1981 in Australian television

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Events

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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 current affairs program Sunday, hosted by Jim Waley.
• 23 November - A Country Practice debuts on Channel 7.

Debuts

New International Programming

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Television shows

1950s

1960s

1970s

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

1980s

• Sale Of The Century (1980 – 2001)

Ending this year

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Returning this year

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TV movies

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References

1. ^ "TV Guide 15 February 1981". TELEVISIONAU. http://www.televisionau.com/tv150281.htm.