The period from 1978 through to the mid-1980s saw the ABC continue to strip "Doctor Who" in an early-evening weekday timeslot; typically it was Monday-Thursday or Monday–Friday, at either 6:00 or 6:30 pm. It would almost always screen throughout the year and, more often than not, it was paired with another program at 6:00: most notably "The Goodies"; but also others such as "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir", "Spike Milligan's Q" or ABC productions such as "Home" or "Sweet & Sour". "Doctor Who" would usually be followed by a single music video clip or some other suitably short program to fill the remaining five minutes before the 7pm news ("Doctor Who" episodes were generally 25 minutes long at the time). However, in early 1981 those who were eagerly awaiting the return of "Doctor Who" after the summer non-ratings period were dismayed to find an unknown Japanese fantasy series called "Monkey" screening in what had become the traditional timeslot for "The Goodies" & "Doctor Who". Following increasing complaints about the volume of "Doctor Who" repeats, the ABC took the decision not to screen the show at all during 1981.