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1981 in Australian television

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This article is a summary of 1981 in Australian television.

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Television

  • 15 February - Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television, hosted by Bert Newton
  • 2 March - Network Ten introduces its new breakfast TV show, Good Morning Australia, marking the return of breakfast television to Australian television screens.
  • 30 March - British sitcom To the Manor Born debuts on ABC.
  • 10 April - The TV Week Logie Awards air on Network Ten for the first time.
  • 23 May - Nine Network premieres a brand new sports programme called Wide World of Sports.
  • 27 July - Wheel of Fortune premieres on the Seven Network.
  • 29 July - The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer is broadcast across ABC and almost every commercial channel in Australia.
  • 16 September - The Nine Network celebrates 25 years of television in Australia.
  • 12 November - Final episode of the Australia soap opera The Restless Years airs on Network Ten.
  • 15 November - The Nine Network premieres its Sunday morning political current affairs program Sunday, hosted by Jim Waley.
  • 23 November - A Country Practice debuts on Seven Network.
  • December - After a two year-battle, Rupert Murdoch's News Limited finally gains control of the Melbourne headquarters of Network Ten after appealing the decision by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal which blocked the takeover.

    • New International Programming

  • 4 March - Worzel Gummidge (ABC)
  • 4 March - Leatherstocking Tales (ABC)
  • 30 March - To the Manor Born (ABC)
  • 30 April - The Enigma Files (ABC)
  • 30 May - Magnum, P.I. (Network Ten)
  • 5 June - Matt and Jenny (ABC)
  • 20 June - Yes Minister (ABC)
  • 26 August - The Swish of the Curtain (ABC)
  • 7 September - Wayne and Shuster (ABC)
  • 22 October - Tenko (ABC)
  • 18 November - It's a Living (Nine Network)
  • 18 November - Ladies' Man (Nine Network)

    • 1950s

  • Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)

    • 1960s

  • Four Corners (1961–present)

    • 1970s

  • Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999, 2009–2010)
  • Young Talent Time (1971–1988)
  • Countdown (1974–1987)
  • The Don Lane Show (1975–1983)
  • 60 Minutes (1979–present)
  • Prisoner (1979–1986)

    • 1980s

  • Sale of the Century (1980–2001)
  • Kingswood Country (1980–1984)
  • Wheel of Fortune (1981–2008)
  • A Town Like Alice, mini-series produced by Network Seven.

    • References

    1981 in Australian television Wikipedia
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