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Kourtney and Kim Take New York Continuing Series 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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Kourntey and Kim take New York Season Two |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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With their wedding and honeymoon barely behind them, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have packed up and moved east to spend the fall in New York with Kourtney and her boyfriend Scott Disick. While the newlyweds share some touching romantic moments in the Big Apple, the stresses of their new marriage leads to tense situations which will ultimately spell the end for Kim and Kris.
The new season of Kourtney & Kim Take New York follows the struggles the career-oriented couple experience living together for the first time, along with the ups and downs that Kourtney and Scott face as parents and partners. Kourtney & Kim Take New York returns with eight one-hour episodes and two half-hour episodes starting Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 9:30pm AEDT only on E! |
Louie: Dentist/ Tarese |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 23rd July 2012' |
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| Time: | 10:05pm |
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| A fearful Louie pays a long-overdue visit to the dentist and has a panic attack. The dentist opts to sedate him but before Louie is rendered unconscious, he notices the dentist has become a little tactile, even kissing him on the forehead. Soon Louie is in the middle of a vivid dream, where he's wandering through the desert and talking to Osama Bin Laden about 9/11. When he wakes up, the dentist looks guilty and embarrassed, and rushes out the door... without having fixed Louie's cavity. |
TheONeals |
| Venue: | Style |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, December 7th ' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| After 25 years of estrangement, father and daughter acting dynasty, Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, are living in the same city once again and taking the first steps in reclaiming their relationship following the death of Ryan's long-term love, Farrah Fawcett. The O'Neals is an eight episode docu-series that chronicles this moving journey from first meeting to discussions over Tatum's controversial book, Found: A Daughter's Journey Home. This expose of family dysfunction will see moments of surprising humour and disappointing heartache. The O'Neals premieres Wednesday, December 7th at 8:30pm AEDT only on Style. |
Archer: The Rock |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 24th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:00pm |
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| After ISIS loses yet another lucrative contract to rival agency ODIN, Malory assigns Archer and Lana to embarrass ODIN by stealing a priceless diamond from their biggest client. |
Creamfields 2012 Channel V |
| Venue: | Channel V |
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23 January @ 9.30pm: Nothing But the Beat
11 April @ 11.30am: David Guetta 30 minute special
13 April @ 9am: David Guetta 30 minute special
19 April @ 9pm: David Guetta 60 minute special
28 April @ 2pm: David Guetta Top 50
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Beyonce's 30th Bday Bash |
| Venue: | MTV Hits: Channel 808 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday September 4th, 2011' |
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| Time: | 10am |
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To celebrate Beyonce's 30th Birthday, MTV Hits is airing a bootylicious tribute to the talented singer, starting at 10am on Saturday September 4th, 2011.
10am: Beyonce's 10 Greatest Tracks
11am: Top 10 Beyonce Hook Ups
12pm: Top 10 Destiny's Child
12:30pm: Top 40 Beyonce and Her Gals
3:30pm Top 7 Beyonce Love Songs
4pm: Top 7 Beyonce Dance Off's
4:30: Byeonce: The Official Top 20. |
How Sex Works: Making It Last |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| The final episode looks at the challenges facing those people who have coupled up and those who haven't. |
Playing It Straight |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 27th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| After last week's eviction of Andre (straight), Cara can't afford to eliminate another straight guy. |
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? |
| Venue: | E! |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, September 4th, 2011' |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
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| InJoanKnowsBestthefamousmotherdaughterduoJoanandMelissaRiversstartogetherintheirfirstrealityseriesasJoanmovesfromNewYorktoLosAngelestobewithMelissaandhergrandsonCooper.MelissasworldisrockedhoweverwhenJoanchangesherlifestyleandinfiltratesMelissashome.Attimeslovingandattimestumultuousthisultimatemotherdaughtershowdownwilladdressthequestionplaguingdaughterssincethebeginningoftimedoesmotherreallyknowbest |
Franklin And Friends: Franklin And The First Snowfall Festival/ Franklin And the Bumpy Fire Buggy |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 26th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 11:35am |
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| It's a new series of the popular Franklin and Friends! Based on the award-winning books by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, this 26 x 23 minute CG-animated series follows the more mature and confident Franklin as he makes his way through daily challenges and adventures, learning life lessons along with pals Snail, Rabbit, Beaver, Fox, Goose and his best buddy Bear. |
YooHoo & Friends: The YooHoos Meet Father Time |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 15 February 2012' |
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| Time: | 7:15am |
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| YooHoo & Friends is a 26 x 12-minute animated series about the eco-adventures of five, cute-as-can-be, furry-tailed animals who are on a global quest to save the planet from a series of eco-disasters. |
Mega Builders: Fantasy Islands |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Off the coast of Dubai in the Gulf of Arabia, two 'mega builders' are pulling off one of the most ambitious feats of marine engineering the world has seen. |
Good Game SP |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 18 February 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:05am |
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| Good Game Spawn Point, the show for younger gamers by gamers, returns to ABC3 in 2012. |
Kids Behind Bars: It's Just My Life - Trouble |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25th July 2012 ' |
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| Time: | 8:40pm |
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| Three boys are facing the prospect of beginning their adult life behind bars, if they can't change. |
Dancing King: Man In The Mirror |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 11 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| British stage musical maestro David King is putting together a homage to Michael Jackson and is having trouble casting singers and dancers for the demanding roles. |
Carlos: Part Three |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 12 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Carlos's band, based in Budapest and protected by Syria, fosters links with various clients interested in their particular capabilities, among them Ceausescu's Romania and Libya. This intense activity of geopolitical destabilisation, orchestrated by Carlos who is trafficking arms, handling huge sums of cash and leading the life of the Godfather of European terrorism, is soon to come to an end. |
triple j presents: Cut Copy |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 13 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:20PM |
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| TripleJdoeslivemusicbetterthananyoneelseinthecountry.TheyvebeenbroadcastinglivegigsacrosstheairwavesonLiveAtTheWirelessforaslongasanyonecanrememberprovidingfrontrowseatstosomeofthehottestgigsinthecountrybybringingthemdirecttothetelly. |
twentysomething |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 13 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:00PM |
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| With nowhere to live and too proud to tell their family they are 'technically' homeless, Jess (Jess Harris) and Josh (Josh Schmidt) find temporary living arrangements in a local backpackers, taking a holiday in their home town. While indulging in the hostel activities Jess and Josh take a tour of Melbourne, only to find themselves bored by churches and useless facts and holding hands with strangers in a single file through the middle of the city. |
Kill It, Cook It, Eat It: Fast Food |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:30PM |
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| In Kill It, Cook It, Eat It UK presenter Julia Bradbury hosts the series that shows exactly what it takes to turn a living animal into meat for the table. |
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Louis Theroux reveals the startling reality of a sweeping obsession with vanity. But how far is too far? Can larger breasts or tighter abs really make a person happier? |
Friday Night Lights: Crossing The Line |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 16 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Racemelikeaman.WhileTimRigginsTaylorKitschandtheteamcelebratetheirvictoryafrustratedBrianSmashWilliamsGaiusCharlestakesdrasticmeasurestoimprovehisperformanceonthefield. |
Restoration Man: Ice House |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 15 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| Architect George Clarke, passionate about Britain's heritage buildings, helps Scot Laird Henderson bring his unique loch-side ice house to life. |
At Home With Julia |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 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? |
Poh's Kitchen on the road |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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| This week Poh's on the road to South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, an area with a rich food and wine culture. She is off to Port Willunga to attend the 'One Magic Bowl', an event where 11 local chefs are creating 11 seafood dishes to be served in one bespoke bowl on the beach. |
Country House Rescue |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 14 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| Country House Rescue follows the fortunes of six stately British homes, as Ruth Watson, renowned business woman and trouble-shooter advises the home owners how to diversify and raise revenue, and in doing so, secure the future of these unique properties for generations to come. |
Artscape: Memory Play |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 13 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05PM |
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| Helen Morse takes the lead in Sundowner a play about a mother coping with Alzheimer's disease. |
Dumb, Drunk And Racist |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:40pm |
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| After a three-week road trip, the Indians' Australian odyssey is nearly at an end. But before they reveal their views on Australia, they take a look at our drinking culture... |
Fake Or Fortune?: Rembrandt |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 13 September 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. |
Compass: 9/11 Ten Years On |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 11 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:00PM |
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| Compass examines the deep and enduring social, religious and cultural implications of 9/11 from an Australian perspective through the eyes of those directly affected. |
Rebirth |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 11 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| Premiering on the 10th anniversary of the events of 9/11, Rebirth is a riveting journey into living history - an act of personal witness to one of the most profoundly consequential events in American history and the healing that has come in its wake. |
QI: Hypothetical |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 13 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| This week - a QI first - a quiz show with no answers. Stephen Fry departs from the certainties of everyday life to explore the realm of 'hypothetical' questions. Joining him are panellists Alan Davies, John Lloyd, Sandi Toksvig and Johnny Vegas. |
Grand Designs Revisited: London |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 11 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| In June 2006 master carpenter Bill Bradley and his wife Sarah built not one but two timber houses in South London on the site of Bill's old wood workshop. Their plan was to sell one off to pay for the other in the hope of living mortgage-free. But the long narrow site, sandwiched between two rows of houses, overlooking and overlooked by 16 different neighbours, was far from an easy proposition. |
Tia and Tamera Series 2 |
| Venue: | Style Network |
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| Date: | 'Mondays @ 9:30pm' |
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Twin sisters and best friends Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley, are back for season two of their popular series 'Tia and Tamera'. This season will see Tia struggling to balance a new baby and a career, while newlywed Tamera is adjusting to married life and managing two homes.
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Dawn Porter: Extreme Wife: Free Lover |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 25th July 2012' |
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| Time: | 10:10pm |
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| British journalist Dawn Porter is 29, gorgeous and single. She's had plenty of boyfriends, and even a few girlfriends, but no-one she can imagine settling down with and uttering those immortal words, 'til death us do part'. She's beginning to wonder if traditional marriage is the only way. |
Masterd By Molly: Beyonce |
| Venue: | MTV Australia |
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| Date: | 'Friday 16 December ' |
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| Time: | 5pm |
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Catch Molly Meldrum in an exclusive one on one with the biggest female pop star in the world, Beyonce Knowles on MTV's Mastered By Molly.
In the full extended version, the 30 year old singing superstar sits down with Molly Meldrum to talk about her impending pregnancy, new found independence, the pressures of fame and her latest album, '4'.
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Tribal Wives: Ethiopia |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 23rd July 2012 ' |
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| Time: | 8:35pm |
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| In this final episode of the series, Anna De Vere from London is going to live as a 'Tribal Wife' with the Hamar in southern Ethiopia. Anna has a comfortable life in London, living with her partner and running her own business. But deep down she feels something is missing. |
Living Black |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Sundays from 4 September' |
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| Time: | 4.30pm |
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| Living Black returns to SBS One on 4 September at 4.30pm, with an exciting new element to the weekly Indigenous news and current affairs program. Whilst continuing to tell vital stories important to all Australians about life and current issues from an Indigenous perspective, in this season each episode will feature a musical performance. |
INSIGHT: Spending |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 30 August' |
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| Time: | 7.30pm |
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The traditional retail shop is in trouble.
Australians are spending less and retail figures are at their lowest levels for fifty years. Some stores are closing their doors. |
The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards |
| Venue: | E! |
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Join Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Rancic and the rest of the E! team as they welcome the stars on the red carpet at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards
Monday, September 24th @ 7:00am
Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards
Monday, September 24th @ 8:00am
Fashion Police: The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards
Wednesday, September 26th @ 9:30pm |
Four Corners Bad News |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | '29th of August, 2011' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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| For more than five years Rupert Murdoch and his most trusted executives told the world that a rogue reporter and a rogue private detective were responsible for hacking phones for the News of the World. Reporter Sarah Ferguson investigates that claim and reveals the links between Murdoch's newspapers and the British criminal world going back two decades. |
Grand Designs Revisited: Belfast |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 18 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 7:30PM |
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| Thomas and Dervla O'Hare set out to build a spectacular split-level home cascading down a practically vertical hillside in Belfast. No one in their right mind would have built on such a steep slope but ambitious young architect Thomas believed he could do anything as long as he put his mind to it. |
Mrs Carey's Concert |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 18 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:30PM |
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| At a girls' high school, music director Karen Carey prepares her young students for a concert at the Opera House. Believing in the transformative power of great music, Carey insists upon a classical repertoire, sets a dauntingly high performance standard and requires the participation of every girl in the school. Mrs Carey inspires many of her girls, but some do not share her passion and are not afraid to say so. |
Compass: My Brother The Islamist |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 18 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:10PM |
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| Tree surgeon and filmmaker Robb Leech is an ordinary white middle-class boy from the Dorset seaside town of Weymouth. So too is his stepbrother Rich. But a little over a year ago, Rich became a radical Islamist who now goes by the name of Salahuddin. He associates with jihadist fundamentalists and believes the UK should be ruled by Sharia law. |
Fake Or Fortune?: Rembrandt |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Final' |
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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. |
QI: House And Home |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 20 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 9:35PM |
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| This week's episode is a quite interesting look at 'House and Home'. Joining QI Master Stephen Fry 'in da house' are panellists Danny Baker, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies. |
Artscape: 3 Days in Venice: Biennale 2011 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 20 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 10:05PM |
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| FormorethanacenturytheVeniceBiennalehasbeenoneoftheworldslargestandmostprestigiousartsevents.Artscapeentersthesocietyofglamorousinternationalartcelebritypartiesandcompetitivenationalexhibitions.ThisisaninvestigationintotheBiennalessignificanceinthecontextoftheinternationalartworldandAustraliaspartinthat. |
Poh's Kitchen on the road |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 21 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 8:00PM |
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| Poh's on the road to the Australian alps. Recently Poh has been using beer as an ingredient instead of wine to give an extra bit of sweetness and complexity to a dish. So she's off to the alps to visit a charming little boutique brewery near Bright. |
At Home With Julia |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 21 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, 21 September 2011' |
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| Time: | 6:00PM |
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| This week Ruth visits Chesters, a 215-year-old house belonging to John and Ellie Henderson. A Grade I-listed Georgian country home, Chesters comes complete with 1,500 acres of land, a disused stable block, 14 estate cottages and a mile of the Teviot river, but John lives 360 miles away in London. |
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