino 3.05 Chic Chat (Rpt) 3.35 After School, including: _3.36 Once Upon a Story 3.50 The Electric Company 4.20 Sara Baxendell’s Bookworm 4.28 Secret Valley_ 5.00 W-3 5.30 World of Sport 6.00 Happy Days (Rpt) 6.30 News _Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)_ 7.30 The Paper Chase: The Second Year 8.30 The 1985 NZ Music Awards _Live from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington_ 10.00 Singles (Final) 11.00 News 11.05 Closedown **TV2** Noon The Midday Movie: Slaughterhouse Five (1972) 1.40 Today in France 1.55 Dad’s Army (Rpt) 2.30 Prisoner 3.25 Petticoat Junction (B&W) (Rpt) 3.55 Prairie Coulee 4.15 Monday Afternoon Movie: The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975) (Rpt) 5.45 News 5.50 Te Karere 6.00 The Young Doctors 6.30 The Facts of Life 7.00 Man About the House (Rpt) 7.30 Riptide 8.30 The Immigrants (Part 3) 9.30 Eye Witness News 10.00 Sports Special - Cricket _Australia v New Zealand - first test, day five (highlights from the Gabba in Brisbane)_ 10.30 Trapper John MD 11.25 Quincy 12.20am Closedown [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979.md?page=51) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/classic-nz-tv-listings/11979.md?page=53)