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Wednesday 29 July 1981 - ADELAIDE

The day of the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.  The event was given saturation coverage on ABC and commercial stations across Australia.  Adelaide's ADS7 provided an alternative to the live coverage by providing a delayed telecast the following day.

Source: TV Week, 25 July 1981

  ABS2 ADS7 NWS9 SAS10  
6AM          
7AM  
8AM 8am Sesame Street 8.55am The Wots-a-name Show  
9AM

9am Breakaway
9.30 Play School

9am Ready Set Go
9.30 Cartoon Corner
9am Here's Humphrey

9am What In The World
9.30 Animal World

 
10AM

10am Close
10.25 For Schools:
10.25 Neighbors, 10.55 Science Report, 11.20 Investigating, 11.40 Families Of The World, 12pm Ensemble

10am It's A Woman's World 10am Movie: 25 Years - Impressions. 1976

10am Fat Cat And Friends
10.30 Bernard King Show

 
11AM

11am Celebrity Tattletales
11.30 Willesee 81
11.57 News

11.30 The Mike Walsh Show 11am Touch Of Elegance  
12PM 12.30 ABC News, Weather 12pm Movie: The Eddie Duchin Story. 1956 [IMDB] 12pm The Young And The Restless  
1PM

1.40 For Schools:
1.40 Behind The News, 2pm For The Juniors, 2.25 Shakespeare In Perspective

1pm Search For Tomorrow
1.30 Home Decorations With Clarksons
1.35 Days Of Our Lives

1pm Another World  
2PM 2.55 Sesame Street 2pm Special: Royal Wedding Preview (NBC) 2.30 General Hospital 2.30 Matlock Police  
3PM 3.50 Play School

3pm Coronation Street
3.30 Family Feud

3.15 The Lucy Show
3.45 Cartoons

3.30 McHales Navy  
4PM

4.20 The Basil Brush Show
4.50 Worzel Gummidge

4pm Flipper
4.30 Klips

4pm Super Wednesday  Includes Match Mates 4pm Wonder World  
5PM

5.15 Jukes Of Piccadilly
5.40 Videodisc
5.45 ABC News

5pm Welcome Back Kotter
5.30 Wheel Of Fortune

5pm Special: The Royal Wedding Preview
Caroline Ainslie

5pm The Flintstones
5.30 Gilligan's Island

 
6PM 6.15 Special: The Royal Wedding 1981: The Marriage Of His Royal Highness Prince Charles The Prince Of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer. 
BBC Coverage

6pm State Affair
Guy Blackmore
6.30 Seven National News 
Kevin Crease

6pm Nine Action News. 
Roger Cardwell, Caroline Ainslie
6.15 Special: The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

6pm Eyewitness News 
Tony Dickinson, Jane Reilly
6.15 Special: The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.  BBC Coverage

 
7PM

7pm In Search Of
7.30 Movie: The Sons Of Katie Elder. 1965
[IMDB]

 
8PM  
9PM 9.45 Newsbreak 9.30 Ford Superquiz  
10PM

10.15 News, Weather
10.25 Special: The Prince For Our Times

10pm The Duke

10pm Nine Action News (cont'd)
10.15 Special: The Royal Wedding (cont'd)
10.45 Movie: The Dove. 1974
[IMDB]

 
11PM 11.15 Special: The Royal Wedding (Rpt)

11pm Doctor In Charge
11.30 Please Sir

 
12AM 12.30am Special: The Royal Wedding Departure

12am Goodnight
12.05 Close

12.30am Special: The Royal Wedding (cont'd) 12.15am Close  
1AM 1.15 Close  

1.15 On This Day (B&W)
1.20 Epilogue
1.25 Close

 
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