1975 in Australian television

This is a list of Australian television-related events in 1975.

List of years in Australian television

Events

  • 28 February – Television in Australia switches to full-time colour marking the last day of Australian television in black and white. Colour transmission will launch will officially launch on 1 March on Saturday at 12:00am with Seven Network, The 0-10 Network and ABC staying on air all night for the occasion.
  • 28 February – The ABC airs a television special which is a spin off of The Aunty Jack Show called Aunty Jack Introduces Colour to promote the introduction of Australian television in colour.
  • 1 March – "C-Day" in Australia; full-time colour broadcasting takes effect (except in Darwin).
  • 1 March – Australian music program Countdown arrives on to the scene with a bang by becoming the first program on ABC to be broadcast in colour with Johnny Farnham as the host. That episode was the show's real first episode, besides with the previous series lost.
  • 1 March – British children's stop motion animated series The Wombles created by Elisabeth Beresford and narrated by Bernard Cribbins premieres on ABC.
  • 21 March – The ABC broadcasts a collection of four comedy specials derived from The Aunty Jack Show titled Wollongong the Brave starting off with "Norman Gunston – The Golden Weeks".
  • 12 May – American talk show host and singer Don Lane presents his very own talk show The Don Lane Show with Bert Newton as co host.
  • 5 September – The 839th episode (also known as the infamous 'blomb-blast' episode) of the popular Australian soap opera Number 96 which wiped out four regular characters in a bid to reinstate the series' former top rating position is shown on The 0-10 Network.
  • 13 October – Australian news magazine program 11AM hosted by Roger Climpson debuts on Seven Network.
  • 27 October - NTD returns to the air in Darwin, for the first time since Cyclone Tracy.
  • 13 December – The Federal Election — barely a month after the controversial dismissal of the Whitlam Government — gets coverage across all networks.
  • TEN10 Sydney launches its first one-hour news service Eyewitness News.
  • Graham Kennedy has been banned from making appearances on live television after his infamous "crow call" on The Graham Kennedy Show on Nine Network.

Debuts

Program Network Debut date
Until Tomorrow Seven Network 27 January
The Unisexers Nine Network 9 February
Wollongong the Brave ABC 21 March
The Don Lane Show Nine Network 8 May
The Last of the Australians Nine Network 2 August
Ben Hall ABC 7 September
11AM Seven Network 13 October
Shannon's Mob Nine Network 27 October
Beat of the City ABC 1975
Cash and Company Seven Network 1975
This Is Your Life Seven Network 1975
Pot of Gold Channel 0 1975

New International Programming

Television shows

1950s

1960s

1970s

Ending this year

DateShowChannelDebut
28 February The Unisexers Nine Network 9 February 1975
17 April The Graham Kennedy Show Nine Network 19 September 1972
3 October Until Tomorrow Seven Network 27 January 1975
25 November Division 4 Nine Network 11 March 1969
8 December Wollongong the Brave ABC 21 March 1975
1975 Ben Hall ABC 7 September 1975
1975 Class of 74 Seven Network 18 March 1974
1975 Great Temptation Seven Network 1970

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References

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