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Time Team |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 18 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| Fast tracked from the UK, this week sees the start of the very latest series of Time Team. And Monday's show finds Tony and the Team getting a unique opportunity to dig at an army firing range at High Ham in Somerset and investigate a series of mosaics first discovered 150 years ago. |
Holly's World |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays starting 22nd June' |
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| Time: | 10:00pm |
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Holly's World follows the life of one of E!'s most familiar faces as she leaves her life at the Playboy Mansion behind to take on Vegas. In her new destination, Holly hit the ground running and quickly made a big name for herself as the sexy lead in the successful Vegas stage show Peepshow.
The six nights a week performances have not kept Holly from settling in to her crazy, new life and forming brand new relationships with a tight-knit circle of outrageous friends. As she works to balance the long hours at Peepshow with a busy social life and always chaotic personal calendar, one thing is certain - no one can predict what will happen next in 'Holly's World'. |
Baker Boys: Inside The Surge |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 16 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Baker Boys: Inside The Surge is an unfettered account of the Iraq war from the point of view and in the words of the soldiers who fight it. |
QI: Empire |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 19 July 2011 ' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| This week's 'E' themed episode is all about 'Empire'. The panellists are Alan Davies, Jo Brand, Sean Lock and Bill Bailey. |
Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays starting 22nd June' |
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| Time: | @ 9:30pm |
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Sisters Kourtney and Khloe left Los Angeles behind last year to open up a new DASH boutique and take advantage of the single life in South Beach, Miami. The single life quickly gave way to family life when Kourtney learned she was expecting a baby boy and Khloe married Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom after a whirlwind romance.
Although their personal lives are thriving in Los Angeles, the retail business in Miami is not all smooth sailing so the sisters' head back to South Beach to deal head on with management issues at their DASH Boutique. However, even with all these new responsibilities and the surrounding family chaos, Kourtney and Khloe will still find themselves getting out and taking South Beach by storm. |
Kendra Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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Over the past year, millions of Americans watched Kendra leave the Playboy Mansion, marry NFL player Hank Baskett, move away from California, and welcome a beautiful baby boy into their lives.
Season 2 of Kendra takes a closer look at the outrageous adventures of this San Diego native, from marriage to motherhood. Whether she's learning how to change a diaper and trust a babysitter with her baby boy for the first time, or handling Hank's obsessively neat and clean tendencies that clash with her messy habits, there is never a dull moment in the Baskett household. On top of that, the newlyweds are still adjusting to their lives in Indiana, and Kendra is eager to reclaim her hot, sexy body, post pregnancy. When the football season comes to an end, and questions loom over their respective careers, the newlyweds plan to move back to the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, to be closer to family and friends, while figuring out their next steps. This coming season promises to be full of hilarious, heartfelt, and entertaining times with this fun-loving young family. |
Behind the Scenes |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Mondays ' |
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| Time: | 4:30pm |
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| E!'s half-hour inside look at the creation of a major motion picture. Hosted by the director, producer or star of the featured film, Behind The Scenes mixes exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and exciting clips into a world-reknowned show that tells viewers why this is a movie worth seeing. |
E! Investigates: Busted |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 13th June' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Each year, thousands of Americans venture to foreign lands - and most come back safe and sound. But what about the few unlucky ones who get arrested on their journey? Many are innocent, but some are guilty as charged. E! Investigates the ordeals of young people who got caught, what life in a foreign prison is really like, and what life has been like since their release. |
Taggart: Silent Truth |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 17 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Arriving in Glasgow for a fresh start, the Mamood family are distraught to learn their son, Farid Mamood, has been murdered; doused in petrol, set alight and left to burn to death. |
Artscape: Jedis & Juggalos: Your Census Guide |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 19 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05PM |
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| The once-every-five-years Australian census is upon us (August 9). Which means the vexed 'What is your religion?' question will raise its head. This, in turn means thousands of pranksters will write down Jedi, Matrixist or Metal Head. |
Stay Tuned: Behind The Scenes At A Concert |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Friday,10 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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| Access all areas of the music industry during the hottest new online and on-air interactive music show, Stay Tuned. Hosts Joel Phillips and Nicole Singh do whatever it takes to hook you up with the answers to viewer's music-related questions while treating your ears to some new tunes. |
Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable: The Experiment |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 20 July 2011 ' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Filmed with hidden cameras, Lawrence's final investigation tests the boundaries of rationality by confronting an unsuspecting individual with increasingly unbelievable experiences. Can Lawrence turn a sceptic into a believer? |
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon |
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| Date: | 'Monday October 1st - Friday October 5th' |
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| Time: | 8:30am - 10:45am |
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| These school holidays enjoy back to back episodes of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness plus a brand new episode every day from Monday October 1 - Friday October 5. The world's most popular Panda dishes up the ultimate week of dumplings and ancient proverbs with 'Kung Fu'd for Thought'. |
The Tudors |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 3 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| As King Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) marries Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis), Thomas Cromwell's (James Frain) ruthless dissolution of the Catholic Church continues. Deeply disturbed and angered by the desecration, John Constable (Kevin Doyle) suggests to a local attorney, Robert Aske (Gerard McSorley), that the common people are only in need of a leader to rise up, but Aske is unmoved. |
Catalyst |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 21 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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Are you getting enough - sleep!?
This special edition of Catalyst examines the effects of sleep deprivation - for mothers, teenagers and the old and aching among us. |
Goa Hippy Tribe |
| Venue: | sbs.com.au/goahippytribe |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 2nd of August' |
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SBS commissioned this documentary project, releasing it first on Facebook -
using the social network not as a marketing platform, but as an original content channel. In this way, the audience was able to follow the documentary in real-time and engage with the director, influencing his work.
Goa Hippy Tribe Sydney premiere and discussion with director Darius Devas
Tuesday 2 August at 7pm - Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Town Hall, Sydney |
The Kennedys |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday,12 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| November 22, 1963. JFK is in Fort Worth, Texas to mend fences between the liberal and conservative wings of the state's Democratic Party prior to beginning his re-election campaign. Lee Harvey Oswald is at home in Dallas, assembling a rifle. |
Crownies |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 21 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Ben (Todd Lasance) struggles to cope with the unexpected death of his grandfather, while Richard (Hamish Michael) is intent on getting the assailant charged with murder even though the evidence doesn't seem to add up. |
Artscape: Bryan Ferry In Conversation With Virginia Trioli |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 14 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:55PM |
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| In Conversation with Virginia Trioli features revealing, in-depth interviews with icons of the arts. Tonight, in the first of three weekly episodes, Trioli talks to Bryan Ferry. In the following weeks she talks with Annie Leibovitz and Jerry Hall. |
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 21 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| At the beginning of August every year in the UK, when most senior hospital staff are on holiday, over 7,000 inexperienced newly qualified students face the daunting prospect of walking into the hospital wards as doctors for the first time. What happens when they are left in charge of saving lives? |
Silent Witness: A Guilty Mind: Part 2 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 22 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Thanks to private medical information from Silverlake's daughter, Naomi, Nikki becomes convinced that the professor was self-medicating with an antidepressant she believes is linked to violent outbursts. |
Turn Back Time: The High Street |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 24 March 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| In the third episode of this six-part series, the shopkeepers move into the 1930s. |
Hustle |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 22 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| After discovering their marks were grifters too, Mickey (Adrian Lester) and Ash (Robert Glenister) take on brother-and-sister team, Emma (Kelly Adams) and Sean Kennedy (Matt Di Angelo). |
Doctor Who |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 July 2010 ' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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According to legend, the Pandorica contains the most feared being in all the cosmos, a monster soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies.
The Doctor's friends unite to send him a terrible warning - the Pandorica is opening.
But what's inside, and can even the Doctor stop it?
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Emily In Japan |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 July 2010 ' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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A $50 million exhibition of more than 200 works of Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, toured Japan in February 2008. It was the largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas.
This film examines the amazing impact the works had, taking the art world by storm in Osaka and Tokyo. It was all the more incredible considering the vast differences in cultural backgrounds of the artist and her admirers.
The exhibition was organised as a labour of love by National Museum of Australia curator Margot Neale, who saw firsthand the power and energy that Emily's work communicated to the Japanese in a timeless and universal language.
This communication has captivated people all over the world for 20 years, and is an interest that has not waned since her passing in 1996.
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The Slammer |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Wednesday, 7 July 2010 ' |
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| Time: | 7:05pm |
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| The Slammer is a variety children's show set in a fictitious prison for entertainers. The inmates are given the chance to earn their freedom by performing to a panel of children in the 'Freedom Show'. The children are asked to score each act and the winner is allowed to walk free. The Slammer is hosted by 'The Governor' (Ted Robbins) who always wears a white suit with a golden bow tie, and fulfils his duties by hosting the Freedom Show and occasionally quizzing audience members about their views on the 'Performing Prisoners'. |
Dance Academy |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weeknights from Monday 5th of July' |
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| Time: | 5:50pm |
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This high energy teen drama follows six teenagers attending the National Academy of Dance. They're young, beautiful and have one year to prove their worth.
Seen through the eyes of Tara Webster (Xenia Goodwin) this isn't just about tutus and pointe shoes. This is the year Tara will leave her home on the farm and be tested not only on her abilities to dance but to love, build friendships, celebrate triumphs and endure disappointments.
When Tara enters the Academy she meets an eclectic group of dancers she will spend the rest of the year with. There is carefree Kat Karamakov (Alicia Banit) who couldn't care less about ballet, Kat's brother Ethan (Tim Pocock), the golden boy of the Academy, Abigail Armstrong (Dena Kaplan) the best dancer in Tara's year, Sammy Liberman (Tom Green) the Jewish boy with more girls as friends then boys and Christian Reed (Jordan Rodrigues), an adrenalin junkie who likes skateboards more than ballet.
Relationships will grow and change as they live side by side in the Academy's boarding house. They'll each take a different path, but they'll start to find out who they are and they'll all dare to chase their dreams.
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Bolts And Blip |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Monday, 5 July 2010' |
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| Time: | 6:30am |
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| Bolts And Blip is a comic action adventure set on the moon in 2080. It follows two central city misfits, Bolts and Blip, who accidentally find themselves as members of the Lunar League's last placed team The Thunderbolts. With the help of their rag-tag band of teammates, the two friends discover what they are made of in this intergalactic sports circuit. |
Baker Boys |
| Venue: | ABC TV |
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| Date: | 'starts Thursday, June 9th' |
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| Time: | 9.30pm |
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| In March of 2003 Coalition Forces invaded Iraq and seven years later more than 100,000 American troops are still there... |
Bigger's Better |
| Venue: | Live on Eurosport and Coral Beach Hotel |
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| Date: | 'December 17th' |
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Collectors: Boardgames |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 22 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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| Quirky entertainer Justin Heazlewood, who champions a retro style, journeys into the ethereal world of cyber collecting where buying online is an op-shopper's dream. It wasn't that long ago that he was drawn into the bright lights of the internet, seduced by the thousands of virtual aisles and millions of things at his fingertips, but he found that this bottomless shopping cart was only three clicks away from emptying his savings account! |
Camp Orange: Castle Mountain World Premiere |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon |
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| Date: | 'Premieres Tuesday July 20' |
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| Time: | 5p |
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| Camp Orange: Castle Mountain once again sees four teams of best friends face the adventure of a lifetime in the great Aussie outdoors. The eight charismatic kids from NSW, QLD and VIC were selected from over 2000 kids across the country that sent audition tapes vying for the opportunity to star on Nick. Also, this season Camp Orange features two hilarious new hosts, Luke & Wyatt, who will direct the contestants throughout each challenge and inject a little comic relief into life at camp! |
Bubble Guppies |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Monday October 22nd - Friday October 26th' |
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| Time: | 9am |
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| Dive into the wonderful watery world of the Bubble Guppies. Enjoy five brand new episodes of this musical comedy series centered on inquisitive preschoolers Gil, Goby, Oona, Molly, Deema, Nonny and their favourite teacher Mr. Grouper. |
Deadwood: True Colours |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday,13 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Deadwood is back in all its beautifully ugly glory. Magnificently gritty in appearance and poetically obscene in language Deadwood is really a camp hoping to be a town hoping to be part of the United States. So vivid are the characters and so rich the texture it is defiantly and noisily unlike anything else on television - a Western even for people who avoid Westerns. |
Deadly 60: Making Of Deadly 60 |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday,14 June 2011' |
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| Time: | Weekdays at 6.25PM |
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| From tiger sharks to the golden poison frog, host Steve Backshall goes on a mission to track down the world's 60 most deadly animals for the popular adventure series Deadly 60. |
Stay Tuned: Festivals |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Friday,17 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 8.00PM |
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| Access all areas of the music industry during the hottest new online and on-air interactive music show, Stay Tuned. Hosts Joel Phillips and Nicole Singh do whatever it takes to hook you up with the answers to viewers' music-related questions while treating your ears to some new tunes. |
Dora the Explorer |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Saturday May 14th and 21st' |
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| Time: | 5pm |
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| This May don't miss two new episodes of your favourite explorer, Dora as she helps Boots ride his first bike and Pepe the Pig win a popcorn party! |
Rastamouse: Da Crucial Plan |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday,14 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 3:50PM |
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| Rastamouse, Scratchy and Zoomer are from 'Da Easy Crew' - a mystery-solving, reggae-playing band who live by their motto 'redemption, not retribution'. With Rastamouse as their leader they are often called upon by President Wensley Dale to help solve mysteries, catch teefin' criminals and generally making life better for the inhabitants of Mouseland. |
Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet: Big Foot |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday,14 June 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| Never has one man attempted so much in so little time and with so few credentials than explorer, adventurer and self-proclaimed expert, Leigh Hart. |
Giuliana and Bill Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Time: | Tuesdays @ 8:30pm |
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The real-life romantic comedy Giuliana & Bill is back for a fresh season of laughs and long-distance love. The popular series takes viewers inside the marriage of celebrity couple Giuliana and Bill Rancic, shadowing the duo as they embark on what could be their biggest challenge to date- starting a family.
While Giuliana covers entertainment news and red carpet events for E! News in Los Angeles, Bill is an author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker based in Chicago who frequently criss-crosses the nation making appearances on the speaking circuit. Despite demanding careers, homes in two cities and packed schedules the couple continues to work hard to build their life together and pursue their ultimate goals of settling in one city and hopefully having a baby, which they soon discover might not be as easy as they think. |
Holly's World |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Time: | Tuesdays @ 10:00pm |
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| Holly's World follows the life of one of E!'s most familiar faces as she leaves her life in LA behind to take on Vegas. In her new destination, Holly hit the ground running and quickly made a big name for herself as the sexy lead in the successful Vegas stage show Peepshow. The six nights a week performances have not kept Holly from settling in to her crazy, new life and forming brand new relationships with a tight-knit circle of outrageous friends. As she works to balance the long hours at Peepshow with a busy social life and always chaotic personal calendar, one thing is certain - no one can predict what will happen next in Holly's World. |
Chelsea Lately |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Monday - Friday' |
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| Time: | 10:30pm |
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| 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. |
THS Charlie Sheen |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Monday, August 16th' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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Charlie Sheen is today's Teflon actor - he beats his wife, shoots his fiancee, sleeps with hookers, does massive quantities of drugs and alcohol - yet TV networks desperately hope he cleans up his act so they can get him back on the air.
In the late eighties, Sheen seemed to be on the cusp of major movie stardom after leading roles in Wall Street and Major League. Then, his appetites got the best of him and Charlie was headed for the tabloid trashcan - until Two and a Half Men became a smash TV hit and resurrected his career. But it's possible no amount of success can save him now, as he battles felony domestic violence charges while attending rehab. THS checks in with Charlie to tell his amazing roller-coaster ride of a life story. |
The Soup |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Sundays ' |
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| Time: | 7pm |
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| If a news story or pop culture event rises to the level of water-cooler consciousness, then it's certain to be on The Soup. Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips. |
E!ES Where Are They Now: The Bachelor |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Monday, August 9th' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| This one hour special takes the most dynamic and outrageous characters from the 13 seasons of The Bachelor, catching up with how they adjusted to life after being on the show, and what they're doing today. Bachelors, Bachelorettes and male/female contestants are all fair game as we explore how playing out the search for true love in public affected the lives of our subjects. |
Behind the Scenes |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Mondays @ 4:30pm' |
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E!'s half-hour inside look at the creation of a major motion picture.
Hosted by the director, producer or star of the featured film, Behind The Scenes mixes exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and exciting clips into a world-renowned show that tells viewers why this is a movie worth seeing. |
Fashion Police: The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, September 1st' |
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| The small screen's big night is always a fashion free-for-all. After the Emmys, join E! for our Emmy Awards Fashion Police recap as we recount red carpet hits and misses with savvy and sass. Featuring celebrity guests, style specialists and world-class designers, Fashion Police gives viewers insight into the world behind the scenes of the red carpet. |
Red Carpet: The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Date: | 'Monday, August 30th' |
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| Time: | 7am |
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| E! brings you comprehensive coverage of the 62nd Annual Primetime EMMY Awards with Live From the Red Carpet: The 2010 Primetime EMMY Awards. Join hosts Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic for interviews and fashion commentary with the biggest stars in television. |
Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel 121 on FOXTEL |
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| Time: | Tuesdays @ 9:30pm |
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The past year has proven that life as a Kardashian is never boring! Last year, Kourtney and Khloe moved to Miami as two newly single women ready to take South Beach by storm - working at their second DASH boutique by day and living it up on the social scene by night.
In addition, Khloe struck out on her own by hosting a bold, late-night radio show, Khloe After Dark on Miami's Y100. Fast forward just 12 short months later, and Khloe has added Mrs. Odom to her name after marrying Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom, while Kourtney is the mother of an adorable little boy named Mason. With a new baby to look after, new Miami DASH Dolls to manage, and new tensions between Khloe, Kourtney and Scott, this season promises to be filled with laughter, love and a whole lotta drama during the hot days and balmy nights in The Magic City. |
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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