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Behind the Scenes |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Mondays' |
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| Time: | 2:00pm |
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Fashion Police |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Saturdays in April' |
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| Time: | 6:30pm |
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| On March 10, E! expanded this popular weekly series to one hour. Don't miss host and comedic icon Joan Rivers and her fashion team - Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos - dissect the week's celebrities, event and of course, style, all showing Joan's unique and hilarious point of view. |
Ice Loves Coco Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays in April' |
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| Time: | 10:00pm |
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| The second season of this half-hour reality sitcom continues to follow Ice T and Coco, and of course Spartacus, as this unconventional family deals with traditional issues like finding enough time for romance, uniting their blended family and whether they are ready to add a baby to this fun-loving brood. |
Khloe and Lamar Season 2 |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Tuesdays at April ' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Khloe Kardashian-Odom and Lamar Odom return for a second season of their reality docu-series, allowing E! cameras to return to blow the lid off their home lives and private world. This season, their devotion is put to the test when Lamar is suddenly traded, forcing the couple to pick up their lives and start fresh in Dallas, Texas. |
THS Giuliana Rancic |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, April 15th' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Giuliana Rancic's come a long way since her humble beginnings in Naples, Italy. A beloved role model worldwide, Giuliana is admired for her work on E! News, Fashion Police and her countless red carpet interviews with Hollywood's hottest stars. Last year was an exceptionally tough one for Giuliana with her struggles with IVF and breast cancer diagnosis. THS takes a fresh look at Giuliana's meteoric rise from awkward beginner to media powerhouse and reality TV darling. |
World's Sexiest Bodies |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, April 14th ' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| We'll take a body part category and compare celebs to see who's got the best! Expect to see Ryan Gosling, Beyonce, Scarlett Johansson and Bradley Cooper's enviable bodies make the list... |
E! ES Growing Up Hollywood |
| Venue: | E! Channel |
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| Date: | ' Sunday, April 1st' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Having a famous last name can be a bonus but not every celebrity son or daughter can capitalise on their heritage and succeed in show business. But these offspring are certainly going to try. In this special, wE'll profile Hollywood'S Next Gen entertainers - the young men and women who are hoping to follow in some celebrated footsteps. |
Country House Rescue: Pen Y Lan Hall |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 1st August 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:05pm |
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| In the final episode in the series Ruth is at Pen-y-Lan Hall, built in 1690 by the founder of Lloyds bank and bought by the Holloway family in 1849. The house has been passed down the generations. |
Destination Flavour |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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Masterchef winner Adam Liaw, Renee Lim (SBS's Food Investigators and East West 101) and Lily Serna (SBS's Letters and Numbers) are set to host a brand new weekly food and travel series - Destination Flavour.
This exciting new program will be a culinary compass, pointing to all things fascinating in the world of food in Australia. SBS has commissioned the weekly 10x25 show which sees the three enthusiastic foodie travellers Liaw, Lim and Serna journey across Australia seeking out and capturing wonderful tales and characters from the vast world of food production and preparation. |
Jennifer Byrne Presents: Jeanette Winterson |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 31st July 2012' |
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| Time: | 10:00pm |
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| More than 25 years ago as a young, debut author Jeanette Winterson seized the limelight - and Britain's major first novel award - with Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, a scarifying but also comic story of a girl adopted by a strict, working-class Pentecostal Christian couple in England's industrial north. Some 18 books and - for the author - half a lifetime later, comes the non-fiction version of that same truly bizarre childhood plus, what happened next. It's called Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? |
INSIGHT: I'm not racist but... |
| Venue: | SBS ONE |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday 20th March ' |
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| Time: | 8.30pm |
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Discussions about prejudice are often framed in terms of whites against non-whites. In a candid and frank debate, Insight lifts the lid on racism between different minority groups in Australia and prejudices people have against their own race - a topic rarely covered in the media.
The program also looks at the psychology of racism - whether humans are all biologically hardwired to feel threatened by people who look different to them, and are genetically predisposed to want to stick to their own 'tribe'.
Australia is due to launch its first ever National Anti-Racism Strategy this year. Insight will ask whether it's the right approach, and whether it has any chance of transcending the impulses that some experts believe we're all born with. |
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: India |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 2nd April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:35pm |
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| This week Louis Theroux goes in search of enlightenment, following in the footsteps of thousands of Westerners, he travels to India, land of spirituality, where he hopes to find the meaning of life. |
Sesame Street |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 3 April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30am |
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| Sesame Street is back with the show's landmark 42nd series featuring exciting new episodes focusing on science, technology, engineering and maths, along with hilarious segments with international celebrities. |
Pete Versus Life: Veteran |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 3rd April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:00pm |
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| Pete runs over a cat, Monty. When he meets the owner Mel, they strike up a friendship and she becomes his new girlfriend. |
Green Wing: Christmas Special |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 3rd April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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The end is nigh.
Caroline (Tamsin Greig) is now engaged to Guy (Stephen Mangan), while Mac (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has very little time to live. |
Lewis Black's 'Root of All Evil': Gen X Vs Boomers |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 3rd April 2012' |
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| Time: | 11:00pm |
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| Which generation is more vile: Baby Boomers, with their free love, or Gen X, with their free AIDS testing? |
Seven Dwarves: Max |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 4th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Seven British dwarves speak frankly about being small in a big world. Professional actors employed every year for the Christmas pantomime season to appear in Snow White, the dwarves are sharing a house for the duration. |
Timmy's Seaside Rescue |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 6th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 5:00pm |
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| Featuring all the favourite characters from Timmy Time, Timmy's Seaside Rescue is a 22-minute stop-frame model animated special following the adventures of Timmy and his friends at the beach. |
The Last Man Standing: Kamchatka |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 6th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| The six Western athletes are dropped by helicopter into the frozen wilderness of Siberia, to live with half a dozen Koryak herders at a reindeer camp. |
Young Soldiers: Should I Stay, Or Should I Go? |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 6th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| New recruits to the British Army have completed the first five weeks of their 26-week training regimen and return to Catterick Infantry Training Centre, North Yorkshire to complete the course. |
Eiger: Wall of Death |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 11th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:35pm |
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| In 1858, three men stood on the peak of Eiger. They were the first people to conquer the Swiss mountain. |
Pete Versus Life: Bonkers Girlfriend |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 10th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:00pm |
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Pete starts dating a new girlfriend, Tilly, who believes in UFOs.
All is going well, until Pete discovers that Chloe (Susannah Fielding), 'the one that got away', is going out with his nemesis, Jake (Dan Ings). |
The Tudors |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 2nd April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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The Tudors |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 9th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is aging rapidly: the recent siege of Boulogne has taken its toll, his ulcerous leg is constantly in pain and he now requires glasses to read. |
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: South Africa |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 9th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| South Africa is a vibrant multi-racial democracy - a model of reconciliation and opportunity. But Louis Theroux is visiting for a different story. He's heard about a group opposed to the new regime, determined to build communities for 'whites only'. |
The Gruffalo's Child |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Monday, 9th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 5:00pm |
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| Based on the best-selling children's book by author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler, The Gruffalo's Child is a 26-minute film telling the delightful tale of a little Gruffalo who ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse. |
Sunday Best: Thrilla In Manila |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 8th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Sunday nights on ABC2 is the home of Sunday Best, an outstanding collection of game-changing and thought-provoking feature length documentaries. We've done the work to bring you the best must-see intelligent docos that are just 2 good to miss. |
Guess How Much I Love You: Treasure Hunt |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 8th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:15pm |
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| In the first television adaptation of the best-selling picture book classic, Guess How Much I Love You, this animated preschool series follows the adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare (Ky Baldwin, Australia's Got Talent) his father, Big Nutbrown Hare (Andrew McFarlane, Play School) and a father and son's efforts to measure how much they love each other. |
Seven Dwarves: Josh |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 11th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Seven little people with big personalities living together for eight weeks while they star as the dwarves in a Christmas pantomime, reveal their true selves away from the stage. |
Dance Academy: Love And War |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Monday's in April, 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:30pm |
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Sadie J |
| Venue: | ABC3 |
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| Date: | 'Weekdays from Wednesday, 11th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| Sadie J is a children's comedy-drama series following Sadie Jenkins (Georgia Lock) as she tries to cope with the plethora of tweenage problems that come with being the only girl in an all-boy household as well as all the other pressures a 13 year old has to deal with. |
Young Soldiers: Countdown To Afghanistan |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 13th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| The journey of four of the raw recruits training for the British Army at Catterick, North Yorkshire reaches the point where they have graduated as soldiers. |
The Last Man Standing: Philippines |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 13th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Taking on the world's most difficult physical challenges, the athletes are in the Philippines for a Sikaran kickfighting competition. They have just one week to perfect the techniques and earn membership of the brotherhood of Sikaran fighters before taking on the black belts at a tournament of masters. |
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy |
| Venue: | ABC2 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 12th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 10:30pm |
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| Part two of this psychedelic comedy show sees more madness from the pen of Noel Fielding, co-creator of The Mighty Boosh and Bunny and the Bull. |
A Farmer's Life For Me |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 10th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| Nine couples of would-be farmers have been whittled down to just two by self-made pig farmer, Jimmy Doherty. He faces his toughest decision yet, as he must announce who should have the chance to run their very own 10-hectare farm for a year. |
Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide: The Wild Years |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 8th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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| After navigating the perils at the end of the Permian, our journey spends tonight's episode of Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide in the Mesozoic just in time for the Age of Dinosaurs, Down Under. |
Waking the Dead: Soldarity: Part 1 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Sunday, 8th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| The team is called to a subterranean chamber where the skeletal remains of a man have been deposited. Peace symbols are decipherable on the corpse's jacket, pertinent when his location is directly beneath the Ministry of Defence. |
Country Town Rescue |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 10th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| Country Town Rescue is the compelling story of how ordinary Australians come together to save the small rural town of Trundle, whose falling population threatens its very existence. |
10:05pm Artscape: John Waters In Conversation With Virginia Trioli |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Tuesday, 10th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 10:05pm |
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| Virginia Trioli talks with cult icon John Waters - a filmmaker, writer, stand-up comedian, visual artist and art collector responsible for such trash cinema classics as Pink Flamingos, Cry-Baby and the film that he's best known for, 1988's Hairspray. Waters's films, which rarely shy from controversy, depict the freakier side of society in a very camp style with the aim of celebrating the underdog. |
Woodley: The Wedding |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 11th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| On tonight's final episode of Woodley, Woodley (Frank Woodley), Em (Justine Clarke) and Ollie (Alexandra Cashmere) find themselves accidently locked inside a display home for the night. |
Agony Uncles |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Wednesday, 11th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Narrator Adam Zwar continues his journey into the male psyche on tonight's episode of Agony Uncles, exploring the big issue of moving in with your sweetheart and all that goes along with it. |
River Cottage: Summer's Here |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 12th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 6:00pm |
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| Hugh wants to run a leftovers night at the River Cottage Canteen. Together with River Cottage chef Tim Maddams, they make canapes from leftover fish, gnocchi from roast potatoes and puddings from breadcrumbs. |
Catalyst |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 12th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| This week there is a special Catalyst report into the complex world of those for whom having an orgasm is an unrelenting nightmare. |
Australia On Trial: The Eureka 13 |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 12th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| In February 1855, the Supreme Court of Victoria is the scene of the historic trial of 13 Eureka rebels. These 'diggers', representing an array of nationalities and races, had come to seek their fortunes on the goldfields of Victoria - now they find themselves charged with 'making a war against her Gracious Majesty, the Queen of England'. It's an antiquated, arcane charge - treason - that will puzzle jurors and galvanise the colony. |
All The Way |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Thursday, 12th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| 'All the Way with LBJ' was a slogan that came to haunt the Australian Government after it hitched its wagon to America during the Vietnam War. |
QI: Inventive |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 13th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:00pm |
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| Tonight QI master Stephen Fry is reinventing the wheel, in a show all about 'Inventions'. Joining Stephen are panellists Nina Conti, Sean Lock, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies. |
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Away With The Fairies |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 13th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| On tonight's episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Phryne (Essie Davis) enters the world of publishing when she investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and author of fairy stories. |
Whitechapel |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 14th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 8:30pm |
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| Rupert Penry-Jones returns as DI Chandler in three dark stories set in London's East End. The killers may be modern, but the crimes have a history all of their own... |
New Tricks: Lost In Translation |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Saturday, 14th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 7:30pm |
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| Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) and her unconventional team of ex-detectives are back for a new series. Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong) and Jack Halford (James Bolam) may bend the rules, ignore procedure, take risks and follow their hunches, but they get results. |
The Shadow Line |
| Venue: | ABC1 |
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| Date: | 'Friday, 13th April 2012' |
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| Time: | 9:30pm |
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| Bob Harris picks up his toyboy Ratallack (Freddie Fox) from the police station, while 'Gatehouse' (Stephen Rae) watches every move. |
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