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True Hollywood Stories: Football Wives Premiere
Venue	E!
Date	Thursday, 7th January
Time	@ 8:30pm
Stereotypes about the relationships of out-of-control NFL stars abound. The image of violent, promiscuous party animals - tempted by drugs, booze, and gold-digging groupies - as seen in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday - makes it hard to imagine how football wives be anything but hard-as-nails predators. But not all are money-grubbing floozies or bimbos. And the old saying - that behind every great man there stands a woman - applies just as much to pro-football as to any other career. Still, football wives do enjoy the perks that come with being married to a pro athlete: big houses, big cars, fame - and plenty of bling. But they also face the same challenges as other celebrity wives: the scrutiny of life in the public eye, the threat of groupies, and lots of alone time when hubby is on the road. THS explores the ups and downs of some of the NFL's hottest - and most diverse - wives. They include: Jennifer Walcott (Adam Archuletta), October Gonzalez (Tony Gonzalez), Christy Cooley (Chris Cooley) and Carmen Cousin (Terry Cousin).

Landline- Working Dogs
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday Nov 15th 2009
Time	12pm
Farm dogs - they hold an iconic place in Australia's pastoral landscape and have been working on farms for years. But just what is known about the types of farm dogs used in Australia. A national research study undertaken by behavioural scientist Dr Nick Branson of Deakin University in Geelong, has recently taken a look at working dogs across the nation to find out how long their working life is, how they're trained, and what problems are faced with training them. The results are now in, and Landline reporter Phil Tucak takes a look at the findings in this special report about Australia's working dogs.

iFight Shelby Marx Australian Premiere
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Saturday October 17
Time	6.30pm
Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) and Shelby Marx (Victoria Justice, Spectacular!/Zoey 101) are getting ready to rumble - and it's going to be a girl fight like no other! On Saturday October 17 from 10.00am, Nickelodeon presents a special all-day iCarly marathon featuring competition�themed episodes, culminating with the action-packed main event: the highly anticipated one-hour TV Event, 'iFight Shelby Marx'! The mixed-martial arts match of the year all begins when Carly jokes on her iCarly web show that she could beat Shelby Marx, the best female fighter in the world. Shelby then challenges Carly to an exhibition match as a promotional win-win for both girls, but when Carly accidentally pushes Shelby's grandmother at a press conference, Shelby considers it 'game on' and Carly finds herself up for a real fight! What will happen when Carly and Shelby get their gloves on and step into the ring? Whatever happens - it will make for a great show!

Hope Springs and The Bill
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 24 October 2009
Hope Springs 7:30pm Following the fortunes of Ellie (Alex Kingston - ER, Lost in Austen), Hannah (Sian Reeves), Shoo (Christine Bottomley) and Josie (Vinette Robinson), Hope Springs is a quirky and funny new drama for Saturday nights about four fabulous ex-cons trying to go straight. When the girls' long-held plan to start a new life in Barbados - courtesy of 3million pounds stolen from Ellie's gangster husband Roy - goes awry, they find themselves in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs. The Bill: Cry Wolf 8:35pm 17-year-old Caitlin Macey (Ruby Thomas) claims she was raped, but is very confused about the circumstances, and the boy she was with when she says it happened, denies any involvement. However, DCs Mickey Webb (Chris Simmons) and Jacob Banks (Patrick Robinson) decide to investigate further, because Caitlin is giving details, scant though they may be, that may turn out to be major clues.

Midsomer Murders: Garden Of Death
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 23 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
In episode one, Garden Of Death, the Inkpen-Thomas family, owners of Inkpen Manor in the village of Midsomer-Deverell, announce that their memorial garden will no longer be open to the public. The villagers are furious, and the decision churns up many old secrets in the town. Proud matriarch of the Inkpen family, Elspeth, shares the manor with Naomi (her daughter), Naomi's legitimate daughter Fliss and Naomi's put-upon illegitimate daughter, Hilary. All is not well in the Inkpen household. Fliss, spoiled and cruel, is resentful of the arrival of Hilary after many years of not knowing she existed. But while Fliss continues to live a pampered life, Hilary is treated as a kind of Cinderella figure - a servant to Elspeth, Naomi and Fliss. When Fliss is found dead in the garden, her head bashed in with a spade, she is the first of several people murdered in Midsomer-Deverell. Fliss's mother Naomi is the next to die mysteriously - are the murders somehow linked? What secrets does the Inkpen's memorial garden conceal? Does the gardener - who has been sleeping with both Fliss and Naomi - have something to do with the murders? And how might eminent local landowner, Augustus Deverell, be involved in the whole affair?

Dex Hamilton,Grand Designs Revisited and Catching Cancer
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 22 October 2009
Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist: Is This Part Of The Tour? 4:30pm Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is set in the year 3000. It follows 18-year-old, Dex as he races across the universe capturing incredible alien insects! Once back on Earth, Dex studies these amazing creatures at his insect sanctuary, Hamilton's Habitat, in Metro City. In the habitat he learns from these fascinating space creatures, while helping keep the natural balance of the galaxy. Dex is a hero - out to save the planet one bug at a time. His arch-rival, Colonel Syrrus, intends on using a swarm of dangerous insects to attack the galaxy. With his team of trusted junior entomologists, Dex must defeat Colonel and save the universe from an alien insect invasion! Grand Designs Revisited: Brighton Kevin McCloud revisits some of the homes featured in the first series of Grand Designs and catches up with the owners to see how they've settled into their dream homes. In this episode, he revisits a co-operative of ten families who built ten homes in Brighton, UK. Catching Cancer 8:30pm One in three of us will get cancer some time in life. The common cry at diagnosis is 'why me?'. We blame our genes, our environment and our lifestyle, but could we be overlooking another crucial cause? Across the world, a select group of scientists is hunting cancer-causing infections.

River Cottage Autumn Wednesday, Spicks And Specks and John Safran's Race Relations
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 21 October 2009
River Cottage Autumn Wednesday 6:10pm Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cooks and tastes his way through the abundant crops on offer in River Cottage Autumn, the definitive guide to locally produced seasonal food. Spicks And Specks 8:30pm Host Adam Hills and team captains, the rechargeable Alan Brough and the reconstructed Myf Warhurst, present another episode of music trivia, fun and frivolity. Alan's team mates this week are Megan Washington, a Brisbane-born singer songwriter who has been described as having 'an uncommonly beautiful voice', and Adam Rozenbachs, a comedian who loves heavy metal music. Myf's guests are INXS drummer Jon Farriss, and Scott Edgar, a musical comedian who cried at a Megan Washington concert! The very loud death metal band Internal Nightmare also make an appearance. John Safran's Race Relations 9:30pm Pasty bespectacled comic John Safran is back with an eight-part doc-comedy. And it's his most daring and personal adventure yet. It's about cross-cultural, interracial and interfaith love. Mass migration has changed everything. Today, chances are high that someone you get a crush on at school, meet at a club, or get chatting to by the photocopier will not be from your tribe.

The Sphinx Unmasked
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 20 October
Time	8:30pm
It is the largest free standing sculpture ever carved from a single block; an icon recognised around the globe. The Sphinx, a lion with the face of a mighty pharaoh, towers twenty metres high and stretches seventy metres long. It is a silent witness to thousands of years of history. For over 4,500 years it has stood guard in front of the Giza Pyramids, yet it remains one of history's most enigmatic mysteries. Based in Cairo, top Egyptologist Dr Vassil Dobrev has spent over twenty years researching the Sphinx, and has a theory that proposes a completely new and previously unrecognised pharaoh as the builder of the Sphinx. His name was Djedefre, and according to Dobrev's pioneering research, he was the true driving force behind some of the most remarkable structures in all of ancient Egypt. Yet to prove that this little-known king created this incredible monument, Dobrev must first crack a conundrum that has baffled Egyptologists for years - he must unmask the Sphinx to reveal the identity of its face. Yet the final proof lies in the intricacies of the design - does the Sphinx bear the face of the Djedefre's father, Khufu? To solve the mystery Dobrev forced his mind back 4,500 years to the time of the ancient Egyptians.

Talking Heads and Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 19 October 2009
Talking Heads 6:30pm We all know her as 'Cathy', an athletic wild cat ready to strike, but now a refocused 'Catherine' has found new energy running a foundation for Indigenous youth. On Talking Heads, Peter Thompson chats to Cathy/Catherine Freeman to find out how she's managed to refocus her energy since her stunning victory in the 400 metres at the Sydney Olympics. Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm Animal rights activists have threatened a series of attacks in London and the first victim - the daughter of a commercial laboratory owner - is in hospital. Gene (Philip Glenister) orders his team not to sleep until those responsible are behind bars.

Ganges: River Of Life and The 39 Steps
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 18 October 2009
Ganges: River Of Life 7:30pm We descend from the foothills of the Himalayas to join the Ganges on its journey across the vast Indian plains. On the way, we pass some of the greatest and most ancient cities, and witness how the Ganges has influenced Indian civilisation and wildlife for thousands of years. This episode takes us on a journey right across the vast central Indian plain. This was once the heart of India's wilderness, a thriving mosaic of jungle, grasslands and wetlands, home to tigers, elephants and wild buffalo. These plains are also the cradle of Indian civilisation. For 5,000 years empires have flourished and fallen along the banks of the Ganges. The 39 Steps 8:30pm Richard Hannay (Rupert Penry-Jones), a mining engineer back in London from Africa, is finding life incredibly dull. However, one night as he returns home after a night out on the town, a neighbour, Scudder (Eddie Marsan), bursts in, begging for protection from the German agents he claims are after him. Scudder says he works for the British Secret Service and has discovered an undercover German plot to steal British plans for the outbreak of war.

Otto Preminger Season: The Human Factor
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 24 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
This compelling spy-thriller was the last film directed by Preminger and in making it he brilliantly chose Tom Stoppard to adapt Graham Greene's novel. The 'human factor', exemplified by Greene in the novel, was the heart of the matter for so many of Preminger's films. Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) is a carefully organised and methodical lower level civil servant who happens to work for British Intelligence in the area of African affairs. He has a beautiful African wife (Iman), an adopted son, and a particularly English way of approaching his boring job. Everything is compartmentalised, ordered and devoid of passion. This rather ordinary man is approaching the safe end of his career when he becomes the object of a security check, an event that irretrievably changes his life and reveals him to have been a rather reluctant double agent who somehow slipped into treason, not for money or out of conviction, but for reasons that tragically confuse private and public loyalties. He loses everything. Forced to defect to Russia, Castle finds it all quite absurd and devastating.

Torchwood: Reset
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 23 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
In this episode, Captain Jack calls in Martha Jones (Freema Aygeman - Doctor Who) to investigate mysterious deaths. When the trail leads to a sinister medical testing centre, Martha must go undercover. However, has Torchwood under-estimated how far the testing centre will go to find medical breakthroughs? How safe are any of the Torchwood team? Alan Dale (The OC, Ugly Betty, 24, Lost) also guest-stars as Professor Aaron Copley, who runs a sinister medical research centre.

Billable Hours, beached az and The Graham Norton Show
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 22 October 2009
beached az: The Turtle 9:25pm beached az began as an online animation called 'Beached Whale' and is the story of a whale who finds himself beached on the shores of New Zealand. The clip was then uploaded to YouTube in April 2008, and became a household name among young people the world over. The Graham Norton Show 9:30pm Graham Norton, the multi-award winning comedy talk-show host, presents his talk show based on the people, trends, stories and aspects of celebrity culture that interest him most. Billable Hours: Birthday Suits 10:30pm Billable Hours is a fast-paced comedy series set in a Toronto office tower about three twenty-something lawyers ravaged by too much privilege and too little attention.

Britain's Conjoined Twins: Hope And Faith
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Time	9:30pm
In late 2008 in the UK 18-year-old Laura Williams became the youngest woman to give birth to conjoined twins after defying doctors' advice to have an abortion. Laura and her husband Aled decided to go against early medical advice and the two baby girls named Faith and Hope were delivered by Caesarean section in late December 2008 in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Joined from the breastbone to navel the twins had separate hearts and doctors were cautiously optimistic, however, due to medical complications the doctors were forced to perform the separation of the girls earlier than they would have liked, and tragically neither Faith nor Hope survived. This documentary follows the couple's heartbreaking story as it unfolds.

The Wire
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Time	9:30pm
In The Wire it's the money that matters and sometimes it takes a scavenging hunt to find it. Things can move slowly for an overworked, under-resourced police department in one of the most crime ridden, drug soaked cities in America. After his failed attempt to kill drug lord, Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), Omar (Michael K Williams) lies low while Proposition Joe (Robert Chew) arranges a truce between the warring parties. Judge Phelan (Peter Gerety) is losing friends and political support because of his assistance in the Barksdale investigation, nevertheless, the Judge is willing to sign another 30-day extension to the Barksdale phone taps. Meanwhile, Bubbles is making a valiant effort to go straight and summons Det. Shakima Greggs (Sonja Sohn), requesting a couple of hundred dollars for clean sheets and new clothes. An irritable but sympathetic Greggs promises to help.

The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 18 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
This decade has seen the greatest rise in the value of art in the history of the world as contemporary art prices increased by 800% from 2003 until 2008. The lustrous contemporary art bubble blew bigger and lasted longer than the global credit bubble, the property bubble and the oil bubble. On September 15, 2008, the day Lehmans collapsed bearing the worst financial news since 1929, Damien Hirst sold over 70 million pounds of his art at a Sotheby's auction that totalled 111 million pounds over two days. Art critic, art lover and filmmaker Ben Lewis spent all of 2008 investigating this bubble. Everywhere he went, the art world told him the boom would last forever, fuelled by a new passion from the world's super rich. He saw it as a bubble akin to tulip fever and was filming when it burst in spectacular fashion.

Brisbane Roar v Canberra United
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, October 3rd
Time	3pm
The grand final re-match between the inaugural W-League champions, Brisbane Roar, and runners-up Canberra United, at Brisbane's Ballymore Stadium, is sure to re-ignite the intense rivalry between these two exciting teams.

The Soup- new episodes
Venue	E!
Date	Sundays
Time	7 pm
Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips. A celebrity-heavy pop culture retrospective show in the guise of a weekly, hosted, studio-based award show that pits individuals against each other from the worlds of celebrity, sports, reality television, politics and general interest.

THS: Nelly Furtado
Venue	E!
Date	Thursday, 12th November
Time	8:30pm

Under the Knife: Celebrity Plastic Surgery
Venue	E!
Date	Thursday, 19th November
Time	8:30pm
Celebrity Plastic Surgery shows you a different side of some of your favorite TV faces as they risk it all to go under the knife. But these aren't just vanity stories. These celebs are undergoing life changing transformations. From repairing the scars from a previously botched surgery, to getting back into pre-baby shape, we'll follow the inspiring and heart-warming stories of these dramatic surgeries. Will there be any complications during or after surgery? What will they look like after surgery? Will the results be worth all the risk?

THS: Hollywood Ex-Wives
Venue	E!
Date	Thursday, 5th November
Time	8:30pm
THS: Hollywood Ex-Wives will deliver an intimate look at some of the women who've been married to Hollywood's biggest players - and how they've gone from rags to riches, and in some cases, back to rags. What's it like to be a 'normal citizen' before the marriage, and a paparazzi-pursued member of the elite class the morning after? The pre-nups, the perks, and the perils of being married to an A-lister.

THS Christina Aguilera
Venue	E!
Date	Sunday, 8th November
Time	@ 8:30pm
Christina Aguilera has achieved pop superstardom with her blend of smoky vocals and provocative moves. In her young career, she's done an about-face, going from crass to class - constantly re-inventing herself and keeping fans on their toes. THS will delve deep into the life of Christina through intimate interviews and candid confessionals from the diva herself.

Playhouse Disney Goes Green This October
Venue	Playhouse Disney
Date	From October 3rd 2009
Book	Playhousedisney.com.au.
To celebrate spring, this October, Playhouse Disney is featuring green-themed programming, including special episodes and stunts, as well as interstitials. The conservation-themed episodes of 'Handy Manny', 'Finley the Fire Engine','Bob the Builder', 'Higglytown Heroes' and 'Stanley' will air on 3rd October from 3-6 p.m. In other 'green' happenings, 'Dorothy the Dinosaur', everyone's favourite green dinosaur from Rosy Town, will premiere on Playhouse Disney on 5th October. And finally, new episodes of 'Handy Manny' will air throughout October as part of the 'Get Handy with Manny Hour', daily at 7:35 a.m. beginning 5th October.

The Go Show
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Fridays: 16th October - Friday 13th November
Time	7pm
The Go Show is back, with five fresh new hosts and an edgy, mashed-up format to inject some attitude into Friday nights! Nickelodeon's magazine-style show has been juiced up with new, kid-generated content, fresh music, mad skits, celebrity interviews, awesome competitions, and an access-all-areas sneak peek at the secret preparations for Nick's biggest night of the year... the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Fresh Hosts: Dash & Will Luke & Wyatt Tom Schuster

Otto Preminger Season: The Cardinal
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 17 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
Critics have called this poignant Church drama perhaps Otto Preminger's finest film. Starring Carol Lynley, John Huston, Romy Schneider, and Tom Tryon, The Cardinal is the story of a Boston Irish-American priest whose inner spiritual journey is tested by the politics of the Church.

Torchwood: Adam
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 16 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
In this episode, an alien with the power to change memories (Bryan Dick - Bleak House, Blackpool) infiltrates Torchwood. Can the team save themselves from Adam before it's too late? With Captain Jack caught up in memories of his lost family, and Gwen struggling to remember Rhys, it takes Jack's love of Ianto to reveal the truth. But there’s always a price to pay. Captain Jack (John Barrowman) returns, as the Torchwood team reunites to fight a rogue Time Agent.

beached az: The Duck
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 15 October 2009
Time	9:25pm
beached az began as an online animation called 'Beached Whale' and is the story of a whale who finds himself beached on the shores of New Zealand. The clip was then uploaded to YouTube in April 2008, and became a household name among young people the world over. Following the huge success of the viral video, the ABC commissioned a short TV series of 11 x 1 minute (approx) digital animations, where the whale continues his attempts to get off the beach, meeting some interesting characters along the way. In tonight's episode he meets the duck and his ducklings, who initially at least, think the whale is dead...

ABC2 Live Presents Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Time	8:00pm
Renowned director Jim Sharman directs this bold new production of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, while popular conductor Simon Hewett will be at the podium to conduct the rousing performance. Mozart's comic romance features a hand-picked cast of young singers including Rachelle Durkin, Sian Pendry, Henry Choo and Shane Lowrencev. Cosi Fan Tutte is the final collaboration between Mozart and Da Ponte. After the success of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, the creative duo turned their hands to a more domestic tale of young love.

The Beast: Mercy
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Time	8:45pm
Our dynamic duo have to confront their own painful wartime memories tonight when homeless military veterans are being targeted on Chicago's gritty skid row. In the wake of the brutal murder of two homeless vets, FBI veteran Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) and his rookie partner Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel), visit the local hospital where Dr Eli Blake (John Heard) specialises in post traumatic stress disorders.

The Jewel In The Crown
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 11 October 2009
Time	10:10pm
It's February 1942, and the Japanese Army has conquered Burma and is threatening to invade neighbouring India. Meanwhile, Gandhi is calling for the British to 'Quit India'. In the town of Mayapore, Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith) arrives to search the sanctuary run by Sister Ludmila (Matyelok Gibbs), an expatriate Russian who cares for the poor, and immediately takes an interest in the sanctuary's latest guest- a young Indian who, the previous night, had been found dead drunk on the banks of the river that divides the Indian and British communities. In response to Merrick's peremptory questions, the new arrival, Hari Kumar (Art Malk) claims in perfect English that he cannot understand his native tongue. Despite Sister Ludmila's attempts to mediate, Hari is taken into custody.

The Wild Gourmets, Heart And Soul, The Bill and Taggart
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 17 October 2009
Time	6:00pm - 9:20pm
The Wild Gourmets: Suffolk 6:00pm They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but cook Tommi Miers and writer and adventurer Guy Grieve don't agree. Heart And Soul 7:30pm A confrontation with Michael (Neil Pearson) about Kyle (Richard Fleeshman) finally gives Esther (Sarah Lancashire) an opportunity to vent the hurt and anger she has felt since he left. The Bill: Die By The Sword 8:30pm Bashing victim Danny Sissoulu (Tunji Lucas) dies in hospital and his assault case becomes a murder inquiry. Taggart: Lunch Club 9:20pm Murder strikes close to home for the Taggart team when DCI Matt Burke's (Alex Norton) elderly father is found dead in suspicious circumstances in his flat on the banks of the Clyde.

Hunter
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 16 October 2009
In a quiet caravan park on a summer's afternoon a seveN-year-old boy goes missing. Miles away -in a seemingly unconnected case - another seven-year-old boy is also reported missing - taken from a children's play area. These incidents at first appear random, until it emerges that the boys live in the same area. Barclay (Hugh Bonneville) and his team, including fast-tracked DI Zoe Larson (Eleanor Matsuura) and experienced officer DS Nick Dyer (Geoffrey Streatfeild), struggle to find links between the boys, or clues to their whereabouts. They are increasingly hampered by the force's senior management and a home office determined not to negotiate with the kidnappers. Frustrated at the speed of events and the team's lack of progress Barclay calls upon his old colleague and trusted friend Amy Foster (Janet McTeer) to help.

Whale Patrol
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 15 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
This exhilarating and moving story tells of the fight to protect the migrating whale population off the coast of Western Australia. Nearly 17,000 humpback whales leave their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic every year to make the perilous journey to the breeding sites in the tropical waters off Western Australia. It's a trip they have made for thousands of years and it is fraught with danger. Breathtaking footage and unprecedented access show the threats to the whales that come from both winter storms and from potentially fatal man-made obstacles. But thankfully, a team of elite wildlife officers known as the Whale Patrol, led by veteran Dough Coughran, are on the alert to disentangle the creatures from the obstacle course of nets, buoys and ropes.

United States Of Tara: Miracle
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 14 October
Time	9:30pm
With Max (John Corbett) and Dr Holden's (Joel Gretsch) help, Tara (Toni Collette) meets face-to-face with an important person from her past. This meeting, while difficult leaves Tara feeling conciliatory and expansive.

The Mysterious Death Of Cleopatra and Fear, Stress And Anger: Menopause
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Time	8:30pm - 9:25pm
The Mysterious Death Of Cleopatra 8:30pm Egypt's last pharaoh, femme fatale, romantic icon, the ancient world's most famous woman, the lover of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the ruler of the Egyptian empire. This is the historical image of Cleopatra - a woman who died for love, the victim of a self-inflicted snakebite. Fear, Stress And Anger: Menopause 9:25pm Julie begins to lose the plot as she thinks she is starting menopause and that her life is now over and she might as well die.

Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 12 October 2009
Time	9:35pm
DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), DS Ray Carling (Dean Andrews) and DC Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster) are in hot pursuit of a major car thief named Jed Wicklow. Gene is determined to catch him, but the thief's driving becomes more erratic and the chase ends in tragedy and Gene stands accused of death by dangerous driving. Alex is adamant there was something wrong with Jed at the wheel and sets out to prove the crash wasn’t Gene's fault.

Ganges and Jonathan Creek
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 11 October 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
Ganges: Daughter Of The Mountains 7:30pm A landmark series exploring how the mighty River Ganges has shaped the wildlife, culture and beliefs of India. Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man 8:30pm At midnight on Midsummer's Day 1938, a famous Harvard geneticist, Eli Mencken, accepts a challenge to spend the night inside a gloomy old attic room where the ghost of a madman is said to prey upon human flesh.

Otto Preminger Season: Advise And Consent
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 10 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
Starring Charles Laughton, Don Marruat and Henry Fonda, Otto Preminger's Advise And Consent is a probing examination of the seedy underbelly of politics. Arguably one of the best films of its genre ever made, it is certainly one of the most important and effective of Otto Preminger's career.

beached az: The Stingray
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 8 October 2009
Time	9:25pm
beached az began as an online animation called 'Beached Whale' and is the story of a whale who finds himself beached on the shores of New Zealand.

Afro Samurai
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 5 October 2009
Time	10:30pm
Voiced by Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Perlman, Afro Samurai is an epic tale of a black samurai's hunt for justice, the world's greatest fighter and his father's murderer.

Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll and Hornblower
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 4 October 2009
Time	5:00pm-8:30pm
Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll: The 60s Revealed 5:00pm Forty years ago, TV presenter Bernard Braden began a remarkable project. Hornblower: Loyalty 8:30pm In this repeat screening of the popular series, Hornblower, the newly promoted Commander Hornblower sails for England and en route off the west coast of Ireland, encounters the sloop Hotspur, which has been captured by the French.

Dangerous Jobs For Girls and The Dark Side Of Fame
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Time	8:30pm - 9:30pm
Dangerous Jobs For Girls: Loggers 8:30pm In the second episode of this four-part series we are in British Columbia in Western Canada. The Dark Side Of Fame: Pamela Anderson 9:30pm The road to fame can be a long one. However, there is a short cut - just take off all your clothes!

Coach Trip, The Beast
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Time	7:30pm-9:30pm
Coach Trip 7:30pm This travel-meets-reality show that sees a group of contestants who've never met before, thrown together on a dream holiday that could become a road trip from hell! Fourteen ill-assorted strangers are crammed onto a bus going around Europe, and it isn’t long before some of them want to get off... The Beast: Capone 8:45pm In a dark episode of The Beast full of deceit and duplicity, Lou Diamond Philips makes a guest appearance. The Wire 9:30pm Quality drama continues in The Wire tonight when Omar goes hunting and McNulty'S family does some sleuthing.

skippy: Australia's first super star
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, September 17
Time	at 8.30pm
Narrated by Magda Szubanski, this one-hour documentary is a warm, witty, affectionate and definitive look at one of Australia's most cherished TV stars, Skippy the bush kangaroo. Everybody remembers Skippy. The family show about the kid and the kangaroo that was sold in 128 countries, watched by hundreds of millions worldwide and put Australia firmly on the global map. For those of a certain generation, the heroic marsupial is synonymous with their childhood, often in more profound ways than they realise... The film is both a tribute to the forward-thinking and hard-working souls who created the ground-breaking series, and also an analysis of how they did it, and what it meant for all those millions of viewers around the world. Skippy: Australia's First Super Star also pays appropriate homage to the millions of viewers around the world who enjoyed the show each week, by talking to members of the public in the street about their memories and stories of Skippy. Fast, fun, entertaining, and undoubtedly nostalgic, the film leaves the viewer laughing, crying and ultimately realising the importance of a TV series that finally showed Australian stories could, and did, find a worldwide audience.

New Inventors: Bright Spark
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday 16th September
On Wednesday 16th September the New Inventors will be hosting its 'Bright Spark' special, featuring inventive kids around the country - as panellists, inventors and audience members! And these incredible kids are available for interview about their amazing inventions! There's even a mini James O'Loghlin! PANELLISTS WILL INCLUDE: Rachel Latimer (NSW) Lisa Bell (VIC) Arda Yilmaz (QLD) INVENTORS WILL INCLUDE: Hunter Conochie (Gold Coast, QLD) - SURFVIBE Heidi Goodall (Murwillumbah, NSW) - WHALE CALF FEEDER Austin Teakel (Wagga Wagga, NSW) - VISIBILITY VEST Along with The Inventor of the Year, The People's Choice Winner, and the Les is More 'Big Heart' Award, The Young Inventors' Bright Spark Award, will be presented in The New Inventors Grand Final 2009.

Football, Heart And Soul, The Bill and Cold Blood
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 3 October 2009
Time	3:00pm - 9:20pm
Football: W-League: Brisbane Roar Vs Canberra United 3:00pm The second season of the women's national football league - 'Westfield W-League' - kicks off in style on Saturday in a LIVE telecast of the opening game between last year's grand finalists- Brisbane Roar and Canberra United. Heart And Soul 7:30pm Michael's choir is rehearsing hard for the North West choral competition. Determined not to be outdone by the rival choir, Jimmy and Olive enter Esther's choir - without telling her. They eventually come clean and Esther is persuaded to take part. When it comes to the competition, both Michael and Esther's choir make it through to the finals, in spite of Esther's unusual choice of repertoire. The Bill: Conviction: Judgement Day 8:30pm People-trafficker Jason Devlin goes on trial and Sgt. Smith prepares to give evidence. The police convince an Afghani refugee to testify, but his appearance is in doubt when his young relative goes missing. Police believe Jason Devlin and his father Matthew are responsible. Cold Blood: Dead And Buried 9:20pm When a soldier is blown up during a stealth exercise and the body of a woman is found buried at the site of the explosion, DI Norton and the team move in to investigate.

Hunter
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 2 October 2009
Time	8:30pm
This drama tracks five pivotal, non-sequential days surrounding a sensational abduction case involving an attractive young mother in suburban England. The story begins when the mother, Leanne, takes her two young children to visit their great-grandfather in a retirement home. Stopping to buy flowers from a van parked off a highway, Leanne inexplicably vanishes, leaving her children abandoned in a car.

Australia's Heritage, Catalyst and Tribal Wedding
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 1 October 2009
Time	6:50pm-8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Bonegilla 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Catalyst: Prostate Testing 8:00pm Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths among males. Testing for it involves a simple blood test to measure the Prostate Specific Antigen, or PSA test. For years, public health messages encouraging 'early cancer detection' have been loud and clear. We've all been told that the best defence against cancer is to get tested and for the earliest possible detection and treatment. But prostate cancer is different. It is estimated that 50% of screened prostate cancers are never destined to cause you symptoms, let alone kill you. So there are an awful lot of men receiving potentially harmful treatments with serious side effects such as impotence and incontinence. Dr Maryanne Demasi investigates the pros and cons of cancer screening. Tribal Wedding 8:30pm Two Sydneysiders question the notion of civilised society. They are marrying into Vanuatu's tribal culture, a rich and sustainable existence.

River Cottage Spring, The New Inventors, Spicks And Specks, Hungry Beast and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Time	6:10pm-9:30pm
River Cottage Spring 6:10pm Tonight, Hugh picks his favourite vegetables and foraged foods from River Cottage and cooks what's in season right now. As it's the start of June, lettuce and spinach are brimming over in the kitchen garden and dandelion and burdock in the hedgerow... cue lots of delicious recipes. The New Inventors 8:00pm The New Inventors brings you the best in new Australian inventions. Inventions featured on the program: RAYMAX - by inventors Ray Ng and Max Cherry from VIC. HY TRI PACK - by inventor Tony Henry from VIC. INTERNAL BORE CASING CUTTER - by inventor Chris Davidson from QLD. Spicks And Specks 8:30pm Spicks And Specks takes a trip back to the '70s. There's a touch of the Blankety Blanks about Spicks And Specks this week as Australia's favourite music quiz show celebrates the music of the '70s. Hungry Beast 9:00pm The media is a hungry beast - it devours everything and is never satisfied. Now, 19 newcomers to television - recruited after a nationwide call for young talent - are being given the opportunity by the ABC to feed the beast. United States Of Tara: Betrayal 9:30pm When Dr Ocean (Valerie Mahaffey) decides it's time for Tara (Toni Collette) to see a more experienced therapist and unexpectedly terminates her treatment, it throws Tara into a total meltdown.

Athens, Fear, Stress And Anger and Artscape
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Time	8:30pm-10:00pm
Athens: The Truth About Democracy 8:30pm Historian Bettany Hughes explores the 'Golden Age' of ancient Athens at the dawn of democracy. Can Athenian democracy live up to its reputation as the place that we in the West cherish as the birthplace of freedom, equality and free speech? By looking behind the myth Bettany Hughes discovers what was really going on in Golden Age Athens. Fear, Stress And Anger: Julie's Interview 9:25pm Julie Chadwick has the chance of a promotion with the retirement of her planning boss at the Town Hall. She thinks the job is a given but must undergo the interview procedure all the same. Martin and their daughters Lucy and Chloe promise to help on her profile raising, but end up making her look downright incompetent. Artscape: Life Is Elsewhere 10:00pm Amy and Claire Spiers are both artists. They are also identical twins. They weren't always aware they were lesbians, but when Amy came out, a year later so did her sister. It seems no matter what happens in life - the twins are always in competition with one another.

Talking Heads, Bob The Builder Special and Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 28 September 2009
Time	6:30pm-9:35pm
Talking Heads: Jackie French 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads, Peter Thompson is joined by an author who describes her writing career as 'having spanned 17 years, 48 wombats, 132 books, 23 languages, 3721 bush rats, over 50 awards in Australia and overseas, six possibly insane lyrebirds, assorted Burke's Backyard's segments, radio shows, newspaper and magazine columns, theories of pest and weed ecology and 27 shredded back doormats'. Bob The Builder Special: Race To The Finish 10:00am Bob The Builder: Race To The Finish, which features the voice of Neil Morrissey, find's Bob and his team charged with a very special project. It's the first ever Sunflower Valley Games and Bob and the team have the biggest job to do, which is to build a huge sports stadium. For such a huge project, Bob brings in some very special help from the big city - two new machines called Gripper and Grabber. Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm Alex (Keeley Hawes) is 24 hours from the event that changed her life - the murder of her parents in a car bomb. She believes that if she can save her parents, she will get home to her daughter in 2008. Her childhood memories of the day are vague, so, armed with that information, she makes her parents' death into a 'case' - a crime that hasn’t happened.

Yellowstone, Midsomer Murders and Compass
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 27 September 2009
Time	7:30pm - 10:05pm
Yellowstone: Summer 7:30pm As the spring melts the winter snow, the full extent of Yellowstone is gradually revealed. Now, from the surrounding lowlands, herds of elk, pronghorn and bison return from their winter feeding grounds to take advantage of America's richest natural grasslands, right in the heart of Yellowstone. Midsomer Murders 8:30pm John Nettles and Jason Hughes are back investigating deadly deeds and gruesome goings-on in a brand new series of Midsomer Murders. In episode five a burglar is on the loose, and people are beginning to die... Compass: What Should I Do? Part One 10:05pm Once upon a time the big decisions in life were about births, deaths and marriages. But today many of our little, everyday decisions have grown into big dilemmas.

Yo Gabba Gabba!
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	Sunday September 20
Time	from 10am
After leaving their fans screaming for more on their Australian tour, Nick Jr.'s award-winning live-action music series Yo Gabba Gabba! rocks the small screen in a marathon special this September. Preschoolers will be groovin' to the funky Yo Gabba Gabba! songs in this Gabba-thon celebration.

Blues Clues
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	Sunday September 13
Time	from 10am
Why do kids love Blue's Clues? Because the show 'empowers, challenges, and builds the self-esteem of preschoolers while making them laugh,' according to Dr. Alice Wilder, director of research for Blue's Clues. Join Blue and Joe for an all day play-along, think-along adventure with all your favourite episodes of Blue's Clues. The show stars a live-action host named Joe and an energetic, bright blue puppy named Blue. In each episode, Joe invites viewers into his computer-animated storybook world to help him and Blue solve the day's puzzles.

Sunday Marathon Specials: Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	Sunday September 6
Time	from 10am
Your favourite episodes of Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom all day long! From BAFTA award winning Astley Baker Davis, creators of Peppa Pig comes Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. Holly, a young fairy Princess, is still learning how to fly and her magic doesn't always go quite according to plan. Her Best friend, Ben Elf, doess't have wings and he doesn't do magic. But elves are very good at making things, especially toys. They live in the Little Kingdom, a tiny land where flowers and grass rise above the tallest towers.

Super Why!
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	Daily from Tuesday September 1
Time	at 6.00pm
The Super Why! mission is to inspire children to develop a lifelong love of reading and books by rediscovering classic fairy tales through questions and problem solving.

Lah-Lah
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	Monday-Sunday
Time	8am and 4pm weekdays and Saturdays and Sundays at 12pm
A dancing double bass, singing saxophone and an accordion that sneezes when he squeezes! Welcome to Lah-Lah - a fantastical new kid's show introducing children to the magical world of music.

The Naked Brothers Band - Movie Special: Naked Idol
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Saturday September 19
Time	at 6.30pm
Heartbreak looms for Nat Wolff when Rosalina contemplates dropping out of the band and out of his life once and for all in the new Naked Brothers Band TV movie, 'Naked Idol'. The TV movie welcomes famed bass players, David Desrosiers of Simple Plan and Tobin Esperance of Papa Roach, as well as comedian Dave Attell.

True Jackson VP
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Every Tuesday in September
Time	at 6.20pm
Starring Keke Palmer as True Jackson find out what happens to True from the homeroom to the boardroom on the new episodes of True Jackson VP throughout September. What would you do if you landed your dream job as a big shot in a major label and you were only 15? How would you decorate your office? Who would you hire? True Jackson gets the chance of a lifetime when she is hired by her idol, president of Mad Max, Max Madigan, played by Comedian Greg Proops (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) as the new the company Vice President of youth apparel in his fashion empire!

Fairly OddParents
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Monday October 19 to Friday October 23
Time	at 5pm
Ballistic babysitters... Off-the-wall parents... Boring Video games... What's a 10 year old to do? If you're Timmy Turner, all you gotta do is turn to your magical, mystical and totally messed up Fairy Godparents for help. But when the Fairies involved are as wacky as Cosmo and Wanda you might get more of their 'help' then you bargained for!

Fright Fest: Halloween marathon
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Saturday 31 October
Time	from 10am â€" 8pm
Nickelodeon increases the scare factor this October and spooks up the screen with haunting Halloween specials all day long! Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween - Premiere Movie at 12.30pm The Mighty B! 'Catatonic' - 4.45pm True Jackson VP, 'The Dance' - at 5.40pm

iFight Shelby Marx: Double episode special
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Saturday October 17
Time	at 6.30pm
Get set for an iCarly marathon leading up to the main event - the special new double episode, 'iFight Shelby Marx'! One of Nickelodeon's top five programs, iCarly features Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay, a 13-year-old that lives with her twenty-six year old brother and guardian Spencer. Carly produces her own web show called iCarly from a studio she constructed in the attic of her home.

Nickelodeon's Australian Kids Choice Awards 2009 Voting NOW OPEN
Venue	Nickelodeon: Nickelodeon.com.au
Date	until Sunday November 1st!
Voting is now open for Nickelodeon's Australian Kids Choice Awards 2009, and the slime is primed! It's your chance to decide which stars score a prestigious Nickelodeon blimp - the one award which kids alone have the power to bestow. Will long time Kids Choice Burp Award champion Rove McManus be de-crowned? What international star will see their name in orange alongside past winners such as Zac Efron, Good Charlotte and WWE star John Cena? And who will win the first ever platinum blimp? Log onto the Nick Shack at Nickelodeon.com.au to have your say today, and be watching Nickelodeon on Friday November 13th for the slimiest awards show of the year!

The Go Show
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Fridays from 16 October - 6 November
Time	7pm
In the lead up to the biggest Aussie Kids Choice Awards yet, Nickelodeon brings you the all new series of the Go Show featuring surprise hosts, twisted kid-generated content, music, mad skits, celeb interviews, awesome VIP prizes, and best of all, an access-all-areas peek at the secret preparations for Nick's biggest night of the year...the KCAs.

The Penguins of Madagascar
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Monday November 9 - Friday November 13
Time	5pm
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private are an elite strike force with top-tier commando skills and a world-class secret headquarters. At least, that's how Skipper would describe them. Others might say they're four cute penguins living among their animal brethren at the Central Park Zoo. But no matter, the penguins are too busy maintaining order to care what others think. Only one thing is capable of distracting them from their mission: their obnoxious new neighbour, King Julien. This party animal, and self-proclaimed 'King of the Lemurs,' has just arrived at the zoo and he's looking to shake things up a bit. Uh oh, there goes the neighbourhood!

iCarly
Venue	Nickelodeon
Date	Friday November 13
Time	6:10pm
Two Australian premiere special episodes of iCarly have been saved and locked in the Nickelodeon vault only to be opened and viewed on a special occasion - and the time has come! In the lead up to the biggest kids' event on the Australian calendar, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009! iMust Have Locker 239 and iTake On Dingo

VFL Grand Final LIVE
Venue	ABC HD
Date	Friday, September 25th
Time	from 7pm.
ABC TV today announced plans to telecast the 2009 Victorian Football League Grand Final live across the nation on its High Definition channel (ABC HD) on Friday, September 25th from 7pm. ABC TV will also telecast a full replay of the VFL Grand Final on its main channel (ABC1) for Victorian viewers from 10pm on Friday, September 25th. Highlights of the game will also screen in Victoria on ABC1 between 12-noon and 2pm on Saturday, September 26th. Head of ABC TV Sports & Events, Justin Holdforth, said the live telecast and replays would give passionate footy followers in Victoria and across Australia an enviable choice of viewing options.

Strictly Speaking

ABC TV today announced that The Chasers very own multi-talented singing comic Andrew Hansen will be at the helm of the new ABC TV series Strictly Speaking. Andrew will host this new 13 x half-hour prime-time television talent show with a twist. With the title of 'Australia's Best Public Speaker' up for grabs, Strictly Speaking is a competition that puts speaking at the centre of thestage. The series will begin shooting in Sydney in September and will air on ABC TV in early 2010. A recent call for entries amassed 1500 applications from all states and territories, with 320 auditions being held for the final 27 contestant spots.

Heart And Soul, The Bill and Cold Blood
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 26 September 2009
Time	7:30pm - 9:20pm
Heart And Soul 7:30pm Sofija and Nemanja, choir members and recent arrivals from Serbia, are hoping that Michael's choir will sing at their wedding. But Jabba takes against Nemanja when he is offered Jabba’s cherished solo spot. To make matters worse, Jake has asked Nemanja to renovate the community space in the church. The Bill: Conviction: City Riot 8:30pm In the wake of their poor performance in controlling a riot on the local estate, Insp. Rachel Weston (Claire Goose) takes her officers on a public order training exercise. Cold Blood: Interference 9:20pm Powerful police drama starring John Hannah, Jemma Redgrave and Matthew Kelly, and this week guest starring Russell Brand.

George Gently: Gently Through The Mill
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 25 September 2009
Time	8:30pm
A small town mill owner is found hanging from the rafters shortly before the general election and it looks like suicide. However, Detective Inspector George Gently and his sidekick Detective Sergeant John Bacchus suspect foul play when the mill secretary confirms there is money missing from the office safe.

Australia's Heritage, Catalyst and Rodney's Robot Revolution
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 24 September 2009
Time	6:50pm -8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Rules Of AFL 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia’s National Heritage List. Catalyst: Giant Cuttlefish 8:00pm What has three hearts, blue blood, a beak like a parrot, and can change its colour in a second? The answer is a cuttlefish, and right now in spring-time, the eggs of one particular species - the giant Australian cuttlefish - are starting to hatch. Rodney's Robot Revolution 8:30pm Come on a nail-biting journey as robot scientist Rodney Brooks attempts to build a robot as sophisticated as a human being.

River Cottage Spring, The New Inventors and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Time	6:10pm-9:30pm
River Cottage Spring 6:10pm Fresh produce is bursting into season across the country's fields, allotments and gardens and as spring reaches its peak, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cooks and tastes his way through the abundant crops on offer in River Cottage Spring, the definitive guide to locally produced, seasonal food. The New Inventors 8:00pm Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors showcases the best new Australian inventions, from the innovative to the inspirational, the weird and the wonderful. Inventions featured on the program: FINGER HINGE - by inventor David Ashard from NSW. FASTRACK - by inventor Cameron Oldfield from NSW. HYDROGEL SCAFFOLDS - by inventors Cameron Ferris and Marc in het Panhuis from NSW. United States Of Tara: Possibility 9:30pm Needing a break from real life, Kate (Brie Larson) and Tara (Toni Collette) head out on an impromptu road trip. Max (John Corbett) uses the time away from Tara to search for answers about her past as he tries to track down Trip Johanssen.

The Wild West, Fear, Stress And Anger and Artscape
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Time	8:30pm - 10:00pm
The Wild West: The Gunfight At The OK Corral 8:30pm The gunfight at the OK Corral was the classic Western shoot-out. It eventually turned one man into a great American hero and a symbol of the nation. His name was Wyatt Earp. Fear, Stress And Anger: Stress And Drugs 9:25pm Martin's stress levels are soaring as his worry about being jobless and in debt mount. Teaching daughter Chloe to drive doesn't help, especially when she smacks up the rear end of another car. Artscape: Connected By Light 10:00pm Connected By Light is a visually rich documentary that follows internationally acclaimed Australian media-artist Lynette Wallworth, as she creates a new work Duality of Light.

Talking Heads and Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 21 September 2009
Time	6:30pm and 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Guy Cooper 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads, Peter Thompson's guest is Guy Cooper, the recently-retired director of Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo. Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm Fund-raiser Gill Hollis has spent the last year travelling Great Britain in a bathtub of beans raising money for Children in Need. So, when he is shot in the arm and robbed of all the money he raised, DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) and the team need to do all they can to bring the robbers to justice.

Yellowstone and Midsomer Murders
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 20 September 2009
Time	7:30pm & 8:30pm
Yellowstone: Winter 7:30pm In this portrait of a year in Yellowstone, we follow the fortunes of America's wildlife icons as they face the challenges of one of the most extraordinary wildernesses on Earth. Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness. Midsomer Murders: Small Mercies 8:30pm John Nettles and Jason Hughes are back investigating deadly deeds and gruesome goings-on in a brand new series of Midsomer Murders. In episode five, Small Mercies, Gulliver's Travels is re-enacted at a model village as the first of a series of mysterious murders.

INSIGHT - The State of Emergency
Venue	SBS
Date	Tuesday, 1 September
Time	7:30pm
Can we fix our ailing hospital emergency departments? Doctors and nurses say they're struggling to cope and this can sometimes lead to tragic consequences. According to one study, overcrowded emergency departments are responsible for up to 1,500 deaths a year, as high as the nation's road toll. Join INSIGHT as we hear from doctors and nurses who work in emergency and the patients who turn up there. What every patient should know when an emergency arises.

Movie: The Glenn Miller Story
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 19 September 2009
Time	8:30pm
A dramatisation of the life of the trombone player who became one of the most popular big-band leaders of all time. The Glenn Miller Story stars James Stewart, Charles Drake, Frances Langford, Harry Morgan, June Allyson, and Louis Armstrong.

Cranford and Hornblower
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 13 September 2009
Time	7:30pm-8:30pm
Cranford: April 1843 7:30pm Matty (Judi Dench) suffers great disappointment and, in a nostalgic mood one evening, decides to confide in Mary (Lisa Dillon) about Mr Holbrook (Michael Gambon) and how things were put asunder by a trick played by her younger brother, Peter (Martin Shaw), who then ran away in disgrace to India and has not been seen since. Hornblower: The Frogs And The Lobsters 8:30pm In this repeat screening of Hornblower, Hornblower's ship, the Indefatigable, together with three other ships carrying French emigre troops (the Frogs) and British infantrymen (Lobsters) is sent to aid an attempted coup against the Republican Government by French Royalist counter-revolutionaries.

Torchwood and Being Erica
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 18 September 2009
Time	8:30pm - 9:30pm
Torchwood: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 8:30pm Captain Jack (John Barrowman) returns, as the Torchwood team reunites to fight a rogue Time Agent. Being Erica: The Secret Of Now 9:30pm In order to conquer her fear of confrontation, Erica is sent back to her first semester of university to finally stand up for herself against the daunting Professor Lozar. Back then, she had been humiliated by him during a lecture, and ran out of the room, never dealing with the issues it brought up. So Dr Tom sends her back to deal with it differently.

beached az and Pulling
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 17 September 2009
Time	9:25pm - 10:00pm
beached az: The Snail 9:25pm beached az began as an online animation called 'Beached Whale' and is the story of a whale who finds himself beached on the shores of New Zealand. A passing seagull stops to find out what has happened, and so begins a meaningless, but hilarious conversation - how is this whale going to get back into the sea when he is 'so beached'? Pulling 10:00pm Karen wakes up with a dead mouse and a live cat in her bedroom. She decides to keep the cat. But it's bleeding from its bottom. Ian's mum dies and Donna is able to offer the most banal of platitudes that suddenly lead her to believe she is a natural counsellor. Karl bumps into Tanya in the supermarket and accepts an invitation to a little party at Tanya's house - which turns out to be an intimate double date. With him as Tanya's date.

Family Brat Camp
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Time	9:25pm
Now that the families are attuned to the wilderness, it's time for them to resolve some of the dynamics that have led them down the path of destruction. Continuing in their separate groups, the mums, dads and teenagers struggle to get along. The separation proves too difficult for one set of parents, who turn against the course philosophy. For others, accepting responsibility for the mistakes they have made and their hopes for the future are tough pills to swallow. Once reunited, the families are forced to put what they have learnt to the test in the ultimate trust exercise... 40 feet above the ground! Can years of pain and resentment be put to one side in order to work together as a family in their toughest physical and emotional challenge yet?

The Beast and The Wire
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Time	8:45pm - 9:30pm
The Beast: Infected 8:45pm Family issues test the resolve of good hearted rookie undercover agent Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) tonight with the unexpected arrival of his ex-con younger brother Will (Rob Rowland). The Wire 9:30pm Let the game begin - homicide detective Jimmy McNulty is committed to nailing West Baltimore's drug dealing king pin - by any means necessary. Utilising sophisticated wiretaps and heightened surveillance, Det. McNulty (Dominic West) hopes the specially formed homicide/narcotics squad can bust the elusive Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) and his gang, but Barksdale is already worried his phones are tapped.

The Urban Monkey With Murray Foote and Josh Pyke
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 14 September 2009
Time	8:55pm - 10:30pm
The Urban Monkey With Murray Foote: Conception 8:55pm In the tradition of Alby Mangels, Steve Irwin, Harry Butler and The Bush Tucker Man - comes Murray Foote - animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke and ladies man. triple j tv presents Josh Pyke 10:30pm Singer/songwriter and all around nice guy, Josh Pyke, played an exclusive gig for triple j at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory. A queue of hundreds stretched down Oxford Street trying to get in to an amazing free show put on by triple j.

Heart And Soul, The Bill and Cold Blood
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 19 September 2009
Time	7:30pm-9:20pm
Heart And Soul 7:30pm Shrek (Clive Rowe) is the church caretaker and a keen member of the choir. When, prompted by Layla (Sarah Alexander), Michael (Neil Pearson) forces the whole choir to audition. The Bill: Conviction: Walk The Line 8:30pm After police manage to subdue Afghan rioters on the local estate, Sgt. Smith (Alex Walkinshaw) comes across suspected people-smuggler Jason Devlin (Guy Flanagan) standing menacingly over an unconscious DC Stevie Moss (Lucy Speed). Cold Blood 9:20pm In the second episode, the grip starts to tighten in this taut thriller starring John Hannah and Jemma Redgrave...

Collectors and George Gently
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 18 September 2009
Time	8:00pm - 8:30pm
Collectors 8:00pm Tonight on Collectors we have a program of infinite variety and sparkle. Jon Williamson is a scavenger and collector of discarded metal contraptions; bird skulls, bits of timber and patterned creations of nature such as sea urchins. Deconstructed typewriters and piano keyboards are the favoured feed-stock for his resultant gothic-style jewellery. George Gently: Gently In The Blood 8:30pm Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus investigate the murder of a young woman whose death reflects the rise of racism in an England on the cusp of social change.

Australia's Heritage, Catalyst and Skippy
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 17 September 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Royal Exhibition Building 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Catalyst: Pedigree Dogs 8:00pm When does breeding dogs to win show prizes become an animal welfare issue? A recent BBC documentary shown on ABCTV, Pedigree Dogs Exposed, has fuelled a heated debate in the UK. SKIPPY: Australia's First Superstar 8:30pm Narrated by Magda Szubanski, this one-hour documentary is a warm, witty, affectionate and definitive look at one of Australia's most cherished TV stars, Skippy the bush kangaroo.

The Cook And The Chef, The New Inventors and United States Of Tara: Abundance
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Time	6:30pm - 9:30pm
The Cook And The Chef 6:30pm After four fabulous years of The Cook And The Chef, Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant are saying goodbye and they're going out with a bang! It's a party and Maggie and Simon are doing the cooking! 8:00pm The New Inventors Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors presents our Bright Sparks Special! Kids are taking over the studio, as the country's brightest young people show their inventiveness. SURFVIBE - Hunter Conochie, aged 10, from Queensland's Gold Coast WHALE CALF FEEDER - Heidi Goodall, aged 16, from NSW VISIBILITY VEST - Austin Teakel, aged 18, from Wagga Wagga NSW United States Of Tara: Abundance 9:30pm Max (John Corbett) tells Tara (Toni Collette) about the new alter he saw. Shocked and disgusted Tara transitions and 'Alice' comes out to deal with the situation. 'Alice' also has news of her own... she's pregnant.

Casper's Scare School,
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 15 September
Time	4:25pm-10:00pm
4:25pm Casper's Scare School: Fang Decay/ Scare Day For ghosts, werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other creatures of the night, pretty much anything goes… except making friends with humans! The Wild West: Billy The Kid 8:30pm David Leon (Cutting It, These Foolish Things) plays Billy The Kid. Fear, Stress And Anger: Sex And Friends 9:25pm Martin and Julie's friends, Duncan (Jeff Rawle) and Sarah (Suzanne Burden) have marital problems brought on by Sarah's habit of sleeping with her husband's best friends. Artscape: Marc Newson In Conversation 10:00pm This week on Artscape, Fenella Kernebone chats to legendary Australian designer Marc Newson.

Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 14 September 2009
Time	9:35pm
A witness statement taken by DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) following an armed robbery sets alarm bells ringing for the straight-talking detective.

Stephen Fry In America and Midsomer Murders
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 13 September 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:35pm
Stephen Fry In America: Pacific 7:30pm Starting in San Francisco where he meets up with Apple's design guru, Jony Ives, Stephen explores the Pacific Northwest. Midsomer Murders: The Glitch 8:35pm In The Glitch an outspoken scientific genius stirs up resentment at the local university with murderous consequences.

Heart And Soul, The Bill and Cold Blood
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 12 September 2009
Time	7:30pm - 9:15pm
Heart And Soul 7:30pm Heart And Soul is an all-new, all-singing comedy drama by Cutting It creator Debbie Horsfield. The Bill: Conviction: Breaking Point 8:30pm Sgt. Smith and PC Ben Gayle see a driver abandon a lorry and discover it contains illegal Afghan immigrants. Four of the refugees make a run for it, but Smithy finds a young girl trapped inside under a shifted load. As he frantically tries to free her, he notices another man barely alive, and another already dead. Cold Blood 9:15pm Powerful police drama starring John Hannah and Jemma Redgrave. Brian Wicklow a twisted serial killer jailed after a killing spree so macabre that he has become one of Britain's most notorious murderers. Vilified by the popular press and despised by fellow inmates, his notoriety is compounded by the fact that detectives investigating his crimes have never found the body of his last victim.

George Gently: Gently In The Night
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 11 September 2009
Time	8:30pm
Inspector George Gently and his offsider, Detective Sergeant John Bacchus are investigating the murder of a young woman whose body is found in a local church in Northumberland.

Australia's Heritage, Catalyst and Pedigree Dogs Exposed
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 10 September 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Naracoorte Caves 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Catalyst 8:00pm Exoplanets, Daddy Fish, Weedy Seadragons and Pedigree Dogs Pedigree Dogs Exposed 8:30pm A shocking investigation into the health and welfare of pedigree dogs. Two years in the making, Pedigree Dogs Exposed lifts the lid on the extent of health and welfare problems in pedigree dogs, caused by decades of inbreeding and breeding primarily for 'beauty' rather than health and function.

The New Inventors, Spicks And Specks, The Librarians and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm Inventions featured on the program: INNOVARTIVE EASEL - by inventor Tony Barber from VIC. STORMSEAL - by inventor Matthew Lennox from NSW. DEFROSTER - by inventor Stuart Kearns from QLD. Spicks And Specks 8:30pm It's a black tie episode of Spicks And Specks tonight as Australia's favourite music quiz show celebrates its 200th episode. Celebrating this milestone with host Adam Hills and team captains Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough are Paul Grabowsky, Ella Hooper, Hamish Blake, Meshel Laurie, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s ensemble conducted by Brett Kelly. The Librarians: My Rock 9:00pm In tonight's final episode of The Librarians, Hamish Blake, Francis Greenslade and Tony Martin all make guest appearances. United States Of Tara: Alterations 9:30pm Charmaine (Rosemarie DeWitt) has decided to get her breasts re-done and has asked Tara (Toni Collette) to be her caretaker while she recovers.

Finding The Fallen, The Wild West, Fear, Stress and Anger and The First Tuesday Book Club
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Time	6:10pm - 10:00pm
Finding The Fallen: Buried Alive 6:10pm The trench detectives excavate the 'Regina Trench', uncovering a treasure trove of artefacts, including a German mess tin with a name scratched repeatedly on its sides. The Wild West: Custer's Last Stand 8:30pm The American Wild West has proved a fertile ground for stories of heroism and triumph over adversity. It was a time of notorious outlaws, gunfighters turned sheriffs and frontier justice. Fear, Stress and Anger: The Job List 9:25pm The Chadwicks are baby boomers for whom the boom has gone out of life. Martin Chadwick has been made redundant at the ad agency and wife Julie is in career stagnation at the local council. Martin's mother, Gran Chadwick keeps escaping from the nursing home and his 20-something daughters Lucy and Chloe are getting progressively more demanding and still won't leave home. Jennifer Byrne Presents The Book Club 10:00pm Jennifer Byrne Presents is a series of individual treats for lovers of books and writing. It features discussions with leading authors and investigations into the popularity of writing genres such as crime, sex and romance and fantasy.

Talking Heads and Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 7 September 2009
Time	6:30pm - 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Christine Townend 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson's guest is artist, author and animal rights activist, Christine Townend. Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) and the team are hot on the trail of pimp and drug dealer Simon Neary.

These Are The Damned
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 12 September 2009
Time	8:30pm
In England, a young American falls in love with the sister of a sadistic and lecherous motorcycle gang leader who despises the American. The couple takes refuge from the gang leader''s harassment in a cave where they discover a group of children who are the result of an experiment by a scientist seeking to develop a race of humans capable of surviving an atomic blast. These Are The Damned stars Alexander Knox, Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Oliver Reed, and Walter Gotell.

Torchwood and Being Erica
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 11 September 2009
Time	8:30pm- 9:20pm
Torchwood: End Of Days 8:30pm In this final episode of series one, the rift has been opened and time is splintering all over the world. As events spiral out of control, the Torchwood team members are faced with fragments of their pasts - and terrifying visions of their futures. Can Captain Jack save the world? Being Erica: Plenty Of Fish 9:20pm Erica Strange is 32, smart and pretty. But her life's going nowhere and she blames her past for her current misfortune. So what if she could change the past?

FM, beached az, Pulling
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 10 September
Time	9:00pm - 10:30pm
FM: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life 9:00pm The new six-part series FM, follows the hilarious antics of DJ Lindsay Carol, his co-host Dom Cox and their producer Jane as they work on an indie music show for radio station Skin FM. beached az: The Seagull 9:25pm The internet sensation 'Beached Whale' spawns an ABC series! 'Beached Whale' is the story of a whale who finds himself beached on the shores of New Zealand. A passing seagull stops to find out what has happened, and so begins a meaningless, but hilarious conversation about the culinary differences between the two characters. Pulling 10:00pm Louise falls for a convicted flasher. Well, ex-flasher now. Donna sets out to impress Catherine, her friend from the early days who was West Buntingford's fashion icon. Billy and Karen together are like Oliver Reed and Lynne Perrie on a night out (possibly post-death). Billable Hours: The Jewish Holiday 10:30pm Sam invokes his half-Jewish heritage to wear a yarmulke to hide his bald spot and take Jewish holidays, despite being agnostic. While Sam and Clark compete for religious favouritism, Stu tries to win Robin's favour.

Sin City Law and Family Brat Camp
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Time	8:30pm
Sin City Law: Bourbon Strip: Part 2 8:30pm When the State starts presenting a strong case against DeRac Hanley at trial, he isn't happy with how his public defenders are handling his case. When the devil is in the detail and their client's recollections are murky, it is tough to mount a successful defence case. They decide to go for self-defence and their hope lies in the testimonies of a neuropsychologist and DeRac's drinking buddies. Family Brat Camp 9:25pm It's the first full week of life in the wilderness and the therapy gets well and truly underway. The course is deliberately designed to be physically tough.

The Wire and The Beast
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Time	8:45pm - 9:30pm
The Beast 8:45pm Tonight's another dark, slick and uncompromising episode of The Beast starring Patrick Swayze and Australia's Travis Fimmel. The Wire 9:30pm The Wire captures a universe were once there where good guys and bad guys, cops and criminals, but now there is only the morass of a never ending drug war where easy distinctions between crime and punishment are challenged at every turn and you need more than a badge to separate right and wrong.

triple j tv presents The Ting Tings
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 7 September 2009
The Ting Tings played an exclusive gig on the triple j rooftop for 300 lucky triple j listeners. Featuring their world wide hits That's Not My Name, Great DJ and Shut Up and Let Me Go, this performance captures the UK duo up close and personal.

Cranford: and Hornblower
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 6 September 2009
Time	7:30pm
Cranford: November 1842 7:30pm In this repeat screening of Cranford, as winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows and struggles to re-gain its confidence. Hornblower: The Duchess And The Devil 8:30pm In this repeat screening of Hornblower, acting Lieutenant Hornblower, assisted by only five men, captures the French sloop Le Reve off the Spanish coast - a major feat that does much to enhance his reputation.

I ROCK - ready to roll
Venue	ABC2
Date	IROCK has began filming
I ROCK is a new eight-part, half-hour, drama/comedy about an indie rock band trying to make it big on the Australian music scene, written by Josh Mapleston in association with producers David Fedirchuk and Rob Macdonald. Leader of the band and the series' central character, Nash Taylor (Josh Mapleston), is an engaging mix of swagger and arrogance hiding a nerdish vulnerability as he attempts to claw his way to the top of the rock & roll heap. The tightly plotted stories abound in sex, lies and loads of great original pub rock before culminating in an outrageous climax. The series will be shot in Sydney's inner western suburbs.

Four Corners: Fear in the Fast Lane
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday 17 August
Time	8.30pm
There's little doubt the internet has changed our lives for the better. You can book holidays, do your banking and pay bills online. But do you realise how easy it is for a cyber-crook to take control of your computer without you even knowing it? Imagine this! You go to book tickets at a reputable theatre web site. That site has been infected by mal-ware. By simply clicking on that site your computer can become a slave to a central computer and join millions of other infected computers in what's called a 'botnet'. Immediately it is possible for a criminal to steal information from you, including your bank and credit card details but the thief can do even more. Your computer could be used to send thousands of spam emails a day to people around the world. It could even be used to attack businesses, or even entire countries. And you wouldn't notice a thing. It sounds remarkable but, as Four Corners explains, one in six computers in Australia is, or has been, part of a 'botnet' and a 'botnet' attack has already destroyed a major business. Other 'botnet' attacks have resulted in personal information being stolen and then sold on the international black-market. The result? Bank accounts are emptied and millions of dollars stolen. Police told Four Corners they are now so concerned by this type of crime they have set up covert operations on the web to infiltrate illicit marketplaces.

The Soup
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Sundays
Time	@ 7 pm
Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips. A celebrity-heavy pop culture retrospective show in the guise of a weekly, hosted, studio-based award show that pits individuals against each other from the worlds of celebrity, sports, reality television, politics and general interest. Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.

Chelsea Lately
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Tuesday-Saturday
Time	@10:30pm
This daily program is an irreverent look at top breaking news stories, celebrity tales that just won't die and other hot topics of the day. Chelsea will feature guests, comedic field packages and viewer call-ins.

Reality Hell
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Saturdays
Time	@ 10pm NZ/AUS
In each half hour episode, unsuspecting victims think that they are competing in a familiar reality show format. In actuality, everyone around them is an actor trying to see how far they can push the victims.

E!'s Sexiest Miami Jobs
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Thursday, 29th October
Time	@ 8:30pm
We're counting down Miami's Sexiest Jobs from gorgeous Go-Go dancers... to the Florida Marlins Cheerleaders... to Miami's statuesque Supermodels. If you thought the sun was the hottest thing in Miami you're in for a surprise!

True Hollywood Stories- Shannon Tweed
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Thursday, 15th October
Time	@ 8:30pm
She lets True Hollywood Stories in on her wild nights at Playboy where she fell for Hugh Hefner & found her life partner, Gene Simmons. She also reveals details about her dads tragic accident

E!'s Maxim Celebrity Beach Watch- 15 Hottest Bods
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Thursday, 22th October
Time	@ 8:30pm
The surf's up and the stars are out, and our countdown features the 15 sexist of them. From pop stars like Rihanna catching some rays, to models like Bar Rafaeli in bikinis, we got sexy on the beach.

E! Investigates Stalkers
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Sunday, 11th October
Time	@ 8:30pm
Celebrities aren't the only ones with stalkers. E! Investigates takes a terrifying look at stalking in the digital age, and explores: who's most likely to become a stalker; what sets them off and motivates them; what the warning signs are; and how to tell if a simple break-up could turn into a stalking nightmare.

True Hollywood Stories: Female Body Builders
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Thursday, 8th October
Time	@ 8:30pm
They look indestructible, superhuman - the physical embodiment of female strength and empowerment. Since the 1970s, women bodybuilders have invaded gyms and competitions across the USA - making a major impact on a sport once strictly dominated by men. But the invincible facades these champions present to fans and worshippers don't tell the whole story. We investigate what attracts women to the sport, both personally and professionally, and what they sacrifice to achieve their freak physiques.

Kourtney and Khloe take Miami
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Mondays
Time	@ 9:30pm
This new series follows the crazy, sexy and often hilarious lives of sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian as they head to Miami. The sisters have decided to seek out a fresh start and go to sunny Florida where they will open a new Dash boutique. Despite being away from their outrageous family for the first time, the sisters quickly find new drama.

Kendra Marathon
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Monday, 5th October

Wildest TV Show Moments
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	starting sunday 4th October
Time	@7:30 pm
E! brings all the laugh-out=loud insanity from its highly rated Wildest specials to the screen every week with Wildest TV Show Moments, the series.

True Hollywood Stories: Celine Dion
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	Thursday, 1st October
Time	@ 8:30pm
An in-depth look at a woman who became known by one name alone. From humble beginnings to changing the face of Vegas, a life marked by many hurdles produces a singer of unparalleled talent.

Cranford and Hornblower
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 30 August 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
Cranford: August 1842 In this repeat screening of Cranford, Deborah surprises Matty by encouraging Jessie's romance with a visiting soldier named Major Gordon. Hornblower: The Examination For Lieutenant In this repeat screening of Hornblower, the Indefatigable puts into Gibraltar, which, since Spain's change of allegiance from Britain to France is now home to the entire British fleet in the area. The Indefatigable rescues the three surviving crew of a wrecked British brig, one of whom is the legendary Captain Foster, whom Hornblower comes to admire.

Movie: Touch Of Evil
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 5 September 2009
Oscar winner Charlton Heston stars as a Mexican Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent caught up in a murder investigation while on his honeymoon in an American border town. His involvement brings on the wrath of a corrupt police chief who tries to frame Heston's bride with drug charges.

Being Erica and Torchwood
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 4 September 2009
Time	8:30pm-9:20pm
Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness 8:30pm In this episode, while investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a packed dance hall- in 1941. As Gwen, Owen and Ianto work to rescue their colleagues, Jack and Toshiko meet a handsome young American squadron leader by the name of... Captain Jack Harkness. Being Erica: What I Am Is What I Am 9:20pm The weird time travelling stuff just keeps on happening to Erica (Erin Karpluk), as this week Dr Tom (Michael Riley) sends her back again to 1992, and university this time, reliving her past experiences.

Pulling and Billable Hours
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 3 September 2009
Time	10:00pm - 10:30pm
Pulling 10:00pm After Donna split up with Karl he had a breakdown, tried to kill himself and did some very strange things with cereal boxes. So now that they have finally moved on and become friends Donna is over the moon. Billable Hours: The Parking Spot Episode 10:30pm In this episode, when a new parking spot becomes available in the underground garage, Clark (Brandon Firla) and Sam (Fabrizio Filippo) compete head-to-head for it while Robin (Jennifer Baxter) has relationship problems.

Sin City Law and Family Brat Camp
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Time	8:30pm-9:25pm
Sin City Law: Bourbon Strip: Part 1 8:30pm On the night of January 27, 2006, a distraught 71-year-old man named De Rac Hanley phoned 911 to report that he had murdered someone in his apartment. Though Hanley remembered little at the time, it emerged that the victim was one of Hanley's elderly neighbours, Earl Spangenberg. Family Brat Camp 9:25pm When your child turns into a teenage brat, who exactly is responsible and how can you, as parents, help to turn things around? Rather than just sending them off to the American wilderness to fix their out of control behaviour, in Family Brat Camp the parents go too. And in this first episode living and sleeping in the wilderness comes as a major shock, not only for the brats, but for the parents as well.

The Beast and The Wire
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Time	8:45pm-9:30pm
The Beast 8:45pm After learning of a major drug deal about to go down in Chicago, FBI agent Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) pressures the imprisoned Albert Saldano (David Roth) for a lead to the buyer. Told to look for Jimmy Casserly (Michael Vieau), Barker then takes his rookie partner Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) to see an informant who tells them Casserly's been arrested by the Chicago Police Department. The Wire 9:30pm Widely acclaimed as the best crime drama ever made, The Wire, comes to ABC2 in September. Capturing the endless war on drugs as it is lived on the battered streets of West Baltimore, the 13-episode HBO drama series tells the story of a drug-and-murder investigation from the point of view of both the police and their targets.

Junkyard Wars and The Panics
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 31 August 2009
Time	6:30pm-10:30pm
Junkyard Wars: Hot Rods 6:30pm The American Junkyard Wars series challenges two teams of junkyard dogs to build monster machine dragsters in just 10 hours, and the only parts that competitors are allowed to use will have to be scrounged from the junkyard. Out in the junkyard, it's first come, first served. triple j tv presents The Panics 10:30pm 2007 J Award winners, The Panics, played an epic live show at Melbourne's Prince of Wales Hotel in 2008, and triple j tv were there to capture all the action.

East Of Everything and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 5 September 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
East Of Everything: Community Chest 7:30pm Terry Adams's (Steve Bisley) lost 'nest-egg' continues washing up on Broken Bay's beaches and after a punch up in the surf, Art (Richard Roxburgh) and Vance (Tom Long) score some waterlogged cash. The Bill- Conviction: Cover Up - Ep. 687 8:30pm Sgt Smith gets in over his head in this six part thriller...

Australia's Heritage
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 3 September 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Wattie Creek 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser’s Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia’s National Heritage List. Black Wave: The Legacy Of The Exxon Valdez 8:30pm In the early hours of March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing the worst environmental disaster in North American history.

The Librarians and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Time	9:00pm - 9:30pm
The Librarians: Deliverance 9:00pm Noni Hazlehurst guest stars on tonight's episode of The Librarians. United States Of Tara: Transition 9:30pm The family is under the impression that Tara's (Toni Collette) parents, Bev (Pamela Reed) and Frank (Fred Ward), are visiting to celebrate Charmaine's (Rosemarie DeWitt) birthday. But when Frank approaches Max (John Corbett) about taking the kids to live with them, Max does everything he can to prevent Tara from switching.

Finding The Fallen and Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Time	6:10pm - 8:30pm
Finding The Fallen: Codename 'Tank' 6:10pm Under top secrecy in England during WWI, a team of women were employed to help create mobile water storage devices for the Middle East. They were actually building 'landships' but their nickname for these large steel machines, 'tank', has stuck. Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment: Have I Got Noose For You 8:30pm In this final episode, Tony examines the huge escalation in the amount of law making with the rise of industrialised society in the 18th century. And with thinkers such as Voltaire, Locke and especially Jeremy Bentham - the man who called for a proper democracy - the modern ideas of prison reform and rehabilitation for offenders begin to emerge.

Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 31 August 2009
Time	9:35pm
Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm When a dead body is discovered at a warehouse, DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) is quick to dismiss the death of Martin Kennedy as suicide. However, with signs of a struggle and a massive blow to the head of the body, the CID team finds itself involved in a murder investigation. Feisty DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) soon uncovers an intriguing piece of evidence: a piece of paper with a code. Leaving Custody Sergeant Viv with the task of solving the puzzle, Gene and the rest of the team head out to do the 'real work'.

Stephen Fry In America and Midsomer Murders
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 30 August 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:35pm
Stephen Fry In America: Mountains And Plains 7:30pm Starting with the airborne border patrol agents at the Canadian border in the stunning mountains of Montana, and ending at the very different border with Mexico in Texas, Stephen explores the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains and America's breadbasket beside them. Midsomer Murders: The Black Book 8:35pm John Nettles and Jason Hughes are back investigating deadly deeds and gruesome goings-on in a brand new series of Midsomer Murders.

Cranford: June 1842 and Hornblower: The Even Chance
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 23 August
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
Cranford: June 1842 7:30pm In this repeat screening of Cranford, Oscar-winner Judi Dench leads a magnificent ensemble cast in this witty and poignant adaptation of three classic Elizabeth Gaskell novels. This uniquely rich and comic drama follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford during one extraordinary year. Hornblower: The Even Chance 8:30pm Repeating on ABC2, Hornblower is set in England, 1793, and beneath the rolling clouds of a January gale, a shoreboat cuts through the churning waters of Spithead Harbour to where the battleship Justinian rides at anchor. Huddled wet and shivering in the sternsheets of the shoreboat, a pale thin fifteen-year-old boy named Horatio Hornblower is about to embark upon the greatest adventure of his life...

Movie: Blue Collar
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 29 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
This stunning directing debut by frequent Scorcese collaborator Paul Schrader features amazing dramatic performances by comic great Richard Pryor, Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel, and Emmy nominee Yaphet Kotto. When three Detroit autoworkers band together against their employer's corrupt union, the results are stirring and outrageous. A film of remarkable power, Blue Collar is as timely today as it was upon its release.

Being Erica: Dr Tom
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 28 August 2009
Time	9:20pm
Erica Strange is 32, smart and pretty. But her life's going nowhere and she blames her past for her current misfortune. So what if she could change the past? That's where Dr Tom comes in. Back in high school, Erica (Erin Karpluk) thought she'd grow up, meet 'the' guy, get 'the' career and have a couple of beautiful, talented children and ride off into the sunset. But somehow, it just never happened. Now she has the chance of a lifetime.

Torchwood: Combat
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 28 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
In this episode, savage aliens are being kidnapped from the streets of Cardiff and Torchwood wants to know why. Owen is sent undercover to find out who is behind it and soon befriends the charismatic Mark Lynch (Alex Hassell). Beneath the veneer of normal city life, Owen discovers a shocking subculture. Can he avoid being sucked in? Torchwood, created by Russell T Davis, follows the adventures of a team of investigators using alien technology to solve crime: some terrestrial, some not.

Billable Hours: The Nicotine Gum Episode
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 27 August 2009
Time	10:30pm
Billable Hours is a Canadian comedy series that follows the lives of three lawyers: Sam Caponelli (Fabrizio Filippo - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Queer as Folk), Robin Howland (Jennifer Baxter - Land Of The Dead) and Clark Claxton III (Brandon Firla - Band Of Brothers, Man Of The Year). Clark is ravaged by too much privilege and too little affection; Robin spends all her energy hiding her trailer-park Red Deer past by being perfect while Sam is the glue that holds them together.

Sin City Law: Skin Tone- part 2
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 26 August
Time	8:30pm
Special Defender Ivette Maningo and Investigator James Aleman travel to Los Angeles in search of two eyewitnesses to the 2002 shooting. Defense attorney Whipple consults with firearms experts as he follows up on potential exculpatory testimony given by the victim's elder sister. Lozano is left-handed, yet she saw the shooter fire the gun with his right hand.

The Beast
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Time	8:35pm
Though his style is nothing if not unorthodox, Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) is one of the FBI's top undercover operatives and considered by many, including his rookie partner Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel), to be the best the Bureau has to offer. From the very beginning of their partnership, Barker presses Ellis to delve ever deeper into his undercover personae, regardless of the risks.

Doctor Who: Smith And Jones
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 24 August 2009
Time	9:30pm
In the repeat screening of Doctor Who: Smith And Jones, for Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), a medical student in Central London, an ordinary day turns into a nightmare when her entire hospital is transported to the moon. Martha reasons that because she can still breathe, there must be some sort of force field holding the air in and that this is due to alien intervention.

Gardening Australia, East Of Everything and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 29 August 2009
Time	6:30pm - 8:30pm
Gardening Australia 6:30pm John Patrick visits a city office building in Melbourne to help staff create a workplace community garden on a challenging rooftop terrace. East Of Everything: Homeward Bound 7:30pm After a disturbing dream, Art (Richard Roxburgh) sets about establishing some new 'tough love' ground rules for his son Josh (Craig Stott). The Bill: Prodigal Son (part 1) 8:30pm DC Mickey Webb (Chris Simmons) and DS Stuart Turner (Doug Rao) investigate an assault and discover that the victim is the registered tenant of a flat being used in the manufacture of drugs, and they also discover she is in a relationship with DCI Jack Meadows's (Simon Rouse) estranged son, Ben (Jamie Belman).

George Gently: Bomber's Moon
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 28 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
A rich German businessman's body is dragged from the water in an idyllic coastal setting in Northumberland in the 1960s. Old school police inspector George Gently and his sidekick Detective Sergeant John Bacchus arrive at the scene to find the man's son and daughter-in-law looking for the man on his ketch, on which they had sailed together from Germany. Gently discovers the businessman had close connections with a local peasant farming family, with whom he was billeted as a PoW during the war.

Australia's Heritage, Catalyst, The Suicide Tourist and Q&A,
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 27 August 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Fremantle Prison 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Catalyst: Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - 20th Anniversary 8:00pm In the 20th Year of the OSCARS of Australian science, the Australian Museum and Catalyst celebrate the most outstanding scientific achievements in research, innovation, leadership, school science, and science communication. The Suicide Tourist 8:30pm The controversy about a person's right to die at a time and place of their own choosing has become focused on the Swiss organisation Dignitas, and its founder, civil rights lawyer, Ludwig Minelli. Dignitas, based in Zurich Switzerland, is the only place in the world where a person seeking an assisted suicide can be helped to die, no matter where they are from. Q&A 9:30pm For the first time, Q&A will be broadcast live (AEST) from the Melbourne Writers' Festival on Thursday, August 27 at 9:30pm on ABC1.

The New Inventors and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm Inventions featured on the program: STEM CELLS FOR EYE REPAIR - by inventors Dr Stephanie Watson and Dr Nick Di Girolamo from NSW. ROBOCAM PRO - by inventor Christopher Robin Collins from NSW. BLUPOINT - by inventor Graham Gibbon from WA. 9:30pm United States Of Tara: Revolution When United States Of Tara continues, Tara (Toni Collette) turns into 'T' and takes off in her car.

Finding The Fallen, Artscape and The Librarians
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Time	6:10pm - 9:00pm
Finding The Fallen: Secret Trench 6:10pm The story behind the biggest explosion to ever rock London during the First World War is uncovered by the trench detectives this week. Artscape: Artists At Work: Jon Cattapan 10:00pm Over the last 30 years, Jon Cattapan has established a reputation as one of Australia's most significant and prolific painters. 9:00pm The Librarians: Romeos And Juliets Frances (Robyn Butler) is tired and even more irritable than usual. She's not sleeping, drinking too much and not able to concentrate at work. She doesn't even seem to notice that Nada (Nicole Nabout) can't get anyone to use the Culture Pod.

Talking Heads,
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 24 August 2009
Time	6:30pm - 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Angry Anderson 6:30pm "You can't ever value too highly hugs and kisses." Could this be Angry Anderson speaking - the wild front man for Rose Tattoo? Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm When a prostitute named Trixie makes a complaint of rape, Alex (Keeley Hawes) has a job persuading her stubborn DCI that raping a prostitute is even possible. Only the resemblance of Trixie's injuries to that of a recent murder victim, Delphine Parkes, is enough for Gene (Philip Glenister) to want to investigate the matter further.

Message Stick, Stephen Fry In America and Midsomer Murders
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 23 August 2009
Time	1:30pm - 8:35pm
Message Stick: Meeting Ms Right 1:30pm Meeting Ms Right is a whirlwind 'day-in-the-life' expose of best-selling Indigenous Australian author Dr Anita Heiss. She's fabulous, she's glamorous and she knows how to match her wit and intellect with her designer shoes! Stephen Fry In America: Mississippi 7:30pm Stephen Fry begins his epic journey up the Mississippi in the sultry, voodoo-soaked streets of New Orleans on its busiest day of the year - Mardi Gras. Midsomer Murders: The Dogleg Murders 8:35pm John Nettles and Jason Hughes are back investigating deadly deeds and gruesome goings--on in a brand new series of Midsomer Murders. In episode one, The Dogleg Murders, the prestigious Whiteoaks Golf Club is rocked by death and controversy when a golfer is bludgeoned to death near the notorious 13th hole known as Crisp's Folly.

Sunday Marathon Specials on Nick Jr
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	4 October, 11 October, 18 October and 25 October
Time	From 10am- 4pm
Sunday 4 October LazyTown Despite its name, LazyTown is a fast paced place whose inhabitants are funny and fresh. Stephanie, an optimistic 8-year-old with bright pink hair, moves to LazyTown to live with her uncle, and town mayor, Milford Meanswell. She meets a zany mix of townspeople including the world's laziest super-villain, Robbie Rotten. Sunday 11 October Roary the Racing Car Roary the Racing Car follows the adventures of Roary, a bright, cheeky and energetic singleseater, and his amazing race car friends at Silver Hatch race track. Sunday 18 October The Kingdom of Paramithi The Kingdom of Paramithi is a collection of musical stories for young children. Sunday 25 October Dora the Explorer Join Dora for an all-day adventure filled with your favourite episodes of Dora the Explorer!

Martha Speaks
Venue	Nick Jr
Date	from Monday October 19
Time	Daily at 11:30am
Martha Speaks is an animated series with the educational goal of increasing children's oral vocabulary. Based on the children's book series by Susan Meddaugh, the series stars Martha, a beloved family dog. When Martha eats alphabet soup, the letters go to her brain and she develops the ability to talk. And boy, does she talk! Each episode features two 11-minute stories that showcase Martha's newfound linguistic abilities and the hilarious consequences-all with a goal of engaging kids and expanding their vocabulary.

East Of Everything and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 22 August 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
East Of Everything: Venus Rising 7:30pm Following Dale's (Tom Budge) departure, Bev (Valerie Bader) and Rosemary (Tracy Mann) comfort Lizzy (Kathryn Beck) as her pre-birth nerves grow. Bev suggests that Lizzy move into Dale's bus and they get busy helping her to fix it up. The Bill: Ep. 683 - To Live For 8:30pm After a tip-off from a local bank, DI Samantha Nixon (Lisa Maxwell) mounts an operation to find out why a restaurateur with very few customers is depositing a lot of money into his account. While watching the restaurant, DC Stevie Moss (Lucy Speed) recognises one of her old informants making a delivery, and DC Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) decides they can use him for information.

George Gently: The Burning Man
Venue	ABC
Date	George Gently: The Burning Man
Time	8:30pm
Old-school police inspector George Gently has found a new enthusiasm for his job after moving out of the increasingly corrupt Scotland Yard, London in the 1960s to Northumberland. He has developed a fatherly attitude towards cocky young Durham Detective Sergeant John Bacchus and wants to prevent him learning unethical police procedures.

Australia's Heritage, Whatever! The Science Of Teens and Web Warriors
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 20 August 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Batavia 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Whatever! The Science Of Teens 8:00pm A typical teenager goes to bed late, and can't get out of bed in the morning. But while many adults regard them as layabouts or lazy, the reality is most teens need more sleep not less. Experts say adolescents require between 9 and 10 hours sleep a night - but only a small fraction get this much. Web Warriors 8:30pm Web Warriors offers an unprecedented glimpse into the world's newest and most vulnerable frontier: cyberspace.

The New Inventors, The Librarians and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm Inventions featured on the program: TOPGUN - by inventor Rob Luck from NSW GRID LOCK - by inventor Neil Beerens from VIC SEIV - by inventor Michael Herrett from VIC 9:00pm The Librarians: Cut To The Quick The day of the new library's official opening arrives and Frances (Robyn Butler), anxiously rehearses her speech, determined to use the occasion to re-stamp her authority. 9:30pm United States Of Tara: Inspiration Tara (Toni Collette) feels the best she's felt in a long time. She loves the mural she is working on and feels she's found a new friend in Tiffany (Jessica St Clair).

Finding The Fallen, Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment and Artscape
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Time	6:10pm - 10:00pm
Finding The Fallen: Man And Horse 6:10pm In World War I, men on horseback with swords fought against an emerging modern weapon, the machine gun. Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment: Guilty As Charred 8:30pm Tony Robinson continues his quest to discover the origins of English laws, who made them and why. 10:00pm Artscape: Artists At Work: Josh Yeldham Artists At Work invites you up the Hawkesbury River in NSW for an intimate and spiritual journey by boat, to a place where nature, art and fertility prayers collide.

Talking Heads and Ashes To Ashes
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 17 August 2009
Time	6:30pm - 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Jack Mundey 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson is joined by distinguished Australian union and environmental activist - Jack Mundey. Ashes To Ashes 9:35pm It's the week of the royal wedding and the streets are buzzing with excitement. Alex (Keeley Hawes) has mixed emotions in remembering the day. She was eight years old at the time and remembers she was left alone at boarding school to watch the event on television. Her mother is also on her mind as she appears on the television, embroiled in a high-profile legal case with the Met. Being a fighter and an optimist, Alex is determined not to let her memories get her down, and enters into the spirit of things.

Sunday Arts, Message Stick, The Einstein Factor, Stephen Fry In America and The Last Enemy
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 16 August 2009
Time	1:30pm-8:35pm
Message Stick: Movers And Shakers 1:30pm Over two weeks, ABC TV's Message Stick celebrates its 10th birthday in two shows - Something To Celebrate and Movers And Shakers by throwing a party and revisiting some of the most inspirational programs shown on the program over ten years. Sunday Arts 5:00pm This week on Sunday Arts, Fenella Kernebone speaks with celebrated filmmaker Ang Lee. The Einstein Factor 6:30pm Don't miss the second Junior Einstein Factor Special for 2009 - Sunday 16 August at 6.30pm. Hosted by Peter Berner, our juniors aged between 13 and 15 years old will dazzle you with their in-depth knowledge and baffle you with their brilliance. Stephen Fry In America: Deep South 7:30pm Intrigued and bewitched by America's most characterful region - a place of cotton, courtesy, gospel music and mint juleps - Stephen Fry explores what it is that makes the south so distinctive. The Last Enemy 8:35pm Having survived the bomb at the market but forced to flee again, Stephen (Benedict Cumberbatch), Yasim (Anamaria Marinca) and Michael (Max Beesley) take refuge in the 'swamp'. Michael is now getting ill as a result of taking the tainted vaccine. Nye (David Harewood) and Turney (Geraldine James), who still have Michael under surveillance, watch with interest.

Morin Khuur: The Soul Of The Mongolian Horseman
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 16 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
In the Mongolian steppes, a family of horse herders welcome four city children into their home for several months. The children will learn the ancient morin khuur, an ancestral fiddle that features a carved horse-head and is said to sing into the hearts of animals and people. Omba, a wise old musician, teaches them this magical instrument, said to have healing powers.

Movie: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 22 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
After curing the sleuth's cocaine addiction, Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) joins forces with Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson). This meeting of the minds takes a turn into adventure when Holmes and Freud team up to solve a kidnapping mystery. Laurence Olivier turns up as Professor Moriarty, who is hardly the criminal mastermind that the drug-deluded Holmes believes.

Torchwood: Out Of Time and Boy Meets Girl
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 21 August 2009
Time	8:30pm and 9:20pm
Torchwood: Out Of Time 8:30pm When a plane from 1953 makes an unexpected landing in present-day Cardiff, its three passengers are shocked to learn that they can never go back to their own time. Torchwood helps them to settle in contemporary society, but this simple task has painful emotional consequences. Boy Meets Girl 9:20pm Danny (as Veronica) realises that accepting Jay's marriage proposal has put an obstacle between him and Fiona; and Siobhan is horrified when she catches her best friend in bed with a woman who works in a DIY store.

How Not To Live Your Life
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 20 August 2009
Time	9:00pm
How Not to Live Your Life is an exciting comedy that follows the antics of a typically neurotic, single young man, with an over-active imagination, who tries and fails to navigate the basics of life.

Sin City Law: Skin Tone: Part 1
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
In 2002, five members of the Crips street gang were driving around North Las Vegas when they spotted a rival gang member and went after him. The ensuing chase spilled into an apartment's courtyard, where shots were fired and 9-year-old Genesis Gonzalez was killed.

Wire In The Blood USA: Prayer Of The Bone: Part 2
Venue	ABC2
Date	Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
Alone in a strange, sweltering country, surrounded by hostile lawyers and police, Dr Tony Hill (Robson Green), finds himself at the centre of a maelstrom of competing legal and political interests in the final episode of this special Wire In The Blood USA. He's insulted, threatened, framed and physically attacked. Meanwhile, his doubts grow about the case. Dr Hill's rattled. Nobody is quite what they seem and everyone has a vested interest in the accused family slayer, Darius Grady (Brad Hawkins). Everyone, that is, except Darius himself - who seems peculiarly determined to die.

triple j tv presents Miami Horror's One Night Stand
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 17 August 2009
Time	10:30pm
Channelling Daft Punk, and with a 70s wood veneer DJ booth to back it up, Melbourne's Miami Horror bring their electro funk to triple j tv presents. Playing in the pouring rain for triple j's One Night Stand in Gippsland, Miami Horror flawlessly blend a set of their own dance floor hits as well as remixing some classics. Get down and dirty as Miami Horror bring the funk to triple j tv presents.

East Of Everything: Secrets And Lies and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 15 August 2009
Time	7:30pm and 8:30pm
East Of Everything: Secrets And Lies 7:30pm In the wake of Melanie's (Gia Carides) final departure, and Eve's (Susie Porter) separation from Art (Richard Roxburgh), the boys' father Gerry (Nick Tate) suggests a family weekend away to reconsolidate emotionally and support Vance (Tom Long). Despite Art's reluctance, they leave later that day. The Bill: Blame Game - Ep. 681 8:30pm DS Max Carter (Christopher Fox) and DC Stevie Moss (Lucy Speed) disagree about their tactics as they face questioning from the superintendent following their part in a car chase that may have caused an accident.

George Gently
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 14 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
The by-the-book, old-fashioned policing methods of Inspector George Gently (Martin Shaw) come under assault in the increasingly corrupt Met in London in the 1960s when the line between criminals and the police becomes more and more blurred.

Australia's Heritage, Whatever! The Science Of Teens and Consuming Kids
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 13 August 2009
Time	6:50pm, 8pm and 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: De Groot's Sword 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia's National Heritage List. Whatever! The Science Of Teens 8:00pm Science reveals that irrational, inexplicable teenage mood swings aren't only normal, they're helpful and beneficial - even if they are painful for parents and teens alike. Teenagers may be sulky and surly one moment, exuberant and ecstatic the next. And it's more than hormones that brings on these extreme teen mood swings, it's their developing brains that are also to blame. Consuming Kids: The Commercialisation Of Childhood 8:30pm With virtually no government oversight or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing industry in America has been able to use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world.

The New Inventors, The Librarians and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Time	8:00pm, 9:00pm and 9:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm Inventions featured on the program: HYPER SLICER - by inventor Tek Temal from NSW. MULTIMODE ENTANGLEMENT - by inventors Hans-Albert Bachor and Katherine Wagner from ACT. FOXLIGHT - by inventor Ian Whalan from NSW. The Librarians: This Little Piggy 9:00pm With the official library opening only a week away, Frances (Robyn Butler) - newly reinstated as head librarian - feverishly regains control of her domain, ordering the staff to help stack the books, unpack the boxes and remove a pig's head which is firmly lodged in the returns chute. United States Of Tara: Work 9:30pm When Tara (Toni Collette) and Max (John Corbett) can't connect in the bedroom, Tara worries Max may be more interested in her alters - sexy T and seductive Alice - than her.

The Pinky & Perky Show: Pup Idol, Finding The Fallen, Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment and Raw Comedy
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Time	4:10pm, 6:10pm, 8:30pm and 9:25pm
The Pinky & Perky Show: Pup Idol 4:10pm Pinky and Perky are a pair of lovable twin piglets who have just been given their big break in television - their own live TV show full of crazy stunts, wild games, anarchic cartoons and top celebrity guests. Finding The Fallen 6:10pm The second series of this acclaimed program returns to uncover the past and solve mysteries using a mixture of archaeology, forensics and geneaology. Tony Robinson's Crime And Punishment: Feud, Glorious Feud 8:30pm No matter who you are or what you do, every aspect of your life is now governed by the law, from where you walk, how much you can drink, to how you should behave in public. But hardly any of us know how laws came into being. Raw Comedy 9:25pm Raw Comedy is Australia's biggest and most prestigious open mic comedy competition. Since 1996, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has held dozens of heats right around Australia, to uncover the best comedian you've never heard of.

Message Stick, Stephen Fry In America, The Last Enemy, Compass and Sunday Arts
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 9 August 2009
Time	1:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:30pm, 8:35pm and 9:40pm
Message Stick: Something To Celebrate 1:30pm Over two weeks, ABC TV's Message Stick celebrates its 10th birthday in two shows - Something To Celebrate (Sunday 9 August) and Movers And Shakers (Sunday 16 August) by throwing a party and revisiting some of the most inspirational stories shown on the program over the last decade. Sunday Arts 5:00pm This week on Sunday Arts, prolific composer and performer Michael Nyman. Stephen Fry In America: New World 7:30pm British actor, writer, presenter and author, Stephen Fry, was very nearly an American. In the 50s, just before Stephen was born, his father was offered a job at Princeton University, but chose to turn it down. And so, Stephen was born in NW3 rather than in NJ, New Jersey, and born a Stephen, not a Steve. The Last Enemy 8:35pm Stephen (Benedict Cumberbatch) comes face to face with his brother Michael (Max Beesley) - whom he buried just days earlier. Despite Stephen's claims that Yasim (Anamaria Marinca) is safe, Michael remains suspicious and follows Stephen to Russell''s (Robert Carlyle) hideout. Compass: My Brother, Balibo And Me 9:40pm Two years ago Paul Stewart was dying of liver failure. The former punk rocker's life of hard drinking and drugs had caught up with him, and he'd been waiting in a Melbourne hospital for 16 months for a donor liver.

The Rollers
Venue	ABC and ABC2
Date	Wed, July 29th to Saturday's final on August 1st.
Australia's world champion men's wheelchair basketballers - The Rollers - take on a trio of top international opponents in a series of 'World Challenge' matches to be screened on ABC TV from Wed, July 29th to Saturday's final on August 1st. ABC 2 On-Air times: Wed, 29 July 6:30pm - 8pm Australia v Canada Thursday, 30 July 6:30pm - 8pm Australia v Japan Friday, 31 July 6pm - 8pm Australia v Great Britain Saturday, 1 August 6pm - 8pm Final ABC 1 On-Air times: Saturday, 25 July - Tournament Preview 1.30pm - 2pm nationally (except Vic) 12.30pm - 1pm Vic only Saturday, 1 August - Final Preview 1pm - 2pm nationally (except Vic) 12noon -1pm Vic only

The Soup
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Sundays
Time	7pm AEST
A celebrity-heavy pop culture retrospective show in the guise of a weekly, hosted, studio-based award show that pits individuals against each other from the worlds of celebrity, sports, reality television, politics and general interest.

Chelsea Lately
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Tuesdays - Saturdays
Time	10:30pm AEST
This daily program is an irreverent looking at top breaking news stories, celebrity tales that just won't die and other hot topics of the day. Chelsea will feature guests, comedic field packages and viewer call-ins.

True Hollywood Stories: Canadian Hollywood Hearthtrobs
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Thursday, 24th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
Ryan Gosling. Ryan Reynolds. Hayden Christensen and Scott Speedman. It's not just their smouldering good looks and extraordinary talent that these Canadians have in common. Through exclusive interviews with those closest to these in-demand celebs and revealing interviews from our Canadian Heartthrobs themselves, THS Canada finds out how our break-out Northern hotties get past the bullies, hook up with the A-list actresses and still stay true to their Moms.

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Monday, 21st September
Time	8am AEST
Live from the Red Carpet at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, we'll be talking to all of your favourite television stars and Emmy nominees.

True Hollywood Stories: Farrah Fawcett
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Sunday, 20th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
A pop culture icon whose hairstyle changed a nation, Farrah Fawcett was loved the world over for her girl next door charm. Her role in Charlie's Angels made her a household name, but her rocky love life with Lee Majors and later Ryan O'Neal would become fodder for the tabloids. Diagnosed with cancer in 2006, Farrah had been an inspiration to many during her courageous battle with the disease. THS charts the storied life of this sex symbol through intimate interviews with those who know her best.

True Hollywood Stories: Howie Mandel
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Saturday, 19th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
Through an exclusive interview with THS Canada, Howie Mandel sits down to reveal intimate details about growing up in Toronto, dealing with OCD and his rise to fame. Howie's closest friends and family sit down with THS Canada to give us an inside look into the life of Canada's premiere funnyman.

True Hollywood Stories: Kim Catrall
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Thursday, 17th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
Through an exclusive interview with THS Canada, Kim Cattrall sits down to reveal intimate details about growing up poor in Canada, overcoming personal obstacles and the role that changed her life. Kim's closest friends and co-workers give True Hollywood Story an inside look into the life of a Canadian bombshell who proved that being sexy after 50 is a breeze.

E! Billionaire Murders
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Thursday, 10th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
From wealthy billionaires who kill for revenge, to jealous heirs hoping to snag a family fortune to those opportunistic individuals looking to increase their bank accounts, we investigate these real life cases of crime, greed, and passion. We'll reveal the disturbing details behind these Billionaire Murders and find out whether justice was ultimately served.

Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	starting 7th September
Time	Mondays @ 9:30pm AEST
This new series follows the crazy, sexy and often hilarious lives of sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian as they head to Miami. The sisters have decided to seek out a fresh start and go to sunny Florida where they will open a new Dash boutique. Despite being away from their outrageous family for the first time, the sisters quickly find new drama.

Young, Beautiful and Vanished: 15 Unthinkable Crimes
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Sunday, 6th September
Time	8:30pm AEST
They were looking forward to promising lives. Young, beautiful women on the verge of blossoming... until they vanished. With the aid of forensic experts, law enforcement officials, and family members, we'll re-open 15 chilling cases of kidnapping and murder that captivated the country-from the massive manhunts, to the media frenzy, to the often horrific outcomes.

Reality Hell
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	starting 5th September
Time	Saturdays at 10pm AEST
In each half hour episode, unsuspecting victims think that they are competing in a familiar reality show format. In actuality, everyone around them is an actor trying to see how far they can push the victims.

True Hollywood Stories: Criss Angel
Venue	E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date	Thursday, 3rd September
Time	8:30pm AEST
Criss Angel has quickly become one of the hottest magicians working today. Whether he's levitating or walking on water, Angel's lavish stage productions have garnered him spellbound fans the world over. His love life seems to be full of tricks as well, including a recent break-up with Hef's ex Holly Madison. THS will expose the secrets of this illusionist and Mindfreak star through candid interviews and never-before-seen footage.

Heartland and The Birds
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 8 August 2009
Time	6:35pm and 8:30pm
Heartland 6:35pm Set against the stunning vistas of the Alberta Rocky Mountains, Heartland is a sprawling family drama that follows sisters Amy and Lou Fleming and their grandfather, Jack, through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch.

Clone, Torchwood and Boy Meets a Girl
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 7 August 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:20pm
Clone 8:00pm In the final episode of this UK sitcom about a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster, a mysterious stranger arrives in the village and shows an unhealthy interest in Victor and Clone. Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie 8:30pm In this episode, Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murders around the city. As Jack and the team investigate further, it becomes clear somebody wants their attention. What is Pilgrim? And how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood's past? The resurrection days are far from over. Boy Meets Girl 9:20pm Danny (Rachael Stirling) is finding Veronica's world frustratingly tedious and is struggling to maintain appearances both on the work and home front. Veronica's best friend Siobhan (Tamzin Malleson) irritates her, Siobhan's sleazy boyfriend Ali (James Lance) is two-timing her and hitting on Veronica, and Veronica's boyfriend Jay (Paterson Joseph) is insistent on restarting their physical relationship.

How Not To Live Your Life
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 6 August 2009
Time	9:00pm
How Not To Live Your Life is an exciting new sitcom that centres around Don -a 20-something man with bad luck and even worse instincts. Occasionally life throws up too many choices, but there are never too many choices for Don's overactive imagination. But every time he is faced with a big choice, his options are generally terrible. Don tries, and usually fails, to navigate the basics of life. He manages to mess up even the simplest of tasks. Each episode of How Not To Live Your Life covers a few days in Don's life - as he stumbles his way through a variety of challenges - or indeed just everyday occurrences. Don (Dan Clark) has moved into his recently deceased grandmother's house. The mortgage payments are in arrears and there's a strange man, Eddie (David Armand), living there who won't leave. Don decided to get a lodger to help with the rent but school teacher Abby (Sinead Moynihan) was Don's teenage sweetheart - and now she has a boyfriend, Karl (Finlay Robertson).

Sin City Law: Butchered Innocence: Part 1
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
Sin City Law covers four true crime cases, each presented across two episodes. It offers a 360 degree perspective on each case featuring interviews with prosecutors, public defenders, killers, victims, family members and investigators. Courtroom footage is juxtaposed with behind-the-scenes segments - including how to shop for an outfit for an alleged killer on trial. This week focuses on brother and sister teenage meth-heads, Beau and Monique Maestas of Nevada, who set out to take revenge on a duplicitous drug dealer. Armed with knives, they attacked the woman's two young daughters, killing one and leaving the other paralysed for life. Beau pleads guilty, hoping to save his sister from a serious charge. Three years later, Beau's penalty hearing is about to begin, and Chief Deputy District Attorney David Schwartz and District Attorney David Roger are seeking the death penalty.

triple j tv presents The Butterfly Effect's One Night Stand
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 3 August 2009
Time	10:30pm
Some bands are just made for the big stage: The Butterfly Effect is one of those bands. The Brisbane boys showed just why they are Australian festival favourites when they took to the stage for triple j's One Night Stand in Gippsland. Featuring their hits Window And The Watcher, Final Conversation and a beautiful cover of Portishead's Roads, this program also features an exclusive interview with triple j's Robbie Buck. Mosh on your couch as triple j tv presents The Butterfly Effect.

Voices In The Dark
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 2 August 2009
Time	9:35pm
Voices in the Dark documents Christina Henri's epic project Roses from the Heart, involving the creation of 25,566 embroidered bonnets, one for every convict woman transported to Australia from Great Britain in the 1800s. Henri's project asks us to consider the true legacy female convicts, sentenced for crimes of poverty and condemned by society as whores and wretches, have made to the societies we live in today. By showcasing some of the highly artistic bonnets created by thousands of participants worldwide, including hundreds of convict descendants, Voices in the Dark beautifully articulates the spirit of Henri's project and the emotional impact such a significant public memorial is having around the globe.

Dance Academy
Venue	ABC TV
Date	starts filming 14th July
Dance Academy is the story of 15-year-old, Tara Webster, (played by newcomer Xenia Goodwin) who has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has always dreamt of becoming a dancer. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life will change spectacularly. Joining the all Australian cast is Tara Morice (Strictly Ballroom); AFI nominee for Best Young Actor, Tom Green; Dena Kaplan (Flight of the Conchords); Tim Pocock (X-Men Origins: Wolverine); and the 2009 Logie nominee for Best New Talent, Jordan Rodrigues.

East Of Everything: The Golden Rule and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 8 August 2009
Time	7:30pm - 8:30pm
East Of Everything: The Golden Rule 7:30pm The rules of love and intimacy continue to be re-modelled as Gerry (Nick Tate) appoints himself chief matchmaker and love-god to his grandson Josh- who has been left reeling after a crushing blow from his girlfriend, Rebecca. Gerry takes it upon himself to ensure that the female guests of the Far Out East assist Josh (Craig Stott) with his romantic recovery. The Bill: Smash and Grab - part 2 8:30pm PC Millie Brown (Clare Foster) and the sister of a suspect in an armed robbery investigation are being held captive by armed drug addicts.DS Max Carter (Christopher Fox), convinced that he knows who is behind both the robbery and the kidnapping, mounts an observation, but the operation is compromised when the kidnap victim's ex-husband arrives at the scene.

The Stepfather and Love Lies Bleeding
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 7 August 2009
Time	8:30pm - 9:40pm
The Stepfather 8:30pm Part two sees Scarlett's boyfriend Luke discovering a video of Scarlett, taken by Christopher, which doesn't always seem exactly fatherly. Also his computer has registered hits to a pornographic, sado-masochistic website. Love Lies Bleeding 9:40pm In a chilling climax to Love Lies Bleeding, multi-millionaire Mark Terry is on the run. Betrayed by those he trusts, Mark (Martin Kemp) must clear his name and unmask the real murderer.

Australia's Heritage, Whatever! The Science Of Teens and The Solomon Treasures
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 6 August 2009
Time	6:50pm - 8:30pm
Australia's Heritage: National Treasures: Eureka Flag 6:50pm Take a voyage of discovery with The Chaser's Chris Taylor as he reveals the secrets behind a fascinating mix of treasures from Australia’s National Heritage List. Whatever! The Science Of Teens 8:00pm Teens are re-writing the rules of sex but while their bodies suddenly become adult, they're not necessarily in sync with their chief sex organ - the teen brain. Whether they're having sex or not, whether their parents like it or not, teenagers are sexual beings. The Solomon Treasures 8:30pm The Solomon Treasures tells the story of the fascinating investigations into the lucrative trade of fake artefacts that have stained biblical history and the discipline of archaeology.

The New Inventors, The Librarians and United States Of Tara
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors highlights the latest contemporary creations from the next generation of inventors, innovators and designers. This weeks inventios: AERATION MANAGER and ROTABRADE. The Librarians: Just Returned 9:00pm The first series of The Librarians screened on ABC TV in 2007. It went on to be one of the network's top ten comedy shows for the year, harnessing a large audience and a great critical response. United States Of Tara: Aftermath 9:30pm Get ready to meet Tara's third alter - Alice, when the fabulously original comedy/drama series United States of Tara, starring Australia's own Toni Collette, continues Wednesday August 5 at 9.30pm.

Grand Designs, Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union and First Tuesday Book Club
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Time	8:30pm - 10:00pm
Grand Designs: Brighton 8:30pm Barry Surtees, a successful property developer, his wife Julie and their teenage children live in a large comfortable house in Brighton'’s (UK) most affluent suburb. Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union 9:25pm Emmy Award-winner Tracey Ullman continues her hilarious tour across America. First Tuesday Book Club 10:00pm First Tuesday Book Club is ABC TV's nationally televised book club. Hosted by Jennifer Byrne it brings to the screen the pleasures that draw millions of clubbers worldwide with their shared love of reading.

Talking Heads and
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 3 August 2009
Time	6:30pm - 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Rachel Ward 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson speaks with Rachel Ward, whose highly anticipated film Beautiful Kate is about to open in cinemas across the country. Spooks 9:35pm In Series 7 of Spooks, MI5 are confronting an old enemy - Russia - as it emerges as a new superpower. In the final episode of the series, the team discovers that Britain is being used as a pawn in an international game of chess involving Russia and the United States. Intelligence brought back from Moscow by Lucas reveals that Russia is planning an attack on London (codenamed 'Tiresias') and that it is scheduled to take place today. With the clock ticking, the team must find out what form the attack is going to take.

Message Stick, Sunday Arts, Wall Of Death and The Last Enemy
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 2 August 2009
Time	1:30pm - 8:30pm
Message Stick: Emily In Japan: Part Two 1:30pm Emily Kngwarreye had a brief but prolific career as one of Australia's leading contemporary artists after she first began painting canvases in her late seventies. Sunday Arts 5:00pm This week on Sunday Arts, Michael Veitch meets one of the world's most celebrated cellists, Steven Isserlis. Wall Of Death 7:30pm This film follows the brutal struggles of survival along the wall of death -a terrifying, vertical wall that rises up from the waters of the Dead Sea. Those animals which seek shelter here risk some of nature's deadliest assaults from gangs of hyenas, wolves and leopards, along with earthquakes that can send even the mightiest creature tumbling into the abyss. The Last Enemy 8:30pm Stephen (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Yasim (Anamaria Marinca) return to the Ezard apartment, unaware that an assassin is waiting for them. Russell (Robert Carlyle) arrives just in time to save them.

Foreign Correspondent
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday 13th of July
Time	8pm
A perlious year undercover- ducking the authorities and informers and risking decades in jail- has resulted in an unforgettable Foreign Correspondent with a team of Burmese cameraman capturing the plight of a pitiful new cast of Burmese- The Orphans of the Storm

Katharine Hepburn Season: The Iron Petticoat
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 01 August 2009
Time	8:30pm
This film is based on a story by Harry Saltzman, and stars Katharine Hepburn as a Russian pilot who on a whim, flies to the American section of Berlin. There she meets Bob Hope's character, a major in the Army whose job it is to convert her to Western ideals. But she has other ideas and tries to convert him to Communism. When Hope succeeds in changing her mind by taking her to London and wining and dining her, the Russians retaliate by kidnapping her and taking her back to Moscow, where they plan to do her in. When Hope tries to rescue her off the plane, both are taken to Russia and are destined to be executed.

Boy Meets Girl, Clone and Torchwood
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 31 July 2009
Time	8:00pm - 9:20pm
Clone 8:00pm Clone is a 6-part UK sitcom following what could be described as a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster. A brilliant scientist (Jonathan Pryce) 'creates' the first human Clone (Stuart McLoughlin), however he quickly realises his super weapon, intended to be a prototype super-soldier who will eventually replace Britain's volunteer army, is more likely to hug someone than shoot them. Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts 8:30pm In this episode, Toshiko is given an alien pendant which enables her to hear other people's thoughts. As the rest of the Torchwood team puzzle over a centuries-old skeleton, the pendant forces Toshiko to question her commitment to Torchwood - is her new found ability a blessing or a curse? Boy Meets Girl 9:20pm Drop-out DIY employee Danny Reed (Martin Freeman) has his whole world flipped upside down when a lightning strike turns him into a woman. No longer is he the lonely loser living in down-and-out digs, but a gorgeous and stylish fashion journalist in her early 30s, Veronica Burton (Rachael Stirling). His body has disappeared without trace and he is inside someone else's.

How Not To Live Your Life
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 30 July 2009
Time	9:00pm
Ever wished life had a pause button with various options for what to do or say next? That's what happens every time Don is faced with a big choice, only his options are generally terrible. How Not to Live Your Life is an exciting comedy that follows the antics of a typically neurotic, single young man, with an over-active imagination, who tries and fails to navigate the basics of life. Meet Don (Dan Clark) - a man with ambition, a man in the prime of his life - a man who manages to mess up even the simplest of tasks.

Wheelchair Basketball: Rollers World Challenge and The Ugly Truth About Beauty
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Time	6:30pm-9:30pm
Wheelchair Basketball: Rollers World Challenge 6:30pm Australia's world champion men'’s wheelchair basketballers - The Rollers - take on a trio of top international opponents in a series of 'World Challenge' matches to be screened on ABC TV from Wed, July 29th to Saturday's final on August 1st. The Ugly Truth About Beauty 8:30pm Lifestyle journalist Kate Spicer is 39, single and - like many women - not 100% happy with her appearance. She's always been sceptical about the beauty industry but now, as she approaches her forties, she's contemplating action.

triple j tv presents Eskimo Joe's One Night Stand
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 27 July 2009
Time	10:30pm
Off the back of their fourth album Inshalla, Fremantle lads Eskimo Joe headed to Gippsland to play triple j's One Night Stand. Featuring hits such as From The Sea, Black Fingernails, Red Wine and the new single Foreign Land, this performance captures Eskimo Joe at their brilliant best. Be in the front row when Eskimo Joe play live in your lounge room.

The Sculpture Diaries and The Young Girl And The Monkey
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 26 July 2009
Time	8:30pm - 10.30pm
The Sculpture Diaries 8:30pm The final of this series examines sculpture in the landscape. Art critic Waldemar Januszczak visits the giant mountain carving in South Dakota of Lakota Indian Crazy Horse, started 60 years ago as an antidote to the Mount Rushmore presidential carvings. The Young Girl And The Monkey 9:30pm In a country bereft of opportunity and often hope, dreams can offer sustenance to young minds. In Cambodia that dream often manifests in the desire to dance with the Royal Ballet and every year hundreds of youths compete for just 50 places in the cast.

Sunday Arts
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 26 July 2009
Time	5:00pm
This week on Sunday Arts, Fenella Kernebone talks to Marc Newson, one of the most accomplished and influential industrial designers of his generation. Sydney-born designer Newson had just left the Sydney College of the Arts when his aluminium sculptured Lockheed Lounge catapulted him into the stratosphere of stardom. Today, he lives in London and has become an industry 'brand-name'.

rage: Special: Michael Jackson, East Of Everything and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 1 August 2009
Time	10:00am and 8:30pm
rage: Michael Jackson 10:00am On Saturday 1st August, rage pays tribute to the undisputed 'King Of Pop', Michael Jackson in a way that only rage can - no interruptions, only full length clips, archive rarities, interview footage and much more spanning over 40 years of Michael Jackson's prolific career. 7:30pm East Of Everything: Cumin Get It! The three-day cyclonic storm that blew Gerry into town finally departs, leaving in its wake some major damage to the Far Out East. Citing safety regulations, the council demands the resort be repaired by close of business - or forfeit its residency certificate - so Vance leads the charge to set things straight, mustering all hands on deck. 8:30pm The Bill Ep 677 - Forensic Evidence Sun Hill's crime scene expert Eddie Olosunje (Jason Barnett) is devastated when he misses some vital evidence, and is hauled over the coals by acting CID head DS Stuart Turner (Doug Rao).

The Stepfather and Love Lies Bleeding
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 31 July 2009
Time	8:30pm and 9:40pm
The Stepfather 8:30pm This two-part drama returns to ABC1 for a repeat screening. Part one follows Dougie Molloy whose 15-year-old daughter, Pippa, went missing three years ago. Refusing to give up hope of finding her, Dougie threw in his school teaching job and became a mini-cab driver, searching for her as he drives the streets. Love Lies Bleeding 9:40pm In this two-part thriller Martin Kemp shines as a self-made millionaire betrayed by those he trusts. Life should be sweet for Mark Terry (Martin Kemp) but the reappearance of an old school friend with a score to settle leaves him fighting for his marriage, his freedom and ultimately, his life.

Whatever! The Science Of Teens, The Link and World's Greenest Homes
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 30 July 2009
Time	6:05pm - 9:30pm
6:05pm World''s Greenest Homes This episode features a tiny 1920s bungalow in Venice Beach, California, that has been revamped with a sleek new addition and the latest in modern design and green features, including solar panels that provide 70 percent of the home's energy needs. 8:00pm Whatever! The Science Of Teens Binge drinking is a teen issue that has shaken a cocktail of concern. But is this just media hype? Through a range of experiments, this second episode of Whatever! The Science Of Teens exposes the true dangers behind what used to be seen as just a harmless rite of passage. 8:30pm The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor? Millions of years ago, a little girl was born. It's time to meet our 47-million-year--old ancestor...

United States Of Tara and The New Inventors
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Time	8:00pm - 10:30pm
The New Inventors 8:00pm The New Inventors is bursting with the innovative and the imaginative, the unique and the unusual, the fantastic and the fascinating. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: engineer James Bradfield Moody, designer Alison Page, and woodworker and teacher Richard Vaughan. Inventions featured on the program: BAMBOO DE-BRANCHER STREET SWAG CHEK-WAY ELIMINATOR United States Of Tara 9:30pm Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Diablo Cody (Juno) and starring Australia'’s own Toni Collette, don't miss the refreshingly original 12-part comedy/drama series United States of Tara.

Grand Designs, Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union and Artscape
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Time	8:30pm-11:00pm
Grand Designs: Headcorn 8:30pm Mimi d'Costa and her husband Andre have moved to the Kent countryside to bring up their two young sons, Sean and Ty. Mimi and Andre have bought a large plot of land and want to build a home on it that is functional enough to serve their young family but that will also blend beautifully into the landscape. Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union 9:25pm The second season of Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union continues to showcase her vast array of original characters and impersonations in a wide collection of irreverent and hilarious skits, that range from sardonic parody to social satire. Artscape: Landscape Of The Wynne 10:00pm Artscape: Landscape of the Wynne transports you into the studios of four very different contemporary Australian painters - Geoff Dyer, Graham Fransella, Ben McKeown and Kate Shaw. Watch as they each try to win the oldest and most prestigious gong given for Australian landscape painting - the Wynne Prize. The Wynne is Australia's oldest art prize and in the eyes of many artists - a true 'artist's prize'. Every year, it encourages artists to tackle the power of landscape.

Spooks
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 27 July 2009
Time	9:35pm
In episode seven, news that a Sugarhorse (MI5's top-secret operation with a long-term strategy to destabilise Russia's nuclear capability) asset has been found dead reaches Harry. He knows that Britain is caught in the middle of what could be a nuclear showdown as the US plans to place missile defence shields in former Soviet countries.

Message Stick, Cassowaries, The Last Enemy and Compass
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 26 July 2009
Time	1:30pm-10:30pm
1:30pm Message Stick: Emily In Japan: Part One In February 2008, the largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas opened in Japan. Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye took the cities of Osaka and Tokyo by storm, generating an interest not seen in the country since the works of Andy Warhol were shown there 10 years earlier. Cassowaries 7:30pm William McInnes narrates this first feature documentary on Australia's giant, magnificent and endangered Southern Cassowaries as they struggle to survive when a once-in-50-year cyclone destroys their rainforest homes. The Last Enemy 8:30pm Stephen (Benedict Cumberbatch) wakes up on the floor of the lab and flees, looking for Yasim. In his desperation he calls Eleanor (Eva Birthistle) for help. Compass: The Satanic Verses Affair 9:30pm Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious instruction - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death.

The Rollers
Venue	ABC TV
Date	Wed, July 29th to Saturday's final on August 1st
Australia's world champion men's wheelchair basketballers - The Rollers - take on a trio of top international opponents in a series of 'World Challenge' matches to be screened on ABC TV

Katharine Hepburn Season: Spitfire
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 25 July 2009
Time	8:30pm
Our Katharine Hepburn Season of movies has so far included The African Queen, Mary of Scotland, and Little Minister. This week ABC2 presents Spitfire. This 1934 film stars Hepburn as a backwoods girl named Trigger Hicks. Barely literate, proud and hot-tempered, Trigger's devout belief in faith healing creates consternation in her fellow villagers, who view her belief as witchcraft. But Trigger is intriguing to two engineers, John Stafford (Robert Young) and George Fleetwood (Ralph Bellamy), who arrive to build a dam in the mountains and are both attracted to her.

Clone, Torchwood: Countrycide and Being Human
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 24 July 2009
Time	8pm-9:20pm
Clone 8:00pm Clone, the story of a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster. The Doctor quickly realises his super weapon, intended to be a prototype super-soldier who will eventually replace Britain's volunteer army, is more likely to hug someone than shoot them. Torchwood: Countrycide 8:30pm In this epsiode, Torchwood are concerned that the space-time rift is spreading, so the team investigate a series of gruesome deaths in the village of Brynblaidd in the picturesque Brecon Beacons. What sort of creature could cause such shocking injuries? Stranded without communications or equipment, and isolated from one another, the team confronts a terrifying enemy. Being Human 9:20pm In this final episode, vampire Mitchell is in hospital following the near fatal attack on his doorstep. Once recovered, and believing it to be his destiny, Mitchell is determined to fight the vampire leader Herrick, no matter what it takes.

Beautiful People: How I Got My Globe
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 23 July 2009
Time	9:25pm
Young Simon ponders the street outside and is startled by a passing Mary Poppins flying past with a friendly wave. Simon (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) and Kylie (Layton Williams) are instantly transfixed by bohemian teacher, Miss Prentice (Frances Barber). Hers is an apparent life of French lovers and exotic cigarettes. The two MUST join her proposed skiing trip.

We Are Wizards and I;m a Child Anorexic
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Time	8:30PM- 10:20PM
We Are Wizards 8:30PM Explore the world of Harry Potter fans and the fascinating, amusing and inspiring ways in which they take their love of J.K. Rowling's book series to a whole new level. I'm a Child Anorexic 10:20PM This is a sensitive and at times shocking insight into the journey of children undergoing treatment for anorexia at Rhodes Farm in London, featuring their own video diaries. See the girls go from the dangerously emaciated and malnourished states they arrive in, to a healthy weight at their departure. But will their attitude to weight change while at the clinic? Can they maintain their weight at home?

Triple J TV Presents: Hilltop Hoods' One Night Stand
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 20 July 2009
Time	10.30PM
Adelaide's Hilltop Hoods showed just why they are Australia's premier Hip Hop act when they headlined triple j''s One Night Stand in Gippsland. The Hoods performed a blistering set in the pouring rain to around 15,000 people, who danced their wet socks off. triple j tv were there to capture the action, and this program features all the highlights including The Hard Road, Nosebleed Section, and their new single Chase That Feeling, as well as an exclusive interview with triple j's Robbie Buck. Put your hands in the air as triple j tv presents Hilltop Hoods.

The Sculpture Diaries and Killer Whale And Crocodile
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 19 July 2009
Time	8:30PM - 10.30 PM
The Sculpture Diaries 8:30PM Renowned art critic Waldemar Januszczak continues his witty and intriguing journey exploring the world's sculpture. Exploring the way that sculpture has been enlisted by society, politics and religion, Januszczak travels across the world to Easter Island to see the extraordinary sculptural legacy the civilisation left there. Killer Whale And Crocodile 9:30PM A journey of great physical distances and lasting bonds, this film explores the soul of creativity and inspiration in two cultures half a world apart and now bonded in art.

The New Inventors
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Time	8:00pm
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors is home to the brightest breakthroughs in technology, innovation and invention from every corner of Australia. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: agricultural scientist, Chris Russell, materials engineer, Veena Sahajwalla, and futurist and author, Mark Pesce. Inventions featured on the program: MOBILARM FOLD OUT BUS RAIL EATI

East Of Everything and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 25 July 2009
Time	7:30pm and 8:30pm
East Of Everything: Weather Man 7:30pm Be careful what you wish for... Art Watkins (Richard Roxburgh) wakes up one morning, five months on since he and his brother Vance (Tom Long) re-opened their parents' 70s backpacker hostel - the Far Out East - lying next to Eve (Susie Porter) in a lovers' embrace, and counts his blessings. The brothers are getting on well, and business is finally starting to pick up. The Bill 8:30pm Ep 675 - School's Out The investigation into the theft of art teacher Becky James's (Naomi Ryan) laptop and her subsequent bashing, has temporary School Safety Officer, PC Nate Roberts (Ben Richards) and the team looking at a student's father - a school governor - who had previously had a relationship with the teacher. Their problem is discovering the motive for the theft! Everyone is shocked when the girl's father is accused of abusing his daughter.

Trial And Retribution: The Box and Last Word Monologues
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 24 July 2009
Time	8:30pm and 10:05pm
Trial And Retribution: The Box 8:30pm Two women suddenly vanishing into thin air, both married to the same man, is a catalyst for DCS Mike Walker to investigate further - despite being on leave. Last Word Monologues: Bob Hoskins: A Bit Of Private Business 10:05pm Rhys Ifans, Sheila Hancock and Bob Hoskins, the cream of British acting talent star in this trio of cracking, contemplative comedy dramas written, produced and directed by Hugo Blick. Three people who have one thing in common, that they are all about to kill or be killed, speak a monologue to the camera - their last words. Between the lines they reveal truths about their lives.

World's Greenest Homes, Whatever! The Science Of Teens, Surveillance and Q&A
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 23 July 2009
Time	6:05pm-9:30pm
World's Greenest Homes 6:05pm Architect and designer Emmanuel Belliveau presents this 13-part series that takes us on a whirlwind global tour of beautiful homes that are also eco-friendly. Whatever! The Science Of Teens 8:00pm Teenagers are in limbo. Neither adults nor children, they are caught up in a confusing world of change. Using entertaining segments and accessible language Whatever! The Science Of Teens taps into the most up-to-date scientific investigations of the teen brain, and the latest research into family and society, to reveal that much 'aberrant' teenage behaviour is really quite normal. Surveillance 8:30pm Surveillance is everywhere. We're all being watched... on streets... in suburbs... at airports... at shopping malls... even in our own homes by technologies that make the invisible... visible. Surveillance goes behind the security doors and discovers the secret, often disturbing world of surveillance. Q&A 9:30pm As always, the Q&A studio audience and viewers across the country can put the questions they want answered to the panel.

Grand Designs, Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union and Artscape
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Time	8:30pm-9:50pm
Grand Designs: Marlborough 8:30pm Andrew Ainslie is a dairy farmer, his wife Meryl is an artist who runs a gallery on their farm in Wiltshire. The farmhouse they live in has, over time, been cut off from their land by an expanding village, making it more time consuming for Andrew to look after his 200 dairy cows and farm. So Andrew and Meryl decide to build a new house in the heart of the farm. Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union 9:25pm More sardonic parody and social satire from the queen of character and impersonation, Emmy Award-winning Tracey Ullman, as she continues her hilarious tour across America. In this second episode of the series, we meet more of Tracey's vast array of characters and impersonations in a wide collection of irreverent and hilarious skits. Artscape: Brian Eno In Conversation 9:50pm Recently in Australia as curator of the Luminous Festival at the Sydney Opera House is none other than the man internationally acclaimed as the father of ambient music - Brian Eno.

Talking Heads and Spooks
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 20 July 2009
Talking Heads 6:30pm Richard Roxburgh is a surprisingly candid guest on this week's Talking Heads. He's known for pushing himself hard as an actor and director, for his control and perfectionism. He'’s even been called a Rottweiler for the extent to which he sinks his teeth into a role. Spooks 9:35pm An emergency Middle Eastern peace summit is being held in London, after a recent Israeli attack on Gaza. The team is responsible for the security of the event, which will attract VIPs from all over the world, including the United Nations Chief Negotiator. Amidst the preparations, an internet filter on Malcolm's computer reveals that a key part of an assassin's toolkit is being sold on-line.

Message Stick, Nature's Great Events, The Last Enemy and Sunday Arts
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 19 July 2009
Time	1:30pm onwards
Message Stick: Tnorala 1:30pm An emotive film by Warwick Thornton, director of Samson and Delilah and winner of this year's Camera d'Or in Cannes. Sunday Arts 5:00pm This week on Sunday Arts, Chris McAuliffe looks at Salvador Dali's enduring legacy. Nature's Great Events: The Great Feast 7:30pm The arrival of the summer sun along the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia triggers an explosion of plant life greater in scale than the Amazon rainforest. The massive amount of plant life draws in huge amounts of wildlife to feast - including billions of herring and jellyfish, and sea lions and humpback whales that migrate all the way from Hawaii. The Last Enemy 8:30pm Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Last Enemy, a thriller about a man whose search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into an international conspiracy - and a passionate love affair. The Last Enemy takes an arresting and compelling look at how technology could transform Britain into a surveillance society - threatening human relationships and destroying trust.

Katharine Hepburn Season: Mary Of Scotland
Venue	ABC2
Date	Saturday, 18 July 2009
Time	8:30pm
Katharine Hepburn stars with Fredric March in this 1936 film directed by John Ford. The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords. This is the third film in the Katharine Hepburn Season - still to come are: Spitfire on Saturday 25th July, and The Iron Petticoat on Saturday August 1st.

Stairway To Heaven
Date	Sunday, 12 July 2009
Time	9:30pm
Stairway to Heaven is the story of an ancient and sublime work of sacred art, whose loss not only shook the art world, but triggered the shocking realisation that traditional Islamic knowledge and skills have all but vanished. In 1969, the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was attacked by a Christian fanatic. In the blaze that followed, one of the world's most precious works of art, the minbar of Saladin, originally installed in 1187, was destroyed. The minbar lay in ashes, but fortunately some black and white photos survived.

S And M: Short And Male and The Baby Borrowers
Date	Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Time	8.30pm and 9:25pm
S And M: Short And Male 8:30pm Every short male has his own frustrating story to tell. Cultures around the world seem to share the same obsession with size: it matters, big time. Women are hard-wired to equate height with sex appeal and society in general is stuck on the belief that in business and politics, tall people make the best leaders. S & M: Short and Male explores the relationship between height, self-esteem and success. From platform shoes to growth hormone injections to limb elongation surgery, S & M unveils the reality of the vertically challenged male trying to survive in a height--obsessed world. The Baby Borrowers 9:25pm Five teenage couples face the toughest job of all - parenting. In this unique social experiment, five teenage couples move in together and look after other people's babies... babies who will be swiftly replaced by toddlers, pre-teens, teens and finally the elderly and infirm.

The Sculpture Diaries
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 12 July 2009
Time	8:30pm
A quirky and at times dark journey through sculptures with leading British art critic Waldemar Januszczak, is a fascinating look at inspiring and remarkable pieces all around the world. The three-part series travels from a remote Nigerian village to the legendary Easter Island where sombre mysterious structures dominate from a previous civilisation. He also visits a Lithuanian theme park featuring old Communist statues of Lenin, Stalin and Marx. Finally he does a road trip through icons of the American land art movement.

Sunday Arts
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 12 July 2009
Time	5:00pm
Fenella Kernebone meets David Harrington, the founder of the world renowned, innovative Kronos Quartet. Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet has been producing innovative and compelling music for over 30 years. Founded in San Francisco by violinist David Harrington in 1973, Kronos has continually pushed boundaries both musically and visually, adapting the ancient musical tradition of a string quartet into a contemporary one. Kronos draw much of its inspiration from the many musical traditions from around the world, which include pop, rock, electronic and experimental compositions. It has collaborated widely, including teaming up with acclaimed composers Phillip Glass and Australia's Peter Sculthorpe, as well as producing soundtracks for films such as Requiem for a Dream. The Kronos Quartet was recently in Australia and Fenella Kernebone had the chance to speak with founder David Harrington.

Gardening Australia, New Tricks and The Bill
Venue	ABC
Date	Saturday, 18 July 2009
Time	6:30pm-8:30pm
Gardening Australia 6:30pm Winter gardening enthusiasts have much to savour from Angus Stewart and Stephen Ryan discussing their shared passion for collecting plants. Josh Byrne visits an award-winning garden in Perth which has a colourful palette of Mediterranean-style plants. New Tricks: Mad Dogs 7:30pm Ministry of Defence spooks try to silence the UCOS team when they reinvestigate the death of British soldier Eric Trimble. Just weeks before a tour of duty in Iraq, Trimble - along with three other squaddies Andy Merrill, Keith Sharratt and Ronnie Glazebrook was sent to the MoD's Influenza Research Unit to take part in a medical trial. All four played truant one night, but Trimble never returned. The Bill 8:30pm Ep. 673 - Growing Pains PC Nate Roberts (Ben Richards) breaks up a fight between two parents at Deansgate School, and later one of the men involved is found with serious injuries.

Trial And Retribution and Last Word Monologues
Venue	ABC
Date	Friday, 17 July 2009
Time	8:30pm - 10:05pm
Trial And Retribution: Rules Of The Game 8:30pm The world of high-class prostitution involving girls from Eastern Europe and the wealthy men who use them turns deadly in this taut, thriller instalment of Trial And Retribution from Lynda La Plante. In Rules Of The Game a suitcase is discovered abandoned in the middle of a Heathrow car park. Inside it is the naked body of a girl. Last Word Monologues: Sheila Hancock: Before I Call You In 10:05pm Rhys Ifans, Sheila Hancock and Bob Hoskins, the cream of British acting talent star in this trio of cracking, contemplative comedy dramas written, produced and directed by Hugo Blick. Three people who have one thing in common, that they are all about to kill or be killed, speak a monologue to the camera - their last words. Between the lines they reveal truths about their lives.

Catalyst and Feral Peril
Venue	ABC
Date	Thursday, 16 July 2009
Time	8:00pm-8:30pm
Catalyst 8:00pm On 16th July 1969, exactly forty years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off to the moon, where Neil Armstrong took the 'great step for mankind' of first walking on its surface. This episode of Catalyst looks back at one of man's greatest achievements and takes another look at the moon. Feral Peril 8:30pm Tasmania is one of the world's last great wildlife havens but its struggling native species are under threat from a feral fox invasion. Or are they?

The New Inventors
Venue	ABC
Date	Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Time	8:00pm
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors showcases the best new Australian inventions from the innovative to the inspirational, the weird and the wonderful. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: engineer James Bradfield Moody, science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, and futurist and author Mark Pesce. Inventions featured on the program: PASSWINDOW, SEA PEN and PENO GUARD.

Grand Designs, Jennifer Byrne Presents Brave New Worlds and Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union
Venue	ABC
Date	Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Time	8:30pm-9:50pm
Grand Designs: Brittany 8:30pm Daren Howarth and partner Adi Nortje live in Brighton in the UK, and are champions of sustainable living. They want to build an earth-sheltered home from recycled materials, based on ideas pioneered in the 1970s in New Mexico, but land prices and planning laws force them out of England to Brittany in northern France. Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union 9:25pm Emmy Award-winner Tracey Ullman continues her hilarious tour across America. The second season of Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union will once again showcase Ullman's vast array of original characters and impersonations in a wide collection of irreverent and hilarious skits, that range from sardonic parody to social satire. Jennifer Byrne Presents Brave New Worlds 9:50pm Jennifer Byrne Presents is a series of individual treats for lovers of books and writing. It features discussions with leading authors and investigations into the popularity of writing genres such as crime, sex and romance, and fantasy.

Charlie And Lola Special, Talking Heads and Spooks
Venue	ABC
Date	Monday, 13 July 2009
Time	10:15am, 6.30pm, 9:35pm
Charlie And Lola Special: Everything Is Different And Not The Same 10:15am Follow the adventures of seven-year-old Charlie and his feisty sister Lola in this delightful autumn special based on the award-winning picture books by Lauren Child. Talking Heads 6.30pm This week on Talking Heads, Peter Thompson's guest is the much-loved Olivia Newton-John. The daughter of a Welsh-born Professor of German and granddaughter of a Nobel prizewinning physicist, Newton-John opted very early on to follow her own dream of a career in music. At 15 years of age, she was singing in an all-girl group in Melbourne. Within a few years she was in London making a name for herself alongside Cliff Richard. Spooks 9:35pm After the shocking revelation in episode four that Connie could be the Sugarhorse mole, Harry has her put under house arrest and has her home searched for anything that might prove her treachery. But, as always, the threat posed by a Russian double-agent in bringing down the whole Sugarhorse spy operation is just one of the crises MI5 must avert this week.

Nature's Great Events, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple
Venue	ABC
Date	Sunday, 12 July 2009
Time	7:30pm
Nature's Great Events: The Great Flood 7:30pm In the intense heat of the northern Kalahari, at the peak of the dry season when water is scarce, herds of elephants trek towards a life-saving event, while prides of lions and marooned hippos fight to survive around the last remaining waterholes. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: They Do It With Mirrors 8:30pm Carrie-Louise and her third husband Lewis Serrocold run a correctional facility for young men on their estate, Stonygates, where they also house a rag-tag of family and step-Family.

Being Human
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 10 July
Time	9.20pm
Mitchell's attempt to embrace humanity becomes more intense than ever when he befriends a 12-year-old boy, Bernie and his divorced mother, Fleur, who live in the same street. Mitchell and Bernie develop a friendship that reminds Mitchell of his pre-vampire childhood. But things turn sour when Bernie catches a glimpse of the vampire side of Mitchell. George realises that if he is to have any real future with the feisty Nina, he must tell her the truth about his werewolf nature. Annie is traumatised after a shocking revelation about her ex-fiance Owen. Through her rage, she develops a lust for revenge.

Beautiful People: How I Got My Posh
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 9 July 2009
Time	9.25pm
When Kylie (Layton Williams) steals the head teacher's clutch bag, Simon (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) immediately returns it but accidently rests the bag on the 'speak button' of her intercom system, revealing to the whole school that he wants a Posh Spice doll for his birthday. His dad (Aidan McArdle) teaches reluctant Simon about football to 'butch him up'. When Simon discovers Posh dates footballers, he suddenly gets motivated and uses his choreography skills for good on the football pitch. This episode features a specially recorded duet by Dannii and Kylie Minogue performing Abba's The Winner Takes It All.

The Baby Borrowers
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 8 July
Time	Wednesday 9:25pm
Five teenage couples face the toughest job of all - parenting. In this unique social experiment, five teenage couples move in together and look after other people's babies... babies who will be swiftly replaced by toddlers, pre-teens, teens and finally the elderly and infirm. With nappies, toddler teething, teenage tantrums and old-age incontinence to deal with, will their relationships survive the stresses and strains of adult life? And what will they learn about themselves and their assumptions of parenthood? Fast-forwarding these teenagers straight into adult life with four weeks of non-stop babysitting might just prove to be the ultimate contraceptive... In their first week the teenagers must start real jobs, Experience 'pregnancy', attend ante-natal classes and prepare for the arrival of a child. The real thing will arrive at their doors very shortly...

Triple J tv presents Lily Allen
Venue	ABC2
Date	Monday, 6 July 2009
Time	10.30pm
Lily Allen played an exclusive and very intimate gig for 30 lucky triple j listeners earlier this year. triple j tv presents Lily Allen is like you've never seen her before, live and stripped back in the triple j recording studios accompanied by just keys and guitar. The set features the hit single The Fear and other tracks from Lily's new album It's Not Me, It's You, plus a cover of the Britney Spears song Womanizer. There's also a candid interview with triple j's Scott Dooley, so if you weren't one of the lucky 30 to be there in the audience, triple j tv presents is bringing the entire gig straight to you...

Clone
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 3 July 2009
Time	8pm
Clone is a 6-part UK sitcom following what could be described as a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster. It opens with a brilliant scientist (Jonathan Pryce) unveiling the results of his life's work: the first human clone (Stuart McLoughlin). The Doctor quickly realises his super weapon, intended to be a prototype super-soldier who will eventually replace Britain's volunteer army, is more likely to hug someone than shoot them. Clone is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy revolving around the education of an innocent being who is seeing and experiencing our world for the first time. In episode one Dr. Victor Blenkinsop, a brilliant government scientist, unveils the first human clone. Intended to be a prototype super soldier, the experiment goes horribly wrong. In an attempt to redeem himself, the doctor escapes with his creation vowing to fix him before the government finds them and kills them.

How To Make Love To My Wife
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 1 July
Time	9.20pm
Comedian Greg Lawrence is shocked when his wife admits that she has never experienced an orgasm with him. After 20 years of marriage, having children and the same romantic routines, Greg embarks on a journey and spares no humiliation to morph himself into a champion lover. His sexual makeover includes visits with a sex therapist, stylist, psychologist, porn actor and chats with women willing to volunteer invaluable advice. He learns about tantric sex, ointments, aphrodisiacs, toys and desensitising creams - pretty much anything he can get his hands on. How To Make Love To My Wife is self-help with humour, as Greg attempts to overcome his ineptitude in bed, turn himself into a world class lover and finally please his wife.

Island Home Country and La Paloma
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday, 28 June 2009
Time	8:30pm and 9.35pm
Island Home Country is a poetic cine-essay about Australia's colonised history and how it has impacted into the present. The filmmaker, Jeni Thornley, a descendant of convicts transported to Australia in 1788, goes on a journey to understand the disturbing history of colonial Tasmania, repressed during her own 1950s childhood there. La Paloma No other piece of music has ever been interpreted, arranged or released as often as La Paloma. From Richard Tauber to Pavarotti, from Elvis Presley to Dean Martin, from Mariachi to Sinti, La Paloma is the grande dame of pop music. But her soul, her melody, has always retained its spirit.

The New Inventors
Venue	ABC1
Date	Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Time	2009 8:00pm
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors highlights the latest contemporary creations from the new generation of inventors, innovators and designers. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: agricultural scientist Chris Russell, science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, and designer and inventor Sally Dominguez. Inventions featured on the program: Invention 1: PLASTIC MULCH RETRIEVER - by inventor Tony Rocca from QLD. Invention 2 TILE LINK: - by inventor Arvo Poldmaa from NSW. Invention 3: 321 WATER - by inventor Gretha Oost from VIC.

New Tricks and The Bill
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 4 July 2009
Time	7:30pm-9.30pm
New Tricks: Magic Majestic 7:30pm Brian Lane engages in some dangerous mind games in a case that threatens to completely destabilise him when the team reinvestigates the death of Raymond Briers. In 1999, Briers was killed by his wife, Katie, after she had agreed to be hypnotised by illusionist Billy Carse for his television show. Acquitted of his murder, Katie has recently started receiving emails from a source known only as Merlin, naming Carse's rival, Brandon Skye, as her husband's killer. Could Skye have sabotaged Carse's act to produce the ultimate trick that would destroy his reputation? The Bill: Ep 669 You've Got You Wrong 8:30pm Sgt. Callum Stone suspects a shoplifter is a victim of domestic violence, but she won't make a statement against her husband. When Stone discovers the abuser is a known criminal, he persuades the wife to help him find another way to put her husband away.

Trial And Retribution: Conviction
Venue	ABC1
Date	Friday, 3 July 2009
Time	8:30pm
Another compelling series of British murder mysteries from renowned crime writer Lynda La Plante returns to ABC1 each Friday night in July. This new series of Trial And Retribution begins with an explosive tale of injustice and revenge. Tense, gripping and wonderfully acted, Conviction has an avenging father seeking recompense for the murder of his son. On an East London estate Terry Dyer, recently released from prison, returns to uncover the truth behind a murder that he still claims he didn't commit. The buried secrets of terrible and murderous events are unearthed as DCS Mike Walker and DCI Roisin Connor head up the investigation team.

Catalyst and Beyond The Wall
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 2 July 2009
Time	8:00pm-9.25pm
Catalyst: Universal Flu Vaccine 8:00pm Universal Flu Vaccine The worldwide spread of Swine Flu has put immunologists into overtime to develop an effective vaccine. The first cases of Swine Flu were reported on March 18 in Mexico, 10 days later the virus had reached the United States. Ten weeks from the outbreak the disease had spread worldwide with over 12,000 cases and 92 deaths - 80 in Mexico and 10 in the United States. Now as fears of an impending pandemic emerge, comparisons are being made to the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed over 20 million people worldwide. Beyond The Wall 9.25pm Fate intended them to be enemies, but they have chosen to become partner... Bassam, Sharon, Aziz and Zohar are Israeli and Palestinian by birth. Their situation 'branded' them doubly as victims and aggressors at the same time. This story is set at the very heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. This particular conflict resembles a set of broken mirrors where the one who suffers might well be the oppressor of the other. Beyond the Wall is a universal story - that of forgiveness. The film's four protagonists have suffered through personal loss. Two of them lost brothers in the conflict.

Grand Designs, Fear, Stress and Anger and Artscape
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Time	8:30pm-11pm
Grand Designs: Newport 8:30pm This week Kevin meets Welsh couple, banker Dean Berry and his PR consultant wife, Sarah. Having moved away to London and carved out successful careers for themselves, they have now returned home 17 years later and bought an 18th century castle perched on a hilltop. Fear, Stress and Anger: The Job List 9:25pm The Chadwicks are baby boomers for whom the boom has gone out of life. Martin Chadwick (Peter Davison) has been made redundant at the ad agency and wife Julie (Pippa Haywood) is in career stagnation at the local council. Martin's mother, Gran Chadwick (Eileen Essell) keeps escaping from the nursing home and his 20-something daughters Lucy (Daisy Aitkens) and Chloe (Georgia Moffett) are getting progressively more demanding and still won't leave home. Artscape: Circus Oz: The Big Birthday Bash: Pt 3 10:00pm The third episode in Artscape's The Big Birthday Bash series begins three days out from the opening night of Circus Oz's 30th Birthday tour. With the tent issues now resolved, the company is finally in pre-show rehearsals in the big top, located at Melbourne's Birrarung Marr.

Spooks and Talking Heads
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 29 June 2009
Time	6:30pm-9:35pm
Talking Heads: Graeme Blundell 6:30pm This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson talks to the actor who's probably best-known for his role as that 70s chick magnet Alvin Purple. In a career spanning almost four decades, Graeme Blundell has done so much more. He’s directed over 100 plays, acted in about the same number and appeared in more than 40 films and hundreds of hours of TV. Spooks 9:35pm MI5 is confronting an old enemy - Russia - as it emerges as a new superpower, while continuing to battle the threat of Islamist terrorism. In episode three, the team has been alerted to a barrage of possible British al Qaeda attacks, but it is proving hard to stay on top of them all. With murmurings that al Qaeda is active again and with the Home Secretary refusing to raise the national threat level, the team is under even more pressure to ensure a terrorist attack is prevented. Ben is sent undercover into a London-based al Qaeda cell planning a series of suicide bombings - an extremely dangerous operation where his cover is nearly blown. Ros and the team face a desperate race against time to stop the four terrorists' bombs going off.

Nature's Great Events, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Sunday Arts and Compass
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, June 28
Time	5:00pm-10:05pm
Sunday Arts 5:00pm This week on Sunday Arts Fenella Kernebone speaks with international burlesque star Moira Finucane. Moira Finucane Moira Finucane is internationally renowned for creating intimate theatrical spectacles where burlesque, fairy tale, variety, cabaret and the gothic are melded into visually provocative shows. Her live performances appeal both as pure entertainment and as politically forceful commentary on power, gender, and desire. Nature's Great Events: The Great Migration 7:30pm Each year more than one million wildebeest and a quarter of a million zebra and gazelle migrate on Tanzania's Serengeti Plains, to graze on the green, short grass plains - one of the most spectacular events in the natural world. But what happens to the predators they leave behind? Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Murder Is Easy 8:30pm During a chance encounter on a train, the elderly Miss Pinkerton confides in Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) that she is going to Scotland Yard to report a murderer who has already struck several times in the peaceful village of Wychwood-under-Ashe. When she later reads that Miss Pinkerton died in a tragic accident before making her report, Miss Marple determines that it is now up to her to find out who the killer is... Compass: Faithfully Yours 10:05pm On a rainy Sunday in Sydney, Oleh Sokolovsky, the son of Ukrainian Catholics, and Margot Phillips, the daughter of South African Jews, are about to 'tie the knot'. They are about to join thousands of Australian couples who 'marry out' each year.

Torchwood: Day One
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 26 June 2009
Time	8:30pm
Created by Russell T Davis, Torchwood follows the adventures of a team of investigators using alien technology to solve crime: some terrestrial, some not. Led by the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), the Torchwood team includes Gwen (Eve Myles) the group's conscience, charming medic Owen Harper (Burn Gorman), reserved Toshiko Sata (Naolo Mori); the super intelligent and intense Suzie Costello (Indira Varma); and Ianto Jones (Gareth David Lloyd) who is far more important than his receptionist's role suggests. In this episode, an alien addicted to sex is let loose on Cardiff's nightlife, leaving a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake. Captain Jack and Torchwood must track down the creature's new host and in doing so confront a violent new form of love in the 21st century.

Ben's Zoo
Venue	ABC2
Date	Wednesday, 24 June
Time	8:00pm
When Ben and his family buy a zoo, they meet with unexpected problems. The escape of a wolf shows Ben just how desperately the zoo is in need of repairs, but buying the park has used up all the family's savings. Time is running out. They have just AUD7977 (4000 pounds) left in the bank account and the zoo is already costing AUD5983 (3000 pounds) a week to run. Ben has to find someone who will lend them AUD997,171 (500,000 pounds) as they still need to pay for the repairs and renovations. If he fails, the zoo will be back on the market and the animals' lives will be in danger once again.

Being Human
Venue	ABC2
Date	Friday, 26 June
Time	9:20pm
Three young housemates struggling to live normal lives are harassed from every corner. George, the gentle hospital porter who is also a werewolf, meets another of his kind. He is a rough and ready rogue called Tully who wants to teach George how to enjoy being a werewolf. He also makes a pass at Annie. Mitchell the vampire is taunted by his dark side comrades as he struggles to stay on the wagon and off the blood.

The Librarians
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 25 June
Time	11:00pm
In the lead up to the hotly anticipated premiere of The Librarians series two later this year, relive the misadventures of Frances O'Brien (Robyn Butler), devout Catholic, panic disorder sufferer and Head Librarian at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre. Despite the chronic vandalism, the dysfunctional staff and her own particular challenges with the ever growing Muslim community, Frances wears her Head Librarian's badge with relish. No more so than during the heady period leading up to Book Week - precisely the moment her life suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Immersed in planning for Book Week, Frances's focus is diverted when her ex-best friend and nemesis, Christine Grimwood (Roz Hammond) applies for the Children's Librarian's position. While completely unsuitable, Christine desperately needs a responsible job before fronting court on drug trafficking charges. Frances refuses but soon finds herself forced to hire Christine.

Beautiful People: How I Got My Nose
Venue	ABC2
Date	Thursday, 25 June 2009
Time	9:25pm
2008. Simon knows that he has good looks. People in the street tell him so. But when boyfriend Sacha notes Simon's broken nose, his world shatters… 1997. Tap-dancing along the street like a suburban Gene Kelly, Simon clocks Madame D'Arcy's Theatre School and demands instant enrolment. Andy and Debbie know they cannot afford it and ponder exactly where Simon got his theatrical leanings from - Andy's love of opera or Debbie's annual Esther Rantzen impression? When Simon auditions as 'Joseph' in a home-made dream coat making him look like Old Testament meets maxi Romany, he meets nemesis Imelda who instantly gets the lead part. Simon and Kylie are devastated. When Debbie sees Imelda and drama teacher Mr Bell together, she speaks her mind. A punch to the jaw later, Mr Ball is on the floor and Debbie is facing police questioning for assault (again). When Imelda rebukes Simon's peace-making efforts, a door swings into his face. As Debbie embraces her new life as a makeover queen, Simon is back at square one with a swollen face to boot. But Kylie knows that revenge is best served cold!

Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone
Date	Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Time	9:30pm
An impressionistic documentary explores America's most famous smut peddler, Larry Flynt. An often polarising figure, Larry Flynt has long struggled to expand the parameters of free speech and expose what he called the hypocrisy of America's elected leaders. The focus of this film is less on his life and legacy than on his First Amendment court battles over the past 30 years. He's spent more time in court than many lawyers and even spent time in jail for his beliefs. So when this man talks about the meaning of democracy, many believe he has earned the right to be heard.

Note By Note: The Making Of Steinway
Venue	ABC2
Date	Sunday 21st June, 2009
Following the story of a single Steinway piano from its humble beginnings, from forest floor to concert hall, the film explores the relationship between musician and instrument, chronicling the manufacturing process, and illustrating what makes each Steinway unique in this age of mass production. From the factory in Queens to Steinway Hall in Manhattan, each piano's journey is complex - spanning 12 months, 12,000 parts, 450 craftsmen, and countless hours of fine-tuned labour. The most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique and full of personality as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers are a dying breed: skilled cabinetmakers, gifted tuners, and experienced hand-crafters. The story covers every step in the process of creating grand concert piano L1037, and talks along the way with famous pianists about the qualities of a great instrument. But it's the portrait of the factory as a melting pot of highly skilled craftsmen which sets the film apart; the love of work, exemplified by the factory workers and the artists they serve, is at the heart of the film's vision.

Sunday Arts
Venue	ABC1
Date	28th June 2009
Time	5:00pm
This week on Sunday Arts we feature lauded Hollywood script doctor Robert McKee in conversation with one of his biggest fans, comedian Tony Martin. One-on-One: Robert McKee and Tony Martin Robert McKee is known as the Godfather of screenwriting, he was forever immortalised in Charlie Kaufman's film Adaptation and has provided screenwriting advice to our own Adam Elliot and Ray Lawrence through to writers on CSI, Law and Order, Desperate Housewives and across the Tasman to the Lord of the Rings team. He is in Australia for a series of screenwriting seminars to be held in Sydney and Melbourne throughout June and while here he has made time to speak with one of his biggest fans, comedian, screenwriter, radio broadcaster and film director Tony Martin.

New Tricks: Couldn't Organise One
Venue	ABC1
Date	Saturday, 27 June 2009
Time	7:30pm
Pullman's (Amanda Redman) professional and personal worlds collide when the team reopens a case originally investigated by bent copper DCI Bobby McAdam, a colleague of her dead father. Having discovered that her father, a police hero in her eyes, was being investigated for corruption shortly before his death, Pullman uses McAdam to find out the truth about her dad's past. But the truth leads to a discovery that puts enormous pressure on her already-volatile relationship with her mother, Grace. Meanwhile, the boys are enjoying the fruits of their labour at Felspar's Brewery. Family run, Felspar's was rocked by the death of 26-year-old Chief Brewer Graham Thompson, who drowned in one of the fermentation tanks. At the time of the original investigation, DCI McAdam had been too busy chatting up the victim's girlfriend, Anna Hodgkiss, to bother taking her seriously when she claimed that Graham was anxious about something at work. However, the team does believe Graham may have been deeply troubled. But does the answer to his death lie with brewery owner, Sir Wilfred 'Freddy' Felspar and those working for him, or does it lie in the beer itself? While Brian (Alun Armstrong) takes on the brewery, Gerry (Dennis Waterman) and Jack (James Bolam) tackle the brew. Surprisingly, both result in the same outcome.

Silent Witness: Finding Rachel
Date	Friday, 26 June 2009
Time	8:30pm
In the last episode of this series, the Silent Witness team are in Zambia, helping an old friend of Nikki's (Emilia Fox). Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and Tom Ward star as the team of forensic pathologists uncovering the truth behind suspicious deaths, in one of the most successful and long-running crime dramas. When Rachel Harrington's bones are found in Zambia, her father's employer, and mine-owner, Peter asks his childhood friend Nikki to fly out. Rachel had been accusing the Government of a health cover-up. The local police claim that Rachel was killed by wild animals. Her father Stephen is not convinced. Christopher and Harriet, who run the mission where Rachel worked, weren't keen on Rachel or her influence on their daughter Bethany. Leo and Nikki examine the bones and determine that the body received multiple stab wounds - but when they do a full post mortem, they realise that the bones belong to a woman in her mid forties, not Rachel. When Rachel's friend, Emil, is hit in a traffic accident on the way to meeting Rachel, the team begins to wonder if she is still alive...

The Ascent Of Money: Safe As Houses and Back Home
Venue	ABC1
Date	Thursday, 25 June
Time	from 8:30pm
The Ascent Of Money: Safe As Houses: It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning democracy than a campaign of privatisation encompassing housing? An economic theory says that markets cannot function without mortgages, because it is only by borrowing against their assets that entrepreneurs can get their businesses off the ground. But what if mortgages are bundled together and sold off to the highest bidder? This week Professor Niall Ferguson explains how someone's bright idea to bundle together a bunch of sub-prime mortgages and sell them on, virtually brought down the world's financial markets. Back Home: This is the first and only film made by a 1994 Rwandan genocide survivor about his experiences, escape and return to his homeland. At the age of seventeen, J.B. Rutagarama was marked for murder by machete-wielding Hutu militias. Remarkably he survived, though dozens of his relatives were slaughtered. J.B. fled Rwanda alone, but along the way he met an American television crew who changed his life. They took him in, cared for him and eventually became his surrogate parents. They sent him to film school in England, where he graduated with honours. Afterwards he moved to New York City and began working as a studio cameraman. Then, 9/11 happened. What he saw that day brought all of his nightmares flooding back. As America struggled with its grief, J.B. felt compelled to face his own. He left for Rwanda to face the horrors of his past. In Back Home J.B. takes viewers on a very personal journey to witness his sorrow and surprising joy when he finds the person he loved the most is still alive. Through her, he could heal at last.

Artscape: Circus Oz: The Big Birthday Bash: pt2
Venue	ABC1 and ABC2 on June 28th
Date	Tuesday, 23 June 2009 or Sunday, June 28 at 7:00pm
Time	10:00pm
Part two of Artscape's The Big Birthday Bash series follows Circus Oz during rehearsals for their landmark 30th birthday show in 2008. At Circus Oz's HQ in Port Melbourne, the full troupe of acrobats and the band return from tour for rehearsals. Emil Wolk, guest director in charge of theatrical character development is hard at work on Nicci and Justin's slapstick chewing gum routine. Flip is back on skates after her injury, and Rocky and Paul begin run-throughs of their new tango chair-stack routine. The teeterboard routine shapes up with the acrobats playing a mob of feral kangaroos, while contortionist Sosi is jammed into a tank of water to practise a comic escape stunt called The Tank of Terror. After a shoulder accident scare, Nicci pipes up and says the new roo routine is simply 'not funny'. She even suggests 'it's a bit of a mess'. Frustrated her suggestions are not being acted upon she claims the collaborative/collective model is just an old ideal that Circus Oz doesn't run on any more. As the countdown to opening night continues tension rises when not everything goes to plan. A late decision to include show director Tim Coldwell's classic film noir, roof walk to the line-up, adds to the show's overblown length. Mike Finch informs Tim Coldwell that 'bold cuts' are urgently needed. Adding to the headache, technical problems delay the Circus Oz tent going up at Melbourne's Birrarung Marr.

Grand Designs: Somerset
Venue	ABC1
Date	Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Time	8:30pm
In the first episode of series seven we meet Ian and Sophie Cooper, a London couple who are passionate about design and who plan to restore a 200-year-old Grade 2 (UK) listed industrial building in an area of outstanding beauty. The 'Apprentice Store' in Somerset, near Bath, has been derelict for over 25 years, its only inhabitants being a colony of bats. Before Ian and Sophie began the restoration process of the building, they first had to build a new 'bat cave' to re-house the protected mammals. Ian and Sophie not only plan to restore the old building, but add a large glass extension, creating a cool modern interior to make the most of the incredible views. However, they discover this wreck of a building has no foundations and sits on unstable ground. The only way to prevent their dream home from sliding down the hill is by stabilising it with a mammoth piling system - a complex engineering job. Everything on this restoration from the windows to the pointing has to be approved by planning and conservation, which adds time and money to the construction process. Nearly two years and one baby later, Sophie has almost lost sight of why they are working on restoring this old building. For her, it feels more like a building project rather than the creation of a long-awaited family home.

Spooks
Venue	ABC1
Date	Monday, 22 June 2009
Time	9:35pm
MI5 are confronting an old enemy - Russia - as it emerges as a new superpower, while continuing to battle the threat of Islamist terrorism. In episode one, The Last Post, former British MI5 officer, Lucas North, was returned on a secret spy swap after having suffered eight years in a Russian gaol. Anxious to get back onto the Grid and back to work, Lucas joined forces with MI5 officer and friend, Adam Carter, to rescue a kidnapped British soldier, just back from Afghanistan and being held by Al Qaeda terrorists. Meanwhile Ros, who had been working undercover in Russia after faking her own death, was called back to London by Harry. She provided vital intelligence to MI5 revealing that Al Qaeda, supported by Russian Chechens, planned to detonate a bomb during a London Remembrance service in protest against the war in Afghanistan. Adam and Lucas were despatched to prevent the blast. Adam found the bomb in a car parked near the service, and heroically drove the vehicle to an empty London square where it could detonate at no risk to civilians, but tragically was himself caught in the blast and killed.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Pocket Full Of Rye
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 21 June 2009
Time	8:30pm
In the first of a brand new series of four new adaptations. When Miss Marple learns of the deaths of businessman Rex Fortescue, his young wife Adele and their housemaid Gladys, the circumstances vividly recall the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence, and since Miss Marple had trained Gladys herself she has a very personal reason to investigate... The opulent family household is run under the watchful eye of housekeeper Mary Dove, but Miss Marple soon sees it is a fractured home - Rex's son Percival is desperately trying to save the company whilst neglecting his wife Jennifer, and a bitter sibling rivalry has re-ignited since the return of younger son Lance with his aristocratic new wife Pat. With the help of Inspector Neele and Sergeant Pickford, Miss Marple questions why Rex's daughter Elaine and the debonair Vivian Dubois should be so evasive about their whereabouts at the time of the murders, and she begins to understand the significance of the blackbirds that have been making unexpected appearances... With her mischievously beguiling manner Miss Marple draws vital clues to make sense of the rhyme and at last reveal the truth!

Nature's Great Events: The Great Salmon Run
Venue	ABC1
Date	Sunday, 21 June 2009
Time	7:30pm
The return of the Pacific salmon every year to the rivers from which they were born, is one of the greatest natural events on the planet. More than half a billion salmon travel up to 20,000 miles to return to the exact patch of gravel in the river from which they were born, to spawn and die. Using high speed cameras and specially designed digital underwater kits, Nature's Great Events amazingly capture the salmon swimming upstream and against powerful torrents. Salmon have an incredible sense of smell and can detect just a drop of the water from the river they came from among billions of litres of sea water. On the west coast of Canada and Alaska, over 2,000 miles away, a number of predators eagerly await the salmon's return. Killer whales, sea lions and bald eagles eagerly anticipate the millions of salmon heading their way. In order to survive, bears find themselves eating clams, barnacles and even grass while they wait for the salmon. But they are threatened by coastal wolves, which have been known to kill and eat small bears. After spawning, the salmon die and yet their decaying bodies continue to feed the animals gathered along the rivers, as well as providing nutrients to feed the developing salmon eggs in the river. The time-lapse cameras demonstrate that the dead fish also sustain the forest itself.

Being Human
Venue	ABC2
Date	Starts June 19
Time	9.20pm
Three twenty-something housemates are trying to live normal lives despite struggling with unusual afflictions; one is a werewolf, one's a vampire and one's a ghost. On first appearances things seem to be positive and 'normal' for the three. But as they do their best to live their lives as normally as possible, they carry dark and strange secrets and their 'other' world has intruders always threatening to expose them - on top of the usual issues faced by young people surrounding love, work and mates. Ghost Annie ( Lenora Crichlow) is talkative, lacking in self-confidence and desperate for company. Vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) is good-looking and laid-back, has the gift of the gab and an easy confidence with females. George (Russell Tovey) is battling with his double life as a mild-mannered hospital porter who, one night a month, transforms into a flesh-hungry predatory werewolf.

Kendra Wilkinson TV
Venue	E! is available on FOXTEL and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date	begins: Tuesday 9th June
Time	9.30pm
Blonde bombshell Kendra Wilkinson says good-bye to the good life at the Playboy Mansion and ventures out for the first time on her own in the new E! reality series 'Kendra.' Nine episodes follow the outrageous and loveable antics of the 'The Girls of the Playboy Mansion' fan-favorite as she leaves her pampered world, sets up a new home and tries to adjust to a life filled with domestic responsibilities. Kendra's struggles with setting up her household are just the beginning of her adventure as she is also busy planning her fairy-tale wedding with Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett. Adding to the stress and chaos, Kendra and her future husband's worlds often collide as her uninhibited wild-side clashes with his conservative lifestyle. In the premiere episode, Kendra wakes up in her own home for the first time and it's instant pandemonium. From grocery shopping to feeding her dogs, nothing is easy for Kendra who quickly realises that life without butlers, cooks and maids is much harder than she anticipated. After leaving the Mansion amenities behind, Kendra discovers she has nearly no household items when she moves in to her new home and decides to throw a housewarming party to score some free gifts. She does some decorating before the guests arrive but traditional furniture won't do for this ex-Playboy cover girl and she installs a stripper pole as her first big home improvement purchase. Kendra is thrilled that so many of her colorful friends show up for the party, especially when Hef makes a surprise appearance. After the party has ended and everyone has gone, Kendra decides it's time for Hank to meet Hef. Her anxiety level rockets as she introduces the two most significant men in her life to each other, but Hef is as gracious as ever, giving Hank a tour of the grounds, and even offering the young couple the Playboy Mansion as a dream location for their nuptials. The more Kendra and Hank think about it, the more they realise that despite Hank's initial concerns, the Playboy Mansion would be a perfect setting for their wedding. With the picturesque backdrop for the big day in place, Kendra works feverishly with Mansion staff and her wedding planner to make sure everything, from the rehearsal dinner to the bridal shower to the big event, is picture-perfect. Throughout the series, Kendra's sensitive side takes center stage as she focuses on her relationship with Hank and their pending nuptials. The couple has enjoyed an exciting, romantic long-distance relationship and viewers see the lovebirds at their finest as they take a hilarious and memorable road trip to move Hank from New Mexico to California. While Hank and Kendra are opposites in many ways, the two share a very competitive love of sports. When the two are invited to play in a celebrity basketball game for charity and they end up on opposing teams, the trash talking begins until Kendra sinks a three-pointer while being guarded by her fiance. Kendra's close-knit friends and family are around as she takes the ride of her life, and help her out whenever needed. Girlfriends Amber Campisi and Britney Binger provide a constant support system and do their best to keep her in check. Meanwhile her family keeps a watchful eye out as Kendra's mum, grandmother and brother are understandably anxious about her ability to live on her own, sometimes sticking their noses into Kendra's business more than she would like. 'Kendra,' along with E!'s hit series 'Girls of the Playboy Mansion' is executive produced and was developed for television by Kevin Burns, multiple Emmy Award-winning producer of numerous non-fiction cable series and specials. The series is produced by Prometheus Entertainment, Fox Television Studios and Alta Loma Entertainment.

One Night in Sofia
Venue	ABC 1
Date	Tuesday June 2nd
Time	8.00pm
Every year thousands of young Australians pack their backpacks, book their EuRail passes and make for Europe, leaving their parents to worry and fret about their wellbeing and their ability to cope with foreign languages and customs. God forbid anything should happen to them. Two days after Christmas in 2007, Australian pathologist Simon Palfreeman got the call any parent would dread. His 21 year old - Jock - had been in a fight, another young man was dead and the Bulgarian criminal justice system had swallowed his son. A year and a half on, with legal machinery groaning and Jock Palfreeman locked on a murder charge in Sofia Central Prison, Foreign Correspondent travels to Bulgaria with a father desperate to prove his son's innocence but growing ever more doubtful about the ability of the Bulgarian system to deliver justice. The dead man, 20 year old Andrei Monov, died from stab wounds on the way to hospital. Jock Palfreeman admits wielding the knife that killed him, but claims it was in self defence. He says he tried to break up a gang attack on some gypsies when the gang turned on him. The Foreign Correspondent story is reported by Belinda Hawkins. It's the first time that either Jock Palfreeman or any of his family have spoken to the media since his arrest.