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Today’s TV: Thursday 10 December 1981
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.35am Play School
11.00 The Wombles (Rpt)
11.05 The New Ed Allen Show
11.30 Jazzercise
11.35 The Bob Newhart Show (Rpt)
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Glimpses (Rpt)
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Here’s Lucy (Rpt)
1.30 Days of Our Lives (Final)
2.25 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.50 Jamie and the Magic Torch (Rpt)
3.00 Sesame Street (Rpt)
4.00 After School, including:
4.00 Beany and Cecil
4.30 Video Dispatch (Final)
4.50 Learning to Swim
5.00 Ponies of Miklaengi
5.30 Midnight Is a Place
6.00 WKRP in Cincinnati (Final)
6.30 News
7.00 Coronation Street
7.30 Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
7.30 South (Dunedin)
8.00 The Flame Trees of Thika (Part 6)
9.00 Contact - Burials in Ban Nadi
9.30 Thursday Movie - What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
11.10 News
11.15 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Dinah!
3.30 General Hospital
4.00 Fantasy Island
4.55 Greenbelt Live
6.00 News at Six
6.30 The Bionic Woman
7.30 One Day at a Time
8.00 The Love Boat
9.00 Barney Miller
9.30 Eye Witness
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Wayne and Shuster
11.00 Hazell (Final) (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown

Today’s TV: Tuesday 10 December 1991
from the NZ Listener

TV One
9.50am Teletext in Vision
10.05 Family Film on One -The Adventures of an American Rabbit (1986) (Rpt, G)
11.30 New Zealand Today
12.30pm ABC World News Tonight
1.00 Film on One - Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) (PGR)
2.40 Steel Magnolias
TV pilot, based on the movie of the same name
3.05 Nonni and Manni (Part 2) (G)
4.15 Kate & Allie (Rpt, G)
4.45 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Wheel of Fortune (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 A Country Practice (G)
8.30 Tuesday Documentary - Pearl Harbour: 50th Anniversary
9.35 Birds of a Feather (PGR)
10.10 One Network News
10.40 Icebreaker: Family Life in the Soviet Union (Part 6, final) (G)
11.45 Quincy (Final) (Rpt, AO)
12.50am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 My Little Pony ‘n Friends (Rpt, G)
7.00 The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Rpt, G)
7.25 The Bullwinkle Show (G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 The Peter Potamus Show (Rpt, G)
8.40 Sesame Street (G)
9.35 The Kidsongs TV Show (Rpt, G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Who’s the Boss? (Rpt, G)
2.30 ALF (Rpt, G)
2.55 Johnson and Friends (Rpt, G)
3.05 Puddle Lane (Rpt, G)
3.20 Storybook World (G)
3.25 Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey (Rpt, G)
3.35 The Little Flying Bears (G)
4.00 The Jetsons (Rpt, G)
4.30 Fox’s Peter Pan & the Pirates (Final) (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show (G)
6.00 Candid Camera (G)
6.30 Studs (G)
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 Cheers (Rpt, G)
8.00 Wings
8.30 Open All Hours (Rpt, PGR)
9.05 The New Statesman (Rpt, AO)
9.40 Rescue 911 (AO)
10.45 Wiseguy (Rpt, AO)
11.45 The New Dragnet (aka “Dragnet Today”) (G)
12.20am Closedown

TV3
6.25am EBS, including:
6.25 Aunties Alphabet (Rpt, G)
6.30 The New Adventures of Pinocchio (G)
7.00 The Real Ghostbusters (Rpt, G)
7.30 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
8.00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (G)
8.30 Closedown
Noon The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
12.30 Generations (PGR)
1.00 NBC Nightly News
1.30 Another World (PGR)
2.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
3.30 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! (Rpt, G)
4.00 Dennis the Menace (Rpt, G)
4.30 Double Dare (G)
5.00 Voltron (G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Hey Dad…! (Rpt, G)
7.30 Father Dowling Mysteries (PGR)
8.30 Fast Forward (AO)
9.30 Law & Order (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.05 Midnight Caller (Rpt, AO)
12.05am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Bodies in Motion
6.30 Bodyshaping
7.00 Football (1991 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship)
9.00 9 Ball (1991 Challenge of Champions)
10.00 Global Supercard Wrestling
11.00 Monster Trucks
11.30 Sports Reporters
Noon Sky Sport - Rugby League
1991/92 Regal Trophy - semifinal one (Leeds v Salford); full replay
1.30 Tennis
1991 ATP Tour - highlights
2.00 Bodies in Motion
2.30 Bodyshaping
3.00 Ice Skating
4.00 Tennis
1991 ATP Tour - highlights
4.30 Supercross
5.30 Ski World
6.00 Snooker
1991 UK Open Championship - full coverage
8.00 American Football (Monday Night Football)
NFL 1991/92 - Cincinnati Bengals v Miami Dolphins; full delayed coverage
10.30 Football
La Liga 1991/92 - highlights
11.30 ESPN Direct - Schaap Talk
12.00am Tennis (1991 KremlinCup)
2.00 Best of American Muscle
2.30 Glory Days
3.00 Basic Training Workout
3.30 Bodyshaping
4.00 Bodybuilding (1991 Women’s Nationals)
5.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
5.30 Body by Jake (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN)
CNN News 24 hours a day, plus:
BBC News at 7am & 7pm
TVNZ - One Network News (full replay of TVNZ’s 6pm news bulletin) at 8.30pm

Sky Movies
Noon Nostalgia at Noon - Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) (G)
1.35 Best of British (G)
2.00 Enchanted Journey (1981) (G)
3.26 The Road Runner Show (G)
4.00 Oliver Twist (1982) (G)
6.00 The Presidio (1988) (RP13)
7.36 Box Office America (G)
8.00 Casualties of War (1989) (RP16)
10.00 U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) (GY)
11.40 National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) (GY)
1.11am Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
4.30pm Susan Sells
5.30 First Report (News)
6.00 What Would You Do? (G)
6.30 Chocky’s Challenge (G)
7.00 CTV Classic Hits (G)
7.30 Jim Hopkins Live
8.00 First Report (News) (Rpt)
A repeat screening of tonight’s bulletin
8.30 The Evening Movie - Rooster Cogburn (1975) (G)
10.20 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
11.20 Closedown

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With Olly ‘keep cool till after school’ Ohlson out of CHTV3 CHCH… 1981 and Aotearoa only had one official language and here was Olly using two alternate languages on TV which both went on to become official languages. Groundbreaking stuff, well done Olly.

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Today’s TV: Monday 19 December 1977
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.30 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 A Place in Europe (Rpt)
1.25 Days of Our Lives
2.10 Play School
2.40 Peyton Place (Rpt)
3.05 Nice One
3.10 Sesame Street
4.15 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Rpt)
4.50 Me and the Chimp (Rpt)
5.10 Iron House (Rpt)
6.05 The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 The Tribal Eye
8.20 Whodunnit?
9.00 The Rough with the Smooth
9.30 News
9.40 World in Action - Death by Request
10.10 The Disappearing World - The Last of the Cuiva
11.15 News and Weather
11.20 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Chic Chat, including:
3.02 Romper Room
3.45 Rainbow
4.00 Search for Tomorrow
4.25 Hey Hey It’s Andy, including:
4.25 Maya (Final) (Rpt)
5.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (Rpt)
6.00 First Edition (News)
6.30 Personality Squares
7.00 …And Mother Makes Five (Rpt)
7.30 Mission: Impossible (Rpt)
8.30 Cribbins
9.00 Dial M for Murder
10.00 Late Edition (News)
10.15 Radio with Pictures
Followed by Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

Today’s TV: Saturday 19 December 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV One’s scheduled programming
7.00 Animates and Personates (Starting today) (Rpt)
7.05 Munch Bunch (Starting today) (Rpt)
7.20 Buttercup Buskers (Rpt)
7.35 The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
8.05 The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (Starting today) (Rpt)
8.35 Gentle Ben (Starting today) (Rpt)
9.05 CHiPs (Starting today) (Rpt)
10.00 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt)
10.30 Punky Brewster
11.00 Man from Atlantis (Final) (Rpt)
Noon The Greatest American Hero (Starting today) (Rpt)
12.50 The Man Who Loves Frogs
1.45 Sport on One
Includes tennis (1987 ASB Unisys Grand Masters - semifinals; live from the ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland), racing from Awapuni (featuring the 1987 Eulogy Stakes), surfing and profile (Peter Brock)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 Network News
7.10 The Late, Late Breakfast Show
8.00 The Bretts (Part 11)
9.00 The Two Ronnies (Rpt)
9.35 Midevening News
9.45 American Football
10.40 Film International - Singleton’s Pluck (1984)
12.15am Closedown

Network Two
11.45am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of Network Two’s scheduled programming
Noon A Big Country
12.20 Saturday Matinee - The Millionaire (1978)
2.15 Entertainment This Week (Rpt)
An edited version of last Sunday’s programme
3.10 The People’s Court
3.35 The Bob Newhart Show (Rpt)
4.05 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Rpt)
5.00 Delia Smith’s Cookery Course (Rpt)
5.30 Taxi (Rpt)
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 Get Smart (Rpt)
7.00 Family Ties (Double episode, final)
8.00 Lotto (Live draw)
8.05 Adventurer (Part 6, final) (Rpt)
9.05 Saturday Night at the Movies - Under Fire (1983)
11.30 The Late Movie - Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) (Rpt)
1.05am Closedown

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Great show. Hosted by Jon Pertwee… Dr Who, Worzel Gummidge…

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Today’s TV: Sunday 20 December 1998 (Part 1)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 BBC World News
6.30 World Living - Holiday
7.00 In Touch (G)
8.00 UK Today (Rpt, G)
8.05 Tikitiki (G)
8.35 Inside/Out (Rpt, G)
9.00 Praise Be
9.30 Tagata Pasifika
10.00 UK Today (Rpt, G)
10.15 One World of Sport - Cricket
NZ v India - first test, day three; live from Carisbrook, Dunedin
STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket is disrupted)
10.15 BBC World News
10.30 World Living - Top Gear
11.00 BBC World Headlines
11.05 Weekend World - American Visions
Noon Wonders of Weather
12.30 Mitre 10 Changing Rooms
1.00 Survival
2.00 Real Food for Real People
2.30 Wild Life with Olivia Newton-John (aka “Human Nature”)
3.30 The Paul McKenna Hypnotic Show
4.30 The Great Outdoors
5.30 Corbans Taste New Zealand
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Neighbours at War (PGR)
7.35 60 Minutes - Summer Edition
8.35 The Royal Tournament (G)
10.00 Dame Edna Kiss It Better (PGR)
10.55 The Peugeot French Film Season - Grosse Fatigue (Dead Tired) (1994) (AO)
A French film with English subtitles
12.45am Infomercials
1.45 BBC World, including:
1.45 Weekend World - Diana: Legacy of a Princess
2.00 BBC World Headlines
2.10 Dateline London
3.00 BBC World News
3.30 World Living - Top Gear
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 Weekend World - Provos Secret War
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 HARDtalk (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.00am Stone Protectors (G)
6.20 Plasmo (G)
6.25 Cheeky and Clyde (G)
6.40 Dino Babies (G)
7.05 Eek! The Cat (Rpt, G)
7.25 Bailey Kipper’s POV (Starting today) (G)
7.50 What a Cartoon! (Rpt, G)
8.00 What Now Christmas Special (G)
10.00 Pulp Video Hits - Chart Show (PGR)
Noon Sunday Cinema - Always (1989) (Rpt, PGR)
2.30 Roseanne (Rpt, G)
3.00 Squeeze (PGR)
4.00 Pearl (G)
4.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (Rpt, G)
5.00 Celine Dion: These Are Special Times (G)
6.00 Wallace & Gromit - A Grand Day Out (Rpt, G)
6.30 The Nanny (G)
7.00 The Great Kiwi Video Show (PGR)
7.30 Sky Tower Christmas with the Stars
8.30 The Sunday Premiere Movie - Die Hard (1988) (Rpt, AO)
10.35 Late Movie - No Man’s Land (1987) (Rpt, AO)
12.30am Movie - Rush (1991) (Rpt, AO)
2.50 Movie - Stay Hungry (1976) (Rpt, AO)
4.40 Squeeze (Rpt, PGR)
5.30 Infomercial (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.00am Bayless Conley
6.30 Hillsong - Life Is for Living
7.00 Hour of Power
7.55 Love to Sing (G)
8.00 Earthworm Jim (G)
8.25 Wild West COW-Boys of Moo Mesa (Rpt, G)
8.50 Kratts’ Creatures (Rpt, G)
9.15 Lidsville (Rpt, G)
10.00 National Geographic (Rpt, G)
10.50 Movie - The Vanishing Prairie (1954) (Rpt, G)
11.55 Matinee Movie - The Boys (1991) (Rpt, PGR)
1.55pm Matinee Movie - Opposites Attract (1990) (G)
3.55 Afternoon Movie - Home for Christmas (1992) (Rpt, G)
6.00 3 News
6.30 The World’s Wildest Daredevils (G)
7.30 Sunday Family Movie - The Santa Clause (1994) (Rpt, G)
9.35 Sunday Movie - Quiz Show (1994) (PGR)
12.20am Late Movie - All’s Fair (1989) (Rpt, PGR)
2.05 Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
5.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)

TV4
Noon Infomercials
1.00 The Gossip Show (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 Uncut (PGR)
2.30 Media Television (Rpt, G)
3.00 Road Rules (Rpt, PGR)
3.30 The New Music (Rpt, PGR)
4.00 Arts & Minds (G)
4.30 Movie Television (Rpt, G)
5.00 Fashion Television (Rpt, G)
5.30 Fashion Emergency (G)
6.00 WOW: World of Wonder (Rpt, G)
6.30 Daria (Rpt, G)
7.00 Brotherly Love (Rpt, G)
7.30 Egos and Icons (PGR)
8.30 WWF Survivor Series 1998 (AO)
11.30 Late Movie - Brewster’s Millions (1985) (Rpt, AO)
1.30am Closedown

Prime
Noon Infomercials
1.30 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
2.00 Jesus Television
2.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
3.00 Family Affairs Omnibus (Rpt, G)
A compilation of last week’s episodes
5.00 2point4 Children (G)
5.35 Our House (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of last Thursday’s programme
6.00 F Troop (G)
6.30 The Waltons (G)
7.30 Hi-de-Hi! (G)
8.05 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (G)
8.40 Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special (aka “Eric & Ernie’s Christmas Show 1977”) (G)
9.50 Prime Sport - Weekend Edition (G)
10.35 Homefront (G)
11.35 Closedown

More to come in Part 2.

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Slight point of clarification, this match was in Dunedin - and it was washed out without a ball being bowled on day three (with no play possible on days one and two).

An unofficial one-day international was played on what would have been day four (21st Dec) and it was broadcast on TV1.

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Just corrected the mistake.

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Today’s TV: Sunday 20 December 1998 (Part 2 - select Sky channels)
from the NZ Listener

Sky Movies
7.00am The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1995) (G)
8.15 New York Stories (1989) (PG)
10.15 Box Office America
10.45 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (G)
1.30pm A Family Thing (1996) (M)
3.15 She’s the One (1996) (M)
5.00 Midnight Run (1988) (PG)
7.00 Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) (M)
8.30 Blockbuster Premiere - Batman & Robin (1997) (PG)
10.45 Ransom (1996) (R16)
12.45am The Rock (1996) (R16)
3.00 The Nurse (1997) (R16)
4.45 Deadly Heroes (1993) (R18) (Continues to 6.30am)

Sky 1
6.00am Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network runs 24 hours a day as a separate channel (satellite only)
4.00pm The Flying Nun
4.30 Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
5.30 Starsky & Hutch
6.30 Knight Rider
7.30 Pacific Blue
8.30 Sky 1 at the Movies - Kicking and Screaming (1995) (M)
10.05 LA Law
11.05 The Newsroom
11.35 Beauty and the Beast
12.35am The Flying Nun (Rpt)
1.00 Pacific Blue (Rpt)
1.45 Sky 1 at the Movies - Kicking and Screaming (1995) (Rpt, M)
3.20 Starsky & Hutch (Rpt)
4.05 LA Law (Rpt)
4.50 The City
5.15 Knight Rider (Rpt) (Continues to 6am)

CNN
6.00am Larry King
7.00 World News
UHF - Sky News (via satellite from London)
8.30 Travel Guide
9.30 Best of Q&A
10.30 Science & Technology
11.30 World Sport
Noon World View
12.30 Inside Asia
1.30 The Art Club
2.00 The World Today
2.30 World Beat
3.00 Larry King Weekend
4.00 The World Today
4.30 Travel Guide
UHF - Science & Technology
5.00 World News
UHF - Earth Matters
5.30 Diplomatic License
6.30 Inside Asia
7.00 World News
UHF - Sky News (via satellite from London)
7.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
UHF - Larry King Weekend
8.30 World Sport
9.30 Science & Technology
10.30 Global View
UHF only - Sky News (via satellite from London)
11.00 World Report
12.30am World Business This Week
1.30 World Sport
2.30 Business Unusual
3.00 Larry King Weekend
4.30 World Sport
5.30 Science & Technology (Continues to 6am)

Sky News
6.00am Live at Five
7.00 News on the Hour
All bulletins screen on the hour, every hour - unless otherwise specified
8.30 Sportsline
9.30 Westminster Week
10.00 Global Village
10.30 Walker’s World
11.00 ABC Primetime
12.30pm Sportsline Extra
1.30 Showbiz Weekly
2.30 Fashion TV
3.30 The Book Show
4.30 Week in Review
5.30 Global Village
6.30 Showbiz Weekly
7.00 Sunrise
10.30 Business Week
11.00 Sunday with Adam Boulton
12.30am The Book Show
1.00 Sky News Today
2.30 Fashion TV
3.30 Showbiz Weekly
4.30 Week in Review
5.30 Sunday with Adam Boulton (Continues to 6am)

Hallmark (Satellite only)
6.30am The Comeback
8.15 Rockabye
10.00 Gadgetman
11.30 It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas
1.15pm Just Me and You
3.00 Something So Right
4.45 Assignment Berlin
6.15 Murder East, Murder West
8.00 The Angel of Pennsylvania
9.45 The Princess Stallion
11.15 Flood: A River’s Rampage
12.45am Just Me and You
2.30 Something So Right
4.15 Crossbow
5.15 Murder East, Murder West (Continues to 7am)

TNT
6.00am WCW Nitro (Continued)
8.00 Hard Rock Live
9.00 The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
11.00 On an Island with You (1948)
1.00 WCW Nitro
4.00 Hard Rock Live
5.00 The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
7.00 On an Island with You (1948)
9.00 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
11.00 Sunday in New York (1963)
1.00am Murder Most Foul (1964)
3.10 Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
5.00 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (Continues to 7am)

Granada UKTV
6.00am Movie - Jekyll & Hyde
8.00 Wish Me Luck
9.00 Movie - Jekyll & Hide
11.00 Love and Marriade
Noon Good Life Garden Club
12.30 Getaway
1.00 El CID
2.00 Coronation Street
2.30 Families (Double episode)
3.30 Holding the Baby
4.00 Good Life Garden Club
4.30 Getaway
5.00 El CID
6.00 Coronation Street
6.30 Love and Marriage
7.30 Holding the Baby
8.00 Upstairs, Downstairs
9.00 Families (Double episode)
10.00 Movie - The Price of the Bride
12.00am Love and Marriage
1.00 El CID
2.00 Holding the Baby
2.30 Coronation Street
3.00 Good Life Garden Club
3.30 Getaway
4.00 Upstairs, Downstairs
5.00 Families (Double episode, continues to 6am)

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Yesterday’s TV: Wednesday 20 December 1995
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 BBC World News
6.25 Time Out - Film ‘95
7.00 The World Today
7.55 Te Karere (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s bulletin
8.05 eTV, including:
8.05 The Utterly Confused Person’s Guide to Biculturalism (Rpt, G)
8.55 UK Today (Rpt, G)
9.05 The Plague (Part 4, final) (PGR)
10.00 One World of Sport - Cricket
NZ v Pakistan - third ODI; live from the Basin Reserve, Wellington
6.00pm One Network News
7.00 New Zealand at War (Rpt)
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.05 The Way We Were
8.35 Hamish Macbeth (Series premiere, part 1) (AO)
9.40 One Network News (aka “Midevening News”)
10.05 London’s Burning (AO)
11.10 Te Karere
11.20 Commandos (G)
11.55 Brides of Christ (Part 6, final) (Rpt, AO)
1.00am BBC World, including:
1.00 BBC World News
1.15 Panorama
2.00 BBC World News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 BBC Newshour Asia Pacific
3.25 Time Out - The Clothes Show
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 The World Debate
5.00 BBC World News
5.25 Time Out - Tomorrow’s World (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.05am The New Adventures of Pinocchio (Rpt, G)
6.30 Tic Tac Toons (Rpt, G)
7.00 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (G)
7.30 The Smurfs (Rpt, G)
8.00 Widget (Rpt, G)
8.30 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
9.00 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
10.00 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.30 Santa Barbara (G)
11.30 The Susan Powter Show (Rpt, PGR)
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 Ricki Lake (Rpt, PGR)
2.55 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
3.25 Son of a Gunn (G)
4.00 Taz-Mania (Rpt, G)
4.30 Tiny Toon Adventures (Rpt, G)
4.55 The Beverly Hillbillies (Rpt, G)
5.30 Neighbours (G)
6.00 Home and Away (G)
6.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Friends (Double episode, final) (Rpt, PGR)
8.30 Mini-Series - The Black Fox Trilogy (Part 3, final) (AO)
10.20 Married… with Children (Rpt, PGR)
10.50 Missing Persons (PGR)
12.00am The George Carlin Show (AO)
12.30 Evening Shade (G)
12.55 Infomercials
1.55 Broken Badges (Rpt, AO)
2.55 The Second Half (aka “Child Support”, final) (G)
3.25 Good Advice (G)
3.55 Face the Music (Rpt, G)
4.25 Top of the Pops (Rpt, PGR)
5.00 All in the Family (Rpt, PGR)
5.35 Kenneth Copeland - Believer’s Voice of Victory (G) (Continues to 6.05am)

TV3
6.30am The Muppet Show (G)
7.00 You and Me (G)
7.25 Garfield and Friends (G)
7.55 My Three Sons (G)
8.30 Green Acres (G)
9.00 Infomercial
9.30 The Andy Griffith Show (G)
10.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
10.05 You and Me (G)
10.30 Infomercial
11.05 General Hospital (PGR)
Noon The Gordon Elliott Show (PGR)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
2.00 The Love Boat (G)
3.00 What’s Cooking? (G)
3.30 Disney Adventure Afternoon, including:
3.30 Bonkers (G)
4.00 Darkwing Duck (G)
4.30 Aladdin (G)
5.00 Boy Meets World (G)
5.30 Family Matters (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Hogan’s Heroes (G)
7.30 Families (Double episode) (PGR)
8.30 Second Chances (Double episode, final) (PGR)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 Reasonable Doubts (AO)
12.00am ABC World News Tonight
12.35 Infomercials (Continues to 6.30am)

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - NFL’s Greatest Moments
7.00 Boxing’s Unsung Heroes
7.30 Outside the Lines
8.30 Professional Boxing
10.00 ESPN Fitness Pros
10.30 City Jam
11.00 Getting Fit with Denise Austin
11.30 SportsCenter
12.30pm International SportsCenter
1.00 NBA’s Greatest Games
1.30 Sky Sport - Best of ‘95 Sport (Rugby World Cup)
3.30 Golf
1995 Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship - final round; highlights
5.00 Ski World
5.30 Football
English Premier League 1995/96 - highlights
6.30 Triathlon (
1995 Pro Tour Series - Heaven to Heaven; highlights
7.30 Herald Card Deaker Profiles
8.00 Best of ‘95 Sport (Tennis)
10.00 Cricket
NZ v Pakistan - third ODI; highlights
11.00 Unlimited Hydroplane
12.00am ESPN Direct - NBA’s Greatest Games
12.30 NBA Action
1.00 Basketball
NBA 1995/96 - Houston Rockets v Phoenix Suns; full replay
3.30 Snooker
1995 Regal Scottish Masters - final; highlights
4.30 Auto Racing (1995 Vintage Festival)
5.30 1995 IMSA Year in Review (Continues to 6am)

HBO
8.00am Deep Red (1994) (PG)
9.30 The Wind in the Willows (1991) (G)
10.30 Beethoven’s 2nd (1993) (G)
Noon Abandon Ship! (1957, aka “Seven Waves Away”) (G)
1.35 Video Jukebox - Phil Collins
2.35 The Last Hit (1993) (GA)
4.15 Desperate Hours (1955) (B&W) (GY)
6.15 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) (G)
8.00 Box Office America
8.30 Big Wednesday - True Romance (1993) (R18)
10.35 Genuine Risk (1990) (GA)
12.05am Secret Confessions and Fantasies (R18)
12.35 Mother’s Boys (1994) (R16)
2.10 Closedown

CNN (Schedule incomplete)
7.00am BBC News (6pm bulletin)
8.00 World Business Today
9.30 World Report
11.00 World Business Today
11.30 World Sport
Noon World View
1.30 Moneyline
2.30 Crossfire
3.00 Larry King Live
4.30 Showbiz Today
5.30 Inside Politics
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 Larry King
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
A delayed broadcast of TVNZ’s 6pm news bulletin
9.30 Crossfire
11.30 World Report
12.00am Business Day
1.00 World News Asia
1.30 World Sport
2.00 World News Asia
3.00 Larry King
4.30 World Sport
5.30 Business Asia

Orange
6.00am The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continued)
10.00 George & Alana
11.00 Vanessa
11.30 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Noon Coronation Street
12.30 Brookside
1.00 Love Connection
1.30 Supermarket Sweep
2.00 Robin’s Nest
2.30 Prisoner (aka “Prisoner: Cell Block H”)
3.00 Tempestt
4.00 NBA Action
4.30 Basketball
NBA 1995/96 - Houston Rockets v Phoenix Suns; live from Compaq Centre, Houston
7.00 Bewitched
7.30 ENG
8.30 Side Effects
9.30 Orange at the Movies - Lightning in a Bottle (1993) (PG)
11.05 The Russ Abbot Show
11.30 The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues to 10am)

Discovery/Trackside
6.00am Discovery Showcase
7.00 Invention
7.30 Next Step
8.00 Wings
9.00 World Class Cuisine
9.30 Biba’s Italian Kitchen
10.00 Caprial’s Cafe
10.30 World Class Cuisine
11.00 Biba’s Italian Kitchen
11.30 Caprial’s Cafe
Noon Trackside Channel (Free to air)
Includes live racing from across NZ, plus:
12.25 Speedweek
1.25 World Football Report
7.10 Final race from Matamata
7.30 Next Step
8.00 Wings
9.00 Treasure Hunters
9.30 The Secrets of Treasure Islands
10.00 Man on the Rim
11.00 Super Cities
11.30 Great Castles of Europe
12.00am Dreams of Flight
12.30 X-Planes
1.00 Invention
1.30 Next Step
2.00 Wings
3.00 The Treasure Hunters
3.30 The Secrets of Treasure Islands
4.00 Man on the Rim
5.00 Super Cities
5.30 Great Castles of Europe (Continues to 6am)

Horizon Pacific Television (HPTV)
ATV, Coast to Coast, Capital City, Southern
11.30am Infomercials - TV Shopping
3.00pm BBC World News
3.25 BBC Newsnight
4.00 BBC World News
4.25 World Business
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 Marketplace
6.00 BBC Newsday
6.30 Scratch (G)
7.00 News at Seven
7.30 Local Edition
8.00 BBC Newsday
8.30 Classic Movie - Bullitt (1968) (Rpt, AO)
CAPITAL CITY ONLY - Carols by Candlelight
10.30 Regional News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of tonight’s 7pm bulletin
11.00 World Business
11.25 BBC World News
11.50 (approx) Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
10.00am PEP (G)
10.25 Closedown
4.00pm LV Martin Home Shopping Hour (G)
5.00 Susan Sells (G)
6.00 George Balani at Six (G)
7.00 Jimmy’s (PGR)
7.30 CTV’s World - Tonight (G)
8.30 Susan Sells Christmas Special (G)
9.30 Flicks (G)
10.00 Susan Sells (G)
10.45 CTV’s World - Tonight (G)
11.45 Closedown

Bays Television, Nelson
6.00pm Bays-Watch
7.00 AMI Motoring World (Final) (Rpt, G)
7.25 Bays TV Newsbreak
7.30 Live in Concert - Joe Cocker (G)
8.40 Bays TV Newsbreak
8.45 The Outdoor Journal (G)
9.15 Flicks Special - The Quick and the Dead (Rpt, G)
9.45 Sports Weekly (Final) (G)
10.40 Welcome to Nelson (G)
11.45 Bays-Watch

CRY Television, Christchurch
11.00am J&L Green Zone (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s programme
1.00pm Yellow Zone (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s programme
4.00 J&L Green Zone
6.00 Yellow Zone
9.00 Indigo Zone
12.00am Closedown

MAX: The Music Channel, Auckland
4.00pm The Beat
Includes The Bluebird Word Viewer Vote (at 4.30pm), McDonald’s Most Wanted Requests (at 5pm) and Libra Line (at 5.30pm)
6.00 The Serious Fun Show
Includes TDK Backtrax (at 6.10pm), Singles (at 7pm) and The Compact Disc Report (at 7.30pm)
9.00 The Zone
12.00am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Sunday 21 December 1975
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.00am Open Mind
Noon The Big Match
12.45 Country Calendar (Rpt)
1.00 News
1.05 Survival (Final) (Rpt)
1.30 Sunday Matinee - The Magnet (1950) (B&W) (Rpt)
2.45 The World About Us
3.30 Ron Goodwin Conducts
4.00 The Bob Crane Show
4.25 Spot On
4.50 Rush
5.42 The Wonderful World of Disney - Babes in Toyland (Part 2)
6.30 News
6.45 Sunday’s World
7.00 The Morecambe & Wise Show
7.45 Bon Appetit
8.00 The Pallisers (Part 13)
8.50 News
8.55 A Place in the Country
9.20 Plain Speaking
9.25 Pig in a Poke
10.45 News and Weather
10.50 Closedown

TV2 South Pacific Television
1.00pm Action on Sunday (Movie) - The Violent Men (1955) (B&W)
2.30 Sportsworld
4.30 The Films of Laurel and Hardy (B&W)
4.55 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
5.45 In the Nature of Things
6.00 News
Sunday at Six (Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington)
The South on Sunday (Canterbury)
6.15 This - I Know
6.25 The David Nixon Show
7.05 Little House on the Prairie (Final)
7.55 One Man’s View
8.35 Budgie
9.15 A Little Bit of Wisdom
9.40 Newsroom (Late News)
9.50 Jack the Ripper
10.40 Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philarmonic Orchestra
11.10 (approx) Closedown

All programmes in colour unless otherwise specified.

Today’s TV: Saturday 21 December 1985
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.45am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV One’s scheduled programming
7.00 Atom Ant (Final) (Rpt)
7.25 The Muppet Babies
8.00 What Now
8.30 Hong Kong Phooey (Rpt)
9.00 Butch Cassidy (aka “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids”) (Rpt)
9.30 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (Rpt)
10.00 The Beverly Hillbillies (B&W) (Rpt)
10.30 Hogan’s Heroes (Rpt)
11.00 Bonanza (Rpt)
Noon Saturday Matinee - Battle Taxi (1954) (Rpt)
1.20 Sport on One
Includes racing from Awapuni (featuring the 1985 Trumps Eulogy Stakes) and motorsport (1985 Wynn’s Motorcycle Series - live from Hamilton)
5.50 The Star of Bethlehem
6.00 Ready to Roll
6.30 News
7.00 One Day at a Time
7.30 The Best of McPhail & Gadsby
8.30 Mystery Theatre - Last Video and Testament (Part 1)
9.55 Entertainment This Week
10.45 News
10.55 Late Movie - The Candidate (1972) (Rpt)
12.40am Closedown

TV2
10.45am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV2’s scheduled programming
11.00 Cosmos (Part 8) (Rpt)
11.50 Barossa (Rpt)
Noon Our World - The Year of the Rat (Rpt)
12.55 Art from Under (Rpt)
1.15 Whiz Kids (Rpt)
2.05 Saturday Afternoon Movie - Johnny Belinda (1948) (B&W) (Rpt)
3.50 Nature Watch (Rpt)
4.10 The People’s Court
4.35 More Real People
5.00 Emmerdale Farm (Double episode)
5.55 News
6.00 The Best of Te Karere (Rpt)
6.30 Mind Your Language (Rpt)
7.00 Fast Forward Rewinds (Rpt)
7.30 The New Pacific (Starting tonight, part 1)
8.30 Mini-Series - Ellis Island (Starting tonight, part 1)
10.20 News
10.30 Mini-Series - Ellis Island (Continued)
11.10 World Cinema - The Stubborn Mile (1981) (Rpt)
An Austrian film with English subtitles
12.50am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 22 December 1992
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.05am Teletext in Vision
10.20 Film on One - Rascal Dazzle (1981) (B&W) (Rpt, G)
Noon Newhart (G)
12.30 ABC World News Tonight
1.00 Forever Green (Part 4) (G)
2.05 So You Think You’ve Got Your Troubles (PGR)
2.40 E Street (G)
3.40 Three Up, Two Down (Rpt, G)
4.15 I Love Lucy (B&W) (Rpt, G)
4.45 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 The Upper Hand (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Survival (G)
7.30 A Country Practice (G)
8.30 Movie - Gone with the Wind (1939, part 2) (G)
10.50 One Network News - Late Edition
11.00 Chancer (Part 12) (AO)
12.05am Film on One - Nothing in Common (1986) (Rpt, AO)
2.30 Closedown

Channel 2
6.20am Valley of the Dinosaurs (Rpt, G)
6.50 Te Karere (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s bulletin; first shown on TV One
7.00 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (Rpt, G)
7.25 Huckleberry Hound (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 The Magic Roundabout (Rpt, G)
8.35 Wally Gator (Rpt, G)
8.45 eTV - Playdays (Rpt, G)
9.05 Shining Time Station (Rpt, G)
9.35 Sooty (G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.00 Santa Barbara (PGR)
Noon The Young and the Restless (G)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
2.25 Lamb Chop’s Play-Along (G)
2.55 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.00 The Little Engine That Could (G)
3.30 Felix the Cat (Rpt, G)
4.00 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
4.30 Swans Crossing (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show (G)
5.30 Perfect Strangers (G)
6.00 Neighbours (G)
6.30 The Best of Wheel of Fortune (G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
8.00 Cheers (Rpt, G)
8.30 Bodies of Evidence (AO)
9.30 The Best of Smith and Jones (AO)
10.05 Porridge (Final) (Rpt, PGR)
10.40 Studs (Rpt, G)
11.10 Capital News (G)
12.10am Wiseguy (Rpt, PGR)
1.20 Closedown

TV3
5.30am 3 National News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s bulletin
6.30 Kissyfur (Rpt, G)
7.00 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Real Ghostbusters (G)
8.00 Double Dare (Rpt, G)
8.30 You and Me (Rpt, G)
8.55 Parent Time (Rpt, G)
9.00 Issues (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 Crosstown (Rpt, PGR)
10.00 The Price Is Right (Rpt, G)
10.30 Empty Nest (PGR)
11.00 Sydney (G)
11.30 Amen (PGR)
Noon Donahue (Rpt, AO)
1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show (Rpt, AO)
2.00 Generations (PGR)
2.30 Parent Time (G)
2.35 You and Me (G)
3.00 3PM, including:
3.10 Widget (Rpt, G)
3.45 Speed Racer (Rpt, G)
4.25 Transformers (G)
5.00 Carson’s Law (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 The Price Is Right (G)
7.30 Nurses (Double episode) (PGR)
8.30 Murphy Brown (Rpt, G)
9.00 Good & Evil (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 Northern Exposure (PGR)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 We’ll Think of Something (Double episode, final) (PGR)
12.00am Closedown

Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Bodies in Motion
6.30 Bodyshaping
7.00 Billiards
1992 PBTA Tour Championship - highlights
8.00 Basketball
1992 Maui Invitational Tournament - first round, game one; live from Lahaina Civic Centre, Maui, Hawaii
10.00 Basketball
1992 Maui Invitational Tournament - update; live
10.30 Basketball
1992 Maui Invitational Tournament - first round, game one; live from Lahaina Civic Centre, Maui, Hawaii
12.30pm SportsCenter
1.30 Sky Sport - Bowling
1992 Women’s Professional Circuit - highlights
2.30 Bodyshaping
3.00 The World’s Strangest Sport
4.00 Skiing
1992 US Pro Ski Tour - highlights
5.00 Lawn Bowls
1992 Jack High Lawn Bowls - John Price v Ian Schuback; highlights
6.00 Golf
1992 Million Dollar Classic - round one; highlights
7.00 Sky Sportsweek
8.00 Snooker
1992 UK Championship - semifinal two; highlights
10.00 IndyCar Year in Review
10.30 Mad, Bad World of Martial Arts
11.30 Fly Fishing the World
12.00am ESPN Direct - Football
Eredivisie 1992/93 - full replay
2.00 NFL Monday Night Magazine
2.30 Up Close
3.00 Basic Training Workout
3.30 Bodyshaping
4.00 SportsCenter
5.00 Body by Jake
5.30 Getting Fit with Denise Austin (Continues to 6am)

Sky News (CNN - schedule incomplete)
7.00am BBC News (6pm bulletin)
8.00 World Business Today
9.00 International Hour
11.00 World Business Today
11.30 Showbiz Today
Noon The World Today
1.00 Moneyline
1.30 Crossfire
3.00 Larry King Live
5.30 Showbiz Today
6.30 Crier & Company
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Moneyline
8.00 Worldwide Update
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
A delayed broadcast of TVNZ’s 6pm news bulletin
9.00 Larry King
9.45 CNN Newsroom
10.00 Moneyline
10.30 Crossfire
12.30am Business Morning
1.30 Business Day
2.30 Asia Business
3.00 Larry King
4.00 World Day
5.30 Crier & Company

Sky Movies (HBO)
11.30am Dad (1989) (GA)
1.30pm Miss Rose White (1992) (GA)
3.15 The Muppet Movie (1979) (G)
5.00 For the Very First Time (1991) (RP13)
7.00 Nothing but Trouble (1991) (RP13)
8.30 Black Rain (1989) (RP16)
10.35 Short Film - The Last Surrealist (R13)
11.00 Looking for Mr Goodbar (1977) (R18)
1.10am Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
4.30pm Susan Sells (G)
5.30 First Report
6.00 6 O’Clock Tuesday
7.00 Echo Canterbury Top Ten (G)
7.30 CTV News
8.00 The Best of Jim Hopkins
8.30 Singleton’s Pluck (G)
10.15 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
11.15 Closedown

Today’s TV: Sunday 22 December 2002 (Free-to-air channels only)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am UK Today (Rpt, G)
6.10 Sunday (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last week’s programme
7.00 Adventure Central (Rpt, G)
7.30 Tikitiki (G)
8.00 Tagata Pasifika (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last Thursday’s programme
8.30 Asia Down Under (G)
9.00 Praise Be
9.30 Inside/Out (G)
10.00 Marae
Noon One Sport - America’s Cup 2003
Louis Vuitton Cup 2002 - semifinals; live from the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland
6.00 One News
7.00 The Naked Chef Christmas Party (G)
7.30 Sunday
8.35 Movie - Jubilee (2000) (AO)
10.25 Blue Dove (AO)
11.30 One Sport - America’s Cup 2003
Louis Vuitton Cup 2002 - semifinals; highlights
12.40am BBC World, including:
12.40 World Review
1.00 BBC News
1.10 Coastermania
2.00 BBC News
2.10 Dateline London
3.00 BBC News
3.30 World Review
4.00 BBC News
4.10 Nobel Technology
5.00 BBC News
5.30 This Week (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.00am Bumble (Rpt, G)
6.20 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
6.45 Percy the Park Keeper (G)
6.55 Ketchup (G)
7.00 Buzz and Poppy (G)
7.05 Adventures from the Book of Virtues (G)
7.30 What Now Christmas Special (G)
10.00 Coca-Cola Chart Show (PGR)
Noon Matinee Movie - A Christmas Carol (1997) (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 Behind the Scenes - “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
2.30 The Tick (PGR)
3.00 Hero to Zero (G)
3.30 The Jamie Foxx Show (G)
4.00 Toonsylvania (Rpt, G)
4.30 Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Rpt, G)
5.00 SpongeBob SquarePants (Rpt, G)
5.30 The Wild Thornberrys (G)
6.05 The First Snow of Winter (G)
6.45 Sunday Family Movie - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (G)
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie - Sister Act (1992) (PGR)
10.35 Late Movie - National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) (Rpt, AO)
1.25am Movie - The Evening Star (1996) (Rpt, AO)
3.05 Destiny Television
3.40 Movie - The Care and Handling of Roses (1997) (Rpt, PGR)
5.30 Infomercial (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.00am Bayless Conley
6.30 Hillsong TV
7.00 In Touch
8.00 Hour of Power
9.00 Pūkana (G)
9.50 The Tribe (Double episode) (G)
10.45 Caitlin’s Way (G)
11.10 Most Wanted (PGR)
Noon Cathay Pacific Destination Planet Earth (Rpt, PGR)
12.30 The Topp Twins (Rpt, PGR)
1.00 Matinee Movie - Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997) (Rpt, PGR)
3.05 3 Documentary - A Kiwi Christmas (Rpt, G)
4.20 Afternoon Movie - Buddy (1997) (G)
6.00 3 News
7.00 Jamie Oliver: Happy Days Live! (G)
7.30 Sunday Movie - Jingle All the Way (1996) (Rpt, PGR)
9.20 Sunday Movie - Shakespeare in Love (1998) (Rpt, AO)
11.55 3 Sport - Cricket
NZ v India - second test, day four; highlights
12.55am Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
5.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)

TV4
Noon Infomercials
4.30 Most Wanted (G)
6.00 I Dream of Jeannie (Rpt, G)
6.30 Remington Steele (G)
7.30 Murder in Small Town X (G)
8.30 Miami Vice (AO)
9.30 Queer as Folk: The Sequel (Part 1) (AO)
10.30 Ironside (PGR)
11.30 Traders (AO)
12.25am Teletrader (Continues to 9am)

Prime
6.00am Challenger (G)
6.25 Here’s Humphrey (G)
7.00 Religious Programming
10.30 Matinee Movie - Passport to Pimlico (1949) (Rpt, G)
Noon Secrets of World War II (Starting today) (G)
1.00 The Great Chase (Rpt, G)
2.00 Gillette World Sport (G)
2.30 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (Rpt, G)
3.00 Elvis Festival (Movie) - GI Blues (1960) (Rpt, G)
5.00 Scrapheap Challenge (Rpt, G)
6.00 MacGyver (G)
7.00 Just Kidding (G)
7.30 Life, Camera, Action (Double episode) (G)
8.30 Sunday Movie - Loose Cannons (1990) (AO)
10.20 Star Trek: The Original Series (G)
11.15 Real TV (AO)
11.40 TVSN (Continues to 6.30am)

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Certainly would have been watching RTR… what was #1? I’m guessing something from the UK…

1810

According to the official NZ charts, the #1 of the last available chart of the year (15/12/1985, I assume RTR would be working from that) was cult Kiwi new wave band Peking Man with their hit “Room That Echoes”.

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Nice one. Margaret Urlich. Would have been getting a spin on Foveaux.

1812

Do you have the listings for December 23, 2002 when TVNZ aired Breakfast, Midday and Late Edition over the summer holiday period?

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No, I haven’t… due to a shortage of time. In the meantime, I have the listings for 23 December 1999 instead.

Today’s TV: Thursday 23 December 1999
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World - BBC World News
6.15 Te Karere (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s bulletin
6.30 Telstra Business
7.00 Breakfast
9.00 BBC World - BBC World News
9.30 Wild Harvest with Nick Nairn (G)
10.05 Infomercials
Noon Midday (News)
12.35 BBC World, including (all times approx):
12.35 Europe Direct
1.05 BBC World News
1.35 World Business Report
1.55 HARDtalk
2.10 UK Today (G)
2.20 Really Wild Animals (G)
2.50 Animal Hospital (G)
3.25 TeleBingo (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
4.00 Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook (Rpt, G)
4.35 Te Karere
4.50 Emmerdale (G)
5.20 Driving School (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Holmes Christmas Special (Final)
8.00 Coronation Street (Three episodes) (PGR)
9.35 Kiss Me Kate (Final) (G)
10.10 Tonight (News)
10.35 Birds of a Feather Christmas Special (PGR)
11.40 Fraud Squad (G)
12.15am Infomercials
1.15 BBC World, including:
1.15 The World Today
1.30 World Focus - The Money Programme
2.00 BBC World News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 The World Today
3.30 World Living - Top Gear
4.00 BBC World News
4.30 HARDtalk
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 World Focus - The Money Programme (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.00am Creflo Dollar - Changing Your World
6.30 Kenneth Copeland - Believer’s Voice of Victory
7.00 Magic Mountain (Rpt, G)
7.10 Little Bear (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
7.35 The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (G)
8.10 The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (G)
8.35 Bananas in Pyjamas (Rpt, G)
8.40 Bumble (G)
9.00 Barney & Friends (Rpt, G)
9.30 Bananas in Pyjamas (Rpt, G)
9.35 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
10.05 Infomercials
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Promised Land (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 The New Adventures of Robin Hood (Starting today) (PGR)
2.55 Infomercial
3.25 Bumblettes (G)
3.30 Histeria! (G)
4.00 Rugrats (G)
4.30 CatDog (G)
5.00 Sister, Sister (G)
5.30 The Wild Thornberrys (Rpt, G)
6.00 Home and Away (G)
6.30 The Simpsons (Rpt, G)
7.00 Jesse (PGR)
7.30 Stargate SG-1 (PGR)
8.30 Thursday Movie - Striking Poses (1998) (AO)
10.20 The Naked Truth (PGR)
10.50 Late Movie - The Comrades of Summer (1992) (Rpt, AO)
1.00am Infomercials
2.00 Orleans (AO)
4.00 Sessions at West 54th (Rpt, G)
5.00 Home and Away (Rpt, G)
5.30 Infomercial (Continues to 6am)

TV3
6.00am Bayless Conley
6.30 C Bear and Jamal (Rpt, G)
6.55 The Adventures of Spot (Rpt, G)
7.00 The Dress-Up Box (Rpt, G)
7.05 You and Me (G)
7.30 Gargoyles (Rpt, G)
8.00 Pocket Dragon Adventures (G)
8.30 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
9.00 Infomercials
10.00 Against the Odds (Rpt, PGR)
10.30 Out of This World (Rpt, G)
11.00 The Roseanne Show (PGR)
Noon The Oprah Winfrey Show (Rpt, PGR)
1.00 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
2.00 Grace Under Fire (PGR)
2.30 You and Me (Rpt, G)
2.55 The Big Chair (Rpt, G)
3.05 Teletubbies (Rpt, G)
3.30 The Lion King’s Timon & Pumbaa (Rpt, G)
4.00 Pokémon (Rpt, G)
4.30 Space Goofs (Rpt, G)
5.00 The Cosby Show (Rpt, G)
5.30 Judge Judy (G)
6.00 3 News
7.00 Hollywood Squares (PGR)
7.30 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (PGR)
8.30 Charmed (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 All Saints (PGR)
10.30 The Semisis (Rpt, PGR)
First shown in 1998; click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

11.00 Alright Already (PGR)
11.30 Unhappily Ever After (AO)
12.00am ABC World News Tonight
12.30 Infomercials
1.30 Echo Point (Rpt, G)
1.55 The Adventures of Sinbad (Rpt, PGR)
2.40 Skitz (Rpt, AO)
3.30 Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
5.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Continues to 6am)

TV4
6.00am Teletrader (Continued)
9.00 Active Shopper Network
11.00 Infomercials
5.00pm Fashion Emergency (Rpt, G)
5.30 Saved by the Bell: The New Class (Rpt, G)
6.00 Sunset Beach (G)
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 Models Inc. (Rpt, PGR)
First shown on TV3
8.30 The Real World: Miami (AO)
9.00 South Park (AO)
9.30 Shortcuts (AO)
Includes O Tamaiti and The Nightwatchman
10.00 Spotlight
10.30 Oddville (PGR)
10.55 Red Shoe Diaries (Rpt, AO)
11.25 Pulp Comedy (Rpt, AO)
11.55 Infomercials
12.55am Teletrader (Continues to 9am)

Prime
6.00am TVSN (Continued)
7.00 Destination New Zealand
This programme repeats at 8am
9.00 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
9.30 This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
10.00 TVSN
Noon Paradise Postponed (PGR)
1.00 Infomercials
2.00 Beauty and the Beast (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
2.55 2point4 Children (Rpt, G)
3.30 Rumpole of the Bailey (Rpt, G)
4.30 Murder, She Wrote (Rpt, G)
5.30 Regional Programmes
Family Affairs (G) (NZ wide - except Hamilton and Christchurch)
Prime Local News (Hamilton and Christchurch only)
6.00 Here’s Lucy (Double episode) (G)
7.00 Taxi (G)
7.30 Cheers (G)
8.00 The Hello Girls (G)
8.35 City Central (AO)
9.35 Lipstick on Your Collar (PGR)
10.45 Beauty and the Beast (G)
11.45 TVSN (Continues to 7am)

Sky Movies
6.30am Aladdin (1990) (G)
7.45 The Making of “Twilight”
8.15 Hearts on Fire (1992) (PG)
10.00 Error in Judgment (1998) (M)
11.30 Leave of Absence (1993) (PG)
1.00pm Bond Special - Down River
1.15 Being There (1979) (PG)
3.30 Aladdin (1990) (G)
4.45 The Making of “The World Is Not Enough”
5.15 Fistful of Flies (1997) (M)
6.45 Hush (1998) (M)
8.30 Touch (1997) (M)
10.15 Shadow Conspiracy (1997) (M)
12.05am One Hot Summer Night (1998) (M)
1.35 Boyz n the Hood (1991) (M)
3.30 Hush (1998) (M)
5.10 Shadow Conspiracy (1997) (M) (Continues to 7am)

Sky Sport
6.00am UEFA Champions League Weekly
7.00 Cheerleading
8.00 Bodyshaping
8.30 Kiana’s Flex Appeal
9.00 Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat
9.30 Hawaiian Sports Adventure
10.00 Golf
1999 Senior Match Play Challenge - quarterfinals; full replay
Noon SportsCenter
1.00 Western Union Soccer
1.30 Saucony Running and Racing
2.00 Best of ‘99 Sport - Rugby League (NRL)
4.00 Yachting
Louis Vuitton Challenge - The Race for the Cup
4.30 Football
English Premier League 1999/2000 - highlights
5.30 European Football Show
6.30 Aviation
1999 World Freestyle Championship - highlights
7.30 Cricket Company
8.00 The House of Football
8.30 Prime Boxing
10.00 Best of ‘99 Sport - Football (U17 World Championship)
12.00am X-Games
12.30 Diving
1999 Men’s National Diving Championship - highlights
1.30 Synchronised Swimming
2.30 College Basketball
4.30 Western Union Soccer
5.00 NFL Films Presents
5.30 NFL’s Greatest Moments

CNN (UHF - schedule incomplete)
6.30am CNN Newsroom
7.00 Sky News
Via satellite from London
8.30 World Business Today
9.30 Q&A
10.00 World News Europe
10.30 Insight Live
11.00 CNN This Morning
11.30 Asia Business Morning
Noon CNN This Morning
12.30 Asia Business Morning
1.00 CNN This Morning
1.15 Asia Business Morning
1.30 Asian Edition
1.45 Asia Business Morning
2.00 CNN This Morning
2.30 Moneyline
3.00 Larry King Live
4.30 World Sport
5.15 American Edition
5.30 Showbiz Today
6.30 Q&A
7.00 Sky News
Via satellite from London
7.30 Larry King
8.30 TV3 - 3 News
A delayed broadcast of TV3’s 6pm news bulletin
9.30 Insight
10.00 Larry King
11.30 TV3 - Nightline
A delayed broadcast of TV3’s late news bulletin
12.00am Asia Tonight
12.30 World Sport
1.15 Asian Edition
1.30 Biz Asia
2.30 CNN Travel Now
3.00 Asia Tonight
3.30 World Sport
4.30 Movers with Jan Hopkins
5.30 Showbiz Today

Sky 1 (UHF)
6.00am Cartoon Network, including:
6.00 The Popeye Show
6.30 Christmas Specials
7.00 Tiny Toon Adventures
7.30 The Smurfs
8.00 Cow and Chicken
8.30 Dexter’s Laboratory
9.00 Dr Zitbag’s Transylvania Pet Shop
9.30 The New Adventures of Captain Planet
10.00 Big Bag
10.30 Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
11.00 The Flintstones
11.30 The Jetsons
Noon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
12.30 Top Cat
1.00 Fantastic Max
1.30 The Smurfs
2.00 The Popeye Show
2.30 Tom & Jerry Kids
3.00 I Am Weasel
3.30 Johnny Bravo
4.00 Donny & Marie
5.00 Jerry Springer (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
6.00 The Nanny
6.30 Seinfeld
7.00 Change of Heart
7.30 Renegade
8.30 Sky 1 at the Movies - Heist (1997) (R16)
10.10 Silk Stalkings
11.05 Jerry Springer
12.00am Sky 1 Adult Entertainment - Balls of Thunder (R18)
1.30 The Bold and the Beautiful
2.00 Sky 1 at the Movies - Heist (1997) (Rpt, R16)
3.40 Mork & Mindy
4.05 Silk Stalkings (Rpt)
5.00 Renegade (Rpt) (Continues to 6am)

Discovery/Trackside (UHF)
6.00am Animals in Danger
6.30 Invention
7.00 Next Step
7.30 Ultrascience
8.00 Equinox
9.00 Travelers
10.00 Aspects of Life
10.30 Blue Reef Adventures
11.00 Treasures of the World
Noon TAB Trackside (Free to air)
Includes live racing from Wanganui (NZ), Ballarat (AUS) and Hawkesbury (AUS); live harness racing from Alexandra Park (NZ); and live greyhound racing from Solway Park (NZ)
10.00 Lands of Legends
10.30 Sea Legends
11.00 Beyond 2000
11.30 Discovery News
12.00am Lonely Planet
1.00 Go for It!
2.00 Ushuaia
3.00 Travelers
4.00 INNtimate Escapes (Double episode)
5.00 High Adventure
5.30 Eyewitness (Continues to 6am)

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 24 December 1980 (Christmas Eve)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.35am Play School (Final)
Noon We’ve Got Each Other (Rpt)
12.25 Beauty and the Beast
12.55 Family (Rpt)
1.45 Summertime Matinee - The Winged Colt (1977)
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 The New Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt)
4.20 Tracy *80 (Final)
4.50 For Bethlehem Read Little Thraves
5.20 The Story of Babar the Little Elephant
6.00 A Christmas Garland
6.30 News
7.00 Coronation Street
7.25 Magnolia’s Happy Christmas
7.30 Regional Programmes (Final)
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
7.30 South (Dunedin)
8.00 Quincy’s Quest
9.30 Christmas Eve Movie - The Odd Couple (1968)
11.15 A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve
12.05am News
12.10 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Crown Court
2.55 The Cedar Tree
3.20 Country Calendar (Final) (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last Sunday’s programme; first shown on TV One
3.35 Dinah!
4.25 Happy Ever After (Rpt)
4.55 Eight Is Enough (Rpt)
5.50 News
Includes a further headline bulletin at 8pm
5.55 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7.30 Mork & Mindy (Final)
8.00 The Sullivans (Double episode)
8.50 Christmas Eve Cinema - The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle (1977)
10.35 News
10.45 Kojak
11.40 Closedown

Today’s TV: Monday 24 December 1990 (Christmas Eve)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.00am Teletext in Vision
10.15 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.40 Ziggy’s Gift (Rpt, G)
11.05 American Pie (Part 6, final) (Rpt, G)
Noon Hi-de-Hi! (Rpt, PGR)
12.30 Film on One - A Christmas Carol (1938) (B&W) (Rpt, G)
1.40 City (G)
2.10 Matinee on One - Darling Lili (1970) (Rpt, G)
4.25 A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Rpt, G)
5.25 Dad’s Army (Rpt, G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 1990 Review of the Year
7.30 Film on One - My Fair Lady (1964) (Rpt, G)
10.55 One Network News
11.10 Carols by Candlelight for Christmas
12.15am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 Gumby Adventures (Rpt, G)
7.00 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Christmas Raccoons (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.25 Heathcliff (G)
8.55 Wally Gator (Rpt, G)
9.00 Richie Rich (G)
9.05 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
10.05 Alison Holst’s Microwave Menus (Rpt, 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 Marie Osmond’s Merry Christmas (Rpt, G)
2.50 Trumpton (Final) (Rpt, G)
3.05 Bidi Bidi (Final) (G)
3.15 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (G)
3.45 Porky Pig (Rpt, G)
3.50 Defenders of the Earth (Rpt, G)
4.20 Pepsi RTR Video Hit
Rebel MC - “Better World”
4.25 Count Duckula (G)
4.55 Pepsi RTR Video Hit
Alannah Myles - “Love Is”
5.00 Charles in Charge (Rpt, G)
5.30 The Best of Blind Date (G)
6.00 Family Ties (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 The Flying Doctors (G)
8.30 LA Law (Final) (PGR)
9.30 Movie - Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) (Rpt)
11.35 Movie - Yellowbeard (1983)
1.20am Closedown

TV3
Noon Love with a Twist (G)
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 Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald (G)
3.30 Mickey Mouse Club (Rpt, G)
4.00 Police Academy (Rpt, G)
4.30 Home and Away (Double episode) (G)
5.30 Carols by Candlelight 1990 (G)
6.30 3 National News
7.00 Disney Christmas Eve Special - The Love Bug (1969) (Rpt, G)
9.00 Christmas Eve Movie - Trenchcoat (1983)
10.45 Nightline
11.00 Late Movie - Starcrossed (1985) (Rpt)
1.00am Closedown

Sky Sport
Noon Snooker
1990 UK Championship - final; full replay
2.00 Bodies in Motion
2.30 Bodyshaping
3.00 College Basketball
4.30 Rodeo (1990 US Champs)
6.00 Sportraits
OJ Simpson / Billie Jean King
6.30 Rugby League
RFL 1990/91 - full replay
8.00 Skiing (Val Gardenia Downhill)
9.00 Motorsport 1990
10.00 Bodybuilding (North American Champs)
11.00 Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
1.45 Caroline (1989) (GY)
3.30 Peter Pan (1990) (G)
4.30 The Red Shoes (1948) (GA)
6.45 Black Beauty (1971) (G)
8.00 New York, New York (1977)
10.20 Suspect (1987) (R13)
12.20am Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983) (GA)
2.18 Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am Newsday
6.30 Science & Technology Week
7.00 Newsday
7.30 Moneyweek
8.00 The Week in Review
9.00 CNN World Report
11.00 Early Prime
11.30 Newsmaker Sunday
Noon This Week in the NBA
12.30 Inside Business
1.00 Newswatch
1.30 Sports Sunday
2.00 Prime News
3.00 The Week in Review
4.00 CNN Evening News
5.00 Inside Business
5.30 CNN Sports
6.00 CNN World Report Final Edition
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.15 On the Menu
7.30 CNN World Report Final Edition (Continued)
8.30 CNN Sports
9.00 Evans & Novak
9.30 Futurewatch
10.00 News Update / Showbiz This Week
10.30 Crossfire
11.00 CNN Sports
11.30 Early Bird News
12.00am Daybreak
12.30 Business Morning
1.00 Daybreak
1.30 Business Day
2.00 Daybreak
3.00 Daywatch
4.00 World Day
5.00 Daywatch (Continues to 6am)

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Famously had two videos. Not a huge hit in Aotearoa, released as a follow-up to Black Velvet.

Unlike in Australia, where it was released first and was a hit.

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Today’s TV: Monday 31 December 1979 (New Year’s Eve)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon News
12.05 Matinee Movie - Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
2.00 Circus World Championships
3.30 Fish Tales
3.45 Ludwig
3.50 Mister Ed (B&W) (Rpt)
4.20 Tabitha (Final) (Rpt)
4.45 Movie Matinee - Thunderbird 6 (1968)
6.10 Dance Fever
6.30 News
7.00 Close to Home
7.30 George and Mildred
7.55 The Sporting 70s - A Review of the Sporting Decade
8.45 News
8.55 New Year’s Eve Movie - Guys and Dolls (1955)
11.20 Kenny Everett - The Didn’t Quite Make It in Time for Christmas Video Show
12.05am Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
3.00pm Chic Chat, including:
3.00 Romper Room
3.30 The Toothbrush Family (Final)
3.35 Mumbly (Rpt)
3.45 Heads and Tails
4.00 Good Time Show with Tracy, including:
4.00 Holiday Showtime (Movie) - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
6.00 Headlines at Six
6.05 In Search Of…
6.30 Eight Is Enough
7.30 Fantasy Island
8.25 Are You Being Served? (Rpt)
9.00 The Professionals
10.00 Late News
10.15 The Dean Martin Variety Show
11.10 SPTV’s New Year’s Eve Special - Pop Encounter of ‘79
1.00am Closedown (aka “Good Morning and Happy New Year Kiwi”)

Today’s TV: Sunday 31 December 1989 (New Year’s Eve)
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
8.45am Teletext in Vision
9.00 Songs of Praise (Starting today) (G)
9.35 Opus Encore (G)
10.35 What’s in the Fridge? (Part 6, final) (G)
11.00 Church Service - Maranga He Ara Hou: A Call to a New Future
Noon English Soccer
English Football League 1989/90 - highlights
12.55 Tomorrow’s World (G)
1.10 All in Good Faith (Starting today, part 1) (G)
1.35 Assert Yourself (Starting today, part 1) (G)
2.15 Birdman of Afikim (G)
2.45 Sports Special
Includes snooker (1989 World Matchplay - highlights) and a repeat screening of “A Decade of Rugby”
5.00 Kiri Te Kanawa in the Outback (G)
5.50 Whitbread Report
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Magic Kiwis (Series premiere, part 1) (G)
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch

7.00 The Making of Supersense (G)
7.30 Yes Minister (Rpt, G)
8.00 New Year’s Eve Movie - Doctor Zhivago (1965) (PGR)
10.05 One Network News
10.15 New Year’s Eve Movie - Doctor Zhivago (Continued)
11.45 Welcome 1990 Haere Mai, including:
11.45 The incoming of the New Year 1990 at midnight, live from Bastion Point
12.15am Movie - Don’t Let It Get You (1966) (B&W)
1.35 Movie - Rewi’s Last Stand (1940, sound version) (B&W)
2.30 Te Māori - Te Hokinga Mai: The Welcome Home (Rpt)
3.30 C’mon In: The Music’s Fine
4.30 Bubbles and Speak
5.15 Ata Mārie - Good Morning
5.35 Te Urunga o te Rā: The Resting Place of the Sun (Continues to 6am)

Channel 2
6.45am Teletext in Vision
7.00 Barney (G)
7.05 The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail (G)
7.15 Doctor Snuggles (Rpt, G)
7.25 Gumby (Rpt, G)
7.50 Puddle Lane (G)
8.05 Shirt Tales (Rpt, G)
8.25 Drak Pack (G)
8.50 Sky Commanders (G)
9.15 Count Duckula (G)
9.40 The Magilla Gorilla Show (Rpt, G)
10.05 The Muppet Show Command Performances (Rpt, G)
10.35 Dusty (Rpt, G)
Noon Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt, G)
12.55 USA Today (G)
1.40 Kate & Allie (G)
2.10 Holiday Musical - The Wiz (1978) (G)
4.25 A Country Practice (G)
5.15 Entertainment This Week (G)
This programme is being shown in an earlier timeslot
6.00 Country Kiwi and the Cool City Cat (G)
6.30 ALF (G)
7.00 The Cosby Show (G)
7.30 MacGyver (G)
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie - Clockwise (1985)
10.20 Steel Wheels: The Rolling Stones Live
11.45 New Year’s Eve Special - And Finally This
3.10am Closedown

TV3
7.00am Sylvanian Families (G)
7.25 It’s Punky Brewster (G)
7.45 Kissyfur (G)
8.10 Mr T (G)
8.35 My Secret Identity (G)
9.00 Voltron (G)
9.25 Chocky (Part 4) (G)
9.50 Starting from Scratch (G)
10.15 Voyage of the Great Southern Ark (Part 2) (G)
11.05 The World at War (Part 5) (G)
Noon Black Sheep Squadron (G)
1.00 The World’s Funniest Commercial Goofs (G)
2.00 3 Sport
Includes water polo, figure skating, ice hockey (NHL 1989/90 - LA Kings v Philadelphia Flyers), motorsport (speedway) and a review of the year’s sport
5.00 Get Smart (G)
5.30 AfterMASH (Starting tonight) (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 3 Special - Images of the 80s
7.30 The Nutt House (PGR)
8.00 Murphy Brown (PGR)
8.30 3 Special - Goodbye to the Eighties
11.00 LaughINZ (Rpt, PGR)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
11.59 Minute to Midnight
12.00am Shakedown of the Decade
2.00 Closedown

Welcome 1990 Haere Mai

As the decade of the 1980s concluded, TVNZ played host to Welcome 1990 Haere Mai, a comprehensive 24 hour event celebrating New Zealand’s film, music, sport, television and noteworthy events. This special presentation began at 11.45pm on New Year’s Eve 1989 on TV One (now TVNZ 1) and commenced with live coverage of the New Year’s arrival at midnight from Bastion Point in Auckland, hosted by the late Peter Sinclair and Michele A’Court.

Immediately after, at 12.15am, two beloved New Zealand films, Don’t Let It Get You (1966) and the sound version of Rewi’s Last Stand (1940), were shown. Further programmes included:

At 2.30am, Te Māori - Te Hokinga Mai: The Return Home was broadcast. This hour-long presentation of music and dance honoured the significance of the Te Māori exhibition, celebrating its return to New Zealand and the inauguration of the Auckland display. It was first shown on TVNZ in 1988.

The programme at 3.30am, C’mon In: The Music’s In, offered a nostalgic look back at New Zealand pop music from the 1960s and early 1970s.

Bubbles and Speak was shown at 4.30am, presenting various clips from television dramas and soaps screened on TVNZ over the years, accompanied by commentary from Peter Hawes.

At 5.15am Roger Gascoigne and Ian Johnstone greeted viewers with Ata Mārie - Good Morning 1990 on New Year’s Day.

Following at 5.35am was Te Urunga o te Rā: The Resting Place of the Sun, a ceremony conducted on Mount Hikurangi and near the Waiapu River’s mouth to welcome the sunrise on New Year’s Day, 1990.

Comedy excerpts from TVNZ’s past sitcoms comprised the 6am programme, Jest for Laughs, also featuring commentary by Peter Hawes.

At 7am Ūkaipō: Te Whenua featured Māori women discussing the cultural significance of the placenta, its burial and practices surrounding umbilical cord cutting and breastfeeding. English subtitles were provided.

John Hawkesby and Natalie Brunt presented Fifteen Decades at 7.30am, a news-style programme reviewing 150 years of New Zealand news and significant events.

Flash Back, shown at 8.30am, showcased clips from TVNZ children’s programmes from the 1970s and 1980s, incorporating comedy sketches and commentary by Alasdair Kincaid, known as Frank Flash from What Now.

A compilation of archival footage and black and white photographs documenting New Zealanders’ involvement in sporting events throughout the century was shown at 9am in “A Big Little Sporting Country.”

Te Tūtakitanga: The Meeting, which was shown as a live telecast from 10am, documented the gathering of tall ships in Gisborne on 1 January 1990. This event commemorated Captain Cook’s arrival in New Zealand and included five tall ships, three Māori canoes (waka) and a Māori cultural performance group.

From 11am until 6pm Reflections offered a nostalgic look at pivotal moments shaping New Zealand history, particularly those influenced by television. This programme featured presentations from the late Peter Sinclair, Angela D’Audney and Gordon McLauchlan, and included reports from the 1990 Official Projects across the country, plus live coverage of the 1990 Auckland Cup races from Ellerslie: the Waste Management Handicap (at 2.30pm), the 1990 DB Draught Auckland Cup (at 3.05pm), the Louisiana Downs Trophy Sprint (at 3.45pm), the Sir Tristram Railway (at 4.25pm) and the Armourguard Plate (at 5.05pm).

Following a half hour break for One Network News (at 6pm) with Tom Bradley, Children in Charge screened at 6.30pm. This half hour programme featured excerpts from drama series designed for young audiences but also appealing to adults, with commentary by Michele A’Court.

After a half hour break for Sale of the Century at 7pm, Spirit of 1990 ran from 7.30-10.30pm. This three hour live open air concert was broadcast live from Bastion Point in Auckland and celebrated the dawn of the 1990s, showcasing New Zealand talent and including satellite links from Australia, Russia, Canada and Japan, as well as pre-recorded messages from New Zealanders unable to attend. John Hawkesby, Larnie Gifford and Temuera Morrison introduced the concert.

Following a 10 minute break for the late night edition of One Network News at 10.30pm, Welcome 1990 Haere Mai - Highlights screened at 10.40pm. This was a collection of short clips from programmes shown throughout New Year’s Day 1990.

To conclude New Year’s Day 1990 transmission, TV One screened the 1985 sci-fi drama The Quiet Earth (at 10.50pm) before closing down at 12.20am. The Quiet Earth, directed by the late Geoff Murphy, tells the story of a scientist (played by the late Bruno Lawrence) who seemingly finds himself the only person left on Earth.

Music parties on Channel 2 & TV3

While TV One broadcast the 24-hour event Welcome 1990 Haere Mai, Channel 2 (now TVNZ 2) opted for a lively alternative: a continuous music programme titled “And Finally This” to celebrate the arrival of the 1990s in style.

And Finally This screened at 11.45pm on New Year’s Eve 1989 with hosts Debbie Harwood, Robert Rakete, and Crispy Fresh (Christiaan Ercolano) introducing a selection of 1980s party music videos, encompassing a diverse range from Brothers Johnson’s “Stomp” to AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”. Reflecting its broad appeal, the programme even featured requested videos from a diverse group including Kylie Minogue, John Hawkesby, the models from Sale of the Century and businessman Bob Jones.

Concurrently, on TV3, New Zealand’s first privately owned television network, a special midnight edition of its Saturday morning music show, Shakedown, was shown, aptly named the Shakedown of the Decade. This two-hour special presented a retrospective of the music scene from 1980 to 1989, featuring videos from artists such as U2, Guns N’ Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Dave Dobbyn and Crowded House, among others.

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Today’s TV: Tuesday 1 January 1985 (New Year’s Day)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
Noon Sport on One
Includes live racing from Ellerslie (featuring the 1985 DB Auckland Cup) and motorsport (1984/85 International Pacific Series - round four; live from Baypark Raceway, Tauranga
6.30 News
7.00 Play It Again
8.00 The Marquise (Rpt)
9.00 All Star Party for Frank Sinatra
9.55 Duty Free (Part 7, final)
10.25 Classic Cinema - All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
1.05am News
1.10 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm …And Mother Makes Five (Rpt)
3.00 C’est la Vie (Rpt)
3.10 New Year’s Day Musical Matinee - Paint Your Wagon (1969) (Rpt)
5.50 News
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Sullivans (Double episode)
7.25 Hart to Hart
8.25 Movie for New Year’s Day - The Sky’s No Limit (1984)
10.10 News
10.25 Here’s Television Entertainment
12.10am Closedown

Today’s TV: Sunday 1 January 1995 (New Year’s Day)
from the NZ Listener

TV One
9.00am Praise Be (G)
9.30 Tagata Pasifika (Final) (G)
10.00 Treasures: The Gulf of Thailand Incident (G)
10.45 Shadows of the Hare (G)
11.10 Wild South - Wanted Alive (Rpt, G)
Noon The Ed Sullivan Show (Rpt, G)
12.35 Beyond 2000 (Rpt, G)
1.35 Spies (G)
2.05 Bloopers, Blunders and Best Intentions (Rpt, G)
3.30 One World of Sport - Racing Special
Includes two live races from Ellerslie (the 1994 DB Draught Auckland Cup and the Railway Handicap)
5.00 Water Walkers (Rpt, G)
5.30 One World of Sport - America’s Cup 1995
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Wild South - Ozone: Cancer of the Sky (Rpt, G)
7.35 Heartbeat (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt, G)
8.40 Brides of Christ (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt, AO)
10.45 Ray Bradbury Theatre (AO)
11.15 Selling Hitler (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt, AO)
12.20am Film on One - La Bohème (1988) (Rpt, G)
An Italian film with English subtitles
2.15 Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Joe 90 (Rpt, G)
6.45 Little Dracula (G)
7.05 Jonny Quest (Rpt, G)
7.30 The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (G)
8.05 The Road Runner Show (Rpt, G)
8.25 The Animals of Farthing Wood (G)
8.50 The Adventures of Tintin (Rpt, G)
9.15 Biker Mice from Mars (PGR)
9.35 Little Shop (Rpt, G)
9.55 Space Cats (Rpt, G)
10.20 Batman: The Animated Series (Rpt, PGR)
10.40 Captain Og (G)
11.10 Top of the Pops (G)
11.35 Classic Top of the Pops (G)
Noon Rescue 911 (aka “Rescue 111”) (Rpt, G)
1.00 Sunday Cinema - The Dam Busters (1955) (B&W) (Rpt, G)
3.40 Behind the Scenes - Timecop
4.00 Banjo Paterson’s “The Man from Snowy River” (G)
5.00 Stars in Their Eyes (Rpt, G)
5.30 Me and My Girl (Rpt, G)
6.00 Phenom (G)
6.30 Circus of the Stars (G)
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie - Throw Momma from the Train (1987) (Rpt, AO)
10.10 French & Saunders Interview Dusty Springfield (G)
11.25 Dr Martens Presents… - U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) (AO)
1.20am Dr Martens Presents… - Pink Floyd’s The Wall (Rpt, PGR)
3.45 Flying Blind
4.20 Ricki Lake (Rpt, PGR)
5.10 Paradise Beach (Rpt, G)
5.40 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G) (Continues to 6.10am)

TV3
6.30am Music and the Spoken Word (G)
7.00 DuckTales (Final) (G)
7.25 Tiki Tiki Forest Gang (G)
7.55 Bush School (G)
8.05 Garfield and Friends (Double episode, final) (G)
9.00 Lifespan Infocus (Final) (PGR)
9.50 Graham Kerr’s Kitchen (G)
10.20 Beyond 2000 (G)
11.10 Explorer: Cuba’s Past Treasures (G)
Noon The Magical World of Disney (Movie) - The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) (G)
2.00 Matinee Movie - Retreat, Hell! (1952) (PGR)
4.00 Movie - Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 Noel’s House Party (G)
7.30 World’s Funniest Commercial Goofs #1
8.30 Sunday Night at the Movies - Family Business (1989) (AO)
10.50 Late Movie - Garwood: Prisoner of War (1990) (AO)
12.50am Late Movie - Maximum Security (1987) (AO)
3.05 Closedown

HBO
7.00am Alex (1992) (G)
8.30 Tomorrow’s End (1991) (G)
10.30 Mission Top Secret (1992) (G)
Noon Nostalgia at Noon - Seven Waves Away (aka “Abandon Ship!”) (1957) (B&W) (G)
1.40 Reunion (1990) (GA)
3.30 Annie (1982) (G)
5.35 Hans and the Silver Skates (1994) (G)
6.30 Gung Ho (1986) (GY)
8.30 HBO Sunday Night Movie - School Ties (1992) (GA)
10.15 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) (R16)
A French film with English subtitles
12.00am That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
1.40 Shadowzone (1990) (RP16)
3.05 Class Act (1992) (RP13)
4.40 Jumpin’ at the Boneyard (1991) (R16) (Continues to 6.30am)

Orange
6.00am The Juice Music Television (Free to air), including:
6.00 The Juice Night Train (Continued)
7.00 The Juice 3 from One
10.00 Mother’s Day
10.30 Growing Up Together
11.00 Jones & Jury
11.30 Alice
Noon Kate & Allie
12.30 Three’s Company
1.00 Love Connection
1.30 Supermarket Sweep
2.00 Play Your Cards Right
2.30 Prisoner
3.00 Growing Pains
3.30 Maniac Mansion
4.00 Full House
4.30 Children’s Ward
5.00 Road to Avonlea
6.00 Planet Fashion
6.30 Banjo Paterson’s “The Man from Snowy River”
7.30 ???
9.30 Remington Steele
10.35 The She-Wolf of London
11.30 The Juice Music Television (Free to air), including:
11.30 The Juice Late Night
1.00am The Juice Night Train (Continues to 7am)

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
4.45pm Teletext
5.00 Summer Cooking (G)
5.30 Oderings Homes and Gardens (G)
6.00 The ECM Music Show (G)
7.00 CTV’s World - 1994 (G)
8.00 Tip Top Summer Movie - North to Alaska (1960) (G)
10.10 Farming Canterbury (G)
11.10 Closedown

Bays Television, Nelson
7.15pm Summer Cooking
7.40 Farming Canterbury ‘94
8.35 Balani ‘94
9.15 Working Woman
9.45 Club Date
10.15 Welcome to Nelson
11.15 Bays-Watch

CRY Television, Christchurch
11.00am Green Zone
1.00pm Purple Zone
4.00 Green Zone
6.00 Purple Zone
9.00 Red Zone
12.00am Closedown

MAX: The Music Channel, Auckland
7.00am The Beat for Breakfast
9.00 Philips Power Play
11.00 MAX Sport
1.00pm Primo Pulse
2.00 MAX Classics
5.00 Burger King Weekend Whopper
6.00 Sunday Sundowner
9.00 Southern Comfort
10.00 Numbers Special
11.00 MAX Trax
12.00am Closedown