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QI: Eating |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 24 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:25PM |
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| Welcome to the QI grill for tonight's episode on eating. Joining QI master Stephen Fry are Jimmy Carr, Johnny Vegas, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies. All of the panellists have food-themed buzzers. The first foodie question - what happens in the Rhubarb Triangle? |
My Place: 1868 Minna |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday's from the 3rd July 2011' |
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| Time: | 5PM |
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| Minna lives with strict German-born parents who privately hope their young daughter's friendship with the well-to-do Owen children - Toby, Harold and Adelaide - will do her some good. |
Artscape: Hannah Gadsby: The NGV Story Part 1 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 24 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:00PM |
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| In May 2011 the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) turns 150. To celebrate, Hannah Gadsby, comedian and self-confessed art lover, is off on a rollicking historical ride through the collection of one of Australia's most loved art institutions. |
Spicks And Specks |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Joining Adam, Myf and Alan this week are one of Australia's finest jazz musicians Vince Jones, singer, dancer and choreographer Matt Lee, comedian and radio presenter Meshel Laurie, and guitarist from ARIA Award-winning comedy group Tripod, Scott Edgar. |
Thorne: Scaredy Cat |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Based on the best selling crime novels by Mark Billingham - Scaredy Cat is a second DI Tom Thorne (David Morrissey) thriller, where killing becomes a team sport. The film depicts a vicious, calculated murder. |
Outcasts |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 28 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Gripping epic drama about a group of courageous pioneers building a new and better future on a distant planet. |
Outback Kids |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 26 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| This three-part documentary series follows the work of the Brahminy Group, run by Allan Brahminy, as it attempts to rehabilitate seven profoundly troubled young Aussie kids. |
Recipe For Murder |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 26 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Sydney, Australia 1953, a city in the grip of a deadly crime wave. In just over a year more than one hundred people were poisoned. The shocking truth is that most of the killers were women. |
Angry Boys |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| Daniel is organising a send-off for Nathan, 'Nathan's Legendary Farewell Party' before he leaves for deaf school. He plans to invite all the Legends from his 'Wall of Legends' to the party. S.mouse, the US rapper under house arrest and recently dropped from his record label because he uploaded his own composition and video 'Grandmother F*****' and ex-world champion surfer Blake Oakfield, now a washed-up surfie living in Narmucca Bay with his family but still involved in the surf gang, the 'Mucca Mad Boys' who have held the 'Fennell Hell Men' as rivals since they were children. |
Chris Humfrey's Wild Life |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 22 May 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. |
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart: Water |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 22 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Faulting and rifting has channelled East Africa's rivers to provide a sanctuary for mighty gatherings of hippos and birds. The same turbulent forces also created the freshwater lakes, thousands of feet deep. Each lake has evolved its own unique species; Lake Malawi alone has more species of fish than any other lake in the world, while above the surface, enormous swirling clouds turn out to contain literally billions of insects, which form the basis for the extraordinary ecosystem. Further north, chemicals leached from the Rift's alkaline volcanoes have created some of Africa's most inhospitable habitats: the caustic soda lakes. Yet even here life continues to flourish as flamingos have adapted to this harsh world and they gather in their tens of thousands. At its northern extremity, the Rift plunges into the sea at Djibouti and enters a world of giant corals and shoals of colourful fish. |
Kid Vs Kat: Something About Fiona |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 4th July 2011' |
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| Time: | 05:20PM |
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| The action and hilarity reach new heights during the second series of the comedy cartoon Kid Vs Kat as Coop Burtonburger continues to smack down the evil Kat and prevent an invasion of Earth by his hairless alien kind! |
Stay Tuned: Duets |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 8 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 8PM |
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| Access all areas of the music industry during the hottest 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. |
A Gypsy Life For Me New Series |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Wednesdays @ 9:30pm from September 12th' |
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| In a brand new series Style goes beyond the headlines to meet key figures in the travelling community to understand the colourful and often controversial Gypsy world. |
Young Dracula: Kidnapped |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 6 July 2011' |
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| Time: | 4.25PM |
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| Sink your teeth into the new series of Young Dracula, which follows the adventures of Vlad, an irrepressible 12-year-old boy as he tries to fit in at school after moving with his family from their gothic castle in Transylvania to English suburbia. |
Keeping Up With The Kardashians Season 7 |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays @ 8:30pm' |
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| Dynasties come and go, but the Kardashians reign supreme.This season we take a look into Kim's new single world, Khloe's life with her NBA husband, Lamar Odom, Kendall and Kylie as they come of age in this crazy Hollywood family, and Kourtney while she is busy preparing for her second child with her boyfriend Scott. |
Jerseylicious Season Three |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | '8th of July, 2011' |
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INSIGHT: Privacy |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 25 October, 2011' |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
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The federal government is looking at whether to make it possible to sue someone for a serious invasion of your privacy. But deciding where to draw the line could prove challenging. What's harmless for one person could be uncomfortable or upsetting for others.
To explore the different boundaries people have, Insight will examine a host of different, real-life examples - residents upset over a neighbour's security camera; facial recognition technology used on nightclub patrons; an exhibition of candid photographs taken of people without their knowledge; cases of media intrusion, and more. |
Lyndey & Blair's Taste of Greece |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Thursday 26 May - Thursday 16 June' |
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| Time: | 8pm
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Mother and son duo, Lyndey and Blair Milan embark on an epic journey of Greece's Peloponnese, seeking tantalizing food, antiquities and a big slice of adventure.
This series follows one of Australia's most recognised food and wine personalities, Lyndey Milan and her actor/voice-over artist son, Blair as they tour Greece's fascinating Peloponnese with a crew seeking culinary delights, exploring ancient sites, and immersing themselves in Peloponnesian culture.
Lyndey & Blair's Taste of Greece will premiere exclusively to SBS on Thursday 26th of May and will be a tribute to Blair Milan the talented 29 year old who passed away in April this year from Acute Myeloid Leukemia. |
The Soup |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Sundays @ 7:00pm' |
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Host Joel McHale dips into the festering petri dish of celeb culture and extracts choice
chunks of hilarity. Antibiotics not included. |
INSIGHT: Superbugs |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 10 May' |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
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This week on Insight: Superbugs.
They're deadly, resistant to traditional antibiotics, and on the rise.
Since the discovery of penicillin in the early twentieth century, antibiotics
have fought infections and diseases that were once life threatening. But over time, many bacteria have become resistant to these drugs and patients are increasingly at risk. |
Chelsea Lately |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday - Friday @ 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. |
Behind the Scenes |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Sundays @ 5.30pm' |
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| In this incredible series you'll see what goes on before-and-after the director yells, 'Cut!' With action-packed moments and incredible behind-the-scenes footage from the sets of Ice Age: Continental Drift, Neighborhood Watch, Total Recall, Bourne Legacy and Campaign, it's the real inside scoop on making movie magic. |
E! Investigates: Bullying: Celebs Speak Out |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | ' Sunday, September 16th @ 8:30pm' |
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| In this new special, E! Investigates bullying and why this destructive phenomenon has suddenly become such a hot topic. Celebrities and cultural icons such as Bill Clinton, Elton John, Khloe Kardashian and Clay Aiken lend their personal stories to this inspirational one-hour episode. |
Jerseylicious Season 4 |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Thursdays @ 8:30pm' |
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| It's never business as usual when it comes to teased hair and tight-fitting animal print wearing girls of Jerseylicious. What's more, we now have competing salons to contend with when the new season of the hair-raising drama surrounding the staff and clients of a New Jersey beauty salon returns. While some staffers find themselves unemployed, others continue to thrive as Gayle's revitalised Gatsby 2 Go becomes a huge success. |
Stormworld: Three Sun Day |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays' |
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| Time: | 2.55PM |
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| Stormworld is a story of strangers in a strange land. Brought together apparently by chance or perhaps for a purpose by some strange power... All the denizens of Stormworld are 'Access Crashers' - people from many worlds in many universes who have suddenly found themselves marooned in this world of endless oceans, barren islands, lethal storms and deadly sea-creatures. |
Deadwood: Boy The Earth Talks To |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 23 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| In this series final, Swearengen's (Ian McShane) shrewd manipulation of the rumour mill pays off in a Yankton counter-offer that requires only slight amending. |
The Warehouse Comedy Festival: Sam Simmons: Fail |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 24 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| The cream of Australia's funniest, smartest comics performing in a Melbourne sawtooth warehouse, features Sam Simmons, one of the world's most daring and unconventional comics at his absurd best. |
Men Who Swim |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| This humorous and poignant film looks at a group of middle-aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden's all-male synchronised swimming team, the Stockholm Art Swim Gents. |
Bleach, Nip, Tuck : The White Beauty Myth: The Face |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| In a bid to achieve a face with features that they believe reflect white perfection, many Africans, Orientals, Asians and Caribbean people are putting themselves under the knife to have their lips reduced, eyes widened and noses refined. Others are lightening their skin with harsh creams and cosmetics. |
Wild Rides: Mongolian Cowboy |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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| Extroverted British comic and intrepid adventurer Jonathan 'Buddy' Hunt has travelled 14,500km on the Mongol Rally and finally makes it to the last country on his journey. |
The Marriage Of Figaro |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 13 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 2:00pm |
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| ABC TV and Opera Australia have forged a new partnership to benefit all lovers of opera, and over the next three years 15 of the most recent and popular operas will be broadcast on ABC1 and ABC2. The first three operas will air this month commencing with Mozart's much-loved The Marriage Of Figaro filmed at the Sydney Opera House as part of the 2010 season. |
Sanctuary: Firewall |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Will (Robin Dunne) is still suffering from amnesia concerning his near-death encounter with Kali (Sahar Biniaz). However, he continues to be plagued by blackouts and visions - and it appears that sinister elements are intent on 'helping' him unlock his memory. |
Riese: Fragments |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:15PM |
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| Riese emerges from the fog of her pain to find herself in a hospital bed in Helmkin, a doctor leaning over her and telling her that her battle wound has been attended to, and that she should rest for a bit. When she tries to get out of bed, the doctor spots the brand on Riese's shoulder: the symbol of the wolf, marking her as a member of the former royal family. Riese realises that this could put her in danger, and pulls herself together long enough to make her way out of the potential death trap. |
The Tudors |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| As her executioner makes his way to London Queen Anne (Natalie Dormer) prays for her salvation. Because she's been accused of having intercourse with more than a hundred different men, her daughter, Elizabeth, has been declared a bastard and stripped of her right to inherit the throne. In her final confession to Archbishop Cranmer (Hans Matheson), Anne swears that she was never unfaithful, but still accepts her punishment as she looks forward to spending eternity in paradise. Brandon (Henry Cavill) tells Anne's father (Nick Dunning) that he will lose all his titles and is banished from the court. |
Meet the Natives USA: The OC People |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 28 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Meet the Natives USA follows five tribesmen from the South Pacific island of Tanna as they venture to the U.S to observe the natives of this exotic land. |
Crownies |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday July 14' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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| CROWNIES follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life - in a fast paced workplace that highlights the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilized society. |
My Family's Crazy Gap Year: The Pindorias |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 17 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| British couple Rosanna and Ajay Pindoria leave a life of comfort in Hong Kong for a year-long adventure in Africa with their three young children. |
Restoration Home: Nutbourne Pumping Station |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 13 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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| This week Caroline Quentin and the team are in West Sussex at the Nutbourne Pumping Station - and it is a wreck. It closed in the 1970s and is now an industrial-sized bunker full of rusting, redundant, heavy duty machinery. But this ruin was at the heart of a revolution that saved our grandparents' generation and changed society forever. It tells the story of the water we drink, and not that long ago drinking British water could literally kill you. |
Chris Humfrey's Wild Life |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 15 May 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. |
QI: Electricity |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 17 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:25PM |
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| Joining QI master Stephen Fry for tonight's electric episode are Sean Lock, Rich Hall, Jo Brand and Alan Davies. This week's episode is themed around electricity. The panellists' buzzers are all electrical noises. |
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 15 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Visible from space, the Great Rift runs for thousands of miles. It creates, connects and defines the wildest, most charismatic landscape in the world. From the majestic, snow-capped mountains of the Kilimanjaro to the hustle and bustle of the Red Sea's coral reefs; the dry open savannahs of the Serengeti to the rain-soaked forests of the Mountains of the Moon, the Great Rift displays remarkable wildlife and awe-inspiring landscapes. |
Moby Dick |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 15 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:35PM |
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| Starbuck (Ethan Hawke) fears the blind vindictiveness of Ahab (William Hurt), whose madness and manipulative tactics can mean death for the seamen. On the long and arduous journey across the Atlantic, which takes the Pequod around the Cape of Good Hope and to the South China Sea, the crew members are subjected to hunger and thirst, to the terrifying stillness of the doldrums and to naked fear. Yet Ahab unswervingly pursues his goal: the hunt for Moby Dick. |
Spicks And Specks |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 18 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Joining Adam, Myf and Alan this week are 'queen of pop' and Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines, musical comedian Justin Heazlewood, Short Stack front-man Shaun Diviney, and stand-up comedian Peter Hellier. |
Outback Kids |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 19 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| This powerful three-part documentary series follows the work of the Brahminy Group, lead by Allan Brahminy, as they attempt to rehabilitate seven profoundly troubled young Aussie kids. |
Angry Boys |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 18 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| When Angry Boys continues tonight, another new character from Chris Lilley is revealed - S.mouse. S.mouse, the U.S. rap artist who became an overnight sensation with his child-friendly single 'Slap My Elbow' has found himself under house-arrest and under pressure from the record company over his self-penned YouTube released 'Poo On You'. |
Thorne: Sleepyhead |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 20 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Tom Thorne (David Morrissey) is dragged back into the nightmares of his past, as he heads up the investigation into a series of horrifying attacks on young women by a killer as sadistic as he is terrifying. |
Spooks |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 21 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| The team face their toughest challenge ever: tracking down Lucas North (Richard Armitage), their Section Chief, friend and one of the best agents MI5 has ever had. |
A Quiet Word With Ross Noble |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 21 May 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| In A Quiet Word with Ross Noble, comedian Tony Martin manages to pin down the award-winning stand-up comic and self-confessed 'randomist' for a surprisingly thoughtful discussion of what it is he actually does. Ross attempts to explain his surrealistic thought processes, and recalls highlights and lowlights of his hugely successful career 'talking bollocks' in front of crowds of strangers. |
The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 13 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Set in the small, elite world of high society at a time when lesbianism was just not tolerated, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is an inspiring true story of 'the first modern lesbian' - a woman who challenged convention and was determined to simply be herself. |
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