ANZAC Day 2020: guide

ANZAC Day takes a different form this year, as Australians are asked to privately commemorate the day, in-line with the latest health advice, and to watch the service at the Australian War Memorial.

There will also be a range of other commemorative activities that will be broadcast throughout the day.

ABC
5am Australia Remembers: Anzac Day 2020
5:30am Anzac Day: National Commemorative Service
6:10am Anzac Dawn Service From Melbourne
6:30am Anzac Dawn Service From Adelaide
7am Weekend Breakfast On Anzac Day
10am Anzac Day: Sydney Commemorative Service 2020
10:30am Weekend Breakfast On Anzac Day
11:30am Anzac Day Reflection
12pm ABC News On Anzac Day
1pm Anzac Day: Gallipoli Centenary Commemoration
2pm Anzac Day: Villers-bretonneux Centenary Commemoration
3pm A Very Short War
3:30pm A Landline Special: The Last Charge
4pm Landline’s Anzac Tribute
6:45pm Governor-general’s Anzac Day Address 2020

Seven
4:30am Weekend Sunrise Includes ANZAC Day Dawn Services.
Special coverage on Anzac Day begins on Seven from 4.30am AEST with an extended edition of Weekend Sunrise. Join hosts Monique Wright and Matt Doran for special coverage of ANZAC Day commemorations beginning with the Dawn Service Live from 4.30am AEST (check local guides). Channel 7 will also broadcast the ANZAC Memorial service in Sydney Live from 10am AEST.
Then from midday (Mel, Ade, Per), Seven’s Footy Vault harks back to the first modern ANZAC Day clash between Collingwood and Essendon in 1985. During the match, the AFL’s annual ANZAC Day ceremony will also be broadcast, including the reciting of the Ode of Remembrance and a lone bugler playing the Last Post to an empty MCG.
7NEWS at 6.00 will have a full wrap of Anzac Day commemorations as well as the day’s other news from Australia and around the world.
This will be followed by a special ANZAC Day edition of The Latest with Michael Usher and Melissa Doyle from 7pm.

Nine
5:30am Nine News Special
The Melbourne Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance will be broadcast live on Nine from 5.30am tomorrow. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service will not be open to the public.
Hosted by Brett McLeod, our broadcast will feature:
A focus on the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII.
A formal address from Her Excellency, the Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Linda Dessau. The Governor will also lay a wreath on behalf of all Victorians.
RSL Victoria State President Dr Robert Webster OAM will recite the ode.
Major General Andrew Bottrell will lay a wreath on behalf of the Australian Defence Force and all current serving personnel.
Veteran Mr Daniel Costelloe will lay a wreath on behalf of all veterans.
Immediately following our broadcast will be a special edition of Weekend Today, with Anzac Day highlights from across the nation.
6am Weekend Today
1pm Kokoda: The Spirit Lives
9GEM also screens the movies They Who Dare, Sahara, The Cruel Sea, The Dam Busters, Saving Private Ryan.

10
5:30am Studio 10 Presents: ANZAC Day 2020. Hosted by Sarah Harris & Hugh Riminton.
The special featuring poignant and uplifting messages from around the world, will cross to reporters in every state to show how Australians are paying their respects in lieu of traditional commemorative events. As the nation honours those who have served or are currently serving Australia, Studio 10 Presents: ANZAC DAY 2020 will check in with official commemorations and ceremonies across the country. Veterans past and present will feature, including renowned commando Damien Thomlinson, appearing live from his driveway. James Morrison will rouse patriotic pride with a rendition of The Last Postand there will be a powerful arrangement of I Was Only 19 by John Schumann. Other guests include Soldier On ambassador James Milliss discussing the supportive community of Australian Defence personnel, plus singer-songwriter and Vietnam veteran Normie Rowe.

NITV
8:30pm Never Forget Australia
9:30pm Lest We Forget Aboriginal Women
9:40pm Black Anzac
10:40pm Truth Be Told Lest We Forget