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Today’s TV: Friday 11 August 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.35 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.55 Rainbow (Rpt, G)
11.10 The Berenstain Bears Show (Rpt, G)
11.35 James the Cat (Rpt, G)
11.40 PC Pinkerton (G)
11.45 Kōhanga Reo (Rpt, G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon Network News at Noon
12.15 Santa Barbara (G)
1.10 Days of Our Lives
2.10 Knots Landing (PGR)
3.10 Butterflies (Rpt, PGR)
3.40 Crossroads (Double episode) (G)
4.45 Emmerdale Farm (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters (G)
6.00 Network News at Six
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.30 Boon (Final) (AO)
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 Business World (G)
10.30 We’ll Meet Again (Rpt, PGR)
11.30 I Didn’t Know You Cared (Rpt, AO)
12.10am Closedown

Channel Two
7.30am Massey University, including:
7.30 Family Counselling 36.651
7.50 Market Segmentation 56.211
8.10 Economics “NZ Policy Issues” 77.205/102
8.30 (approx) Closedown
10.50 Teletext in Vision
11.05 The Young and the Restless (G)
Noon Love Connection (G)
12.30 Friday Matinee - Dummy (1979) (Rpt)
2.20 After 2, including (all times approx):
2.21 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.45 Wimpole Village (G)
2.50 The Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales (Rpt, G)
3.15 The Mysterious Cities of Gold (G)
3.45 Live!, including (all times approx):
3.50 Danger Mouse (Rpt, G)
4.05 Dusty (G)
4.35 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
5.10 Dr Who - The Twin Dilemma (Part 2) (G)
5.40 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, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 Night Court (PGR)
8.00 Mission: Impossible (Final) (PGR)
9.00 Spenser: For Hire (AO)
10.00 Married… with Children (PGR)
10.30 Newsbreak
Includes Māori news summary
10.35 The Friday Frights - The Exorcist (1973) (Rpt, AO)
12.50am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Sunday 11 August 1991
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.50am Teletext in Vision
8.05 You’re Not Alone
8.30 Tagata Pasifika
9.00 Praise Be
9.30 Design Classics (Rpt, G)
10.00 Marae
Noon Sunday
1.00 Gunsmoke (Rpt, G)
2.00 One World of Sport - Countrywide Bank Grandstand
Includes international rugby (NZ U21 v Australia U21 - live), provincial rugby (Wellington v Bay of Plenty - highlights), cross country (NZ Championships), Aussie rules (AFL 1991 highlights) and rugby league (Winfield Cup 1991 highlights)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.30 Our World - The Serpent’s Embrace (G)
8.35 Mobil Masterpiece Theatre - Parnell and the Englishwoman (Part 3) (AO)
9.40 Victoria Wood’s Comedy Plays (Part 5)
10.10 The Sunday Film Club - Ordinary People (1980) (Rpt, AO)
12.40am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Berenstain Bears Show (Rpt, G)
6.55 Pound Puppies (Rpt, G)
7.20 The Littles (Rpt, G)
7.45 Dastardly and Muttley (Rpt, G)
8.05 The Yogi Bear Show (Rpt, G)
8.35 New Kids on the Block (Rpt, G)
9.00 Pepsi RTR Sounz!
11.00 Wildtrack (aka “Wild T”) (G)
A compilation of the week’s episodes
11.25 Dr Who - Spearhead from Space (Rpt, G)
11.50 Roger Ramjet (Rpt, G)
Noon EastEnders (Double episode) (G)
1.00 Crazy About the Movies: Robert Redford (G)
2.00 Sunday Cinema - Downhill Racer (1969) (Rpt, G)
4.00 The Making of “Hudson Hawk” (G)
4.30 Supergran (G)
5.00 A Country Practice (G)
6.00 Prime Time Pets (G)
6.30 The Cosby Show (G)
7.00 Minties New Zealand’s Funniest Home Videos (G)
7.30 MacGyver (PGR)
8.30 The Sunday Premiere Movie - Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) (AO)
10.35 Aussie League on 2
Winfield Cup 1991 - full delayed coverage of a Saturday match
12.25am Closedown

TV3
7.00am EBS, including:
7.00 Sylvanian Families (G)
7.25 The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (Rpt, G)
7.50 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
8.10 Superfriends (G)
8.35 Life’s Most Embarrassing Moments (Rpt, G)
9.00 Coca-Cola TVFM Talk-Free Zone
11.05 Get Smart (Rpt, G)
11.30 Short Sportz (G)
Noon Wynn’s Sport
Includes basketball (Rheineck Basketball League - Otago v New Plymouth; highlights of last night’s game) and baseball (Major League Baseball)
3.00 Matinee Movie (The Marilyn Monroe Season) - How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (Rpt, G)
5.00 The Amazing Spider-Man (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 The World Around Us - World of Discovery (Part 6) (G)
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 Sunday Night at the Movies - Hello Again (1987)
10.30 Late Movie - Leadbelly (1976) (Rpt)
1.00am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - US Olympic Festival
7.00 Sky Sport - Golf
1991 US PGA Golf - round three, live
10.00 ESPN Direct - Golf
Humminbird Bass and Golf Celebrity Invitational
11.00 Best of AMA Motorcycle Racing
11.30 Sky Sport - Rugby Extra
Australia v NZ - full coverage of the test match played yesterday
1.00pm Motorsport
Kroger 200 - live
3.00 Hurling
All Ireland semifinal
4.30 ESPN’s Speedweek
4.55 Rugby League
Winfield Cup 1991 - live coverage of today’s match
6.50 Rugby Extra
NZ U21 v Australia U21 - full delayed coverage of today’s match
8.20 Cricket
England v West Indies - fifth test, day three; highlights
8.50 Golf
1991 US PGA Golf - round three, highlights
10.30 Rugby Extra
Wellington v Bay of Plenty - full delayed coverage of today’s match
12.00am Motorsport
Formula 1- Hungarian Grand Prix; live from Hungaroring
2.00 ESPN Direct - Major League Baseball Magazine
2.30 Top Rank Boxing
4.30 Barber Saab Motor Series
5.00 Sky Sport - Golf
1991 US PGA Golf - final round, live (Continues to 10.30am)

Sky News (CNN - schedule incomplete)
6.00am Healthweek
6.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
7.00 Your Money
8.30 BBC News (Early evening bulletin)
8.45 Future Watch
9.30 Newsmaker Saturday
10.30 Pinnacle
11.00 Big Story
1.00pm Showbiz This Week
3.00 The Capital Gang
5.00 Moneyweek
5.30 Healthweek
6.00 World News
6.30 Science & Technology Week
7.00 BBC News (Late bulletin)
7.30 The Big Story
8.00 Pinnacle
8.30 World Business
9.00 Larry King Weekend
10.00 Showbiz This Week
10.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
11.30 Inside Business
12.00am Headline News
12.30 Evans and Novak
1.00 Headline News
1.30 Your Money
2.00 On the Menu
2.30 Newsmaker Sunday
3.00 Travel Guide
3.30 Headline News
4.00 World Business
4.30 International Correspondents
5.00 Headline News
5.30 Moneyweek (Continues to 6am)

Sky Movies
Noon The Bulldog Breed (1960) (G)
2.00 Cherry 2000 (1986) (GY)
3.40 They Went That-a-Way and That-a-Way (1978) (G)
5.20 Box Office America
5.45 Heartbreak Ridge (1986) (R13)
8.00 Gold - Parenthood (1989) (GA)
10.05 Barfly (1987) (RP16)
11.45 Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache (1990) (GY)
1.17am Closedown

CTV (Canterbury Television), Christchurch
5.10pm ALF Tales (G)
5.35 ThunderCats (G)
6.00 Movie - Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980) (G)
7.30 George Balani (G)
8.00 Movie - A Wedding (1978) (PGR)
10.10 Soap (Double episode) (AO)
11.00 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Saturday 15 August 1981
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am What Now
10.30 Cattanooga Cats
10.40 The Muppet Show (Rpt)
11.10 Pot Black
11.45 Top of the Morning
Noon News
12.02 Saturday Matinee - The Rainmaker (1957)
2.00 Sport on One
Includes motorsport (Formula 1 - West German Grand Prix), gymnastics (American Cup) and bowls
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 News
7.00 When the Band Plays
8.00 M-A-S-H
8.30 Saturday Night at the Movies - The French Connection (1971)
10.30 Trapper John MD
11.20 The Johnny Carson Show
12.00am News
12.05 Closedown

TV2
Noon Search for Tomorrow (Double episode)
1.00 Family
1.50 Saturday Afternoon Movie - The Matchmaker (1958) (Rpt)
3.25 Untamed World
3.50 Rhoda
4.15 The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
5.05 The Brothers (Rpt)
5.55 News
6.00 News Review
6.15 Sports Review
6.30 Laverne and Shirley
6.50 I Like That One: Two
7.00 Foreign Correspondent
8.00 Mastermind
8.30 Butterflies
9.00 Parkinson in Australia
10.15 News
10.30 World Cinema - The Danube Pilot (“A dunai hajós”) (1974)
A Hungarian film with English subtitles
12.05am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Friday 16 August 1996 (Free-to-air channels only, part 1)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 The World Today (Continued)
7.00 BBC World Headlines
7.05 White Heat: Mothers of Invention
7.55 Te Karere (Rpt)
8.05 eTV, including:
8.05 Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Rpt, G)
8.35 French in Action (Rpt, G)
9.05 Louise Burgeois (G)
10.00 Infomercials
11.00 The Duchess of Duke Street (Rpt, G)
Noon Midday (News)
1.00 The Bill (Rpt, AO)
2.00 Howards’ Way (Rpt, PGR)
3.05 Chatterbox (Rpt, G)
3.25 Johnson and Friends (Rpt, G)
3.35 The Black Stallion (Rpt, G)
4.10 Emmerdale (G)
4.40 Te Karere
4.50 Give Us a Clue (G)
5.25 EastEnders (G)
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Maggie’s Garden Show (G)
8.35 The Governor (PGR)
9.40 Tonight (News)
10.00 Bottom (Double episode, final) (AO)
11.15 The Critic (Final) (PGR)
11.45 Ray Bradbury Theatre (Rpt, G)
12.15am express Report (AO)
12.45 UK Today (G)
1.00 BBC World, including:
1.00 BBC World News
1.15 World Business Report
1.30 BBC Newshour Asia Pacific
2.30 Time Out - Raymond Blanc Mange: Preserving
3.00 BBC World Headlines
3.05 World Heat: Mothers of Invention (Rpt)
4.00 BBC World News
4.30 Time Out - The Sky at Night: Radio Watchers (Rpt)
5.00 The World Today (Continues to 7am)

TV2
6.10am Video Power (Rpt, G)
6.35 The Hurricanes (G)
7.00 Action Man (Rpt, G)
7.30 Sailor Moon (G)
8.00 Samurai Pizza Cats (Rpt, G)
8.30 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
9.00 Here’s Humphrey (G)
9.30 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 Good Morning
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 Ricki Lake (PGR)
2.55 A Touch of Love (Rpt, G)
3.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
3.30 Get Real (G)
4.00 Animaniacs (Rpt, G)
4.30 Phantom 2040 (G)
5.00 Dave’s World (G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
6.30 The Nanny (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman (PGR)
8.30 2 Sports Action - Rugby League
1996 Optus Cup - Auckland Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs; live from Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
10.30 The Late Show with David Letterman
11.30 Late Movie - The Mighty Quinn (1989) (AO)
1.25am Late Late Movie - Whispers (1989) (Rpt, AO)
3.05 Freddy’s Nightmares (PGR)
3.55 Behind the Scenes: “Black Sheep” (Rpt, PGR)
4.25 Coca-Cola Video Hits: New Releases (Rpt, PGR)
5.20 Teknoman (“Tekkaman Blade”, double episode) (Rpt, PGR) (Continues to 6.05am)

TV3
6.30am Aunties’ Alphabet (G)
6.35 The Magic Box (G)
7.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
7.05 You and Me (G)
7.30 Fraggle Rock (G)
8.00 Lost in Space (G)
9.00 Infomercials
10.00 Cucina Amore (G)
10.30 Love Connection (PGR)
11.00 The Gordon Elliott Show (PGR)
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (AO)
2.00 The Love Boat (G)
3.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
3.05 You and Me (G)
3.30 Pingu (G)
3.35 Disney Adventure Afternoon, including:
3.35 DuckTales (G)
4.00 Aladdin (G)
4.30 Gargoyles (G)
5.00 Blossom (G)
5.30 Family Matters (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Beyond 2000 (G)
7.30 Skitz (Final) (PGR)
8.00 Partners (Final) (PGR)
8.30 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (AO)
9.30 Xena: Warrior Princess (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (AO)
11.05 Herman’s Head (PGR)
11.35 Late Movie - Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (1989) (AO)
1.30am Infomercials
2.30 General Hospital (PGR)
3.15 Generations (PGR)
3.40 Infomercials (Continues to 6.30am)

Horizon Pacific Television (HPTV)
ATV, Coast to Coast, Capital City, CTV and Southern
10.00am TV Shopping
CTV ONLY - Welcome to Canterbury
11.30 Marketplace (Rpt)
CTV ONLY - TV Shopping
Noon BBC Newsroom
CTV ONLY - Welcome to Canterbury
3.00 BBC World Headlines
3.05 Under the Sun
4.00 BBC Newsday
4.30-5.30 CTV ONLY - Marketplace
5.00 Marketplace
5.30 Local News
ATV ONLY - ATV News
COAST TO COAST ONLY - Coast to Coast News
CAPITAL CITY ONLY - Capital Nightly News
CTV ONLY - CTV News
SOUTHERN ONLY - Southern News
6.00 BBC Newsday
COAST TO COAST & SOUTHERN ONLY - Farming New Zealand
6.30 One Network News
First shown on TV One (delayed by 30 minutes)
7.30 Local News
See 5.30pm for programme titles
8.00 Building Sights
8.30 Mini-Series: Love and Hate (Part 1)
10.30 Marketplace (Rpt)
11.00 BBC World News
12.00am (approx) Closedown
ATV ONLY - Welcome to Auckland (Runs until 1am)
CTV ONLY - Welcome to Canterbury (Runs until 11.30am)

More NZ TV listings to come in Part 2.

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Today’s TV: Friday 16 August 1996 (Sky channels, part 2)
from the NZ Listener

HBO
Noon My Antonia (1995) (PG)
1.40 Love and Death (1975) (M)
3.05 Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994) (PG)
4.35 Old Yeller (1957) (G)
6.00 Box Office America
6.30 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994) (M)
8.30 Friday Double Feature - Alive (1993) (RP13)
10.40 Friday Double Feature - In the Name of the Father (1993) (GA)
12.50am Top Gun (1986) (PG)
2.40 Backtrax - Toto
3.00 Hardcore (1978) (R18)
4.45 Menace II Society (1993) (R16) (Continues to 6.30am)

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Tennis (Continued)
1996 Pilot Pen International - live
7.30 Baseball Tonight
8.00 Bodyshaping
8.30 Fitness Beach
9.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
9.30 Sportscenter
10.30 International Sportscenter
11.00 World of Rugby
11.30 NFL Tonight
Noon American Football
NFL preseason - Atlanta Falcons v Oakland Raiders; live
3.00 Sky Sport - Motorsport
Formula 1 - Hungarian Grand Prix
5.00 Unbelievable Sports
5.30 Gillette World Sport Special
6.00 AMA Motorcross Series
7.00 Arena
7.25 Rugby
1996 Air NZ NPC - Wairarapa Bush v Northland; live from the Lowe Walker Stadium, Whangarei
9.05 Arena (Live)
9.30 Rugby League
1996 Optus Cup - Auckland Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs; full delayed coverage from Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
11.15 Tennis
1996 Pilot Pen International - highlights
1.00am ESPN Direct - Football
Major League Soccer - Kansa City Wiz v San Jose; full coverage
3.00 Tennis
1996 Pilot Pen International - quarterfinal; live
5.00 Women Who Won Gold
5.30 Par for the Course (Continues to 6am)

CNN
6.00am World Business Today
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 World Report
9.00 World Business Today
9.30 World Sport
10.00 World View
11.30 Moneyline
12.30pm Crossfire
1.00 Larry King Live
2.30 Showbiz Today
3.30 World Report
4.30 Inside Politics
5.30 Moneyline
6.30 World Sport
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Larry King
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
First shown on TV One
9.30 Crossfire
10.00 Business Day
11.00 World News Asia
11.30 World Sport
12.00am World News Asia
12.30 Business Asia
1.00 Larry King
2.30 World Sport
3.30 Business Asia
4.00 World News
4.30 Q & A
5.00 World News (Continues to 6am)

Orange
6.00am The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continued)
7.00 Just Juice (Free to air)
10.00 Leeza
11.00 Vanessa
11.30 Designing Women
Noon Coronation Street
12.30 Brookside
1.00 Love Connection
1.30 Supermarket Sweep
2.00 The City
2.30 Prisoner (aka “Prisoner: Cell Block H”)
3.00 Jerry Springer
4.00 Leeza
5.00 All New Popeye
5.30 Growing Pains
6.00 Full House
6.30 The City
7.00 Emergency Call
7.30 Knight Rider
8.30 Dream On
9.00 The Larry Sanders Show
9.30 Orange at the Movies - A Boy and His Dog (1975) (M)
11.05 Jerry Springer Late Night
11.50 The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues to 7am)

Discovery/Trackside
6.00am A World Away
7.00 Beyond 2000
8.00 Those Amazing Animals
8.30 Mac & Mutley
9.00 The Adventurers
9.30 World Wide Guide
10.00 Untamed Africa
11.00 Discovery Profile Series
Noon Invention
12.30 Next Step
1.00 Secrets of the Deep
2.00 Passport to Adventure
2.30 World Wide Guide
3.00 A World Away
4.00 Great Castles of Europe
4.30 Archaeology
5.00 Trackside Channel (Free to air)
11.00 Nova
12.00am Outer Bounds
12.30 The Adventurer
1.00 Invention
1.30 Next Step
2.00 Wings
3.00 Beyond 2000
4.00 Nature Watch
4.30 Zoo Life with Jack Hanna
5.00 Invention
5.30 Next Step (Continues to 6am)

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Today’s TV: Sunday 18 August 1985
from the NZ Listener

TV One
7.45am Teletext in Vision
8.00 Sing to the Lord (Rpt)
8.30 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Rpt)
8.50 Les Jetons
9.00 The Good Life (Rpt)
9.30 NBA Basketball 1985
10.30 Weekend
Includes “Money Report”
Noon Agreport
12.15 Dig This (Rpt)
12.30 The Renovators
1.00 I Think I Cry Every Day
1.20 Wreck of the Mary Rose
2.05 Sunday Afternoon Movie - Designing Woman (1957)
4.00 Opus
5.00 A Dog’s Show
5.30 Spot On
6.00 Credo
6.30 News
6.45 Koha
7.00 Entertainment Showcase - We’ve Got a Little List
7.45 Country Calendar
8.00 Mastermind
8.30 Hanlon (Part 5)
9.20 News
9.30 Sunday
10.00 Play of the Week - Whale Music
11.15 News
11.20 Closedown

TV2
10.45am Teletext in Vision
11.00 Family Hour Festival (Rpt)
11.45 Aubrey (Rpt)
11.50 Mr Magoo (Rpt)
Noon The Forsyte Saga (Part 11) (B&W) (Rpt)
1.40 Here’s Lucy (Rpt)
2.05 Jazz Seen
2.55 The Questors
3.20 The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
3.50 Sunday Grandstand
Includes trampolining, canoeing (the world championships) and netball (NZ v Australia)
5.55 News
6.00 The Wonderful World of Disney - Hackshaw (Part 2) (Rpt)
6.45 I Like That One: 2
7.00 Family Ties
7.25 Sunday Movie - Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
9.00 Viewfinder
9.25 Radio with Pictures
10.25 The Sunday Horrors - The House That Wouldn’t Die (1970) (Rpt)
11.40 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Saturday 19 August 1972
from The Press

NZBC TV (CHTV3)
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 The Beverly Hillbillies
2.30 In Concert - Don McLean
2.44 Cricket
Australia v West Indies - 1960/61 test
4.27 Tonight in Person
4.56 Hector’s House
5.05 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (Rpt)
5.32 Headline News and Weather
5.35 Pin Point
6.01 Why Is It So?
6.13 Happen Inn
7.00 Network News
7.22 Weather / The South on Saturday
7.45 Break 21
8.16 Jason King
9.14 Newsbrief
9.16 Saturday Movie - Ship of Fools (1965)
11.41 Late News and Weather
11.47 CBS Public Affairs - How Peaceful the Atom
Followed by Closedown

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 20 August 1986
from the NZ Listener

TV One
8.45am Teletext in Vision
9.00 Play School (Rpt)
9.30 The Wombles (Rpt)
9.35 You and Your Child (Rpt)
9.40 The New Ed Allen Show (Rpt)
10.05 Crossroads
10.30 In Search of Paradise (Part 7) (Rpt)
11.00 News
11.02 The Foundation (Rpt)
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 I Didn’t Know You Cared (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 Captain Pugwash (Rpt)
3.05 Stories of Snowy and Buttercup Buskers
3.15 Mop and Smiff
3.30 After School, including:
3.35 The Snorks
4.00 The Littlest Hobo (Rpt)
4.30 The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
4.55 Zoo Family
5.25 Worzel Gummidge
6.00 Happy Days
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland, Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Open House
8.30 Then Again
9.00 Edge of Darkness (Part 2)
10.00 Our Family Honor
11.00 News
11.05 Colditz (Rpt)
12.00am Closedown

TV2
11.45am Teletext in Vision
Noon Petticoat Junction (Rpt)
12.30 Newsline
1.25 Beauty and the Beast
1.50 See Here
2.00 Crown Court (Rpt)
2.30 Knots Landing
3.25 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rpt)
3.50 Fantasy Island (Rpt)
4.45 Punky Brewster
5.15 The Young Doctors
5.45 News
5.50 Te Karere
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Webster
7.00 Robin’s Nest (Rpt)
7.30 The Heart of the Dragon (Part 9)
8.30 Leaving (Part 4)
9.00 Tonight
10.00 Eye Witness News
11.00 Charlie’s Angels (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown

@TelevisionAU On the evening of Thursday 2 May 1985, TVNZ launched a late night chat/variety show called Saunders & Sinclair.

Hosted from Auckland by Catherine Saunders and the late Geoff Sinclair (from the now-defunct Radio Pacific), the show was described by the NZ Listener as ‘an hour of chat, charm and cheek’ with musical direction by Tony Baker and his band, David Hartnell’s Hollywood gossip and weekly guests. It aired Thursdays at 10pm on TV2 (now TVNZ 2) and ran for six weeks.

In July that year, Saunders & Sinclair was replaced by Tonight with Catherine Saunders hosting the retooled show, and by mid-1986 she was replaced as host by Sue Kellaway, who had been a face of NZ TV in the past before moving to Australia and appearing in various programmes (e.g. Good Morning Australia on 10 and, later, the Today Show on Nine).

As TVNZ’s spring season programming began in August that year, Tonight was transferred from its later Thursday night timeslot (10pm) to Wednesdays at the new, earlier time of 9pm.

Tonight ended on the evening of Wednesday 29 October 1986 at 9pm on TV2.

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Hey @PaddyTePou I’ve been looking for Thingee’s last appearance on What Now. Do you happen to have any idea what month that was? I’m sure it was 1997. Cheers.

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@Michael_S Hrm. Thingee made his last appearance on our screens sometime in 1997 but I don’t exactly know what month. It’s a bit of a mystery.

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 22 August 1990
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Teletext in Vision
10.15 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.40 Rainbow (Rpt, G)
10.55 Rupert the Bear (G)
11.00 The Onedin Line (Rpt, G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.05 Film on One - Nadia (1984)
1.55 Bleak House (Rpt, G)
2.50 Knots Landing
3.50 Marblehead Manor (G)
4.20 Bosom Buddies (G)
4.50 Emmerdale (G)
5.20 North and South Island Programmes
NORTH
5.20 Te Karere
5.30 WKRP in Cincinnati (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 (G)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.30 Casualty (PGR)
9.30 Don’t Wait Up (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 One Network News
10.30 Dempsey and Makepeace (AO)
11.35 Special Squad (AO)
12.30am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
7.00 Secret Squirrel (Rpt, G)
7.25 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (Rpt, G)
7.50 Jonny Quest (G)
8.15 The Smurfs (G)
8.40 The Merrie Melodies Show (G)
9.00 Alvin and the Chipmunks (Rpt, G)
9.15 Bad Boyes (G)
9.40 The Electric Company (G)
10.10 No Strings (Starting today, part 1) (PGR)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Throb (G)
2.25 After 2, including:
2.26 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.50 The Trollkins (G)
3.15 Peter Pan (G)
3.45 Live!, including:
3.50 Centurions (G)
4.20 The Video Dispatch
5.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
5.30 Blind Date (G)
6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 Quantum Leap (PGR)
8.30 The Star Movie - Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (AO)
10.25 Newsbreak
10.30 Spenser: For Hire (AO)
11.35 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (G)
12.10am Closedown

TV3
Noon Midday Matinee - Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
2.30 Another World (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
4.00 DuckTales (Rpt, G)
4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G)
5.00 Home and Away (G)
5.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Family Feud (G)
7.30 Larger than Life
8.00 Roseanne (G)
8.30 Wednesday Night at the Movies - Dangerous Affection (1987)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Flamingo Road (AO)
12.00am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newsday
7.00 CNN International Hour
7.30 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
8.00 Newsday
9.00 Early Prime
9.30 Showbiz Today
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 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Showbiz Today
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 (Continues to 6am)

Sky Sport
Noon Bodies in Motion
12.30 Bodyshaping
1.00 Tennis
Federation Cup 1990 - final
2.30 Surfing
Bundaberg Masters
3.00 Baseball
5.00 Superbouts
Alexis Arguello v Ray Mancini
6.00 Bowling
Hammond Senior Open
7.00 Golf
Fred Meyer Challenge
8.00 Beach Volleyball
8.45 World Waterski Tour (St Louis)
9.30 Surfing
Bundaberg Masters
10.00 Snooker
London Masters - final
12.00am Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon Ask Dr Ruth (GY)
12.25 The Ewoks (G)
12.55 Loving (Double episode) (G)
2.00 Bugsy Malone (1976) (G)
4.00 Black Jack (1979) (G)
6.00 Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988) (GY)
8.00 Cathy’s Child (1979)
10.00 Act of Vengeance (1986)
11.33 Closedown

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1413

How many listings do you have between July and December 1997? I’m sure it happened between those.

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Thanks to the hard work and generosity of a fellow archival TV researcher the NZ Listener’s TV listing pages from the 1974 to early 1998 are available as PDFs. These include listings from 1997.

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You are amazing. Thank you.

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1416

Was Thingee mentioned in this listing by any chance?

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Today’s TV: Saturday 25 August 1984
from the NZ Listener

TV One
8.00am Fraggle Rock
8.30 What Now, including:
8.30 Time Capsule
8.35 Kwicki Koala
8.40 Phone-in today’s mystery object
8.45 SOS (Shazam! on Saturday)
9.05 Wacky Challenge
9.15 Thunderbirds
9.25 The Animators
9.30 Hot Hits
9.35 Brain Teaser
9.40 Tom and Jerry
9.45 Hot Gossip
9.50 Club Noticeboard
9.55 Gel, Mousse and brushout colour
10.00 Get Smart (Rpt)
10.30 Hogan’s Heroes (Rpt)
10.55 Star Trek (Rpt)
11.50 Top of the Morning
Noon News
12.02 Saturday Matinee - Westbound (1959)
1.10 Sport on One
Includes interprovincial rugby (Waikato v Auckland - highlights), netball and Formula 1 (West German Grand Prix - highlights)
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 News
7.00 Fame
8.00 Gliding On
“Mastermind” - click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

8.30 The Saturday Premiere Movie - Death of a Centrefold (1981)
10.25 Social Credit Party Conference
10.40 Entertainment This Week
11.40 News
11.45 Closedown

TV2
Noon Our World - Dick Smith Around the World (Part 2) (Rpt)
12.45 The Best of Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Dig This (Rpt)
1.15 The Powers of Matthew Star (Rpt)
2.00 Saturday Afternoon Movie - Daughter of Rosie O’Grady (1950) (Rpt)
4.00 The People’s Court
4.20 More Real People
4.45 The Magic Wok
5.05 Emmerdale Farm (Double episode)
5.55 News
6.00 News Review
6.30 Science Express
6.50 Preview 2
7.00 Foreign Correspondent
8.00 Jane Eyre (Part 8)
8.30 Parkinson in Australia
9.20 Saturday Playhouse - Heartland (Part 7)
10.15 News
10.30 World Cinema - The Wonderful Years (“Die wunderbaren Jahre”) (1980)
A German film with English subtitles
12.05am Closedown

At 8pm on the evening of Saturday 25 August 1984 on TV One (now TVNZ 1), an episode of the Roger Hall sitcom, Gliding On, saw John (Ross Jolly) concluding that a love of stamps made the boss (Ken Blackburn) a natural fit for Mastermind - next thing, the stores branch staff were gathering around with imaginary cameras and desk lamps, to help him practise for the pressures of the facing quiz master himself, the late Peter Sinclair. Meanwhile the team attempted to score another victory by getting an astrological chart made for a racehorse.

You can watch the Gliding On episode via NZ On Screen by clicking its link above.

@Michael_S Still not sure.

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1418

Today’s TV: Friday 26 August 1977
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Forearmed
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Today at One
1.25 Days of Our Lives
2.20 Peyton Place (Rpt)
2.45 Crown Court
3.10 Nice One
3.15 Sesame Street
4.10 Fantastica (Rpt)
4.25 Bewitched (Rpt)
5.00 The Wombles (Rpt)
5.05 Follyfoot (Rpt)
5.30 Ready to Roll (Rpt)
6.00 Hogan’s Heroes
6.25 Winter Away with One Report
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Weekends with One
7.10 Coronation Street
7.40 Kung Fu
8.40 Two on One
9.30 News
9.40 The Media
10.10 The Friday Film - The Knack (1961) (B&W)
11.45 News and Weather
11.50 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
1.00pm Town Cryer, including:
1.00 Friday Matinee - The Last Sunset (1961)
3.00 Chicaboom, including:
3.02 Romper Room
3.20 The Laughing Policeman
3.30 Chicabake
4.00 Here’s Andy, including:
4.00 Supercar (B&W)
4.25 Freewheelin’ Special - Rockin’ with the Rollers
5.10 Little Women (Part 5)
5.35 Chico and the Man (Final) (Rpt)
6.00 First Edition (News)
6.30 And Mother Makes Three (Rpt)
6.55 Police Five
7.00 The Julie Andrews Hour
7.50 Perspective
8.20 Upstairs, Downstairs
9.10 Harry O
10.00 Late Edition (News)
10.10 A Provincial Lady
11.05 Kaleidoscope
12.05am Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

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1419

Today’s TV: Friday 27 August 1982
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.25am Play School
10.50 You and Your Child
11.00 Good Morning!
Noon News
12.02 See Here
12.05 Beauty and the Beast
12.35 Lunchtime Movie - Anastasia (1956)
2.20 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.55 A Handful of Songs
3.05 Rainbow
3.20 The Munch Bunch (Rpt)
3.30 Free Time, including (all times approx):
3.30 Three Marmots
3.40 Porky Pig (Rpt)
4.00 Catweazle (Rpt)
4.25 Aubrey
4.30 Movie for Holiday Time - Flipper (1963)
6.00 Dig This
6.15 Agreport
6.30 News
Includes Nationwide and regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.20 Fourth Estate
8.30 Kaleidoscope - Where Does Our Money Come From?
9.25 The Week with One
9.30 Yes Minister
10.00 The Body in Question (Part 11)
10.50 Encore - Spy! (Part 3) (Rpt)
11.40 Social Credit Political League Conference 1982
12.05am News
12.10 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Warship (Rpt)
3.20 Diff’rent Strokes
3.50 The Good Companions (Part 2) (Rpt)
4.50 City Lights
5.20 Spring and Autumn (Rpt)
5.50 News
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 Solid Gold
7.30 BJ and the Bear
8.30 The Comedy Hour - The Benny Hill Show
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.15 Friday Feature - Countdown (1987)
12.00am Closedown

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The Friday Feature is from '87 but the listings are from '82.

Error on the Listeners part or mistype by Paddy? :grinning:

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Today’s TV: Friday 28 August 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.30am Teletext in Vision
10.45 The New Ed Allen Show (Rpt)
11.05 Play School (Rpt)
11.30 Kōhanga Reo (Rpt)
11.40 Rainbow (Rpt)
Noon Midday News
12.15 Two Marriages
1.15 Sports Special - Netball
1987 World Netball Championships - highlights
1.45 Murder, She Wrote (Rpt)
2.40 Cold Warrior (Rpt)
3.15 Nature Watch (Rpt)
3.45 The Enigma Files (Rpt)
4.50 Crossroads
5.15 Emmerdale Farm
5.45 Te Karere
6.00 M-A-S-H (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 The District Nurse
8.30 A Woman’s World
9.00 Fourth Estate
9.15 The Houseman’s Tale (Part 2, final)
10.45 The Friday Night Movie - The Vegas Strip War (1984)
12.30am Murder, She Wrote (Rpt)
1.25 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rpt)
2.00 Sports Special - Netball
1987 World Netball Championships - final; live
4.00 (approx) Closedown

Network Two
11.45am Teletext in Vision
Noon Love Connection
12.30 Friday Matinee - Hot Millions (1968) (Rpt)
2.30 Play School (Rpt)
2.55 Puddle Lane
3.10 Thomas the Tank Engine
3.20 The Telebugs
3.30 The Monchhichis
3.55 After School, including (all times approx):
3.57 Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
4.31 Supergran
5.00 The Henderson Kids II
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 Charles in Charge
7.00 Fresno (Part 6, final)
8.00 Family Ties
8.30 Night Court
9.00 Open All Hours (Rpt)
9.30 Brothers
10.00 EyeWitness
Current affairs, “Worldwatch” and a news update
11.00 Heartbeat City
12.05am Closedown

New Zealand (Silver Ferns) competed against and defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the 1987 World Netball Championships final, which took place at Crownpoint Sports Park in Glasgow during the early hours of Saturday 29 August 1987 (NZ time). Luckily, the Silver Ferns claimed their third title going unbeaten throughout the entire tournament. Final score 49-37.

The netball final was televised live on TV One (now TVNZ 1) at 2am that morning and preceded by the Friday night movie (at 10.45pm) and late night/overnight reruns of Murder, She Wrote (at 12.30am) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (at 1.25am)!

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