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MTV Classic Smells Like 90's Month |
| Venue: | MTV CLASSIC |
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| Date: | 'July, 2011' |
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90's Themed Top 100s - 12pm every Sunday in July
This was...1990-1999 - Every Monday-Thursday @ 8pm in July
Evolution of...90's Superstars - Weekdays @ 12pm in July
Behind the Music - 90's Artists - Sundays at 8.30pm in July |
Top 50 Spring Break Hits |
| Venue: | MTV Hits |
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| Date: | 'Sunday 25th September' |
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| Time: | From 1pm |
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MTV August Highlights |
| Venue: | MTV |
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| Date: | 'August, 2011' |
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MTV Hits Weekly Hot30 Countdown |
| Venue: | MTV Hits |
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| Date: | 'Saturdays in September' |
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| Time: | 10am |
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Good Game SP |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 24 December 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:05am |
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| Catch Bajo, Hex and Darren as they get into the Christmas spirit during this Good Game Spawn Point Christmas extravaganza! |
The Lost Thing |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 3rd April 2011' |
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| Time: | 4:45PM |
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| Fresh from winning the Academy Award for short animated film, The Lost Thing is a 15 minute animated movie, based on the highly acclaimed picture book by multi-award winning Australian author Shaun Tan. |
Chris Humfrey's Wild Life |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 3rd April 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:30PM |
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| Meet Chris Humfrey, a zoologist who lives with his young family and their REALLY big dog in an idyllic bush haven in country Victoria. But the Humfreys also share their home with a few other pets - more than 2000 and each one of them needs care and attention 24/7. |
Human Planet: Deserts: Life In The Furnace |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 3rd April 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| It's obvious, but true that the availability of water dominates life in the desert. |
How Earth Made Us: Human Planet |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 5th April 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Presented by Professor Iain Stewart we've seen how the fate of past civilisations have been shaped by the planet's natural forces. However, in the final episode of this spellbinding series, the good professor says our relationship with the planet today is a different one. |
Turn Back Time: The High Street |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 7th April 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| In this penultimate episode the shopkeepers move into the swinging sixties, and big changes hit the high street. Every shop has transformed completely - 1960s mass production of meat, bread and clothing means the bakers find themselves running a milk bar, the butcher sells hardware and the dressmaker is now running a hair salon. |
MTV Hits August Highlights |
| Venue: | MTV HITS |
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| Date: | 'August, 2011' |
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MTV Hits Hip Hop Hysteria - Saturdays @ 12pm in August
10 Biggest: Sunday Bonanza - Sunday August 21 from 7am
MTV Top 50 - Fridays @ 6pm
U Control - Monday to Thursday @ 6pm |
Nevermind the Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| Venue: | MTV Classic |
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| Date: | 'Saturday 24th September' |
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| Time: | Ffrom 12pm |
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Degrassi: The Next Generation: Uptown Girl Part one |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 December 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| The bell rings signalling a new school year for Degrassi: The Next Generation. |
Nickelodeon 2011 Kids Choice Awards |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon |
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| Date: | 'Sunday April 3rd' |
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| Fee: | 6.30pm |
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The Black Eyed Peas are set to perform at the Nickelodeon 2011 Kids Choice Awards! Plus, a Line-Up of Today's Biggest Stars Confirmed to Join Host Jack Black: Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Josh Duhamel, Jaden Smith, Sofia Vergara,
Jane Lynch, Nick Cannon, Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Cory Monteith and more! |
MTV Classic August 2011 |
| Venue: | MTV Classic |
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| Date: | 'August 2011' |
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I Hate My Mum |
| Date: | 'Monday March 19th, 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| With tears and tantrums I Hate My Mum explores what happens when mother, daughter relationships are pushed to crisis point because of an issue or obsession that the mum has real trouble letting go of. |
Bitcom And The Oblivion Ray! |
| Date: | 'Saturday, 17 December 2011' |
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| Time: | 3:30pm |
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| A 40-minute extended version of ABC3's Studio 3 short-form sitcom / sci-fi / extravaganza Bitcom. |
Classic Ladies Weekend |
| Date: | 'Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September' |
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| Time: | From 12pm |
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Animalia: Hello, We Must Be Going |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 3 December 2011' |
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| Time: | 4:30pm |
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| Based on the classic best-selling book by Graeme Base, Animalia returns to ABC3. |
Crash Canyon |
| Date: | 'Thursday March 8th' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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| The Wendell family doesn't usually do too much together; the parents work a lot, and the kids have developed their own lives. This year however, Norm, the Wendell patriarch, has decided to schedule a family vacation. He rents a van and a camper trailer, forces everyone inside, and the family sets off on a week of heavily-scheduled fun. With all four Wendells in a confined space, motoring between tourist attractions, scenic vistas and the occasional point of interest, the trip turns out to be a disaster - in fact, an actual disaster - Norm accidentally drives the van over a cliff! |
Plain Jane |
| Venue: | MTV Hits, Channel 808 |
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| Date: | 'Monday October 10th' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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Top 100 Totally OTT |
| Venue: | MTV Hits |
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| Date: | 'Sunday 16th October ' |
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| Time: | 10am |
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The Killian Curse |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 27 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 5:30pm |
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| The double episodes of The Killian Curse continues this Sunday with the finale of series one. And fans won't have to wait in suspense for long as following the finale is the first episode of series two! |
Hungry Beast: Social Networking Privacy Survey |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday 23 March' |
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| Time: | 9.30pm |
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Flying in the face of popular perception about privacy online, the vast majority of Australians who use social networking sites do adjust their privacy settings appropriately, according to a new, nationwide survey commissioned by ABC-TV program Hungry Beast.
The Hungry Beast survey was conducted in March 2011 by one of Australia's leading research companies, McNair Ingenuity Research. It asked a range of questions about issues relating to privacy on social networking sites and the Internet. The survey polled one thousand people, across all states and territories, and was demographically balanced to represent the population of Australia. |
Jersey Shore |
| Date: | 'Wednesdays from March 21' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| The cast of Jersey Shore has left their Italian Holiday behind them and jetted straight to Seaside Heights, anxious to get their GTL on. From working at the T-shirt shop to trips to their beloved Karma, it's summer in Seaside and they couldn't be happier to be back. But what happens in Florence doesn't always stay in Florence. There's unresolved business between Snooki and The Situation, which inevitably involves the rest of the house. You can take the kids out of Jersey, but once you put them back, you never know what's going to happen! |
Local Produce |
| Venue: | MTV |
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| Date: | 'Sunday February 26th ' |
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| Time: | at 10pm |
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| MTV Australia will kick off Local Produce with a behind-the-scenes look at homegrown Hip Hop superstar 360. |
Go Back to Where You Came From |
| Venue: | SBS |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 21 June, Wednesday 22 June and Thursday 23 June - during Refugee Week.' |
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| The series follows six ordinary Australians, of varying ages and backgrounds, who agree to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a confronting 25 day journey. Tracing in reverse the journeys that refugees have taken to reach Australia, the series features unprecedented access to some of the most dangerous and desperate corners of the world. |
Marchlands |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 13 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Marchlands is the gripping story that follows three separate families who live in the same house called Marchlands at three different time periods - 1968, 1987 and 2010. |
Music Superstars Weekend |
| Venue: | MTV Classic |
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| Date: | 'Saturday 3rd March and Sunday 4th March' |
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| Time: | 12pm |
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| There are stars and then there are SUPER-stars. From Janet to Mariah, Madonna to Michael, MTV Classic is playing the greatest superstar hits all weekend long. Wanna reach superstardom? Then tune into MTV Classic's Music Superstars Weekend! |
Planet Sheen |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Spin off series from hit movie & TV series Jimmy Neutron Planet Sheen is the intergalactic tale of Sheen Guevera Estevez, the hyperactive, attention span-challenged kid from Nickelodeon's hit movie and animation series Jimmy Neutron who finds himself on a planet a million light-years from Earth. |
Crownies |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 11 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Tatum's (Indiana Evans) thrilled to be working with Janet (Marta Dusseldorp) on a case of sexual assault on a minor, but is disappointed when Richard (Hamish Michael) is put on the case as well. |
Top 100 Classic 90s Rock |
| Venue: | MTV Classic |
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| Date: | 'Saturday March 25th' |
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| Time: | from 12pm |
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| Tune in to MTV Classic and rock out to the Top 100 Classic 90s Rock. Whether it be grunge, hard or indie this ultimate 90s Rock countdown has it all. Whip out your ripped demin, crack the axe and become a groupie for a day, only with MTV Classic. |
House of Anubis |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Monday June 6 - Friday June 10' |
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| Time: | 5pm |
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| Don't miss the gripping finale of the hit telenovela series House of Anubis. Equal parts British boarding school mystery, American teen soap, and character-based comedy, House of Anubis brings together an ensemble cast to deliver friendship, laughs and thrilling suspense in a new series like no other. The highly popular series follows eight students trying to solve a hidden mystery at an English boarding school, all while dealing with the highs and lows of their teenage years. Each of these teens has hopes, hurts and a history of their own plus the added challenge of living away from home. |
Team Umizoomi |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'Monday June 6 - Wednesday June 15' |
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| Time: | 12:25pm |
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| In these new episodes Team Umizoomi's Milli, Bot & Geo share adventures with bears, penguins, dogs, baby chickens and even a circus elephant, visiting a variety of landscapes including construction sites, beaches, and icebergs demonstrating to preschooler the diverse scope of maths and its concepts. |
Ni Hao, Kai-lan |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'From June 1st, 2011' |
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| Time: | 6am |
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Bubble Guppies |
| Venue: | Nick Jr. |
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| Date: | 'From June 1st, 2011' |
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| Time: | 9am (weekdays) and 3:30pm (weekends) |
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| A themed, interactive variety show for children 2-5 set in a vibrant aquarium-inspired underwater classroom, inhabited by energetic kids with colourful tropical fish tails who will sing, dance, tell jokes, play games, and have adventures. |
Camp Orange: Wrong Town |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'June 6 - 16' |
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| Time: | 4pm |
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| With only a few weeks till Camp Orange: Wrong Town premieres, Luke & Wyatt are gearing up for the ultimate outdoor adventure by previewing the best of this year's Camp Orange audition videos every weekday from June 6- 16 at 4pm on Nickelodeon. |
Big Time Rush |
| Venue: | Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Date: | 'Saturday June 4' |
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| Time: | 6:30pm |
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Big Time Rush
Guest Stars Russell Brand, Tom Kenny, & Gage Golightly
In Big Time Beach Party, the guys get to hang out at Griffin's beach house for the day and invite the Palm Woods kids along. Carlos and Logan hunt for buried treasure with Patchy the Pirate (Tom Kenny), James falls for a pretty girl who he suspects is a mermaid! (Gage Golightly, The Troop) and Kendall & Jo's relationship is on the rocks when Jo can't make the beach trip and Kendall befriends a new girl on the beach. |
Restoration Man: Church |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 11 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| An idealistic Welsh handyman with no building qualifications wants to move his young family into a disused Victorian church in south west Wales. Gareth Williams wants to convert it into a unique home, but he has limited money. |
MTV Classic Chart Show |
| Venue: | MTV Classic |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays' |
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| Time: | 11am |
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| MTV Classic counts down the latest videos playing on the channel right now. You'll see your favourite music stars like Nickelback, Coldplay and Kelly Clarkson as their songs race up the charts. |
Insight returns: Iran |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 21st February' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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nsight opens the season by asking whether Iran is a threat, and whether or not Israel should attack.
Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but Israel and its allies think otherwise. And tension is escalating.
The United States is tightening sanctions, a move supported by Australia. The European Union has also agreed to ban Iranian oil imports and freeze the assets of Iran's central bank, hoping to push them back into negotiations.
But Iran claims the sanctions will have no effect, calling them 'psychological warfare'.
Should diplomacy fail, the U.S. and Israel have not ruled out military action, and Iran has warned of retaliation if an attack went ahead. |
Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey: Seekers |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 10 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| WorldrenownedpsychicJohnEdwardhasmadealivingcommunicatingwithdeadpeople.HavingvisitedpsychicsinthepastasshetriedtomakesenseofherparentsdeathsJudithhasanhonestchatwithJohnaboutscepticswhatpeoplearelookingforwhentheygotohisshowsandwhathappenswhenwedie |
Artscape: Seriously Singing |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 9 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05PM |
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| At a small school in the Victorian Mallee, indefatigable 91-year-old choral conductor Jessie Carmichael works with a group of novice singers to revisit a legendary moment in local history. |
Top 50 Sexiest Hits Right Now |
| Venue: | MTV Hits Australia |
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| Date: | 'Saturday March 10th' |
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| Time: | 11am |
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| Are you feeling sexy, seductive, sensual and/or spicy? It's all of the above with MTV Hits as the channel counts down the Top 50 Sexiest Hits Right Now! If you are sexy and you know it, tune in to MTV Hits and wiggle with the sexiest hits from the sexiest artists today. |
QI: Hoaxes |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 9 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| Tonight on QI Stephen Fry and the panel will be looking at all manner of 'Hoaxes'. Joining QI Master are Alan Davies, Danny Baker, Sean Lock and David Mitchell. In keeping with the theme of the night one of the panellist's buzzers is a hoax. |
Art Nation |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 17 April 2011' |
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| Time: | 5:00PM |
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| This week on Art Nation Fenella Kernebone is exploring the latest trends in Australian fashion and design and the identities behind the scenes. |
Chris Humfrey's Wild Life |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 17 April 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:30PM |
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| Meet Chris Humfrey, a zoologist who lives with his young family and their REALLY big dog in an idyllic bush haven in country Victoria. But the Humfreys also share their home with a few other pets - more than 2000 and each one of them needs care and attention 24/7. This isn't your average family home. It's a private zoo where human and animal sagas unfold on a daily basis. Follow Chris in this chaotic, animal-crazy series that captures the drama, the danger, the animal antics and the sheer exhilaration of Chris Humfrey's Wild Life. Every day, a new saga unfolds at the zoo. |
Human Planet: Oceans: Into the Blue |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 17 April 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Some people understand the seas in a way modern science cannot comprehend. Yet this understanding has stemmed from extreme isolation and the ability of communities to exist on even the smallest land masses and to harvest bounty that can be seen below the waves or beyond the horizon. |
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 17 April 2011 ' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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In early 1972, 30-year-old journalist and editor, Ita Buttrose (Asher Keddie)
and 35-year-old Kerry Packer (Rob Carlton), heir to what was then Australia's most ruthlessly powerful and influential publishing family, got together to create a magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history. CLEO went on to help define women, Australia and the relationship between the two. |
Stephen Fry and the Great American Oil Spill |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 19th April 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Four months after the BP oil spill - the worst ecological disaster in American history - Stephen Fry visits the Deep South to see the impact on the people, the wildlife and the area. |
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