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This Weekend’s TV: 1 & 2 September 1990
from the NZ Listener

Saturday 1 September 1990
TV One
9.20am Teletext in Vision
9.35 Knickerbockers in Knightsbridge (G)
10.15 A Nuclear Age (Part 5) (G)
11.10 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (Rpt, G)
Noon Sorry! (Rpt, G)
12.30 The Duchess of Duke Street (Rpt, G)
1.30 One World of Sport - Sports Saturday
Includes basketball (1990 Rheineck Basketball League - semi-finals; highlights), motorsport (1990 Formula One World Championship - Belgian Grand Prix; highlights) and netball
4.00 One World of Sport - Nissan Rugby Special
1990 National Mutual Championship - Bay of Plenty v Auckland, Canterbury v North Harbour, Wairarapa Bush v Manawatu (second division); all highlights, plus two other features: Score (an award-winning film made by the National Film Unit featuring the All Blacks in France) and extended highlights of the 1985 Ranfurly Shield match (Auckland v Canterbury)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 A Dog’s Show - 1990 Trans-Tasman Challenge (Part 1) (G)
7.00 The Krypton Factor (G)
7.30 Our World - Orangutans of Borneo (G)
8.30 One World of Sport - Basketball 1990
1990 Rheineck Basketball League - men’s final (Canterbury Rams v Nelson Giants); live from the ASB Stadium, Auckland
10.30 One Network News
10.40 The Film Club - Weeds (1987) (AO)
12.40am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Breakfast Club, including:
6.31 The Grimm’s Fairy Tales (G)
7.00 Galtar and the Golden Lance (G)
7.25 The Karate Kid (G)
8.00 What Now
10.00 Pepsi RTR Sounz!
11.00 Full House (G)
11.30 Learning the Ropes (G)
Noon The New Leave It to Beaver (G)
12.30 My Two Dads (Rpt, G)
12.55 Frankenstein’s Aunt (Part 2) (G)
1.55 The Story of Hollywood (Movie) - Only Angels Have Wings (1939) (B&W) (G)
4.05 Lassie (G)
4.30 The Hogan Family (G)
5.00 The Paul Daniels Magic Show (G)
A Country Practice does not screen this weekend
6.00 Pepsi RTR Countdown (G)
6.30 Animal Antics (G)
7.00 Growing Pains (G)
7.30 Telethon
Live from Auckland (Paul Holmes, Judy Bailey and John Hawkesby), Hamilton (Angela D’Audney, Phillip Leishman, Philip Sherry and Doug Armstrong), Palmerston North (Bob Parker and Jude Kirk), Wellington (Steve Parr and Hilary Timmins), Christchurch (Rodney Bryant) and Dunedin (Tom Bradley and Hilary Muir); includes the live Lotto draw at 8pm and continues through the night

TV3
7.00am EBS, including (all times approx):
7.00 DuckTales (G)
7.30 Garfield and Friends (G)
7.45 Annabel’s Kitchen (with Kiri Kea and Annabel Langbein)
8.00 The Real Ghostbusters (G)
8.30 Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (G)
8.50 Flick City (with Tamzin Langsford)
9.00 Top 9 at 9 (with Liesa and Daniel Wrightson)
10.00 Video Phone Music Requests
11.00 Welcome Back Kotter (Rpt, G)
11.30 Chico and the Man (Rpt, G)
Noon For Love and Honor (G)
1.00 Carry On Laughing (G)
1.30 Matinee Movie - Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) (Rpt, G)
3.30 Matinee Movie - The Girls on the Beach (1965) (G)
5.00 Shakedown: The Top 40 (G)
5.45 3 National News
6.00 Get Smart (Rpt, G)
6.30 Saturday Night at the Movies - Superman (1978) (Rpt, G)
9.30 Saturday Night at the Movies - Hercules in New York (1970)
11.30 Chicago Story (AO)
1.00am 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 Late Night
7.00 BBC News (9pm bulletin)
7.30 Moneyline
8.00 Larry King
9.00 Crossfire
9.30 Showbiz Today
10.00 Daybreak
10.30 International Correspondents
11.00 Daybreak
11.30 CNN Sports Close-Up
12.00am Daybreak
12.30 The Big Story
1.00 Health Week
1.30 Moneyweek
2.00 News Update / Showbiz This Week
2.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
3.00 News Update / Science & Technology Week
3.30 Baseball 90
4.00 Newsday
4.30 Evans & Novak
5.00 Newsday
5.30 Newsmaker Saturday (Continues to 6am)

Sky Sport
9.00am Tennis
1990 US Open - day five; live from the USTA National Tennis Center, New York
3.00pm Golf
1990 Senior PGA Tour - GTE Northwest Classic
4.30 Surfer Magazine
4.55 Rugby League
NSWRL/Winfield Cup 1990 - minor prelim semi (Manly Sea Eagles v Balmain Tigers); live from the Sydney Football Stadium
6.45 Rugby Extra
1990 National Mutual Championship - Bay of Plenty v Auckland, Canterbury v North Harbour; highlights
8.30 Basketball
1990 Rheineck Basketball League - men’s final (Canterbury Rams v Nelson Giants); live from the ASB Stadium, Auckland
10.30 Tennis
1990 US Open - “Match of the Day”
12.00am Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) (G)
2.00 Being There (1979) (GA)
4.10 Molly (1983) (G)
6.00 Desperate for Love (1989) (GY)
8.00 The Last Emperor (1987) (GA)
10.50 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982) (GA)
12.20am Prick Up Your Ears (1987) (R16)
1.53 Closedown

Sunday 2 September 1990
TV One
7.15am Teletext in Vision
7.30 One World of Sport - Panasonic Sunday Rugby
Australia v France - second test; full replay
9.05 Praise Be (G)
9.35 The Great Great-Tit Watch (G)
10.00 10AM
Noon News Review
12.30 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (Rpt, G)
1.00 One World of Sport - Countrywide Bank Grandstand
Includes football (English Football League 1990/91 [first division]; highlights), basketball (1990 Rheineck Basketball League - women’s and men’s finals; highlights), AFL 1990, motorsport and athletics
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.30 Yes, Prime Minister (Final) (Rpt, G)
8.00 Mastermind (G)
8.30 Mobil Masterpiece Theatre - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Part 2) (AO)
9.40 One Network News
9.50 Saturday Night Clive (aka “Saturday Night Clive on Sunday”) (PGR)
10.45 One Playhouse - Way Upstream (AO)
12.25am Closedown

Channel 2
6.00am Telethon (Continued)
Live from Auckland (Paul Holmes, Judy Bailey and John Hawkesby), Hamilton (Angela D’Audney, Phillip Leishman, Philip Sherry and Doug Armstrong), Palmerston North (Bob Parker and Judith Kirk), Wellington (Steve Parr and Hilary Timmins), Christchurch (Rodney Bryant) and Dunedin (Tom Bradley and Hilary Muir)
7.30pm MacGyver (Rpt, PGR)
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie - Cocoon (1985) (Rpt, PGR)
10.45 Entertainment This Week (PGR)
11.45 Alas Smith and Jones (Rpt, AO)
12.25am Closedown

TV3
7.00am EBS, including (all times approx):
7.00 DuckTales (G)
7.30 Garfield and Friends (G)
8.00 The Real Ghostbusters (G)
8.15 Kiri Kea’s Chatz (with special guest David Lange)
8.30 Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (G)
9.00 The Go Show (G)
9.25 The People Next Door (G)
9.50 Holiday World (G)
10.15 Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness (G)
10.40 Check It Out! (G)
11.05 Portraits of America (G)
Noon Wynn’s 3 Sport International Edition
2.00 Matinee Movie - The Stratton Story (1949) (Colourised) (G)
4.00 Kung Fu (Rpt, G)
4.50 The Wonderful World of Disney - The Boy Who Talked Badgers (Part 2) (G)
5.45 3 National News
6.00 Secrets and Mysteries (G)
6.30 The World at War - Korea: The Unknown War (Part 5) (G)
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 Sunday Night at the Movies - Jewel of the Gods (1989) (AO)
10.30 TV3’s Sunday Horrors - Wolfen (1981) (AO)
12.30am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am News Update / Health Week
6.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
7.00 On the Menu
7.30 Your Money
8.00 News Update / CNN Sports Close-Up
8.30 Futurewatch
9.00 Newswatch
9.30 Newsmaker Saturday
10.00 Newswatch
10.30 Pinnacle
11.00 The Capital Gang
11.30 Sports Saturday
Noon Prime News
1.00 Showbiz This Week
1.30 East Meets West
2.00 CNN Evening News
3.00 The Capital Gang
3.30 CNN Sports Tonight
4.00 Newsnight
4.30 Evans & Novak
5.00 News Update / CNN Travel Guide
5.30 Pinnacle
6.00 International Correspondents
6.30 Sports Late Night
7.00 BBC News (Late night bulletin)
7.15 Showbiz This Week
7.30 East Meets West
8.00 Larry King Weekend
9.00 CNN Sports Tonight
9.30 Money Week
10.00 News Update / Health Week
10.30 Style with Elsa Klensch
11.00 Daybreak
11.30 The Big Story
12.00am Daybreak
12.30 Evans & Novak
1.00 CNN Morning News / Your Money
2.00 News Update / On the Menu
2.30 Newsmaker Sunday
3.00 News Update / CNN Travel Guide
3.30 Sportsweek in Review
4.00 Newsday
4.30 Science & Technology Week
5.00 Newsday
5.30 Moneyweek (Continues to 6am)

Sky Sport
9.00am Tennis
1990 US Open - day six; live from the USTA National Tennis Center, New York
3.15pm Football
English Football League 1990/91 (first division) - Liverpool v Aston Villa; full delayed coverage
4.55 Rugby League
NSWRL/Winfield Cup 1990 - major prelim semi (Penrith Panthers v Brisbane Broncos); live from the Sydney Football Stadium
6.45 Rugby Extra
8.15 Tennis
1990 US Open - “Match of the Day”
10.00 Golf
1990 Senior PGA Tour - GTE Northwest Classic
11.00 Basketball
1990 Rheineck Basketball League - women’s final; highlights
12.00am Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) (G)
2.00 Daffy Duck’s Fantastic Island (1983) (G)
4.00 Maid to Order (1987) (GY)
6.00 PK and the Kid (1983, 1987) (GA)
8.00 Lost in America (1985)
10.00 Final Jeopardy (1985) (GA)
11.45 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Thursday 6 September 1984
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Child
Noon News
12.05 Bewitched (Rpt)
12.30 One Day at a Time (Rpt)
1.00 See Here
1.10 Beauty and the Beast
1.40 The Love Boat (Rpt)
2.35 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.40 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
3.05 Sesame Street
4.00 After School, including (all times approx):
4.00 Kupu
4.05 Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald (Rpt)
4.35 Video Dispatch
5.05 The Road Runner Show (Rpt)
5.30 Smuggler (Part 10) (Rpt)
5.55 Te Karere (East Coast viewers only)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.30 Close Up
9.30 Cheers (Final)
10.00 Dynasty (Final)
11.00 News
11.05 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Eight Is Enough (Rpt)
3.25 General Hospital
3.50 Thursday Afternoon Movie - The Proud Valley (1940) (B&W) (Rpt)
5.10 …And Mother Makes Five (Rpt)
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere
On TV2 everywhere - except the East Coast (TV One)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 Three’s Company
7.00 George and Mildred (Rpt)
7.30 That’s Incredible!
8.30 Magnum PI
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 The Old Men at the Zoo (Part 3)
11.05 Prisoner (Rpt)
12.00am Closedown

Today’s TV: Tuesday 6 September 1994
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.20am Te Karere (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s bulletin
6.30 Rush Limbaugh (G)
7.00 ITN World News
7.30 eTV - Teachers of the World (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the 7am bulletin
8.30 eTV - Journeys in National Parks (Rpt, G)
9.20 UK Today (G)
9.30 eTV - 50 Forward (G)
10.00 Neighbours (Double episode) (Rpt, G)
10.55 Secrets
11.30 Live It Up (G)
Noon Upstairs, Downstairs (Rpt, G)
1.05 George and Mildred (Rpt, G)
1.40 CBS Evening News
2.10 Sally Jessy Raphaël (PGR)
3.10 Ricki Lake (PGR)
4.10 Families (G)
4.40 Take the High Road (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Strike It Lucky (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Holmes
7.00 Wheel of Fortune
7.30 Coronation Street (G)
8.00 The Bill (PGR)
8.35 Tuesday Documentary - The Traders (Part 2) (PGR)
9.35 One Foot in the Grave (Rpt, AO)
10.15 PrimeTime (News)
10.45 Screen One - Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (Part 2) (AO)
12.20am Mini-Series - Common Ground (Part 2, final) (AO)
2.05 Closedown

Channel 2
6.25am Pinocchio: The Series (G)
6.55 The Chipmunks (Rpt, G)
7.25 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Rpt, G)
7.55 My Little Pony ‘n Friends (Rpt, G)
8.30 Kitty Cats (Rpt, G)
8.45 Sesame Street (G)
9.40 Chatterbox (Rpt, G)
10.00 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Shortland Street (Rpt, PGR)
11.00 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives (G)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
2.30 Chatterbox (G)
2.50 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.00 Juniper Junle (Rpt, G)
3.10 Son of a Gunn (G)
Includes Mel’s Amazing Movies at 3.25pm
4.00 Doug (Rpt, G)
4.30 Conan the Adventurer (G)
5.00 Home and Away (G)
5.30 Neighbours (G)
6.00 The Cosby Show (Rpt, G)
6.30 Cheers (Rpt, G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Heroes (PGR)
8.00 Seinfeld (PGR)
8.30 Corbans Fashion Collections 1994
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10.00 Seinfeld (AO)
10.35 Newsnight
11.05 Caltex Motorsport on 2
12.05am Silk Stalkings (AO)
1.05 Closedown

TV3
6.30am ABC World News Tonight
7.00 The Muppet Show Command Performances (G)
7.30 Wild West COW-Boys of Moo Mesa (G)
8.00 The Addams Family (Animated - aka “The New Addams Family”) (G)
8.30 You and Me (G)
8.55 Treasures Parent Time (G)
9.00 You Bet Your Life (G)
9.30 9 to 5 (G)
10.00 Infomercials (aka “The Infomercial Hour”)
11.00 What’s Cooking? (G)
11.30 The Graham Kerr Show (G)
Noon Donahue (PGR)
1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
2.00 The Golden Palace (PGR)
2.30 General Hospital (PGR)
3.30 Treasures Parent Time (G)
3.35 You and Me (G)
4.00 The Addams Family (B&W) (G)
4.30 Get Smart (G)
5.00 Hogan’s Heroes (G)
5.30 5.30 Live
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Sale of the Century (G)
7.30 Living Earth (G)
8.00 Animals & Us (Series premiere) (G)
8.30 Tuesday Night at the Movies - Flashback (1990) (AO)
11.15 Nightline
This bulletin has an incorrect start time of 10.45pm (as published in the NZ Listener)
11.50 Mancuso FBI (AO)
12.50am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am World Business Today
6.30 World News
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 International Hour
8.00 World News
8.45 World Sport
9.00 World Business Today Update
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 World News
3.30 Showbiz Today
4.00 World News
5.30 Moneyline
6.00 World News
6.30 World News
7.00 BBC News (6pm bulletin)
7.30 Business Asia
8.00 World News
8.30 TVNZ - One Network News
A delayed telecast of TVNZ’s 6pm news bulletin
9.00 Larry King
10.00 Crossfire
10.30 Business Morning
11.00 World News
11.30 Business Day
12.00am World News
12.30 Business Asia
1.00 Larry King
2.00 World News
3.30 Business Asia
4.00 World News
5.00 World News (Continues to 6am)

Sky Movies (HBO)
Noon Return to Oz (1985) (G)
2.00 My Mother’s Castle (1990) (GY)
A French film with English subtitles
3.40 The Lion King: A Musical Journey
4.00 Saludos Amigos (1942) (G)
5.00 By Way of the Stars (1992) (G)
7.00 Deadly Relations (1993) (GA)
8.30 Sleepwalkers (1992) (RP16)
10.00 Mystery Date (1991) (GA)
11.40 Commando (1985) (RP16)
1.05am One Night Stand - Martin Lawrence (1991) (R16)
1.35 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
6.00am Welcome to Canterbury
This programme repeats at 7am, 8am, 9am, straight after closedown, 1am and 2am
Noon City Life (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
1.00 The World Tomorrow (G)
1.30 Closedown
4.30 Teletext
5.00 Susan Sells (G)
6.00 City Life (G)
7.00 CTV’s World Tonight
8.30 Full Time - Tuesday Night Football
9.30 Big Battalions (PGR)
10.30 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of tonight’s programme
11.15 Closedown

Bays Television, Nelson
Noon Bays Today (News) (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s bulletin
12.15 Summer Cooking (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
12.45 Valuable and Rare (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
1.15 Closedown
7.00 Bays-Watch
7.15 Bays Today (News)
7.30 Farming Canterbury
8.30 The Jewel in the Crown
9.30 Balani
10.30 Bays Today (News)
A repeat screening of tonight’s bulletin
10.45 Closedown

CRY Television, Christchurch
11.00am New Releases & Charts
1.00pm Classics
4.00 The Bluebird Jason & Leighton Show
6.00 The Late, Late Breakfast Show
9.00 New Releases & Alternative
12.00am Closedown

MAX: The Music Channel, Auckland
7.00am The Beat for Breakfast
10.00 Closedown
4.00pm The Beat
Includes McDonald’s Most Wanted (at 5pm)
6.00 The Serious Fun Show
9.00 MAX Trax
12.00am Closedown

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Today’s TV: Wednesday 7 September 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 Good Farming
1.00 Today at One
1.25 Days of Our Lives
2.20 Peyton Place (Rpt)
2.45 Crown Court
3.15 Nice One, including:
3.15 Paddington (Rpt)
3.25 Vision On (Final)
3.55 Mr (Rpt)
4.05 Gentle Ben (Rpt)
4.30 Bewitched (Rpt)
5.00 Tarzan (Rpt)
6.00 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Good Times
7.30 Beryl’s Lot
8.00 The Streets of San Francisco
9.00 All in the Family
9.30 News
9.40 Sportsnight
10.10 Colditz (Part 10)
11.05 News and Weather
11.10 Closedown

South Pacific Television (SPTV)
1.00pm Town Cryer, including:
1.00 Search for Tomorrow
1.30 The Main Chance (Rpt)
2.30 Dinah!
3.00 Chicaboom, including:
3.02 Romper Room
3.25 Korg: 70,000 BC
4.00 Here’s Andy, including:
4.00 My Three Sons (Rpt)
4.35 The Time Tunnel (Rpt)
5.30 Mister Roberts (Rpt)
6.00 First Edition (News)
6.30 Six-Thirty Special - Family Circus Special: The Great Roman Circus
7.30 Doctor in Charge
8.00 The Mackenzie Affair (Part 2)
9.00 Dan August
10.00 Late Edition (News)
10.10 Holiday
10.45 Jigsaw John
Closedown at the end of the programme

Today’s TV: Monday 7 September 1987
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.30am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV One’s scheduled programming
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 The Woman in White (Starting today, part 1) (Rpt)
1.20 Kate & Allie (Rpt)
1.50 Murder, She Wrote (Rpt)
2.45 Coronation Street (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last Thursday and Friday’s programmes
3.45 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Starting today) (Rpt)
4.45 Man About the House (Rpt)
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 Only Fools and Horses
8.00 Bergerac
9.00 Fawlty Towers (Rpt)
9.45 Intimate Contact (Starting tonight, part 1)
10.45 Sports Special - Athletics
1987 World Championships in Athletics - men’s marathon, men’s 1500m, men’s 5000m; highlights
11.45 It’s a Living (Starting tonight)
12.10am 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 Love Connection
12.30 School Holiday Movie - High School USA (1983) (Rpt)
2.15 Then and Now: Home
2.30 Play School (Series return)
2.55 Sesame Street
3.55 Free Time, including (all times approx):
3.58 3-2-1 Contact (Final)
4.27 Galloping Galaxies!
5.00 Grange Hill
5.30 Diff’rent Strokes (Rpt)
6.00 Sons and Daughters
6.30 The Facts of Life
7.00 George and Mildred (Rpt)
7.30 EastEnders
8.00 The Tracey Ullman Show
8.30 Cheers
9.00 St Elsewhere
10.00 EyeWitness
Current affairs, WorldWatch and a news update
11.00 Minder (Rpt)
12.05am Closedown

1922

Today’s TV: Friday 8 September 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Aerobics Oz Style (Rpt, G)
10.30 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.55 Rainbow (Rpt, G)
11.10 Hello Kitty’s Furry Tale Theatre (G)
11.35 James the Cat (Final) (Rpt, G)
11.40 PC Pinkerton (Final) (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
2.05 Knots Landing (PGR)
3.00 Butterflies (Rpt, G)
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 Murder, She Wrote (PGR)
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 Business World (G)
10.30 Heart of the Country (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt, AO)
11.35 I Didn’t Know You Cared (Rpt, AO)
12.10am Closedown

Channel Two
7.30am Massey University, including:
7.30 Massey University News
7.35 39.106 Writing - “Set Texts”
7.55 46.200 Māori Studies (Part 2)
8.05 77.102 Microeconomics - “Examination Aid”
8.24 26.210/363 Public Administration - “Ombudsman Case Study Solution”
8.30 (approx) Closedown
10.50 Teletext in Vision
11.05 The Young and the Restless
Noon Love Connection (G)
12.30 The Facts of Life (Rpt, G)
12.55 The Man from UNCLE (G)
1.50 F Troop (Rpt, G)
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)
5.15 Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos (Part 2) (G)
5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 That’s Fairly Interesting (Series return) (G)
8.00 Friday Film - Mr Mom (1983) (Rpt, G)
9.50 Married… with Children (AO)
10.20 Newsbreak
Includes Māori news summary
10.25 WWF Superstars of Wrestling (AO)
11.25 The Friday Frights - Circus of Horrors (1960) (Rpt, AO)
1.10am Closedown

1923

Today’s TV: Thursday 17 September 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 See Here
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Here’s Lucy (Rpt)
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.50 Jamie and the Magic Torch (Rpt)
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 After School, including:
4.00 Fred Basset
4.05 Tales from 1000 Days (Final)
4.40 Video Dispatch
5.00 W3
5.30 Sport on One Special - World Championship Boxing
Sugar Ray Leonard v Thomas Hearns (“The Showdown”) - highlights
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 When the Boat Comes In
9.00 Contact - Day-by-Day
9.30 Movie for Television - Superdome (1978)
11.15 News
11.20 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Against the Wind (Rpt)
3.30 General Hospital
4.00 Fantasy Island
4.55 12 Bar Rhythm ‘n Shoes (Rpt)
6.00 News at Six
6.30 The Bionic Woman
7.30 The Love Boat
9.00 Yes Minister
9.30 Eye Witness
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Jokers Wild
11.00 Petrocelli
11.55 Closedown

Today’s TV: Tuesday 17 September 1991
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.15am Teletext in Vision
10.30 Sorry! (Final) (Rpt, G)
11.00 Moses the Lawgiver (Part 2) (PGR)
Noon ABC World News Tonight
12.30 Film on One - A Deadly Business (1986) (AO)
2.20 Griffin’s Classic Matinee - That Lucky Touch (1975) (PGR)
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 Survival - Blame It on the Badger (G)
8.00 Fair Go
8.30 Tuesday Documentary - Seven Years Old in New Zealand
9.35 One Foot in the Grave (AO)
10.10 One Network News
10.40 The Justice Game (Part 4, final) (AO)
11.45 Quincy ME (AO)
12.50am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Smurfs (Rpt, G)
7.00 ITN World News
7.25 Huckleberry Hound (Rpt, G)
8.00 ITN World News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the 7am bulletin
8.25 Wildtrack (aka “Wild T”) (Rpt, G)
8.30 Touché Turtle and Dum Dum (Rpt, G)
8.40 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
9.35 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.05 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
10.30 Neighbours (Rpt, G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
2.00 Benson (Rpt, G)
2.30 After 2, including:
2.33 Play School (Rpt, G)
3.00 Jim Henson’s Mother Goose Stories (G)
3.10 Kitty Cats (G)
3.30 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
3.55 Wildtrack (aka “Wild T” - a repeat of today’s episode) (Rpt, G)
4.00 Denver, the Last Dinosaur (Rpt, G)
4.30 Fox’s Peter Pan & the Pirates (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show (G)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt, G)
6.30 Candid Camera (G)
7.00 Neighbours (G)
7.30 Cheers (Rpt, G)
8.00 Wings (G)
8.30 Rescue 911 (AO)
9.30 Blackadder (Part 6) (Rpt, AO)
10.05 Smith and Jones (AO)
10.45 Wiseguy (AO)
11.45 St Elsewhere (AO)
12.50am Closedown

TV3
Noon NBC Nightly News
12.30 Crosstown (PGR)
1.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
1.30 Another World (PGR)
2.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show (PGR)
3.20 Thomas the Tank Engine (Rpt, G)
3.30 Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Rpt, G)
4.00 Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald (Rpt, G)
4.30 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (Rpt, G)
5.00 Voltron (G)
5.30 Home and Away (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 Hey Dad..! (Rpt, G)
7.30 Family Matters (G)
8.00 Murphy Brown (G)
8.30 Law & Order (AO)
9.30 Fast Forward (AO)
10.30 Nightline
11.05 Crime Story (AO)
12.05am Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon Nostalgia at Noon - Blockade (1938) (B&W) (GA)
1.25 Hollywood Legend - Grace Kelly (G)
2.30 Permanent Record (1988) (R13)
4.00 Rubber Tarzan (1989) (G)
5.30 Matewan (1987) (GA)
8.00 Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) (GY)
10.00 The Shining (1980) (R16)
12.00am Fire and Rain (1989) (RP16)
1.24 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
5.00pm Susan Sells (G)
5.30 First Report (News)
6.00 Taxi (G)
6.30 The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (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 - The Andromeda Strain (1971) (PGR)
10.50 Susan Sells (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of tonight’s programme
11.20 Closedown

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1924

Today’s TV: Friday 19 September 1975
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
Noon Pop the Question
12.30 Lunch Box
12.35 The Young and the Restless
1.00 Today at One
1.30 Days of Our Lives
1.50 The Paul Lynde Show (Rpt)
2.15 Harriet’s Back in Town
2.40 Origami (Rpt)
2.55 Play School
3.25 Sesame Street
4.25 Hattytown Tales
4.40 Joe 90
5.10 Ready to Roll
5.35 Temperatures Rising (Rpt)
6.00 Catchword
6.30 News
Includes regional news from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
7.00 Coronation Street
7.25 Weekends with One
7.30 Kung Fu
8.20 The Motor Show
8.35 That’s My Mama
9.00 Tonight at Nine
9.30 Patrick, Dear Patrick
10.30 Man at the Top
11.30 Grunt Machine
12.00am (approx) Weather, Closedown

TV2 South Pacific Television
10.00am Education Television from Hamilton
Film programmes selected by the Waikato Post Primary Teachers’ Association for secondary school pupils in the area; Waikato and Bay of Plenty only
Noon (approx) Closedown
1.00 AUCKLAND, WAIKATO & BAY OF PLENTY ONLY until 5.45pm (see below):
1.00 Search for Tomorrow
1.20 Speakeasy
1.50 The Box
2.15 Dinah!
3.00 Dr Finlay’s Casebook (Rpt)
3.50 Romper Room
4.25 Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
4.50 Grub’s Up
5.20 The Cisco Kid
5.45 The Flintstone Comedy Show
6.10 The Brady Bunch
6.35 Here’s Lucy
7.00 News
Two at Seven (Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty)
Points South (Christchurch)
7.30 Love, American Style
8.20 Horizon - Fire
9.05 Confession
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Late Night Movie - Rope of Sand (1949) (B&W)
12.10am (approx) Closedown

Today’s TV: Thursday 19 September 1985
from the NZ Listener

TV One
10.15am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV One’s scheduled programming
10.30 The Richard Simmons Show (Rpt)
10.55 Tai Chi (Rpt)
11.00 Crossroads
11.20 The Wombles (Rpt)
11.30 Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Child (Rpt)
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.05 Beauty and the Beast
1.35 Days of Our Lives
2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.35 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
3.00 Sesame Street
4.00 After School, including:
4.05 Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald
4.36 Video Dispatch
5.00 The Flintstones (Rpt)
5.30 Viewfinder (Series return)
6.00 Diff’rent Strokes
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Coronation Street (Double episode)
8.30 Close Up
9.30 Assaulted Nuts
10.00 The Professionals (Rpt)
11.05 News
11.10 Closedown

TV2
11.45am Teletext in Vision
This programme is unlisted, even though it is shown for 15 minutes before the start of TV2’s scheduled programming
Noon The Midday Movie - One Foot in Heaven (1941) (B&W) (Rpt)
1.55 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Rpt)
2.30 Prisoner
3.25 General Hospital
4.00 Thursday Afternoon Movie - Blaze of Noon (1947) (B&W) (Rpt)
5.45 News
5.50 Te Karere
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Monkees (Rpt)
7.00 Love Thy Neighbour (Rpt)
7.30 Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
8.30 Dynasty (Final)
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Tonight
11.00 Prisoner (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown

1925

Found this while scrolling Reddit. The NZ TV Schedule from the 12th of September 2001. I don’t think many of these programs on TV1 and TV3 actually aired.

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1926

@Dani-Chan Due to TV3’s (now Three) live coverage of the 9/11 attacks, almost all of the network’s scheduled programmes were transferred to TV4.

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1927

Wow, what a throwback and to see Triangle TV. So much has changed since that year.

1928

Kinda neat to see some early morning Python on TV3, wonder how many times they ran through those episodes

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1929

Memory unlocked. Teletrader on TV4 was just on screen classifieds with music. I was in New Zealand on Anzac Day in 2001 and TV4 had the classic Phillips PM5544 test pattern that morning with a simulcast of radio station Channel Z.

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1930

Today’s TV: Tuesday 26 September 1972
from The Press

NZBC TV (CHTV3)
2.00pm Headline News
2.03 On Camera ‘72
2.44 Matt Lincoln
3.35 Survival
4.02 Bewitched
4.27 Play School
4.52 Clutch Cargo
4.59 Huckleberry Hound
5.23 Is This Your Career?
5.35 Headline News and Weather
5.38 The Andy Griffith Show (Starting tonight)
6.06 Rollin’ on the River
6.32 The Good Life
7.00 Network News
7.22 Weather / The South Tonight
7.45 Coronation Street
8.16 Ironside
9.13 Newsbrief
9.15 Gallery
9.53 Tuesday Trimming
10.00 Love, American Style
10.57 Late News and Weather
11.03 Closedown

Today’s TV: Sunday 26 September 1982
from the NZ Listener

TV One
9.30am Sport on One Special - Rugby
Ranfurly Shield 1982 - Wellington v Waikato; full replay
11.00 Church Service
Noon News
12.02 Big League Soccer
12.55 Tomorrow’s World
1.00 Agreport (Rpt)
1.15 Dig This (Rpt)
1.30 Of Course You Can Do It
2.00 Sport on One Special
Includes hockey and rugby (Auckland v Manawatu - highlights)
4.50 Woolly Valley (Series premiere)
Click the NZ On Screen link below to watch all episodes (including “Pancakes”)

5.00 Horse Sense (Final)
5.30 Spot On
6.00 The Herd
6.30 News
6.45 World Watch
7.00 Louise and Friends
7.45 Country Calendar
8.00 Brideshead Revisited (Part 11, final)
9.30 News
9.40 Newsmakers
10.10 Play of the Week - Singles
11.00 News
11.05 Closedown

TV2
Noon Sunday Matinee - Guest Wife (1945) (B&W)
1.25 The Great Wall
1.35 The Bob Newhart Show (Rpt)
2.00 Opus
2.45 The Lion at World’s End
3.35 Our Little Town
4.05 Great Railway Journeys of the World (Part 7, final)
5.05 Unfamiliar Faces (Starting tonight, part 1)
5.30 Stars on Sunday
5.55 News
6.00 Our World - Canoeing Into the Past
6.50 The Week with 2
7.00 Hello Larry (Final)
7.25 Sunday Movie - Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978)
9.00 Radio with Pictures
9.45 The Sunday Horrors - Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
11.10 Closedown

1931

Today’s TV: Tuesday 2 October 1984
from the NZ Listener

TV One
11.30am Play School (Rpt)
11.55 You and Your Child
Noon News
12.05 The Young and the Restless
12.55 See Here
1.05 Beauty and the Beast
1.35 Days of Our Lives
2.30 You and Your Child (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.35 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
3.00 Sesame Street
3.55 After School, including (all times approx):
3.55 School Story Spot
4.00 Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald
4.30 Video Dispatch
5.00 Nobody’s Hero (Starting tonight, part 1)
5.30 Shazam!
5.55 Te Karere (East Coast viewers only)
6.00 M-A-S-H (Rpt)
6.30 News
Includes regional programmes: Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin)
7.30 Starquest
8.00 Every Dancer’s Dream
8.30 Inside Straight
9.30 Fresh Fields
10.00 The Yellow Rose
11.00 News
11.05 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Prisoner
3.25 General Hospital
3.50 Eight Is Enough (Rpt)
4.50 Animals, Animals, Animals
5.10 That Girl
5.45 News
5.55 Te Karere
On TV2 everywhere - except the East Coast (TV One)
6.00 The Young Doctors
6.30 The Sullivans (Double episode)
7.30 Hart to Hart
8.30 Tuesday Documentary - The Human Face of Japan (Part 2)
9.30 Eye Witness News
10.00 Van der Valk (Rpt)
11.00 Hawaii Five-O
11.55 Closedown

Today’s TV: Sunday 2 October 1994
from the NZ Listener

TV One
8.30am eTV - Asia Dynamic (G)
9.00 Praise Be (G)
9.30 Tagata Pasifika (G)
10.00 Waka Huia (G)
11.00 Marae (G)
Noon Agri-Tech 2000 (G)
12.30 Antiques Roadshow (G)
1.30 Spies (G)
2.00 Jeeves and Wooster (Starting today) (G)
3.00 One World of Sport - Countrywide Bank Grandstand
Includes rugby league (1994 NZ Rugby League Player of the Year - highlights) and rugby (Air NZ NPC 1994 - North Harbour v Wellington; full delayed coverage)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Frontline
7.30 As Time Goes By (PGR)
8.05 September Song (Part 3) (PGR)
8.40 Montana Sunday Theatre - Middlemarch (Part 5) (G)
9.40 Fraser
10.40 Tales of the City (Part 5) (AO)
11.45 Mini-Series - Night of the Fox (Part 2) (Rpt, AO)
1.25am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Star Wars: Droids (Rpt, G)
6.35 The Bush Baby (G)
6.55 Quick Draw McGraw (Rpt, G)
7.20 Jonny Quest (Rpt, G)
7.45 Wish Kid (Rpt, G)
8.05 The Animals of Farthing Wood (G)
8.30 A Bunch of Munsch (Rpt, G)
8.55 The Pirates of Dark Water (Rpt, G)
9.20 Little Shop (Rpt, PGR)
9.40 Beakman’s World (G)
10.05 Pepsi RTR Showdown (G)
11.10 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (PGR)
11.35 Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving Special (G)
Noon Caltex Motorsport on 2
1994 Tooheys 1000 - live from the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, NSW
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 Sunday Premiere Movie - K-9 (1989) (AO)
10.30 Dream On (AO)
11.00 The Sunday Horrors - The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) (AO)
1.05am In Living Color (AO)
1.35 Movie - Call Me Mr Brown (1986) (Rpt, PGR)
3.10 Rescue 911 (aka “Rescue 111”) (Rpt, AO)
3.55 Movie - Heaven on Earth (1987) (Rpt, PGR)
5.35 Pepsi RTR Countdown (Rpt, G) (Continues to 6.25am)

TV3
6.30am Music and the Spoken Word (G)
7.00 DuckTales (G)
7.25 Tiki Tiki Forest Gang (G)
7.55 Budgie the Little Helicopter (G)
8.05 Garfield and Friends (Double episode) (G)
9.00 Lifespan Infocus (PGR)
9.50 Graham Kerr’s Kitchen (G)
10.15 The Time of Your Life (G)
11.05 The Astronomers (Part 4) (G)
Noon The Magical World of Disney (Movie) - The Happiest Millionaire (1967) (G)
2.25 Movie Matinee - The Affairs of Annabel (1938) (B&W) (G)
3.50 Land of the Giants (G)
4.55 Lost in Space (B&W) (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 Noel’s House Party (G)
7.30 Models Inc. (PGR)
8.30 Sunday Night at the Movies - Deceived (1991) (AO)
10.45 Entertainment Tonight (PGR)
11.45 Late Movie - Rush Week (1989) (AO)
1.45am Closedown

Sky News (CNN)
6.00am World News
6.30 Newsmaker Saturday
7.00 World Business Report
7.30 Science & Technology Week
8.00 World News
8.30 BBC News (Early evening bulletin)
9.00 World News
9.30 Future Watch
10.00 Inside Business
10.30 Showbiz This Week
11.00 The World Today
11.30 Diplomatic License
Noon Pinnacle
12.30 CNN Travel Guide
1.00 Prime News
2.00 Larry King Weekend
3.00 World News
4.00 Both Sides with Jesse Jackson
4.30 The Capital Gang
5.00 World News
5.30 Global View
6.00 World News
6.30 Moneyweek
7.00 BBC News (Early evening bulletin) (Rpt)
7.30 On the Menu
8.00 World News
8.30 Science & Technology Week
9.00 Larry King Weekend
10.00 The World Report
11.00 World News
11.30 World Business This Week
12.00am World News
12.30 Inside Business
1.00 World News
1.30 Earth Matters
2.00 Larry King Weekend
3.00 World News
3.30 Futurewatch
4.00 World News
4.30 Global View
5.00 World News
5.30 CNN Travel Guide (Continues to 6am)

Sky Movies (HBO)
6.50am Movie Magic (G)
7.30 Orson and Olivia (1993) (G)
8.30 All I Want for Christmas (1991) (G)
10.00 The China Syndrome (1979) (GY)
Noon Nostalgia at Noon - His Girl Friday (1940) (B&W) (GA)
1.35 Movie Magic (G)
2.00 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955) (G)
3.30 Young Winston (1972) (GY)
5.35 The Making of “Escape from Absolom” (“No Escape”)
6.00 Jaffas Showtime
6.30 Head (1968) (G)
8.00 HBO Sunday Night Movie - At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) (GA)
11.00 Folks! (1992) (GY)
12.45am Fat City (1972) (R16)
2.18 Closedown

1932

Today’s TV: Thursday 12 November 1992
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.45am Film on One - Grayeagle (1977) (PGR)
11.30 New Zealand Today
12.30pm ABC World News Tonight
1.00 Murder, She Wrote (PGR)
2.05 Haggard (PGR)
3.40 I Love Lucy (B&W) (G)
4.10 Home and Away (G)
4.45 Emmerdale (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.30 Jeopardy! (G)
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)
8.35 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (AO)
9.40 Foreign Correspondent
10.30 Tonight (News)
11.00 North and South, Book II: Love and War (aka “North and South: Part II”) (Starting tonight, part 1) (Rpt, AO)
12.55am Closedown

Channel 2
6.20am Bill and Billy’s Funky Fables (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 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (“Fushigi no Kuni no Alice”) (G)
8.00 ITN World News
8.30 Topsy and Tim (Rpt, G)
8.35 Just So Stories (Rpt, G)
8.45 eTV - Playdays (Rpt, G)
9.05 Lamb Chop’s Play-Along (G)
9.35 Play School (Rpt, 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 (PGR)
2.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (G)
2.30 Jase TV, including:
2.33 Play School (Rpt, G)
3.00 Rupert (Rpt, G)
3.30 Son of a Gunn Show
4.00 The Flintstones (Rpt, G)
4.30 Swans Crossing (G)
5.00 The Bugs Bunny Show (G)
5.30 Face the Music (Rpt, G)
6.00 Neighbours (G)
6.30 Wheel of Fortune (G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 Roseanne (G)
8.00 Heroes (Part 6) (PGR)
8.30 Marlin Bay (Final) (PGR)
9.30 Only Fools and Horses (Rpt, PGR)
10.45 Studs (Rpt, PGR)
11.15 Equal Justice (PGR)
12.15am Gabriel’s Fire (AO)
1.20 Closedown

TV3
5.30am 3 National News (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s bulletin
6.30 Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Rpt, G)
7.00 Garfield and Friends (Rpt, G)
7.30 Saved by the Bell (Rpt, G)
8.00 Double Dare (Rpt, G)
8.30 You and Me (Rpt, G)
8.55 Parent Time (Rpt, G)
9.00 The Billy T James Show (Rpt, PGR)
9.30 True Colours (G)
10.00 The Price Is Right (Rpt, G)
10.30 Carol & Company (G)
11.00 Homeward Bound (Rpt, PGR)
Noon Parent Time (G)
12.05 The Oprah Winfrey Show (Rpt, AO)
1.05 Donahue (AO)
2.05 Generations (PGR)
2.35 You and Me (G)
3.00 3PM, including:
3.10 Widget (Rpt, G)
3.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rpt, G)
4.25 Transformers (Rpt, G)
5.00 Carson’s Law (G)
6.00 3 National News
7.00 The Price Is Right (G)
7.30 Beadle’s About (G)
8.00 Mother and Son (G)
8.30 Thursday Night at the Movies - After the Promise (1987) (PGR)
10.30 Nightline
11.00 3 Sport Special
Includes basketball (1992/93 NBA season preview) and motorsport (1992 Superbike World Championship - round 13 [Manfeild])
1.00am (approx) Closedown

Sky Movies
11.30am Tap (1989) (GA)
1.30pm Amber Waves (1980) (GY)
3.15 Adventures in Babysitting (aka “A Night on the Town”) (1987) (GY)
5.00 Home Alone (1990) (GY)
7.00 Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (GY)
8.45 Short Film - One Man’s Heat (1990) (GY)
9.00 The Hidden (1987) (RP16)
10.40 The Rookie (1990) (R16)
12.40am Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (1976) (R16)
2.12 Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
11.40am Bose Lifestyle Music
Noon DB Carnival Week 1992
Live from the Addington Show Oval, Christchurch
4.30 Susan Sells
5.30 First Report (News)
6.00 6 O’Clock Thursday
6.50 DB Carnival Week 1992 (Report)
7.00 Westpac 50 Plus (G)
7.30 CTV News
8.00 Jim Hopkins Live
8.30 DB Carnival Week 1992
A Real Country Concert - live from the Addington Show Oval
10.40 Susan Sells (Rpt)
A repeat screening of tonight’s programme
11.40 Closedown

1933

The theme song used for the English Dub is pretty good (based on the German Theme Song)

1934

Today’s TV: Monday 16 November 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 You’re Only Young Twice
Noon News
12.02 The Young and the Restless
12.30 See Here
12.35 Beauty and the Beast
1.00 Crown Court (Rpt)
1.30 Days of Our Lives
2.25 Play School (Rpt)
A repeat screening of today’s programme
2.50 The Winter of Enchantment
3.00 Chic Chat
3.30 After School, including:
3.30 Motormouse and Autocat / Hong Kong Phooey (Rpt)
4.00 Kizzy
4.25 Once Upon a Story
4.35 Ark II
5.00 The Kids from 47A (Rpt)
5.30 The Moon Stallion
6.00 Koha
6.30 News
7.00 Party Political Broadcast (Social Credit League / National Party)
Simulcast with TV2
7.05 Close to Home
7.35 Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
7.30 South (Dunedin)
8.05 McPhail & Gadsby
8.35 The Enigma Files
9.35 Too Close for Comfort
10.05 Mackenzie
11.10 News
11.15 Closedown

TV2
2.30pm Prisoner
3.30 Monday Afternoon Movie - Beware, My Lovely (1952) (B&W)
5.00 Star Trek
6.00 News at Six
6.30 California Fever
7.00 Party Political Broadcast (Social Credit League / National Party)
Simulcast with TV One
7.05 California Fever (Continued)
7.35 Cowboys
8.05 Mini-Series - East of Eden (Part 3)
10.00 News at Ten
10.30 Live from Chips
11.00 Target (Rpt)
11.55 Closedown

Today’s TV: Saturday 16 November 1991
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.45am Teletext in Vision
10.00 16 Days of Glory (Starting today, part 1) (Rpt, G)
10.55 The Boat Show (G)
11.25 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (Rpt, PGR)
12.05pm Gillette World Sport Special (G)
12.30 ABC World News Tonight
1.00 The Bank of New Zealand Farmer (G)
1.30 Only When I Laugh (Final) (Rpt, G)
2.00 The Brothers (Rpt, G)
3.00 One World of Sport - Racing
Canterbury Draught NZ Cup Day (the Linwood City Pharmacy Gold Cup [at approx 3.10pm] and the 1991 Canterbury Draught NZ Cup [at approx 3.50pm]) - live from Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch
4.00 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (Rpt, G)
4.45 Great Journeys (Starting today) (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Survival - The Way of an Eagle (G)
7.00 Saturday Night Clive (G)
8.00 Mastermind (G)
8.35 The Saturday Mystery Movie - Inspector Morse: Deceived by Flight (PGR)
10.40 The Film Club - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (B&W) (Rpt, AO)
1.15am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Breakfast Club, including:
6.35 The Houndcats (Rpt, G)
7.00 Bobby’s World (G)
7.30 Batman (G)
8.00 What Now
Includes The Trap Door (at 8.05am), Scooby-Doo (at 8.20am) and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (at 9am), plus The Pinky Starquest, Mirinda Mystery Challenge and Jukebox/Instant Replay
10.00 Pepsi RTR Top 40
11.00 Terrahawks (Rpt, G)
11.30 Star Trek: The Original Series (Final) (Rpt, G)
12.35pm Hogan’s Heroes (Rpt, G)
1.05 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (G)
2.05 Saturday Cinema - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) (Rpt, PGR)
4.00 Zorro (G)
4.30 Betty’s Bunch (Part 8) (Rpt, G)
5.00 Growing Pains (G)
5.30 Ready Steady Go! (Part 5) (G)
6.00 Pepsi RTR Countdown (G)
6.30 The World’s Greatest Stunts (Final) (G)
7.30 Baywatch (Movie-length series return) (G)
8.00 Lotto (Live draw)

8.05 Baywatch (Continued)
9.35 Saturday Night at the Movies - Something Wild (1986) (AO)
11.50 Hey Hey It’s Saturday (G)
1.55am Closedown

TV3
6.30am Raggedy Ann and Andy (G)
7.00 EBS, including (all times approx):
7.00 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! (G)
7.30 Annabel’s Kitchen
7.45 Garfield and Friends (G)
7.50 Hollywood Gossip
8.30 The Real Ghostbusters (G)
9.00 Ya Hoo
Includes Beetlejuice, Saved by the Bell and My Secret Identity
11.00 What a Dummy (G)
11.30 Infocus (G)
Noon 3 Mini-Series - Centennial (Part 12) (PGR)
1.30 She’s the Sheriff (Rpt, G)
2.00 Delia Smith’s Christmas Cookery (G)
2.30 Best of British (Final) (G)
3.00 The Arctic (G)
4.00 Heroes (G)
4.30 The Last Frontier (G)
5.00 The Wonderful World of Disney - The Big Cat (Part 1) (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (aka “Classic Generation Game”) (G)
7.35 Family Night at the Movies - The Happiest Millionaire (1967) (G)
10.00 Coca-Cola TVFM: Rocks Special
12.00am The Midnight Hour, including:
12.00 Tales from the Darkside (AO)
12.30 Monsters (AO)
1.00 (approx) Closedown

Sky Movies
Noon Nostalgia at Noon - The Bulldog Breed (1960) (G)
2.00 Heartbreak Hotel (1988) (GY)
4.00 Hansel and Gretel (G)
6.00 The Third Solution (aka “Russicum”) (1988) (GA)
8.00 Casualties of War (1989) (R16)
10.00 Scandal (1989) (RP16)
11.55 Horror - The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) (R13)
1.20am Closedown

Canterbury Television (CTV), Christchurch
10.30am Campbell’s Cars (Rpt, G)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
11.00 CTV Race Day
Includes live racing from Te Rapa, Trentham and Riccarton
6.00pm Mardi Gras
The finale of the DB Cup Week - live from Victoria Square, Christchurch
10.30 Hopkins’ Half Hour (G)
11.00 Closedown

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Today’s TV: Thursday 28 November 1996
from the NZ Listener

TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 BBC World News
6.30 Time Out - The Clothes Show
7.00 The World Today
7.55 Te Karere (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s bulletin
8.10 eTV, including:
8.10 MediaTelevision (G)
8.40 Life on the Internet (G)
9.05 The Body in Question (G)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon Midday (News)
1.00 Nanny (G)
2.00 A Family at War (G)
3.05 Chatterbox (G)
3.25 Johnson and Friends (G)
3.35 Wishbone (G)
4.05 Emmerdale (G)
4.40 Te Karere
4.50 One World of Sport - Racing
1996 Bayer Classic - live from Otaki
5.25 EastEnders (G)
6.00 One Network News
7.00 Holmes
7.30 Barrymore (G)
8.40 Blue Heelers (PGR)
9.40 Tonight (News)
10.00 Dunlop Tyres Sportsnight
11.00 GP (G)
12.00am Infomercials
1.00 BBC World, including:
1.00 BBC World Headlines
1.05 World Focus - Horizon: Orange Sherbet Kisses
2.00 BBC World News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 BBC Newshour Asia Pacific
3.30 Time Out - Top Gear
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 World Focus - Around the World in 80 Days
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 Time Out - Film ‘96 with Barry Norman (Continues to 6am)

TV2
6.10am Moomin (G)
6.35 Journey to the Heart of the World (G)
7.00 The Bots Master (G)
7.30 Sailor Moon (G)
8.00 Samurai Pizza Cats (G)
8.30 Barney & Friends (G)
9.00 Here’s Humphrey (G)
9.30 Shortland Street (PGR)
10.00 Good Morning
Noon The Young and the Restless (PGR)
1.00 Days of Our Lives (PGR)
2.00 Ricki Lake (AO)
3.00 The Bold and the Beautiful (PGR)
3.30 Rugrats (G)
4.00 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (G)
4.30 The Flintstones (G)
5.00 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (G)
5.30 The Simpsons (G)
6.00 Sister, Sister (G)
6.30 Home and Away (G)
7.00 Shortland Street (PGR)
7.30 The Cape (PGR)
8.30 Thursday Movie - Silence of Adultery (1995) (AO)
10.15 Roseanne (PGR)
10.50 The Late Show with David Letterman (PGR)
11.45 Late Movie - Better Off Dead (1992) (AO)
1.30am Embassy (PGR)
2.40 Body and Soul (AO)
3.45 Love & War (PGR)
4.15 The Zone (G)
4.45 Rich Little’s You Asked for It (G)
5.10 All in the Family (G)
5.40 Kenneth Copeland - Believer’s Voice of Victory (Continues to 6.10am)

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 Darkwing Duck (G)
8.00 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (G)
8.30 Wild West COW-Boys of Moo Mesa (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 Melrose Place (PGR)
3.00 Treasures Parent Time (G)
3.05 You and Me (G)
3.30 Pingu (G)
3.35 Disney Adventure Afternoon, including:
3.35 Goof Troop (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 TV Bloopers and Practical Jokers (PGR)
7.30 Caught on Camera (PGR)
8.30 World in Action - The Future of Crime Fighting (PGR)
9.30 Manhunter (Starting tonight) (AO)
10.35 Nightline
11.05 Law & Order (AO)
12.05am ABC World News Tonight
12.35 Infomercials
1.35 Sally Jessy Raphaël (AO)
2.25 General Hospital (PGR)
3.10 Frenzy (Starting today) (PGR)
3.40 Infomercials
5.00 Joyce Meyer - Life in the Word
5.30 Infomercials (Continues to 6.30am)

HBO
6.00am Cartoon Network
4.00pm Saturday Morning Cartoon Greats (1996) (G)
5.00 Pet Shop (1994) (G)
6.35 A Far Off Place (1993) (M)
8.30 Thursday Night Showcase - Princess Caraboo (1995) (PG)
10.10 The Paper (1994) (M)
12.00am Mad Max 2 (1982) (RP16)
1.35 Philadelphia (1993) (M)
3.40 Cobb (1994) (R16)
5.45 This Week on HBO (Continues to 6am)

Orange
6.00am The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continued)
Includes Just Juice (from 7-10am)
10.00 Rolonda
11.00 Educational Programming
11.30 Coronation Street
Noon The Midday Matinee - Barnum (1986) (PG)
1.30 On the Buses
2.00 Prisoner (aka “Prisoner: Cell Block H”)
2.30 Brookside
3.00 Jerry Springer
4.00 Leeza
5.00 Charles in Charge
5.30 Growing Pains
6.00 Who’s the Boss?
6.30 The City
7.00 Bewitched
7.30 Highlander
8.30 Orange at the Movies - The Human Shield (1991) (M)
10.00 Cops, Spies & Private Eyes - Law & Order
11.00 Night Court
11.30 The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues through the night)

Discovery / Trackside
6.00am A World Away
7.00 The Adventurers
7.30 World Wide Guide
8.00 Those Incredible Animals
8.30 Mac & Mutley
9.00 Nature Watch
9.30 Zoo Life with Jack Hanna
10.00 Eyewitness
10.30 Lost Animals of the 20th Century
11.00 Portraits
Noon TAB Trackside (Free to air)
Includes live racing from Otaki (featuring the 1996 Bayer Classic) and Australia and live greyhound racing from Manukau
8.00 The Big Byte
8.30 The New Explorers
9.00 Born Among Wild Animals
9.30 Crawl Into My Parlour
10.00 Discovery Profile Series
11.00 Invention
11.30 Next Step
12.00am Wings of the Luftwaffe
1.00 Invention
1.30 Next Step
2.00 Wings
3.00 Beyond 2000
4.00 The Big Byte
4.30 The New Explorers
5.00 Invention
5.30 Next Step (Continues to 6am)

Horizon Pacific Television (HPTV)
ATV, Coast to Coast, Capital City, CTV, Southern
6.00am BBC World - BBC World News
CTV ONLY - Welcome to Canterbury (from 6am-3pm)
6.30 Time Out - The Travel Show
7.00 The World Today
9.00 BBC World Headlines
ATV & COAST TO COAST ONLY - Time Out - The Clothes Show
9.05 World Focus - Around the World in 80 Days
ATV ONLY - Infomercials (from 9.30-11.30am)
COAST TO COAST ONLY - Pacific Highway (from 9.30-10am)
10.00 Infomercials
11.30 Marketplace (Rpt)
Noon Midday (News)
Live simulcast with TV One
1.00 BBC World News
1.10 Newsnight
2.00 BBC Newsroom
CTV ONLY - Happy Days (from 4-4.30pm)
4.30 Happy Days
CTV ONLY - Marketplace (from 4.30-5.30pm)
5.00 Marketplace
5.30 Local News
ATV News, Coast to Coast News, Capital Nightly News, CTV News, Southern News
6.00 One Network News
Live simulcast with TV One
7.00 BBC World News
CTV ONLY - Oderings Homes and Gardens
SOUTHERN ONLY - Southern News Update
7.30 To the Manor Born
8.05 Yes Minister
8.40 Panorama
9.30 Sport
10.00 The Outdoor Journal
10.30 Marketplace (Rpt)
CTV ONLY - Marketplace (from 10.30-11.30pm), followed by Holmes (at 11.30pm) and Welcome to Canterbury (from midnight; continues through the night)
11.00 Holmes
A delayed telecast of TVNZ’s 7pm current affairs programme; first shown on TV One
11.30 BBC World
ATV ONLY - Welcome to Auckland (from 11.55pm-1.55am), followed by BBC World (from 1.55am; continues through the night)
12.00am BBC Newsdesk
1.00 BBC World Headlines
1.05 World Focus - Horizon: Orange Sherbet Kisses
2.00 BBC World News
2.15 World Business Report
2.30 BBC Newshour Asia Pacific
3.30 Time Out - Top Gear
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 World Focus - Around the World in 80 Days
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 Time Out - Film ‘96 with Barry Norman (Continues to 6am)

Aotearoa Television (ATN), Auckland
5.00pm Te Whare Tapere
6.00 MT Remix Show
7.00 Te Hēteri (News)
7.15 Te Kāhu (Current affairs)
7.45 Toa Tākaro (Sport)
8.00 Waka Kaipakihi
8.30 Wānanga
9.30 Toi Whakaari
10.25 Karakia
10.30 Closedown

CRY TV, Christchurch
10.00am Green Zone Back-to-Back (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s programme
11.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone (Rpt)
A repeat screening of the previous day’s programme
1.00pm Zero Hour Zone (Rpt)
A repeat screening of last night’s programme
3.00 Green Zone Back-to-Back
4.00 Coca-Cola Green Zone
5.30 McDonald’s Most Wanted
6.00 CRY Net
7.00 Indigo Zone Back-to-Back
8.00 Total Recall
10.00 Red Zone
12.00am Zero Hour Zone
2.00 Closedown

MAX TV, Auckland
6.00am MAX Music Videos (Continued)
3.00pm The Beat
Includes The Word (at 4.30pm) and McDonald’s Most Wanted (at 5pm)
5.30 Steve & Co
Includes Libra Line (at 5.30pm) and TDK Back Trax (at 6.15pm)
7.00 MAX Music Videos
8.00 Nike Sport
9.00 Coca-Cola Always Jammin’
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide (at 9.10pm)
10.00 The Pulse
11.00 MAX Music Videos
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide (at 11.30pm); continues through the night

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Today’s TV: Friday 1 December 1989
from the NZ Listener and The Press

TV One
9.55am Teletext in Vision
10.10 Play School (Rpt, G)
10.35 Pullover (Rpt, G)
10.45 Kōhanga Reo (Rpt, G)
10.55 Crossroads (Double episode) (G)
11.55 Te Karere Headlines
Noon One Network News
12.15 Film on One - The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983) (AO)
2.00 To Serve Them All My Days (Part 10) (Rpt, AO)
2.55 Knots Landing (PGR)
3.45 Survival (aka “The World of Survival”) (G)
4.15 Designing Women (G)
4.45 In Loving Memory (G)
5.15 Te Karere
5.25 Sons and Daughters (G)
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 The Dame Edna Experience (Starting tonight) (PGR)
9.30 EyeWitness News
10.00 Friday Documentary - Shred of Evidence (PGR)
11.00 Unsolved Mysteries (Starting tonight) (G)
12.00am Closedown

Channel 2
6.15am Teletext in Vision
6.30 The Telebugs (G)
6.35 Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (G)
7.00 Good Morning New Zealand (News)
7.30 Dinky Dog (Rpt, G)
8.00 Good Morning New Zealand (News and weather update)
8.05 The Bluffers (G)
8.35 Ragdolly Anna (G)
8.45 Sesame Street (Rpt, G)
9.45 Noozles (G)
10.10 Clarence (Part 6, final) (Rpt, G)
10.40 Aerobics Oz Style (G)
11.05 Santa Barbara
Noon The Young and the Restless
1.00 Days of Our Lives
1.55 The Partridge Family (Rpt, G)
2.20 After 2, including (all times approx):
2.21 Play School (Rpt, G)
2.50 Doris (G)
2.55 The Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Rpt, G)
3.20 The Mysterious Cities of Gold (G)
3.45 Live!, including (all times approx):
3.50 Bugs Bunny and Friends (Rpt, G)
4.10 Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (G)
5.15 Blind Date (G)
5.45 Newsbreak and Regional Programmes
Top Half (Auckland)
Today Tonight (Wellington)
The Mainland Touch (Christchurch)
The South Tonight (Dunedin)
6.00 Happy Days (Rpt, G)
6.30 Neighbours (Double episode) (G)
7.30 That’s Fairly Interesting (Final) (G)
8.00 Friday Movie - Labyrinth (1986) (G)
10.00 Married… with Children (PGR)
10.30 Newsbreak
Includes Māori news summary
10.35 WWF Superstars of Wrestling (AO)
11.35 The Friday Frights - Frankenstein: The True Story (1973, part 1) (AO)
1.20am Closedown

TV3
7.00am Early Bird Show
Includes DuckTales, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Friends, The Comic Strip and The Wuzzles, plus news and weather updates every half hour (7am, 7.30am, 8am, 8.30am, 9am)
9.00 Dinosaucers
9.30 Welcome Back Kotter
10.00 Chico and the Man
10.30 Check It Out!
11.00 9 to 5
11.30 Holiday World
11.57 (approx) News
Noon Movie Matinee - Gunga Din (1939) (B&W)
2.30 Bring ‘Em Back Alive
3.30 The All-New Mickey Mouse Club
4.00 The Real Ghostbusters
4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00 Get Smart
5.30 Perfect Match
6.00 3 National News
6.30 A Current Affair
7.00 The Golden Girls
7.29 (approx) Newsbreak
7.30 Letter to Blanchy (Hour-long series premiere)

8.29 (approx) Newsbreak
8.30 In the Heat of the Night (Feature-length series premiere)
10.27 (approx) Nightline (News update)
10.30 The Benny Hill Show
11.00 Friday Night at the Movies - Meatballs III: Summer Job (1987)
1.00am Closedown

Letter to Blanchy

@TV4 As the curtain rises on a new age of television entertainment in New Zealand, so does the story of the iconic sitcom, Letter to Blanchy.

On Sunday 26 November 1989 New Zealand’s first private television network, TV3 (now Three), began broadcasting. As part of its first week on air, a brand new comedy series - the brainchild of the Christchurch-based AK Grant and McPhail & Gadsby - was launched.

Letter to Blanchy followed the misadventures of three unlikely characters - Barry (Jon Gadsby), Ray (Peter Rowley) and Derek (David McPhail) - who committed various outrages on the property (and good nature) of their long-suffering friend Blanchy.

The hour-long series premiere - entitled “Jet Boat” and documented a series of outlandish escapades which involved a jet boat (as the episode title suggested), a visiting American couple and a bulldozer - screened at 7.30pm on the evening of Friday 1 December 1989. Directed by Ian Mune, the show was described as being about people getting into ‘appalling trouble’ due to their own cockiness and stupidity.

Produced by Isambard Productions for TV3, 15 episodes were initially planned for screening in 1990; however, these did not eventuate due to financial difficulties.

Letter to Blanchy was later picked up by TVNZ with funding from NZ On Air and three series were screened in 1995 (7 episodes), 1996 (11 episodes) and 1997 (13 episodes); the episodes ran for half an hour each.

Sadly, AK Grant and McPhail & Gadsby are no longer with us.

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Letters to Blanchy - very underrated sitcom. Needs a release on streaming or a physical media release. A few eps are on YouTube but the quality varies.

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I don’t know what this means? Did AI do that?

But yeah, M&G were such an iconic comedy team. Chuck in Pete Rowley and you pretty much had viewing gold every time.

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