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Compass: Life's Big Questions: Warwick Thornton |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 13 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05pm |
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| What makes a good life? Why are we here? Is there a God? Whether you believe or not, many of us search for answers... |
E!ES: 15 Awesomest Boybands |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, September 18th @ 9:30pm' |
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| The Boy Band is back in a big way and it's not just tween girls who are excited. In recognition of this current pop culture frenzy, we're counting down the top 15 Awesome-ist Boy Bands ever. |
Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon of the Somme |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 14 November 2011 ' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| Evergreen presenter Tony Robinson and a team of experts have gathered in northern France for a special expedition. |
Targeting Bin Laden |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 14 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| On 1 May 2011, the White House announced that Osama Bin Laden had been shot dead by US Navy SEALS in a house in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan. The man who had eluded US forces for so long, the man responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, had been found. |
INSIGHT: Uneasy Riders |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 5th of June ' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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This week Insight does what no other current affairs show has been able to do - it brings bikies and police face to face, in a frank and tense debate.
In the wake of shootings across the country, several states have introduced laws that crack down on bikie groups. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that coordinating anti-bikie laws across the nation is an urgent priority. |
The Private Life Of: Cows |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 15 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| Farmer Jimmy Doherty turns his attention to cows in his quest to discover more about the farmyard animals we all take for granted. |
Dinosaur Stampede |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 15 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| A 100-million-year-old dinosaur mystery embedded in stone in remote Australia is about to be opened by a team of international scientists from Australia, Spain, the United States and Scotland. |
United States Of Tara: Bryce Will Play |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 15 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| After revealing her frightening new alter, Bryce, Tara (Toni Collette) and Dr. Hattaras (Eddie Izzard) meet with KSOP Psychology Co-chair Dr. Smolow (Robert Picardo) and discuss the 'Abusive Alter Concept'. Smolow warns Hattaras about the ethical implications of getting so involved with a student, but to no avail. |
2011 MTV Video Music Awards |
| Venue: | MTV Channel 124 |
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| Date: | 'Monday 29th of August, 2011' |
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| Time: | 10am |
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| Bruno Mars will be taking his talents to the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards stage alongside Jonah Hill, Rick Ross, Selena Gomez, Seth Rogan, Kim Kardashian who have all been named as Video Music Awards presenters. |
Jennifer Byrne Presents: Di Morrissey |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 15 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:55pm |
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| Jennifer Byrne Presents is a series of individual treats for lovers of books and writing. A panel of leading authors and expert celebrity guests join Jennifer for investigations into some of the most popular reading genres, they reveal the conventions, controversies, and titles that have helped shaped the literary landscape. |
Country House Rescue: Kelly House |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 16 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| The Kellys live in Kelly House in Kelly village, Devon, which overlooks Bodmin Moor, but this historic home is in a sorry state, and with no money for repair Ruth Watson is on hand to help save this national treasure from ruin. |
Giuliana and Bill Season 5 |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Mondays from June 25th' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Celebrity power couple, Giuliana and Bill Rancic are back and this season they face their toughest challenge yet - Giuliana's breast cancer diagnosis. As they have done with all of life's obstacles, the couple embraces their vow to love each other 'in sickness and in health'. What's more, this season will celebrate the couple's achievements, such as the opening of their restaurant RMP Italian in Chicago, which features many of Mamma DiPandi's, Giuliana's mother's, recipes and forces the couple to look for a new home in Chicago. While their immediate focus is on Giuliana's recovery, their dream of starting a family is also top of mind. |
M.I. High: Vote Skul |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 1.45PM |
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| MI9's teen spies Rose (Rachel Petladwala), Carrie (Charlene Osuagwu) and Oscar (Ben Kerfoot) are back at St Hope's High School and a new school term means all-new action-packed missions during the 13 x 30 minute series. |
My Place: 1788 Dan |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 5PM |
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| Dan is on his second patrol to the Botany Bay area when he's asked to capture a native dog to take back to the colony's Governor. Only trouble is the dog in question - Lapa - belongs to Waruwi, the girl Dan befriended last time he was in the area. |
Dancing King |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| One of Britain's most successful producers, the fearless and determined David King, wants to bring Michael Jackson back to the stage, with a Man in the Mirror tribute show. |
Glastonbury |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Imagine if Woodstock, the defining cultural event of the Sixties, had continued to exist over the last three decades. How would it have changed, evolved and adapted to a world which was being completely rewritten around it? How much of the idealism and communality of the original event would have survived? |
Carlos: Part Two |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 5 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| From Olivier Assayas, comes a powerful three-part series; an epic portrayal of the notorious revolutionary and terrorist, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez: Carlos the Jackal, starring Rdgar Ramirez who earned a Golden Globe nomination for the role. |
Babar And The Adventures Of Badou: The Brave Guy/ Starring Ms Strich |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 6 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 3:05PM |
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| Set against the lush exotics of Celesteville the 3D animated series, Babar and the Adventure of Badou, returns with more adventures of Babar's 8-year-old grandson, Badou, as he encounters the exciting and challenging aspects of growing up in the royal palace. |
twentysomething |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 6 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| Early Saturday morning, housemates Jess (Jess Harris) and Josh (Josh Schmidt) awake dehydrated and disorientated after an impromptu house party, only to discover a real estate agent circling their front garden like a shark, preparing to open their rental house for inspection. Late for work they flee the scene, leaving the post party mess for unassuming Abby (Leah de Niese) to sweet talk their way out of. |
Valemont |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 6 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:20PM |
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| Welcome to the shocking conclusion of Valemont and watch as Sophie's adventures continue down a path of mystery and surprise... |
Mega Builders: Quake Proofing An Icon |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 7 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| The challenges to build the new San Francisco Bay Bridge are huge. |
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 7 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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Louis Theroux is back and he uncovers the inside story of America's most controversial family - the Phelps from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Is there more to this tight knit group than appalling picketing slogans? |
How Not To Live Your Life: Don The Musical |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 8 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| After seeing the attention Eddie (David Armand) gets in his theatre club's production of Rain Man, Don (Dan Clark) decides to join up. |
The Thick Of It |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 8 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:00PM |
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| The Opposition smell election victory and are circling like vultures and the excitable PM spin king, Malcolm Tucker is running out of options and friends. |
Friday Night Lights: Homecoming |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 9 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| One team, one heart. It's homecoming in Dillon, Texas, as alumni reunite, and the team prepares for the undefeated Laribee Lions. Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki) and Billy Riggins (Derek Phillips) mix it up as they plan the after game party to end all parties. |
Misfits: Christmas Special |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 9 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in this particularly irreverent Yuletide episode of Misfits. |
Poh's Kitchen on the road |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 16 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| The final leg of Poh's road trip is to Far North Queensland and she takes her friend Elton along as a guide. Elton's father's people are the Tableland Yidinji, and on the banks of the Barron River on the Atherton Tableland they make Poh feel like part of the family. Poh is given a lesson in catching and cooking one of their favourites - the local eel. Poh is delighted to find that many of Elton's family not only share a Chinese heritage but love Asian flavours in their cooking and she makes an Asian-style salad with smoked eel and jellyfish. |
Fashion Mob New Series |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Thursdays from June 28th' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| A makeover show on a large scale! The Hollywood squad - including Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance), Jeannie Mai (How Do I Look?), Ken Paves (Hairstylist to the stars) and Selita Ebanks (Victoria's Secret model) - will attempt to makeover 20-something women who look decades older than they actually are. |
QI: Hypnosis |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 17 November 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| This week's episode of QI is all about hypnosis, hallucinations and hysteria. Joining QI Master Stephen Fry are panellists Ronnie Ancona, Robert Webb, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies. |
Jerseylicious Season 4 Return |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Thursdays returns June 14th' |
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| Time: | 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.
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Insight: Unforgiveable |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 24th of July ' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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This season, Insight returns with an exploration of forgiveness.
Forgiving people who have done wrong is often seen as something to aspire to. But some believe there is too much pressure on people to forgive, and that forgiveness is overrated. One expert is even championing a so-called 'healthy unforgiveness'. |
Grand Designs: Lake District |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 28 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| When Robert and Milla Gaukroger found a plot of land overlooking Lake Windermere in the Lake District National Park, they felt like they had hit gold. The site has a rather ugly 1980s house on it but rather than knock it down, Robert is going to incorporate it into a new design which will quadruple its size. Three large linked extensions will be added, and to cap it off, an enormous and very complicated domed grass covered roof will be constructed over the whole house. |
The Cove |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 28 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| The Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg. |
Fake Or Fortune?: Homer |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 30 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| UK journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings. It's a world of subterfuge and intrigue as they grapple with complex battles often unseen beneath the apparently genteel art establishment. Their sleuthing takes them from New York to Cairo and Cape Town as they unpick clues behind stolen and contested works of art, and unmask the work of a master forger along the way. |
QI: Happiness |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 30 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| This week it's happy hour at QI because tonight's episode is all about 'happiness'. Joining QI Master Stephen Fry are panellists Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus, Andy Hamilton and Alan Davies. |
Artscape: Stunt Love |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 30 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05PM |
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| The story of Australia's J.P 'Jack' McGowan plays like a Hollywood script. An epic romance set against the birth of cinema featuring high adventure, war, fame and great love won and lost. J.P was one of Hollywood's first stunt directors who, with his wife and on-screen daredevil Helen Holmes, paved the way for the action-adventure blockbusters we know today. |
Poh's Kitchen On The Road |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 31 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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Poh's on the road in central Tasmania to discover the secrets of flour.
At a beautifully restored flour mill in Oatlands, Poh meets baker Graham Prichard and discovers the delights of stone-ground Tasmanian flour. After grinding her grain at the windmill, and then baking her very first loaf of sourdough bread, Poh takes more of her freshly-milled flour to Gordon Ramsay's former pastry chef, Tasmanian Alistair Wise. |
Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey: Revelation |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 31 August 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| With her interest in Buddhism piqued, and her love of yoga firmly entrenched, Judith travels to India to immerse herself in the birthplace of both of those things. She discovers that religion and spirituality in India are like the Kardashian family in the West - you just can't avoid them. |
Restoration Man: Field House |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 1 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| Architect George Clarke is helping advise dreamers who buy abandoned heritage listed buildings in the UK to turn them into dream homes. |
Crownies |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 1 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Lina (Andrea Demetriades) works a drugs case involving undercover cop, Adam (Jason Chong), who's been living with a Vietnamese heroin gang for three years. He is shaken by his experiences and Lina fears he may be suffering from PTSD, and prove an unreliable witness. But after Tony (Peter Kowitz) opens her eyes to the real reason behind Adam's edginess, Lina's witness goes AWOL. |
The Next Big Thing |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 1 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Retailers are always on the look-out for 'the next big thing' and in this series the buying teams of high street giants Boots, Habitat and Liberty, are prepared to take an enormous gamble by asking members of the public to supply them with the next best selling product. This is a chance of a lifetime for unknown designers and producers to pitch directly to the retail industry's power-brokers and have the opportunity to get their product stocked in these prestigious stores. |
Silent Witness: Bloodlines: Part 2 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 2 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Distraught, Nikki flies out to Budapest but there's not much she or Leo can do, especially when their every move is being monitored and scrutinised by Tibor. |
Grand Designs Revisited: Brittany |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 4 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| In April 2008 Daren Howarth and partner Adi Nortje moved from Brighton (UK) to Brittany in France to take on a huge life experiment to build an earth-sheltered home almost entirely from recycled materials and to live as sustainably as possible. |
QI: Horrible |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 6 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| This week's episode of QI is a wholesale homage to all that is 'horrible'. Joining QI Master Stephen Fry are panellists Alan Davies, Dara O'Briain, Sean Lock and Chris Addison. |
Restoration Man: Gatelodge |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 8th September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| A former heavyweight boxing champion has spent 20 years harbouring a dream he would one day own a quaint little Georgian gate lodge in Suffolk |
At Home With Julia |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 7 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| It's like any relationship. Who walks the dog? Who puts the bins out? Who sends the troops to Afghanistan? |
Country House Rescue |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 7 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| Trouble-shooting businesswoman Ruth Watson advises the owners of six British stately homes on how to diversify and raise revenue, and so secure the future of their unique properties for generations to come. |
Silent Witness: The Prodigal: Part 1 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 9 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Forensic pathologists Professor Leo Dalton (William Gaminara), Dr Harry Cunningham (Tom Ward) and Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) return for another series of Silent Witness. |
Accused: Frankie's Story |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 2 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| Frankie and his best mate Peter McShane (Ben Batt) are up for it and out on the town. But their bravado turns sour ending in a fight and they're arrested. Peter, a champion amateur boxer, is about to follow in his dad's footsteps and join the army. Frankie decides to do the same to avoid a prison sentence. |
Behind the Scenes Continuing Series |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Mondays in June' |
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| Time: | 2:00pm |
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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 Brave, GI Joe: Retaliation, The Amazing Spiderman, Ted and The Dark Knight Rises, it's the real inside scoop on making movie magic.
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