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Stomping Summer |
| Date: | 'Weekdays from January 3rd' |
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| Time: | 10am & 4pm - 5pm |
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Dinosaurs have always captured the imagination of both young and old, and the fascination starts at an early age. So this summer, Nick Jr. is inviting preschool kids to stomp their feet and roar like a dinosaur with Nick Jr.'s Stomping Summer programming, scheduled especially to get them exploring out in their own backyards. Featuring dino-themed faves Dino Dan, Dinosaur Train and Harry and His Bucketful of Dinosaurs, plus special dinosaur episodes from shows Go Diego Go!, Dora the Explorer, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan, Nick Jr. will be the go-to channel for budding paleontologists everywhere.
Stomping Summer Marathon on Saturday January 29, 10am - 5pm |
Son of Rambow |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Saturday November 13 ' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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Is a British film about the friendship between two pre-teen boys in the early 1980's. Lee, (Will Poulter), is a tear away, a most unlikely and possibly unsuitable mate for Will, (Bill Milner), who comes from a Plymouth Brethren single parent family and is not allowed to watch television or go to movies.
But when Lee exposes Will to First Blood, his already fertile imagination runs wild and he agrees to star in the movie Lee is making for a competition. Together these two new found friends turned budding filmmakers quickly discover their imaginative and sometimes mishap- filled adventures take a life of their own! |
Fairly OddParents Winter Wish-a-thon |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Monday July 4 ' |
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| Time: | at 2pm |
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| Nickelodeon's dynamic comedy duo Luke & Wyatt team up with Nicktoon favourite Timmy Turner and his fairy godparents Wanda and Cosmo in a week long special, Fairly OddParents Winter Wish-a-thon with heaps of daily prizes to be won! |
TV Multiplatform |
| Venue: | ABC iVIEW |
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| ItsallaboutthelaughsonABCiViewthissummerwithanexclusiveseriesofhitBritishcomediestokeepyouentertained.EnjoyBritainS13FawltyTowersS12TheCatherineTateShowS13TheThickofItS1alongwithNightyNightS12PeopleLikeUsS1andSaxondaleS1. |
Sokator 442 |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Sunday July 17 ' |
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| Time: | 4.30pm |
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| In a world where soccer has replaced war, an evil threat has emerged that will shatter the planet. Two boys from earth must unite and lead an alien soccer team to victory in the Sokator World Cup. Win, and they survive. Lose, and they, their team and the planet will be destroyed! |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Monday November 1 - Friday November 5' |
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| Time: | 5pm |
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Big Time Rush: Big Time First Concert |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Saturday November 20' |
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| Time: | 6.30pm |
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| Don't miss this movie length special episode of the hit music comedy series Big Time Rush. Logan, Kendall, Carlos and James from Minnesota are four best friends who are living a glamorous life in LA pursuing a music career but on the eve of their first album release Griffin (Record Label boss) dashes the boy's music dreams and they return home to Minnesota. Coming to terms with how their world has changed, the guys decide to take control and with Gustavo (Band Manager) plan their first big concert. These fun loving talented boys discover the importance of brotherhood, hard work and what it takes to make it 'BIG TIME'. |
True Jackson VP |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday July 5 & 12' |
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| Time: | at 6pm |
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| True Jackson, VP follows 16 year-old True (Keke Palmer) as she navigates work life, social life and love life adventures around the Mad Style offices with her best friends Lulu (Ashley Argota) and Ryan (Matt Shively). |
Stoked |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Thursday 24th March' |
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| Time: | 7:40pm |
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| Stokedisacomedyaboutsixteenagedgromsasurferwhoisunder16whocometogetheronesummertoshareadreamtoworkattheworldrenownedSurfersParadiseResort.TheresortislocatedonthelegendarySunsetIslandthehomeofthemostepicsurfbreakinthecountry |
Go Diego Go! |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Saturday November 6' |
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| Time: | 5pm |
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| In this 45 minute special Diego travels around the world sharing some fierce animal adventure stories with his young friends Rosita and Martin. |
Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Saturday 27 November' |
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| Time: | 6:30pm |
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A hilarious coming of age story, based on the international best selling books by Louise Rennison. The film follows the eccentric and irresistible Georgia Nicholson as she overcomes the trauma of being a teenager and moves up the snogging scale! Georgia struggles through life seeking out her to main desires:
1.To get a gorgeous sex-god of a boyfriend
2. To throw the greatest 15th birthday party ever, so when handsome brothers Tom and Robbie arrive Georgia thinks her boyfriend dreams have been answered.
But when she sees Robbie with her arch rival Lindsay she devises a plan to show Robbie she's the mature sophisticated girlfriend he deserves! Don't miss film maker, Gurinder Chadha's very British take on American high school movies like Clueless and Mean Girls. |
Heart And Soul, The Bill and Cold Blood |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 19 September 2009 ' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm-9:20pm |
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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... |
Note By Note: The Making Of Steinway |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday 21st June, 2009' |
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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. |
Kourtney and Khloe take Miami Marathon |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Monday, December 28th' |
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| Time: | from 8:45am - 10:30pm |
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Camp Orange: Wrong Town |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Every Tuesday from July 19 - August 16' |
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| Time: | at 5pm |
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| The kids asked for it - so we're delivering! In 2011 Nickelodeon's Camp Orange takes wrongness to a new level with Camp Orange: Wrong Town. The seventh series of Nick's award-winning local production sees comedic duo Luke and Wyatt back again as Camp hosts, directing the campers through the most gross, most shocking, and most 'wrong' challenges in the show's history. Welcome to Wrong Town - where only the brave will survive! |
Human Planet: Grasslands: The Roots Of Power |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 27 March 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Life on the plains and grasslands of the world is about movement, freedom and livestock. |
Camp Orange: Castle Mountain |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon |
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| Date: | ' Premieres July 20, with brand new hosts Luke & Wyatt' |
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| Time: | at 5pm |
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| Back by popular demand, Nickelodeon Australia is proud to announce that it will produce a sixth season of its hit TV Week Logies-nominated original local production, Camp Orange. |
The Gradual Demise Of Phillipa Finch |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 29 March 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:00PM |
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| Episodes: How to fung shui love right out of your life and Fitter, faster, dead! |
Audrina |
| Venue: | MTV |
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| Date: | 'July' |
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| July also brings the Australian premiere of Audrina, following the former 'Hills' star into the next stage of her life and career, and introducing the world to her outrageous, Orange County family. Watch as she attempts to balance the demands of fame and family, while looking fabulous every step of the way! |
Kokoda |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 22 April and Thursday, 29 April' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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The documentary premieres on Thursday, 22 April at 8.30pm on ABC1. Part two screens on Thursday, 29 April at 8.30pm on ABC1.
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My Place |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday's' |
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| Time: | 5:05pm |
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| Relive all the stories of My Place, the Logie-winning, ABC TV drama series, on Sunday afternoons from March 27. |
My Life as Liz Season 2 |
| Venue: | MTV |
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| Date: | 'July, 2011' |
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| Tune in to MTV in July for Season 2 of My Life as Liz, as Liz pursues the dream life she has always desired, studying at Pratt Institute, New York - a world-renowned art school in the centre of trendy Brooklyn. See how Liz copes with the daily challenges of life in the Big Apple. |
The Real Cabaret |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 7 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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Few musicals can claim to capture the mood of a historical period as well as the 1972 classic film Cabaret.
Liza Minnelli'S unforgettable portrayal of singer Sally Bowles, and the film's stylish recreation of the era have become defining images of Weimar Berlin.
The Real Cabaret pays tribute to the magic of the original film and explores the fascinating and often shocking reality of the people and stories that inspired it. |
Pure Pwnage: The Day the LAN Centre Stood Still |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 8 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 9:05pm |
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| Doug (Joel Gardiner) is having a hard time in the early stages of his sentence of six weeks without gaming. Spurred on by Jeremy's (Jarrett Cale) complete lack of sympathy, October (Melanie Scorfano) convinces everyone at the Mouse and Pad to give up gaming for 24 hours. With no distraction or escape from reality, Jeremy and Doug find themselves gravitating towards increasingly destructive pastimes. |
Jimmy's Food Factory |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 10 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| Jimmy Doherty is unpacking the science behind the food items we buy. Working from a makeshift science lab inside a barn, he carries out experiments to uncover the secrets of food technology. |
Tickety Toc |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Monday July 16 - Friday July 27' |
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| Time: | 10am |
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| It's a race against time! Come and see what goes on behind the clock in brand new episodes of Tickety Toc this July. |
Great Ormond Street |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 10 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| The series concludes with An Imperfect Cure, following the staff of Great Ormond Street Hospital's renal department as they treat children for a condition which has no complete cure. Long-term treatment over decades requires an enormous level of cooperation and consent between the medical team, the patients and their parents. But what happens when parents and older children are unwilling to accept the doctors' advice? |
True Stories: Casino |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 10 November 2010 New Series' |
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| Casino, The Hunt for Red October, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Exorcist, and The Silence Of The Lambs are some of the most famous movies in the world. But are these movies purely the imagination of the writers or are they based on fact? |
School Of Comedy |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 11 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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Outrageous, entertaining and charming, this sketch show has children parodying the world of adults.
It started as a school drama project and made it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe, with young, up-and-coming actors showing talent pointing to a promising career. |
The Graham Norton Show |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 11 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Graham Norton is back with yet another series of his inimitable chat show. Each week Graham presents a show focusing on the people, trends, stories and aspects of celebrity culture that interest him most, featuring trademark Norton comedy monologues and celebrity chat. |
Breaking Bad: Mandala |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 12 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| As Walt (Bryan Cranston) ignores his pregnant wife's concerns about the cost and opts for a $200,000 cancer surgery, fallout from his efforts to expand their turf hits home when Jesse's (Aaron Paul) friend and street dealer, Combo (Rodney Rush), is murdered. |
Marngrook Footy Show |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 23 March 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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| ABC TV has pulled off the recruitment coup of the 2011 AFL season by signing up the increasingly popular Marngrook Footy Show. |
triple j presents: The Temper Trap |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 8 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 11:25pm |
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| PerformingtrackaftertrackofcatchyatmosphericnumbersMelbournesalternativerockbandTheTemperTraptaketothestageatSydneysHordernPavilion.CasualintheartofperformingtothousandsoffansthisgigdisplayswhyTheTemperTraphavesuddenlyexperiencedphenomenalsuccessbothlocallyandinternationally. |
INSIGHT: Organ donation |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 18 October, 2011' |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
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| With just 13.8 donors per million people last year, Australia has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world. While that may be the highest figure in ten years, it remains well below other countries, such as Spain - considered world leader in the sector, with 34 donors per million in 2010. |
Olive the Ostrich |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Monday July 2 - Friday July 13' |
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| Time: | 8:30am |
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| Ten new episodes of Nick Jr.'s new favourite and extremely inquisitive outback ostrich, Olive, are back this July. |
Edge Of Darkness |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 9 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| ThenightmarebeginsthenightDetectiveInspectorRonaldCravenseeshisdaughterEmmashotdeadbeforehisveryeyes.Hiscolleaguesthinkthathewasthetruetargetarevengekillingbyavillainhehadputaway. |
The Pink Panther |
| Date: | 'Saturday, 13 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling police detective who can hardly move a foot without smashing a vase, or open a door without hitting himself in the head. And here he has his hands full when a trio of jewel thieves converge on an Indian Princess, Dala, intending on robbing her of her precious treasure, the Pink Panther. |
Jimmy's Food Factory: What's In My Sandwich? |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 3 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| Processedcheeseandstayfreshbreadbehindeverysupermarketproductisaprocessandbehindeveryprocessisascientificbreakthrough.InthisentertainingandthoughtprovokingprogramJimmyDohertyunpacksthesciencebehindthefooditemswebuy.WorkingfromamakeshiftsciencelabinsideabarnJimmycarriesoutexperimentstouncoverthesecretsoffoodtechnology. |
Pure Pwnage |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 1 November 2010' |
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| Time: | 9:05pm |
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| JeremysJarrettCalededicationtoanewgamecausesconcernamonghisfriendsandcoworkersasitbeginstoaffecthishealthandgamingsociallife.AsaresultKyleGeoffLapairegetstiredoffilminghisbrotherszombielikestateandfollowsDougJoelGardinerforanafternoonwhichseesDouggetintroublewiththelaw. |
Foreign Correspondent: Coming Acropolis |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 13th of April' |
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| Time: | 8pm |
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If Greece doesn't get itself out its $450 billion financial hole the pain could radiate out and strike other nations hard. Foreign Correspondent's Mark Corcoran takes a white-knuckle cab ride into Greece's financial turmoil.
Beware Greeks bearing debts!
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The Children Left Behind |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 3 November 2010' |
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| Everyyearover5000peopleinBritainkillthemselves.Manyofthesesuicidesareparentswholeavechildrenbehind.Tryingtomakesenseofaparentssuicideisanintenselypersonaljourneythatcanlastalifetime. |
Deadly 60 |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday's from Wednesday 19th May ' |
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| Time: | 6:25pm |
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From tiger sharks to giant centipedes, funnel web spiders to the golden poison frog; Steve Backshall's latest adventure is a race against time to find the creatures, others spend a lifetime avoiding. Travelling across six continents over six months, Steve searches through trees, deserts, swamps and seas in his bid to find the 60 deadliest creatures on the planet.
Episode 1: South Africa 1 - Wednesday 19th May
This high-adrenalin series nearly gets off to the worst possible start due to an unplanned run-in with an angry hippo which causes utter chaos and comes within a whisker of attacking Steve. Shaken but undaunted, Steve wants to know which local snake is the deadliest: the black mamba, the rock python or the rhinkal? Then it's a night under the stars camping in the bush on the hunt for giant spiders and a scorpion that can spray its venom in your face!
Episode 2: South Africa 2 - Thursday 20th May
When a Nile crocodile attacks a local six-year-old girl in her swimming pool, Steve makes it his mission to investigate whether these ancient reptiles truly deserve their deadly reputation. In true Steve style, there is a lot of climbing and a certain amount of falling involved as he puts himself against the soaring Fish Eagle in a power dive competition to catch a fish. Will Steve be able to mimic the eagle's masterful skills? Finally, he's hot on the trail of Africa's most elusive large predator, the Hunting Dog. Searching the bush by foot, by jeep and by air for this rare creature, gives him the opportunity to see just how good the hunting dogs are. |
(dis)connected |
| Venue: | MTV |
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| Date: | 'Sunday January 29th' |
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| Time: | 7.30PM |
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| The film's interverweaving narrative is told through four young people living in different cities, who know each other only through a live streaming site. Although the characters have never met in person before, they have an extraordinary impact on one another, culminating in one night none of them could have imagined. |
Rude Boy Food |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 5 November 2010' |
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| Rule-breaking chef-with-attitude, Aaron Craze, celebrates his favourite street food, Caribbean, at a party to kick off his favourite carnival, Notting Hill. His rude boy food includes Big Al's jerk pork, jerk being his beloved spicy marinade in which it bakes. 'Jerk anything is the go' says Aaron, the self-styled ambassador for Caribbean food. |
QI: Danger |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 22 February 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Joining QI master Stephen Fry tonight are Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand and Alan Davies. It's the first episode of series D and that means themes beginning with the letter D. |
Laid |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 16 February 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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What's Eating You |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Thursdays beginning 14th October' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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Riveting six-part television event examines the frightening realm of eating disorders. The show chronicles the extreme challenges of women and men whose lives are at risk as they battle not only their distorted body images, but also self-created, life-threatening food rituals and compulsions.
As participants share their true stories of food, fear and obsession, 'What's Eating You' reveals the severity of eating compulsions on levels never before seen on television. |
Freefonix |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sundays' |
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| Time: | 10.05 and 10.30am |
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| Freefonix is a music-driven computer-generated animated series set 50 years in the future which follows the band Freefonix (BB, Freezbone and Mostart) as they safeguard the most powerful force in the universe - the 13th Note. |
The Spin Crowd |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Time: | Tuesdays @ 10:00pm |
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| Docusoap following Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck as they set up their company, Command PR, on the west coast! |
Catalyst and Feral Peril |
| Venue: | ABC |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 16 July 2009 ' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm-8:30pm |
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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? |
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