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Junkyard Wars and The Panics

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Monday, 31 August 2009 '
Time:6:30pm-10:30pm
Junkyard Wars: Hot Rods
6:30pm
The American Junkyard Wars series challenges two teams of junkyard dogs to build monster machine dragsters in just 10 hours, and the only parts that competitors are allowed to use will have to be scrounged from the junkyard. Out in the junkyard, it's first come, first served.

triple j tv presents The Panics
10:30pm
2007 J Award winners, The Panics, played an epic live show at Melbourne's Prince of Wales Hotel in 2008, and triple j tv were there to capture all the action.

Grand Designs, Fear, Stress and Anger and Artscape

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Tuesday, 30 June 2009 '
Time:8:30pm-11pm
Grand Designs: Newport
8:30pm
This week Kevin meets Welsh couple, banker Dean Berry and his PR consultant wife, Sarah. Having moved away to London and carved out successful careers for themselves, they have now returned home 17 years later and bought an 18th century castle perched on a hilltop.

Fear, Stress and Anger: The Job List
9:25pm
The Chadwicks are baby boomers for whom the boom has gone out of life. Martin Chadwick (Peter Davison) has been made redundant at the ad agency and wife Julie (Pippa Haywood) is in career stagnation at the local council. Martin's mother, Gran Chadwick (Eileen Essell) keeps escaping from the nursing home and his 20-something daughters Lucy (Daisy Aitkens) and Chloe (Georgia Moffett) are getting progressively more demanding and still won't leave home.

Artscape: Circus Oz: The Big Birthday Bash: Pt 3
10:00pm
The third episode in Artscape's The Big Birthday Bash series begins three days out from the opening night of Circus Oz's 30th Birthday tour. With the tent issues now resolved, the company is finally in pre-show rehearsals in the big top, located at Melbourne's Birrarung Marr.

The Beast and The Wire

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Tuesday, 1 September 2009 '
Time:8:45pm-9:30pm
The Beast
8:45pm
After learning of a major drug deal about to go down in Chicago, FBI agent Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) pressures the imprisoned Albert Saldano (David Roth) for a lead to the buyer.

Told to look for Jimmy Casserly (Michael Vieau), Barker then takes his rookie partner Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) to see an informant who tells them Casserly's been arrested by the Chicago Police Department.

The Wire
9:30pm
Widely acclaimed as the best crime drama ever made, The Wire, comes to ABC2 in September.
Capturing the endless war on drugs as it is lived on the battered streets of West Baltimore, the 13-episode HBO drama series tells the story of a drug-and-murder investigation from the point of view of both the police and their targets.

The Sculpture Diaries and The Young Girl And The Monkey

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Sunday, 26 July 2009'
Time:8:30pm - 10.30pm
The Sculpture Diaries
8:30pm
The final of this series examines sculpture in the landscape. Art critic Waldemar Januszczak visits the giant mountain carving in South Dakota of Lakota Indian Crazy Horse, started 60 years ago as an antidote to the Mount Rushmore presidential carvings.

The Young Girl And The Monkey
9:30pm
In a country bereft of opportunity and often hope, dreams can offer sustenance to young minds. In Cambodia that dream often manifests in the desire to dance with the Royal Ballet and every year hundreds of youths compete for just 50 places in the cast.

Sin City Law and Family Brat Camp

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Wednesday, 2 September 2009 '
Time:8:30pm-9:25pm
Sin City Law: Bourbon Strip: Part 1
8:30pm
On the night of January 27, 2006, a distraught 71-year-old man named De Rac Hanley phoned 911 to report that he had murdered someone in his apartment. Though Hanley remembered little at the time, it emerged that the victim was one of Hanley's elderly neighbours, Earl Spangenberg.

Family Brat Camp
9:25pm
When your child turns into a teenage brat, who exactly is responsible and how can you, as parents, help to turn things around? Rather than just sending them off to the American wilderness to fix their out of control behaviour, in Family Brat Camp the parents go too. And in this first episode living and sleeping in the wilderness comes as a major shock, not only for the brats, but for the parents as well.

Trial And Retribution: Conviction

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Friday, 3 July 2009 '
Time:8:30pm
Another compelling series of British murder mysteries from renowned crime writer Lynda La Plante returns to ABC1 each Friday night in July. This new series of Trial And Retribution begins with an explosive tale of injustice and revenge. Tense, gripping and wonderfully acted, Conviction has an avenging father seeking recompense for the murder of his son. On an East London estate Terry Dyer, recently released from prison, returns to uncover the truth behind a murder that he still claims he didn't commit. The buried secrets of terrible and murderous events are unearthed as DCS Mike Walker and DCI Roisin Connor head up the investigation team.

triple j tv presents Eskimo Joe's One Night Stand

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Monday, 27 July 2009 '
Time:10:30pm
Off the back of their fourth album Inshalla, Fremantle lads Eskimo Joe headed to Gippsland to play triple j's One Night Stand.

Featuring hits such as From The Sea, Black Fingernails, Red Wine and the new single Foreign Land, this performance captures Eskimo Joe at their brilliant best. Be in the front row when Eskimo Joe play live in your lounge room.

Pulling and Billable Hours

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Thursday, 3 September 2009 '
Time:10:00pm - 10:30pm
Pulling
10:00pm
After Donna split up with Karl he had a breakdown, tried to kill himself and did some very strange things with cereal boxes. So now that they have finally moved on and become friends Donna is over the moon.

Billable Hours: The Parking Spot Episode
10:30pm
In this episode, when a new parking spot becomes available in the underground garage, Clark (Brandon Firla) and Sam (Fabrizio Filippo) compete head-to-head for it while Robin (Jennifer Baxter) has relationship problems.

New Tricks and The Bill

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Saturday, 4 July 2009 '
Time:7:30pm-9.30pm
New Tricks: Magic Majestic
7:30pm
Brian Lane engages in some dangerous mind games in a case that threatens to completely destabilise him when the team reinvestigates the death of Raymond Briers. In 1999, Briers was killed by his wife, Katie, after she had agreed to be hypnotised by illusionist Billy Carse for his television show.

Acquitted of his murder, Katie has recently started receiving emails from a source known only as Merlin, naming Carse's rival, Brandon Skye, as her husband's killer. Could Skye have sabotaged Carse's act to produce the ultimate trick that would destroy his reputation?

The Bill: Ep 669 You've Got You Wrong
8:30pm
Sgt. Callum Stone suspects a shoplifter is a victim of domestic violence, but she won't make a statement against her husband. When Stone discovers the abuser is a known criminal, he persuades the wife to help him find another way to put her husband away.

Being Erica and Torchwood

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Friday, 4 September 2009 '
Time:8:30pm-9:20pm
Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness
8:30pm
In this episode, while investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a packed dance hall- in 1941. As Gwen, Owen and Ianto work to rescue their colleagues, Jack and Toshiko meet a handsome young American squadron leader by the name of... Captain Jack Harkness.

Being Erica: What I Am Is What I Am
9:20pm
The weird time travelling stuff just keeps on happening to Erica (Erin Karpluk), as this week Dr Tom (Michael Riley) sends her back again to 1992, and university this time, reliving her past experiences.

The New Inventors

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Wednesday, 1 July 2009 '
Time:2009 8:00pm
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors highlights the latest contemporary creations from the new generation of inventors, innovators and designers. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: agricultural scientist Chris Russell, science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, and designer and inventor Sally Dominguez.

Inventions featured on the program:

Invention 1: PLASTIC MULCH RETRIEVER - by inventor Tony Rocca from QLD.
Invention 2 TILE LINK: - by inventor Arvo Poldmaa from NSW.
Invention 3: 321 WATER - by inventor Gretha Oost from VIC.

How Not To Live Your Life

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Thursday, 30 July 2009 '
Time:9:00pm
Ever wished life had a pause button with various options for what to do or say next?

That's what happens every time Don is faced with a big choice, only his options are generally terrible.

How Not to Live Your Life is an exciting comedy that follows the antics of a typically neurotic, single young man, with an over-active imagination, who tries and fails to navigate the basics of life.

Meet Don (Dan Clark) - a man with ambition, a man in the prime of his life - a man who manages to mess up even the simplest of tasks.

Movie: Touch Of Evil

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Saturday, 5 September 2009 '
Oscar winner Charlton Heston stars as a Mexican Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent caught up in a murder investigation while on his honeymoon in an American border town. His involvement brings on the wrath of a corrupt police chief who tries to frame Heston's bride with drug charges.

Catalyst and Beyond The Wall

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Thursday, 2 July 2009 '
Time:8:00pm-9.25pm
Catalyst: Universal Flu Vaccine
8:00pm
Universal Flu Vaccine The worldwide spread of Swine Flu has put immunologists into overtime to develop an effective vaccine. The first cases of Swine Flu were reported on March 18 in Mexico, 10 days later the virus had reached the United States. Ten weeks from the outbreak the disease had spread worldwide with over 12,000 cases and 92 deaths - 80 in Mexico and 10 in the United States. Now as fears of an impending pandemic emerge, comparisons are being made to the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed over 20 million people worldwide.

Beyond The Wall
9.25pm
Fate intended them to be enemies, but they have chosen to become partner... Bassam, Sharon, Aziz and Zohar are Israeli and Palestinian by birth. Their situation 'branded' them doubly as victims and aggressors at the same time. This story is set at the very heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. This particular conflict resembles a set of broken mirrors where the one who suffers might well be the oppressor of the other. Beyond the Wall is a universal story - that of forgiveness. The film's four protagonists have suffered through personal loss. Two of them lost brothers in the conflict.

Boy Meets Girl, Clone and Torchwood

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Friday, 31 July 2009 '
Time:8:00pm - 9:20pm
Clone
8:00pm
Clone is a 6-part UK sitcom following what could be described as a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster. A brilliant scientist (Jonathan Pryce) 'creates' the first human Clone (Stuart McLoughlin), however he quickly realises his super weapon, intended to be a prototype super-soldier who will eventually replace Britain's volunteer army, is more likely to hug someone than shoot them.

Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts
8:30pm
In this episode, Toshiko is given an alien pendant which enables her to hear other people's thoughts. As the rest of the Torchwood team puzzle over a centuries-old skeleton, the pendant forces Toshiko to question her commitment to Torchwood - is her new found ability a blessing or a curse?

Boy Meets Girl
9:20pm
Drop-out DIY employee Danny Reed (Martin Freeman) has his whole world flipped upside down when a lightning strike turns him into a woman. No longer is he the lonely loser living in down-and-out digs, but a gorgeous and stylish fashion journalist in her early 30s, Veronica Burton (Rachael Stirling). His body has disappeared without trace and he is inside someone else's.

Cranford and Hornblower

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Sunday, 30 August 2009 '
Time:7:30pm - 8:30pm
Cranford: August 1842
In this repeat screening of Cranford, Deborah surprises Matty by encouraging Jessie's romance with a visiting soldier named Major Gordon.

Hornblower: The Examination For Lieutenant
In this repeat screening of Hornblower, the Indefatigable puts into Gibraltar, which, since Spain's change of allegiance from Britain to France is now home to the entire British fleet in the area. The Indefatigable rescues the three surviving crew of a wrecked British brig, one of whom is the legendary Captain Foster, whom Hornblower comes to admire.

Katharine Hepburn Season: The Iron Petticoat

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Saturday, 01 August 2009 '
Time:8:30pm
This film is based on a story by Harry Saltzman, and stars Katharine Hepburn as a Russian pilot who on a whim, flies to the American section of Berlin.
There she meets Bob Hope's character, a major in the Army whose job it is to convert her to Western ideals. But she has other ideas and tries to convert him to Communism.

When Hope succeeds in changing her mind by taking her to London and wining and dining her, the Russians retaliate by kidnapping her and taking her back to Moscow, where they plan to do her in. When Hope tries to rescue her off the plane, both are taken to Russia and are destined to be executed.

Foreign Correspondent

Venue:ABC
Date:'Tuesday 13th of July'
Time:8pm
A perlious year undercover- ducking the authorities and informers and risking decades in jail- has resulted in an unforgettable Foreign Correspondent with a team of Burmese cameraman capturing the plight of a pitiful new cast of Burmese- The Orphans of the Storm

Gruen Sweat

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Wednesday, 15th August 2012'
Time:8:30pm
Every four years, the cream of the world's advertisers come together for the greatest marketing event in history - two weeks of elite competition played out while the whole planet looks on.

Message Stick, Sunday Arts, Wall Of Death and The Last Enemy

Venue:ABC
Date:'Sunday, 2 August 2009 '
Time:1:30pm - 8:30pm
Message Stick: Emily In Japan: Part Two
1:30pm
Emily Kngwarreye had a brief but prolific career as one of Australia's leading contemporary artists after she first began painting canvases in her late seventies.

Sunday Arts
5:00pm
This week on Sunday Arts, Michael Veitch meets one of the world's most celebrated cellists, Steven Isserlis.

Wall Of Death
7:30pm
This film follows the brutal struggles of survival along the wall of death -a terrifying, vertical wall that rises up from the waters of the Dead Sea. Those animals which seek shelter here risk some of nature's deadliest assaults from gangs of hyenas, wolves and leopards, along with earthquakes that can send even the mightiest creature tumbling into the abyss.

The Last Enemy
8:30pm
Stephen (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Yasim (Anamaria Marinca) return to the Ezard apartment, unaware that an assassin is waiting for them. Russell (Robert Carlyle) arrives just in time to save them.

Talking Heads and

Venue:ABC
Date:'Monday, 3 August 2009 '
Time:6:30pm - 9:35pm
Talking Heads: Rachel Ward
6:30pm
This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson speaks with Rachel Ward, whose highly anticipated film Beautiful Kate is about to open in cinemas across the country.

Spooks
9:35pm
In Series 7 of Spooks, MI5 are confronting an old enemy - Russia - as it emerges as a new superpower. In the final episode of the series, the team discovers that Britain is being used as a pawn in an international game of chess involving Russia and the United States. Intelligence brought back from Moscow by Lucas reveals that Russia is planning an attack on London (codenamed 'Tiresias') and that it is scheduled to take place today. With the clock ticking, the team must find out what form the attack is going to take.

The New Inventors, The Librarians and United States Of Tara

Venue:ABC
Date:'Wednesday, 5 August 2009 '
Time:8:00pm - 9:30pm
The New Inventors
8:00pm
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors highlights the latest contemporary creations from the next generation of inventors, innovators and designers. This weeks inventios: AERATION MANAGER and ROTABRADE.

The Librarians: Just Returned
9:00pm
The first series of The Librarians screened on ABC TV in 2007. It went on to be one of the network's top ten comedy shows for the year, harnessing a large audience and a great critical response.

United States Of Tara: Aftermath
9:30pm
Get ready to meet Tara's third alter - Alice, when the fabulously original comedy/drama series United States of Tara, starring Australia's own Toni Collette, continues Wednesday August 5 at 9.30pm.

The Stepfather and Love Lies Bleeding

Venue:ABC
Date:'Friday, 7 August 2009 '
Time:8:30pm - 9:40pm
The Stepfather
8:30pm
Part two sees Scarlett's boyfriend Luke discovering a video of Scarlett, taken by Christopher, which doesn't always seem exactly fatherly. Also his computer has registered hits to a pornographic, sado-masochistic website.

Love Lies Bleeding
9:40pm
In a chilling climax to Love Lies Bleeding, multi-millionaire Mark Terry is on the run. Betrayed by those he trusts, Mark (Martin Kemp) must clear his name and unmask the real murderer.

East Of Everything: The Golden Rule and The Bill

Venue:ABC
Date:'Saturday, 8 August 2009 '
Time:7:30pm - 8:30pm
East Of Everything: The Golden Rule
7:30pm
The rules of love and intimacy continue to be re-modelled as Gerry (Nick Tate) appoints himself chief matchmaker and love-god to his grandson Josh- who has been left reeling after a crushing blow from his girlfriend, Rebecca. Gerry takes it upon himself to ensure that the female guests of the Far Out East assist Josh (Craig Stott) with his romantic recovery.

The Bill: Smash and Grab - part 2
8:30pm
PC Millie Brown (Clare Foster) and the sister of a suspect in an armed robbery investigation are being held captive by armed drug addicts.DS Max Carter (Christopher Fox), convinced that he knows who is behind both the robbery and the kidnapping, mounts an observation, but the operation is compromised when the kidnap victim's ex-husband arrives at the scene.





True Hollywood Stories: Celine Dion

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Thursday, 1st October '
Time:@ 8:30pm
An in-depth look at a woman who became known by one name alone. From humble beginnings to changing the face of Vegas, a life marked by many hurdles produces a singer of unparalleled talent.

Wildest TV Show Moments

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'starting sunday 4th October'
Time:@7:30 pm
E! brings all the laugh-out=loud insanity from its highly rated Wildest specials to the screen every week with Wildest TV Show Moments, the series.

Kendra Marathon

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Monday, 5th October'

Kourtney and Khloe take Miami

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Mondays'
Time:@ 9:30pm
This new series follows the crazy, sexy and often hilarious lives of sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian as they head to Miami. The sisters have decided to seek out a fresh start and go to sunny Florida where they will open a new Dash boutique. Despite being away from their outrageous family for the first time, the sisters quickly find new drama.

True Hollywood Stories: Female Body Builders

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Thursday, 8th October'
Time:@ 8:30pm
They look indestructible, superhuman - the physical embodiment of female strength and empowerment. Since the 1970s, women bodybuilders have invaded gyms and competitions across the USA - making a major impact on a sport once strictly dominated by men. But the invincible facades these champions present to fans and worshippers don't tell the whole story. We investigate what attracts women to the sport, both personally and professionally, and what they sacrifice to achieve their freak physiques.

E! Investigates Stalkers

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Sunday, 11th October'
Time:@ 8:30pm
Celebrities aren't the only ones with stalkers. E! Investigates takes a terrifying look at stalking in the digital age, and explores: who's most likely to become a stalker; what sets them off and motivates them; what the warning signs are; and how to tell if a simple break-up could turn into a stalking nightmare.

E!'s Maxim Celebrity Beach Watch- 15 Hottest Bods

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Thursday, 22th October'
Time:@ 8:30pm
The surf's up and the stars are out, and our countdown features the 15 sexist of them. From pop stars like Rihanna catching some rays, to models like Bar Rafaeli in bikinis, we got sexy on the beach.

True Hollywood Stories- Shannon Tweed

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Thursday, 15th October'
Time:@ 8:30pm
She lets True Hollywood Stories in on her wild nights at Playboy where she fell for Hugh Hefner & found her life partner, Gene Simmons. She also reveals details about her dads tragic accident

E!'s Sexiest Miami Jobs

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Thursday, 29th October'
Time:@ 8:30pm
We're counting down Miami's Sexiest Jobs from gorgeous Go-Go dancers... to the Florida Marlins Cheerleaders... to Miami's statuesque Supermodels. If you thought the sun was the hottest thing in Miami you're in for a surprise!

Dance Academy

Venue:ABC TV
Date:'starts filming 14th July'
Dance Academy is the story of 15-year-old, Tara Webster, (played by newcomer Xenia Goodwin) who has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has always dreamt of becoming a dancer. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life will change spectacularly.

Joining the all Australian cast is Tara Morice (Strictly Ballroom); AFI nominee for Best Young Actor, Tom Green; Dena Kaplan (Flight of the Conchords); Tim Pocock (X-Men Origins: Wolverine); and the 2009 Logie nominee for Best New Talent, Jordan Rodrigues.

Reality Hell

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Saturdays'
Time:@ 10pm NZ/AUS
In each half hour episode, unsuspecting victims think that they are competing in a familiar reality show format. In actuality, everyone around them is an actor trying to see how far they can push the victims.

Chelsea Lately

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Tuesday-Saturday '
Time:@10:30pm
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.

The Soup

Venue:E! is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 121
Date:'Sundays '
Time:@ 7 pm
Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.

A celebrity-heavy pop culture retrospective show in the guise of a weekly, hosted, studio-based award show that pits individuals against each other from the worlds of celebrity, sports, reality television, politics and general interest. Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.

Voices In The Dark

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Sunday, 2 August 2009 '
Time:9:35pm
Voices in the Dark documents Christina Henri's epic project Roses from the Heart, involving the creation of 25,566 embroidered bonnets, one for every convict woman transported to Australia from Great Britain in the 1800s.

Henri's project asks us to consider the true legacy female convicts, sentenced for crimes of poverty and condemned by society as whores and wretches, have made to the societies we live in today.

By showcasing some of the highly artistic bonnets created by thousands of participants worldwide, including hundreds of convict descendants, Voices in the Dark beautifully articulates the spirit of Henri's project and the emotional impact such a significant public memorial is having around the globe.

triple j tv presents The Butterfly Effect's One Night Stand

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Monday, 3 August 2009 '
Time:10:30pm
Some bands are just made for the big stage: The Butterfly Effect is one of those bands. The Brisbane boys showed just why they are Australian festival favourites when they took to the stage for triple j's One Night Stand in Gippsland.

Featuring their hits Window And The Watcher, Final Conversation and a beautiful cover of Portishead's Roads, this program also features an exclusive interview with triple j's Robbie Buck. Mosh on your couch as triple j tv presents The Butterfly Effect.

Sin City Law: Butchered Innocence: Part 1

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Wednesday, 5 August 2009 '
Time:8:30pm
Sin City Law covers four true crime cases, each presented across two episodes. It offers a 360 degree perspective on each case featuring interviews with prosecutors, public defenders, killers, victims, family members and investigators. Courtroom footage is juxtaposed with behind-the-scenes segments - including how to shop for an outfit for an alleged killer on trial.

This week focuses on brother and sister teenage meth-heads, Beau and Monique Maestas of Nevada, who set out to take revenge on a duplicitous drug dealer. Armed with knives, they attacked the woman's two young daughters, killing one and leaving the other paralysed for life.

Beau pleads guilty, hoping to save his sister from a serious charge. Three years later, Beau's penalty hearing is about to begin, and Chief Deputy District Attorney David Schwartz and District Attorney David Roger are seeking the death penalty.

Four Corners: Fear in the Fast Lane

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Monday 17 August '
Time:8.30pm
There's little doubt the internet has changed our lives for the better. You can book holidays, do your banking and pay bills online. But do you realise how easy it is for a cyber-crook to take control of your computer without you even knowing it?

Imagine this! You go to book tickets at a reputable theatre web site. That site has been infected by mal-ware. By simply clicking on that site your computer can become a slave to a central computer and join millions of other infected computers in what's called a 'botnet'. Immediately it is possible for a criminal to steal information from you, including your bank and credit card details but the thief can do even more. Your computer could be used to send thousands of spam emails a day to people around the world. It could even be used to attack businesses, or even entire countries. And you wouldn't notice a thing.

It sounds remarkable but, as Four Corners explains, one in six computers in Australia is, or has been, part of a 'botnet' and a 'botnet' attack has already destroyed a major business. Other 'botnet' attacks have resulted in personal information being stolen and then sold on the international black-market. The result? Bank accounts are emptied and millions of dollars stolen.

Police told Four Corners they are now so concerned by this type of crime they have set up covert operations on the web to infiltrate illicit marketplaces.

How Not To Live Your Life

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Thursday, 6 August 2009 '
Time:9:00pm
How Not To Live Your Life is an exciting new sitcom that centres around Don -a 20-something man with bad luck and even worse instincts.

Occasionally life throws up too many choices, but there are never too many choices for Don's overactive imagination. But every time he is faced with a big choice, his options are generally terrible.

Don tries, and usually fails, to navigate the basics of life. He manages to mess up even the simplest of tasks. Each episode of How Not To Live Your Life covers a few days in Don's life - as he stumbles his way through a variety of challenges - or indeed just everyday occurrences.

Don (Dan Clark) has moved into his recently deceased grandmother's house. The mortgage payments are in arrears and there's a strange man, Eddie (David Armand), living there who won't leave. Don decided to get a lodger to help with the rent but school teacher Abby (Sinead Moynihan) was Don's teenage sweetheart - and now she has a boyfriend, Karl (Finlay Robertson).

Clone, Torchwood and Boy Meets a Girl

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Friday, 7 August 2009 '
Time:8:00pm - 9:20pm
Clone
8:00pm
In the final episode of this UK sitcom about a modern-day Frankenstein and his monster, a mysterious stranger arrives in the village and shows an unhealthy interest in Victor and Clone.

Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie
8:30pm
In this episode, Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murders around the city. As Jack and the team investigate further, it becomes clear somebody wants their attention. What is Pilgrim? And how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood's past? The resurrection days are far from over.

Boy Meets Girl
9:20pm
Danny (Rachael Stirling) is finding Veronica's world frustratingly tedious and is struggling to maintain appearances both on the work and home front. Veronica's best friend Siobhan (Tamzin Malleson) irritates her, Siobhan's sleazy boyfriend Ali (James Lance) is two-timing her and hitting on Veronica, and Veronica's boyfriend Jay (Paterson Joseph) is insistent on restarting their physical relationship.

Heartland and The Birds

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Saturday, 8 August 2009 '
Time:6:35pm and 8:30pm
Heartland
6:35pm
Set against the stunning vistas of the Alberta Rocky Mountains, Heartland is a sprawling family drama that follows sisters Amy and Lou Fleming and their grandfather, Jack, through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch.

TekTime Goes Digital!

Venue:The TekTime show will be aired through TiVo on the CASPA On-Demand service and will also be re-broadcasted on the TekTime website.
TekTime has been around on radio airwaves since 2004, providing radio listeners with information in the world of gaming and technology. The premise of the show was to inform and bring all the movers and shakers of the gaming and technology industry to 'talk tek'.

With a game console in one hand and PC in the other, TekTime has blasted off into the digital age and onto your TV screen.

Through CASPA, all TiVo customers will have access to new release and library movies, hit TV programs, and music videos, concerts and music artist interviews. CASPA will also provide a TV extras section which will include the TekTime gaming channel.

The TekTime gaming channel will showcase gaming tournaments and the latest and greatest technology. The first episode is a spectacular Guitar Hero World Tournament competition which involves some of the best players around rocking it out on stage in a world's first multi camera angle extravaganza.
The show will bring you the latest news, reviews, interviews, technology and events in the amazing world of gaming and technology.

TekTime.com.au

True Hollywood Stories: Criss Angel

Venue:E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date:'Thursday, 3rd September'
Time:8:30pm AEST
Criss Angel has quickly become one of the hottest magicians working today. Whether he's levitating or walking on water, Angel's lavish stage productions have garnered him spellbound fans the world over. His love life seems to be full of tricks as well, including a recent break-up with Hef's ex Holly Madison. THS will expose the secrets of this illusionist and Mindfreak star through candid interviews and never-before-seen footage.

Reality Hell

Venue:E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date:'starting 5th September '
Time:Saturdays at 10pm AEST
In each half hour episode, unsuspecting victims think that they are competing in a familiar reality show format. In actuality, everyone around them is an actor trying to see how far they can push the victims.

Young, Beautiful and Vanished: 15 Unthinkable Crimes

Venue:E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date:'Sunday, 6th September'
Time:8:30pm AEST
They were looking forward to promising lives. Young, beautiful women on the verge of blossoming... until they vanished. With the aid of forensic experts, law enforcement officials, and family members, we'll re-open 15 chilling cases of kidnapping and murder that captivated the country-from the massive manhunts, to the media frenzy, to the often horrific outcomes.

Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami

Venue:E! Channel 121 on Foxtel, Optus or Austar
Date:'starting 7th September '
Time:Mondays @ 9:30pm AEST
This new series follows the crazy, sexy and often hilarious lives of sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian as they head to Miami. The sisters have decided to seek out a fresh start and go to sunny Florida where they will open a new Dash boutique. Despite being away from their outrageous family for the first time, the sisters quickly find new drama.

Catalyst and Feral Peril

Venue:ABC
Date:'Thursday, 16 July 2009 '
Time:8:00pm-8:30pm
Catalyst
8:00pm
On 16th July 1969, exactly forty years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off to the moon, where Neil Armstrong took the 'great step for mankind' of first walking on its surface. This episode of Catalyst looks back at one of man's greatest achievements and takes another look at the moon.

Feral Peril
8:30pm
Tasmania is one of the world's last great wildlife havens but its struggling native species are under threat from a feral fox invasion. Or are they?




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