1981 in Australian television

This article is a summary of 1981 in Australian television.

Events

Television

• 15 February - Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television, hosted by Bert Newton^[1]
• 2 March - Network Ten introduces its new breakfast TV show, Good Morning Australia, marking the return of breakfast television to Australian television screens.
• 10 April - The TV Week Logie Awards air on Network Ten for the first time.
• 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.
• 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 -

Debuts

New International Programming

• 4 March - Worzel Gummidge (ABC)
• 4 March - Leatherstocking Tales (ABC)
• 26 August - The Swish of the Curtain (ABC)
• 7 September - Wayne and Shuster (ABC)
• 18 November - It's a Living (Nine Network)
• 18 November - Ladies' Man (Nine Network)

Television shows

1950s

• Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)

1970s

• Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999, 2009–2010)
• Young Talent Time (1971–1988)

1980s

• Sale Of The Century (1980 – 2001)
• A Town Like Alice, mini-series produced by Network Seven.

References

1. ↑ "TV Guide 15 February 1981". TELEVISIONAU.