This Week’s TV: 8-14 May 1976
from the NZ Listener
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This Week’s TV: 7-13 May 1966 (CHTV3)
from The Press
Saturday 7 May 1966
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 The Cara Williams Show
2.31 Our Man Higgins
2.59 The Loretta Young Show
3.26 Hank
3.53 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
4.47 The Empire Games Boxing Trials
6.02 Headline News and Weather
6.04 Stingray
6.32 Swingin’ Safari
7.03 Hennesey
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.50 Sports News
8.00 Bewitched
8.28 The Danny Kaye Show
9.24 This Week in Britain
9.28 Enigma
10.18 Roving Report - Dispute Over Berlin Schoolgirl
10.31 Branded
10.58 Late News and Weather
11.05 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Followed by Closedown
Sunday 8 May 1966
2.00pm Headline News
2.04 Andy Pandy
2.20 Cinema Parade: Princess O’Rourke (1943)
3.51 Brute Force and Finesse
4.43 The Patty Duke Show
5.08 The Shari Lewis Show
5.28 Ivor the Engine
5.46 The Andy Griffith Show
6.11 Headline News and Weather
6.13 Frontiers of Faith
6.28 Disneyland
7.15 Country Calendar
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.47 Pictorial Magazine
7.57 In the Wake of the Canoes
8.37 The Black and White Minstrel Show
9.22 Dr Finlay’s Casebook
10.13 International Zone - The New and the Old
10.39 New Zealand Baroque Players
10.54 The New Week
10.59 Late News and Weather
11.06 Closedown
Monday 9 May 1966
5.00pm Animaland
5.04 The Nutty Squirrels
5.13 Canterbury Tales
5.43 Stamps with a Story
5.47 Alcheringa
6.03 Headline News and Weather
6.05 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
6.30 Look
6.53 The Donna Reed Show
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.57 Hugh and I
8.22 Grandstand
8.42 Fiedler at the Proms
8.53 The Trial at Nuremberg
9.42 Women in Crisis
10.51 Late News and Weather
10.58 Closedown
Tuesday 10 May 1966
5.00pm Merry-Go-Round
5.32 The Hector Heathcote Show
5.56 The Adventures of Tintin
6.02 Headline News and Weather
6.04 The Beverly Hillbillies
6.32 Hullabaloo
7.02 The Flintstones
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.50 Town and Around
8.07 The Dick Van Dyke Show
8.35 Coronation Street
9.04 Maverick
9.57 Mahalia Jackson Sings
10.02 The Victorians
11.00 Late News and Weather
11.08 Closedown
Wednesday 11 May 1966
5.00pm The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
5.28 Yo Heave Ho
5.58 The Nutty Squirrels
6.05 Headline News and Weather
6.07 Petticoat Junction
6.34 America
7.03 Car 54, Where Are You?
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.50 Town and Around
8.07 The Graham Kerr Show
8.36 Peyton Place
9.04 The Avengers
9.59 World Series of Golf
10.53 Late News and Weather
11.00 Closedown
Thursday 12 May 1966
5.00pm Diver Dan
5.09 Animaland
5.14 66 Clickety Click
5.44 Cartoons
5.50 Headline News and Weather
5.52 Camp Runamuck
6.20 On Safari
6.48 Candid Camera
7.15 In the Garden
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.50 Town and Around
8.07 Bonanza
9.00 Man of the Month - Ho Chin Minh
9.28 Z Cars
10.23 International Detective
10.52 Late News and Weather
10.59 Closedown
Friday 13 May 1966
5.00pm Casey Jones
5.25 Topmark
5.55 Headline News and Weather
5.57 Mister Ed
6.22 British Castles
6.55 Hazel
7.20 Sports Magazine
7.30 Weather Forecast
7.33 NZBC Reports (News)
7.48 Town and Around
8.05 Kidnapped
8.30 The Great Adventure
9.19 Movie: A Foreign Affair (1948)
11.10 Late News and Weather
11.16 Maigret
Followed by Closedown
Coronation Street first appeared on our screens on 16 June 1964, although television in New Zealand was not fully networked at the time and overseas programmes had to be physically flown across the country. This meant different broadcast dates across four different television stations: AKTV2 (Auckland), WNTV1 (Wellington), CHTV3 (Christchurch) and DNTV2 (Dunedin).
When Coro came to New Zealand for the first time, it originally screened only once a week on a Tuesday - for instance, Coronation Street aired on Christchurch’s CHTV3 at 8.35pm on the evening of Tuesday 10 May 1966. Within three years, the soap went to twice a week.
These days Coronation Street screens on TVNZ 1 at around 9.30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening (subject to scheduling), with a repeat screening the next day at 2pm. In Britain the soap is produced as three hour-long episodes a week (as at 7 March 2022) and broadcast on ITV at 8pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (local time), and the episodes playing on TVNZ are ‘express from the UK’, i.e. one week after they are first shown on ITV.
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Used to be 18 months behind before June 2018 before TVNZ changed it to being 1 week behind Britain
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Today’s TV: Thursday 10 May 1984
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Child
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.00 Beauty and the Beast
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat of today’s programme
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat of today’s programme
3.00 Sesame Street (Rpt)
4.00 Free Time, including:
4.05 Mickey and Donald
4.30 Video Dispatch
5.00 The Tomorrow People (Part 4, final) (Rpt)
5.30 Viewfinder
5.55 Te Karere (East Coast viewers only)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.30 Close Up
9.30 Butterflies
10.00 Dynasty
10.55 News
11.00 Closedown
TV2
2.30pm Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt)
3.25 General Hospital
3.50 Thursday Afternoon Movie: The King’s Thief (1955) (Rpt)
5.15 What is a Computer?
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere (Nationwide except East Coast viewers)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Love Boat
7.30 Remington Steele
8.30 Hotel
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
11.00 Prisoner
11.55 Closedown
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What is the series about?
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Amazing
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@OnAir “What is a Computer?” was a half hour factual programme from Spanish broadcaster Telemundi… I think. It was described by the NZ Listener as ‘a humorous description of the workings and application of a computer in various situations’.
@Sheldon_Betteridge “Free Time” was like a school holiday version of TVNZ’s most popular afternoon programme, “After School”. It aired in the same timeslot as “After School” but only during the school holidays.
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Thanks for confirming that this great show aired here all these years ago.
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I find it interesting how the Wombles was put in prime time. Elisabeth Beresford’s other creation, Bertie the Bat, got that treatment by Channel Television in the UK 15-20 years later.
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This Week’s TV: 4-10 May 1974
from the NZ Listener
(C) = In colour unless otherwise specified
NZBC TV (AKTV2, WNTV1, CHTV3, DNTV2)
Saturday 4 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 Grandstand
Includes racing from Te Rapa, football (Christchurch Utd v Gisborne City) and bowling (Grandstand Challenge Bowls)
4.59 The Jetsons (Rpt) (C)
5.26 News (C)
5.30 Follyfoot (C)
5.58 Free Ride (C)
6.29 The Don Rickles Show (C)
7.00 Network News
7.22 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight and Focus
DNTV2: The South on Saturday
7.47 The Julie Andrews Hour (C)
8.44 Newsbrief (C)
8.46 Movie: All in a Night’s Work (1961) (C)
10.57 Late News and Weather (C)
11.03 Night Gallery (C)
11.31 Big Time Wrestling
Followed by Closedown
Sunday 5 May 1974
11.00am Morning Mass
Live from St Teresa’s Church, Karori
Noon Closedown
2.00 News and Weather (C)
2.05 Movie: Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
3.39 The Best Kept Secret (C)
3.59 The Best of Vision On (C)
4.25 The Mouse Factory (C)
4.48 News (C)
4.50 Football
1974 FA Cup Final - Newcastle United v Liverpool
6.50 Regional Sport
AKTV2: Northsport
WNTV1: Eye on Sport
CHTV3: Sideline
DNTV2: Line-Up
7.00 Network News
7.15 Regional Weather and News
7.23 Country Calendar (C)
7.38 The Goodies (C)
8.08 The British Empire (C)
9.03 Newsbrief (C)
9.05 Plain Speaking
9.09 The Lotus Eaters (C)
10.00 Who Is: Lipschitz (C)
10.28 Late News and Weather (C)
10.34 Closedown
Monday 6 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 Somerset Maugham Theatre (Rpt)
2.55 Needles and Pins (C)
3.20 Chroniques de France (Rpt)
3.27 Sesame Street
4.24 Animal World (C)
4.48 Spot On
5.17 Woody Woodpecker (C)
5.43 The Daily Fable (C)
5.48 News (C)
5.50 This Week in Britain (C)
5.55 The Doris Day Show (C)
6.20 The Dating Game (C)
6.45 The Night Sky
7.00 Network News
7.20 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight
DNTV2: The South Tonight
7.40 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (C)
8.04 The Onedin Line (C)
8.54 Newsbrief (C)
8.56 Nationwide
9.16 Behind the Veil (C)
10.06 Late News and Weather
10.12 Closedown
Tuesday 7 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 This Afternoon
2.37 Kate (C)
3.30 Country Calendar (Rpt) (C)
3.45 Room 222 (C)
4.10 My Three Sons (C)
4.34 Max the 2000-Year-Old Mouse (C)
4.42 Play School
5.07 Hammy Hamster’s Adventures on the Riverbank (C)
5.20 Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (C)
5.43 News (C)
5.47 Primus (C)
6.14 Rollin’ with Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (C)
6.42 You and Your Child
7.00 Network News
7.22 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight
DNTV2: The South Tonight
7.47 Coronation Street
8.17 M-A-S-H (C)
8.47 Newsbrief (C)
8.49 Nationwide
9.13 The Guardians (C)
10.13 Late News and Weather (C)
10.19 Closedown
Wednesday 8 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 Movie: Simba (1955)
3.42 The Brian Keith Show (C)
4.08 Transtel Sports Machine
4.23 What’s My Line?
4.45 Manfred (C)
4.55 Devil of the Deep
5.04 Make a Wish (C)
5.27 The Daily Fable (C)
5.32 News (C)
5.36 I am Joe’s Stomach (C)
6.04 The Partridge Family (C)
6.32 Sporting Life (C)
7.00 Network News
7.22 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight
DNTV2: The South Tonight
7.47 Wild, Wild World of Animals (Final) (C)
8.16 A Family at War (C)
9.15 Newsbrief (C)
9.17 Inquiry (C)
9.45 Buck House (Final)
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch
10.14 Late News and Weather (C)
10.20 Closedown
Thursday 9 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 This Afternoon
2.37 Medical Centre (C)
3.27 German Scene
3.42 George Plimpton Specials (Rpt)
4.35 Play School
5.00 Hammy Hamster’s Adventures on the Riverbank (C)
5.13 Spot On
5.41 News (C)
5.45 Mad Movies (Final)
6.14 Pop Co (C)
6.42 Graphline
7.00 Network News
7.22 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight
DNTV2: The South Tonight
7.47 Coronation Street
8.19 Alias Smith and Jones (C)
9.18 Newsbrief (C)
9.20 Nationwide
9.43 Love Thy Neighbour (C)
10.11 Late News and Weather (C)
10.17 Closedown
Friday 10 May 1974
2.00pm News and Weather (C)
2.05 Love on a Roof Top (Rpt) (C)
2.30 The Big Valley (C)
3.20 France Panorama
3.32 Sesame Street
4.29 The Second Hundred Years (Rpt) (C)
4.57 The Pink Panther Show (C)
5.19 The Daily Fable (C)
5.24 News (C)
5.26 Story Theatre (C)
5.49 Sykes (C)
6.19 Survival (C)
6.45 Gardening
AKTV2: Gardening
WNTV1: In Your Garden
CHTV3: In Your Garden
DNTV2: Greenfingers
7.00 Network News
7.20 Regional Weather and News
AKTV2: Look North
WNTV1: Newsview
CHTV3: The South Tonight
DNTV2: The South Tonight
7.40 Thrillseekers (C)
8.03 Search (C)
8.52 Newsbrief (C)
8.54 World Scene (C)
9.14 Billboard
9.24 Movie: Violent Saturday (1955) (C)
10.51 Late News and Weather (C)
10.57 Closedown
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Today’s TV: Monday 12 May 1975
from the NZ Listener
(C) = In colour unless otherwise specified
TV One
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 If I Were Harab Alb (C)
3.26 Riding the Indian Pacific (C)
3.48 Sesame Street (C)
4.46 Pippi Longstocking (Rpt)
5.15 The Porky Pig Show (C)
5.35 Wild, Wild World of Animals
6.00 This Week in Britain (C)
6.05 The Monkees (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home (Starting tonight) (C)
7.30 Bon Appetit… with Des Britten (C)
7.45 The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (C)
8.10 Sutherland’s Law (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 The Human Journey (C)
10.20 Callan (C)
Followed by Closedown
Pioneering soap opera “Close to Home” premiered on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 7pm on the evening of Monday 12 May 1975. For just over eight years, middle New Zealand found their mirror in the life and times of Wellington’s Hearte clan.
At its peak in 1977, nearly a million viewers tuned in twice a week (on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7pm) to watch the serial, which was co-created by series writer Michael Anthony Noonan and producer Tony Isaac. They initially only agreed to make it on condition they got approval for a TV One/NFU co-production, “The Governor”.
The popular family saga carved a regular niche for local drama on screen; the demands of creating a regular show helped develop the skills of Kiwi actors and crew.
You can watch the first ever episode of “Close to Home” online, via NZ On Screen, by clicking its link below.
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Today’s TV: Thursday 12 May 1988
from the NZ Listener
TV One
10.25am Teletext in Vision
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Play School (Rpt)
11.30 Kohanga Reo (Rpt)
11.40 Rainbow
Noon Midday News
12.15 Lorna Doone (Part 4) (Rpt)
1.10 Mary
1.40 Chesapeake Borne
2.35 Around London (Rpt)
3.05 Bewitched (Rpt)
3.35 The Great Plant Collections
4.00 Leave It to Charlie (Rpt)
4.30 Crossroads (Double episode)
5.15 Emmerdale Farm
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 Kate & Allie (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 Coronation Street
8.00 Home to Roost
8.30 Foreign Correspondent
9.00 Rockliffe’s Babies
10.00 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
10.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11.00 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (Rpt)
12.05am Closedown
Network Two
11.45am Teletext in Vision
Noon The Love Connection
12.30 Kids’ Holiday Movie: Paws, Claws and Jaws (1976) (Rpt)
1.55 Mr Merlin (Rpt)
2.30 Play School
2.55 Free Time, including:
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 The Curiosity Show
4.30 Danger Bay
5.00 The Gemini Factor
5.30 Sea Hunt
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Perfect Strangers
7.00 Full House
7.30 World Expo 88
8.00 The Thursday Feature: My Bodyguard (1980) (Rpt)
10.00 EyeWitness
Current affairs, “WorldWatch” and a news update
11.00 Mannix
11.55 Closedown
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Today’s TV: Friday 15 May 1987
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.00am The New Ed Allen Show (Rpt)
11.20 Kohanga Reo
11.30 Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay (Rpt)
11.40 Rainbow (Rpt)
Noon Midday News
12.15 Pride and Prejudice (Part 5, final) (Rpt)
1.15 Dr Kildare (Rpt)
2.15 The Liver Birds (Rpt)
2.45 Nanny (Rpt)
3.45 Green Acres (Rpt)
4.15 Crossroads
4.45 Mork & Mindy (Rpt)
5.15 The Young Doctors
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 M-A-S-H
6.30 Network News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 Lytton’s Diary (Part 6, final)
9.00 Fourth Estate
9.15 Kaleidoscope
10.00 The Friday Night Movie: Brubaker (1980)
12.20am Closedown
Network Two
Noon Friday Matinee: Ivanhoe (1952) (Rpt)
2.00 Animals, Animals, Animals (Rpt)
2.30 Play School
2.55 Postman Pat (Rpt)
3.10 Sooty
3.25 Fred Bassett
3.30 Free Time, including:
3.36 T-Bag Strikes Again
3.58 The Smurfs (Rpt)
4.30 God’s Wonderful Journey (Part 8, final) (Rpt)
5.00 Friday Afternoon Special: Out of Time
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Charles in Charge
7.00 Perfect Strangers
7.30 Magnum PI
8.30 Open All Hours (Rpt)
9.00 Dallas
10.00 Eye Witness
Current affairs, “World Watch” and a news update
11.00 Heartbeat City
12.05am Closedown
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Today’s TV: Monday 16 May 1977
from the NZ Listener
(C) = In colour unless otherwise specified
TV One
11.30am Play School (C)
Noon News (C)
12.05 The Young and the Restless (C)
12.30 Beauty and the Beast (C)
1.00 Today at One (C)
1.25 Days of Our Lives (C)
2.10 Peyton Place (Rpt) (C)
2.35 Crown Court (C)
3.00 Nice One (C), including:
3.05 Sesame Street (C)
4.00 Hong Kong Phooey (Rpt) (C)
4.25 Julia (Rpt) (C)
4.50 The Virginian (Rpt) (C)
6.05 The Odd Couple (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home (C)
7.30 Warship (C)
8.20 Dateline Monday (C)
9.00 Man About the House (Final) (C)
9.30 News (C)
9.40 Hollywood You Must Remember This (C)
11.05 News and Weather (C)
11.10 Closedown
South Pacific Television (SPTV)
1.00pm One to Three with Blackie (C), including:
1.00 Search for Tomorrow (C)
1.30 Dinah! (C)
2.00 Medical Centre (C)
3.00 Chicaboom (C), including:
3.02 Romper Room (C)
3.25 Chicaboom Special (C)
4.00 Here’s Andy (C), including:
4.00 Banana Splits and Friends (C)
4.25 Klassic Keystone Komedy Kapers (Rpt)
4.35 Daniel Boone (C)
5.30 The Partridge Family (C)
6.00 News: First Edition (C)
6.30 Top of the World (C)
7.00 The Tony Randall Show (C)
7.30 Wonder Woman (C)
8.30 Porridge (Final) (C)
9.00 The Rookies (C)
10.00 News: Late Edition (C)
10.10 The New People (C)
10.55 Radio with Pictures (C)
Followed by Closedown
Today’s TV: Wednesday 16 May 1984
from the NZ Listener
TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Chi;d
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.00 Beauty and the Beast
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat of today’s programme
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat of today’s programme
3.00 Chic Chat (Rpt)
3.30 Free Time, including:
3.30 Follyfoot (Rpt)
4.00 3-2-1 Contact
4.30 Star Fleet
5.00 Circus
5.25 Our John Willie (Part 3)
5.55 Te Karere (East Coast viewers only)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 One Day at a Time
8.00 A Big Country: The Kiwis
8.35 Wednesday Night at the Movies: Little Big Man (1970)
11.00 News
11.05 Closedown
TV2
2.30pm L’Elegance (Rpt)
3.30 General Hospital
3.55 Fantasy Island (Rpt)
4.55 Images
5.15 RTR Video Releases
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere (Nationwide except East Coast viewers)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Sullivans
7.30 Showtime - That’s Country
8.30 Hardcastle and McCormick
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Jemima Shore Investigates
11.00 The Untouchables (B&W) (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown
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Today’s TV: Saturday 17 May 1986
from the NZ Listener
TV One
7.00am Secret Squirrel (Rpt)
7.25 The Muppet Babies (Rpt)
8.00 What Now
10.00 Get Smart (Rpt)
10.30 The Munsters (B&W) (Rpt)
11.00 The Man from UNCLE (Rpt)
Noon News
12.02 Sport on One
Includes live racing from Te Rapa, rugby (Fiji v Ireland, Fiji v Wales, Queensland v NSW) and netball (Swiss Maid League, NZ v Jamaica, NZ v Australia)
6.00 Happy Days (Rpt)
6.30 News
7.00 Me and My Girl
7.30 MacGyver
8.30 Press for Service (Series premiere)
9.00 Saturday Premiere Movie: Stir Crazy (1981)
11.10 Entertainment This Week
12.10am News
12.15 Late Movie (Fonda): The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) (B&W) (Rpt)
1.30 Closedown
TV2
11.00am Africa (Rpt)
Noon Our World: Flamingo Triangle (Rpt)
12.55 Highway to Heaven (Rpt)
1.45 Saturday Afternoon Movie: Life with Father (1947) (Rpt)
3.45 The People’s Court
4.10 More Real People
4.35 Vegetarian Kitchen (Part 5)
5.00 Emmerdale Farm (Double episode)
5.55 News
6.00 News Review
6.30 Mind Your Language
7.00 Fast Forward
7.30 Foreign Correspondent
8.30 Sports Special - Harness Racing
1986 Rowe Cup - live from Alexandra Park, Auckland
9.00 Coriolanus
10.30 News
10.45 Coriolanus (Continued)
11.45 Closedown
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This Week’s TV: 17-19 May 1975 (TV One)
from the NZ Listener
(C) = In colour unless otherwise specified
Saturday 17 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Sport on One (C)
Includes live racing from Trentham and bowling (TV One Challenge final)
5.05 The Beachcombers (C)
5.30 The Adventures of Black Beauty (C)
6.00 Here’s Lucy (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (C)
7.30 The Six Million Dollar Man (C)
8.30 News (C)
8.35 Man About the House (C)
9.05 Saturday Night at the Movies: Vera Cruz (1954) (C)
10.45 Dean on Saturday
Followed by Closedown
Sunday 18 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Sunday Matinee: Sandcastles (1972) (C)
3.20 Sport on One (C)
Includes rugby league (1974/75 Challenge Cup final from Wembley)
4.45 A Set of Slides (C)
5.13 The Basil Brush Show (C)
5.43 The Wonderful World of Disney - Savage Sam (Part 1) (C)
6.30 News (C)
6.42 Sunday’s World (C)
7.00 Carry on Barbara (C)
Barbara Windsor at Wellington’s St James Theatre as part of her New Zealand tour
7.45 Country Calendar (C)
8.00 War and Peace (C)
8.45 News (C)
8.50 Seven Days (C)
9.30 Whicker Way Out West (C)
9.57 After Loch Lomond (C)
10.50 Plain Speaking
10.54 Closedown
Monday 19 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Where Are You Little Devil (C)
3.02 The Rhine (C)
3.48 Sesame Street (C)
4.46 Pippi Longstocking (Final) (Rpt)
5.15 The Porky Pig Show (C)
5.37 Wild, Wild World of Animals (C)
6.00 The Monkees (C)
6.25 This Week in Britain (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home (C)
7.30 Bon Appetit (C)
7.45 The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (C)
8.10 Sutherland’s Law (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 The Human Journey (C)
10.20 Callan (C)
11.10 Closedown
Tuesday 20 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Coloured Nabeshima Ware (C)
2.35 Medical Centre (C)
3.30 Prisma
3.45 Play School (C)
4.10 Spot On (C)
4.35 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (C)
5.02 The Kids from 47A (Final) (C)
5.30 Grunt Machine (C)
6.00 Mad Movies (Rpt)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home (C)
7.30 The Odd Couple (C)
8.00 Cannon (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 Justice (C)
10.30 Night Gallery (C)
11.00 Closedown
Wednesday 21 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 The World About Us - The Man Who Loves Giants (Rpt) (C)
3.00 Scotch Corner (C)
3.30 Transtel Sports Magazine
3.45 Sesame Street (C)
4.45 Lassie’s Rescue Rangers (C)
5.10 Ace of Wands (C)
5.35 Grunt Machine (C)
6.05 Journey (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (C)
7.30 Z Cars (C)
8.30 All in the Family (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 Wednesday Night at the Movies: A New Kind of Love (1963) (C)
11.30 (approx) Closedown
Thursday 22 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Promise of a City (C)
2.35 The Whiteoaks of Jalna (C)
3.30 Chroniques de France (C)
3.40 Play School (C)
4.05 Spot On (C)
4.36 The Electric Company (C)
5.10 Fantastica (C)
5.30 Grunt Machine (C)
5.50 Dusty’s Trail (C)
6.17 Dig This (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street (C)
7.30 M-A-S-H (C)
8.00 The Streets of San Francisco (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 Home for the Holidays (C)
10.50 (approx) Closedown
Friday 23 May 1975
2.00pm News (C)
2.05 Adam’s Rib (C)
2.30 Bonanza (C)
3.27 France Panorama
3.37 Sesame Street (C)
4.35 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (C)
5.05 Dr Who (Final)
5.30 Grunt Machine (C)
6.00 You Asked for It (C)
6.30 News (C)
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street (C)
7.30 The Virginian (C)
9.00 Tonight at Nine (C)
9.30 Beryl’s Lot (C)
10.30 The Golden Years of Hollywood: Hallelujah, I’m a Tramp (1933)
11.55 (approx) Closedown
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Today’s TV: Friday 20 May 1988
from the NZ Listener
TV One
10.25am Teletext in Vision
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style
11.05 Play School (Rpt)
11.30 Kohanga Reo (Rpt)
11.40 Rainbow
Noon Midday News
12.15 The Brontes of Haworth (Part 5, final) (Rpt)
1.10 Sorry! (Rpt)
1.40 Birds for All Seasons (Final)
2.35 Murder, She Wrote (Final)
3.30 In the Wild with Harry Butler
4.00 Mother and Son (Starting today)
4.30 Crossroads (Double episode)
5.15 Emmerdale Farm
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 Kate & Allie (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 Coronation Street
8.00 Encounter
8.30 Strike It Rich
9.30 Fourth Estate
9.45 The Friday Night Movie: Oh What a Lovely War (1969)
11.40 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Rpt)
12.20am Closedown
Network Two
11.45am Teletext in Vision
Noon The Love Connection
12.30 Kids’ Holiday Movie: The Nutty Professor (1963) (Rpt)
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
2.55 Free Time, including:
3.00 Tales of the Wizard of Oz
3.05 Puddle Lane
3.20 Maori Legends of New Zealand (Final)
3.25 Bertha
3.40 The Ozlets
4.05 Storybook International
4.30 Pound Puppies
5.00 Star Trek (Rpt)
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 The Henderson Kids (Rpt)
7.30 Night Court
8.00 Magnum PI (Starting tonight)
9.00 Beauty and the Beast
10.00 EyeWitness
Current affairs, “WorldWatch” and a news update
11.00 Matt Houston
11.55 Closedown
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This Week’s TV: 22-28 May 1971 (CHTV3)
from The Press
Saturday 22 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 The Ghost and Mrs Muir
2.45 Rugby League
4.07 France Panorama
4.21 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
5.16 Rubbish
5.26 The Magic Roundabout
5.33 Headline News and Weather
5.36 Woody Woodpecker
6.02 And Another Thing
6.14 Happen Inn
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and Local News
7.30 Hogan’s Heroes
7.57 Dixon of Dock Green
8.49 Newsbrief
8.51 Movie: Istanbul Express (1968)
10.30 Two in Clover
10.57 Late News and Weather
11.04 The Dean Martin Show
Followed by Closedown
Sunday 23 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 Movie: Three Violent People (1956)
3.30 Football
1971 FA Cup Final
5.18 Basil Brush
5.48 Headline News and Weather
5.51 Siberia
6.40 Scrutiny
7.00 Network News and Local News
7.20 Weather
7.23 Country Calendar
7.40 The Des O’Connor Show
8.30 Oh Brother! (Final)
9.01 Newsbrief
9.03 The First Churchills
9.40 The Selling of the Pentagon
10.39 Comments on “The Selling of the Pentagon”
10.56 Late News and Weather
11.03 Closedown
Monday 24 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 Arnie
2.27 Love Story
3.21 To Rome with Love
3.46 Untamed World
4.11 Sesame Street
5.07 The Smokey Bear Show
5.28 Headline News and Weather
5.31 Carousel
5.46 Dr Who
6.10 The Partridge Family
6.34 Trains Around the World
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and The South Tonight
7.40 The Bill Cosby Show
8.04 The Revenue Men
8.55 Newsbrief
8.57 Grandstand
9.27 The Killing of Kane
10.20 A Touch of Venus
10.44 Labour Party Conference 1971
11.04 Late News and Weather
11.10 Closedown
Tuesday 25 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 On Camera
2.46 Then Came Bronson
3.37 The Beverly Hillbillies
4.02 Country Calendar (Rpt)
4.20 Men in History
4.41 The Alvin Show
5.09 The Magic Roundabout
5.14 Scooby-Doo Where Are You!
5.37 Headline News and Weather
5.40 Barrier Reef
6.07 The Andy Griffith Show
6.35 What’s My Line?
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and The South Tonight
7.46 Coronation Street
8.16 In the Nature of Things
8.33 Room 222
9.03 Newsbrief
9.05 Gallery
9.33 The Gold Robbers
10.30 Labour Party Conference 1971
10.53 Late News and Weather
10.59 Closedown
Wednesday 26 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 Judd for the Defence
2.55 German Mirror
3.09 The Val Doonican Show (Rpt)
3.52 Origami
4.03 The Doris Day Show
4.29 Hubble Bubble
4.40 Three Bears
4.45 Cattanooga Cats
5.27 Headline News and Weather
5.30 My Three Sons
5.58 Bobbie Gentry (Final)
6.30 Mad Movies
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and The South Tonight
7.43 Here’s Lucy
8.10 Bonanza (Starting tonight)
9.04 Newsbrief
9.06 Comedy Playhouse - Stiff Upper Lip
9.40 Peyton Place
10.38 Labour Party Conference 1971
10.59 Late News and Weather
11.05 Closedown
Thursday 27 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 On Camera
2.46 Cheyenne
3.36 Bewitched
4.01 Cesar’s World (Rpt)
4.27 Wooden Tops (Final)
4.41 The Magic Roundabout
4.46 Peter
4.51 The Road Runner Show
5.12 Quick Draw McGraw
5.37 Headline News and Weather
5.45 The Johnny Cash Show
6.40 Gardening with John Oliver
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and The South Tonight
7.46 Coronation Street
8.16 Ironside
9.12 Newsbrief
9.14 Gallery
9.42 Four in One
10.38 Labour Party Conference 1971
11.01 Late News and Weather
11.07 Closedown
Friday 28 May 1971
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 Candid Caine (Rpt)
2.53 The Jerry Lewis Show
3.42 David Copperfield (Final)
4.07 Sesame Street
5.04 A Stranger on the Hills (Part 1)
5.32 Headline News and Weather
5.35 Harry Worth
6.05 The Challenging Sea
6.30 World Report
6.50 Sports Magazine
7.00 Network News
7.20 Weather and The South Tonight
7.40 Treasure Island
8.01 The Young Lawyers
8.50 This Is Roger Whittaker (Part 1)
9.17 Newsbrief
9.19 Movie: Time Limit (1957)
10.53 Summer with Monika
11.05 Late News and Weather
11.11 The Wild Wild West
Followed by Closedown
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Today’s TV: Wednesday 23 May 1990
from the NZ Listener
TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.35 Mother Goose Stories (Rpt, G)
10.45 Willo the Wisp (Rpt, G)
10.50 Dr Snuggles (Rpt, G)
10.55 Shoe People (Rpt, G)
11.00 The Onedin Line (Rpt, PGR)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One: The Child Stealer (1979) (PGR)
2.00 Concealed Enemies (Part 3) (AO)
3.00 Knots Landing
4.00 Designing Women
4.30 227
4.50 Emmerdale Farm
5.20 North and South Island Programmes
NORTH
5.20 Te Karere
5.30 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
SOUTH
5.20 Bugs Bunny
5.35 Te Karere
5.45 The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) or The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill
8.30 Murder, She Wrote (G)
9.30 One World of Sport - International Cricket
England v NZ - first ODI; live from Headlingley, Leeds
10.00 One Network News
10.30 One World of Sport - International Cricket
England v NZ - first ODI; live from Headlingley, Leeds (continued)
12.30am Closedown
Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Yearling (Final) (G)
7.00 Breakfast News
7.05 The All New Popeye Show (Rpt)
7.30 Breakfast News
7.35 Flash Gordon (Rpt, G)
8.00 Breakfast News
8.05 The Flintstone Kids (G)
8.30 Breakfast News
8.35 The Merrie Melodies Show (Rpt)
9.00 Bouli (G)
9.05 Sesame Street (Rpt)
10.05 Taxi (Rpt)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Webster (G)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt)
2.50 Care Bears (Rpt, G)
3.15 Wowser
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Alvin and the Chipmunks
4.20 The Video Dispatch
5.00 Batman (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date
6.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode)
7.30 Island Son (Final)
8.30 Quantum Leap (Series premiere)
10.20 Newsbreak
10.25 Spenser: For Hire
11.25 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (PGR)
12.00am Closedown
TV3
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
1.00 Give Us a Clue
1.30 Generations (PGR)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 Another World (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 Mickey Mouse Club (G)
4.00 DuckTales (G)
4.30 Voltron (G)
5.00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (G)
5.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G)
6.00 Home and Away (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Family Feud
7.30 Dirty Dancing (PGR)
8.00 Hey Dad…! (PGR)
8.30 Mini-Series: Brotherhood of the Rose (Part 2, final) (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Flamingo Road (AO)
12.00am (approx) Closedown
Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newsday
7.00 CNN International Hour
8.00 Newsday
8.30 BBC 6pm News
9.00 Newswatch
9.30 BBC 9pm News
10.00 The World Today
11.00 Moneyline
11.30 Crossfire
Noon Prime News
1.00 Larry King Live
2.00 CNN Evening News
3.00 Moneyline
3.30 CNN Sports Tonight
4.00 Newsnight
5.00 Showbiz Today
5.30 Newsnight Update
6.30 Sports Latenight
7.00 News Overnight
7.45 CNN Newsroom
8.00 Larry King Overnight
9.00 Crossfire
9.30 Earlybird News
10.00 Daybreak
10.30 Business Morning
11.00 Daybreak
11.30 Business Day
12.00am Daybreak
1.00 CNN Morning News
2.00 World Day
3.00 Daywatch
4.00 Newshour
5.00 Sonya Live in LA (Continues to 6am)
Sky Sport
Noon Bodies in Motion
12.30 Bodyshaping with Cory Everson
1.00 Tennis
Davis Cup - Spain v Austria
2.00 Bowling
The US Ladies Professional Circuit
3.00 Badminton Horse Trials
4.00 Motorsport
USAC Midgets
4.30 Monster Trucks
5.00 AWA Wrestling
6.00 Athletics
Gatorade Invitational
6.30 Football
FIFA World Cup 1954 - finals, from Switzerland
8.00 The Rugby Archive
Barbarians v NZ (1974)
9.30 Sports Bloopers
9.45 International Cricket
England v NZ - first ODI; live from Headlingley, Leeds
6.00am Closedown
Sky Movies
Noon Ask Dr Ruth (G)
12.30 Loving (G)
1.00 The Beachcombers (G)
1.30 Wild World of Animals (G)
2.00 Bullshot (1983)
4.00 Age of Innocence (1977) (R16)
6.00 The Lighthorsemen (1987)
8.00 Hairspray (1988) (GY)
10.00 Cruising (1980)
11.51 Closedown
@OnAir The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1990 season to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England, with a three-match Test series to follow. England won the Texaco Trophy on faster run rate.
On the evening of Wednesday 23 May 1990, both TV One (now TVNZ 1) and Sky Sport broadcast live coverage from Headingley Stadium in Leeds of the first ODI.
TV One’s first ODI coverage included the first few hours of play (running through to closedown at 12.30am, according to the NZ Listener), with a half hour break for “One Network News” at 10pm and an hour-long highlights package the next morning at 7.30am before TV One ended transmission. It resumed transmission again at 9.55am with in-vision pages from TVNZ’s now-defunct Teletext service, followed by “Play School” (at 10.10am).
Sky Sport, on the other hand, had full overnight coverage of that match until closedown at 6am!
The second ODI, played at The Oval in London, was broadcast on TV One from 9.30pm on the evening of Friday 25 May 1990 and ran right through the night with breaks for “One Network News” (at 10pm) and rugby league highlights. Live coverage concluded at 6.30am the next morning with the 1981 film “The Chosen” - starring Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger and Robby Benson - as TV One’s early morning movie, followed at 8.15am by the wildlife documentary “Durrell’s Ark”, then “Floyd on Fish” at 9am.
Sky Sport’s second ODI coverage ran for 45 minutes, from 11.15pm (right after live coverage of a NSWRL/Winfield Cup match) until midnight when coverage continued over on TV One.
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