###We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
Sunday 11 December at 8:30pm
Screening as part of SUNDAY BEST, the ABC2 season of feature length documentaries, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting look at Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, the controversial website which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S history.
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website WikiLeaks - which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history - and traces the roots of Assange’s activism. Considered a hero and a martyr by some, Julian Assange was instrumental in uncovering abuses of power such as a devastating 2007 helicopter attack in Baghdad, that killed 12 innocent people including two Reuters employees, to the release of thousands of classified State Department foreign policy documents. The issue transcends WikiLeaks into transparency and ultimately, into who controls information.
###End of the Line
Wednesday 14 December at 9:30pm
Part of the OPENING SHOT’s fourth series of half hour documentaries from Australia’s next generation of documentary filmmakers.
Nowra, a beautiful intersection of some of Australia’s most alluring beaches, rain-forests, mountains, and farmland, has fallen hard to the hand of Ice. Tom Abood, a young local that left his hometown to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker, returns to find out if a handful of locals have what it takes to beat the ever-spreading scourge of Ice. Follow Tom as he meets up with familiar faces of his past to see if Nowra can be more than just the end of the line.
###Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
Sunday at 8.30pm
This Sunday, ABC2 will pay tribute to the late singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen, screening documentary Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man at 8.30pm on ABC2 and iview.
Since he burst onto the scene in 1967, Leonard Cohen inspired generations with his unique personality and haunting music, becoming one of the most original and enduring artists to emerge from the 1960s. Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man takes an intimate look at the songs, poetry and life of one of music’s most celebrated and influential troubadours.
In January 2005, director Lian Lunson travelled to Sydney to film the historic “Came So Far For Beauty” show, a tribute to Leonard Cohen at the Sydney Opera House organised by famed music producer Hal Willner.
This documentary includes behind-the-scenes interviews and live performances from this event by Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla, as well as a special performance of “Tower of Song” by Cohen and U2.
In a series of candid interviews, Cohen himself reveals his trademark wry humor and soulful intensity, using his own artwork, poetry and personal collection of photographs to reflect upon his colourful past and his creative process.
Sure to please both diehard Cohen fans and the newly initiated, Lunson’s film is a beautiful record of captivating music, and an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist.
###Week commencing 4 December
Sunday 4 December
7:30pm The Hoarder Next Door
8:20pm TBA
8:30pm Citizenfour [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
10:20pm Four Corners
Monday 5 December
7:30pm Class [color=ltgreen]Final[/color]
8:20pm Gruen Planet: Cutdowns
8:30pm Humans
9:20pm Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets
Tuesday 6 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Good Game [color=ltgreen]Season Final[/color]
9:30pm Play To Win
Wednesday 7 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout: Christmas Special
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone: Morocco
9:20pm Candidate Games: Battlefield Perth [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
9:50pm My Mania And Me
Thursday 8 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Hard Quiz
9:00pm Black Books
9:30pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am [color=ltgreen]Fresh Blood: Series Premiere[/color]
10:00pm Fancy Boy [color=ltgreen]Fresh Blood: Series Premiere[/color]
Friday 9 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Luke Warm Sex
9:40pm Sex Box
Saturday 10 December
7:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
8:10pm Would I Lie To You?
8:45pm Comedy Showroom
9:15pm Live At The Apollo
10:00pm Comedy Next Gen
###Week commencing 11 December
Sunday 11 December
7:30pm The Hoarder Next Door
8:20pm TBA
8:30pm We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
10:35pm Candidate Games: Battlefield Perth Rpt
Monday 12 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Humans
9:20pm Louis Theroux: Extreme Love - Dementia
10:20pm Peep Show
Tuesday 13 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Tom Felton Meets the Superfans
9:30pm Hard Time: Judgement Day
10:15pm Archer: The Holdout [color=ltgreen]New Series[/color]
Wednesday 14 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone
9:20pm End Of The Line [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
Nowra, a beautiful regional area of Australia, has fallen hard to the hand of Ice. Filmmaker Tom Abood, returns to his hometown to find out if a handful of locals have what it takes to beat the ever-spreading scourge of Ice.
9:50pm Mr Posh
Thursday 15 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Hard Quiz
9:00pm Black Books
9:30pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
9:55pm Fancy Boy
Friday 16 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Luke Warm Sex
9:40pm Sex Box
Saturday 17 December
7:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
8:15pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering
9:15pm Live At The Apollo
10:00pm Comedy Next Gen [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
Hope Red Dwarf’s new season airs over summer.
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###Red Dwarf - Season 11
From Thursday 19 January at 9:40pm
The Emmy award-winning comedy returns to ABC2 for an 11th outing, staring the original cast and recorded in front of a live studio audience at Pinewood Studios, UK.
Red Dwarf XI sees two of the Dwarfers’ dreams come true: Rimmer (Chris Barrie) accidentally saves a Space Corp Captain and is promoted to Officer, while Cat (Danny John-Jules) takes time off from loving himself to fall in love with a female cat with a very big secret.
Meanwhile, Lister (Craig Charles) wakes up to discover a deranged droid has stolen his body parts and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) has a mid-life crisis and considers leaving the Dwarfers for a new younger crew.
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Yay… was worried Foxtel had picked up rights.
###Week commencing 18 December
Sunday 18 December
7:30pm The Hoarder Next Door
8:20pm The Checkout: Snack Size: Bag Searches
8:30pm The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
10:10pm End Of The Line
10:40pm Louis Theroux
Monday 19 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas
9:30pm Humans [color=ltgreen]Series Final[/color]
10:20pm Peep Show
Tuesday 20 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm The Hoarder Next Door: Christmas Special
9:20pm Hard Time: Revolving Door
10:05pm Archer: Three To Tango
10:30pm Peep Show
Wednesday 21 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone
9:20pm Digilante [color=ltgreen]Premiere[/color]
Disillusioned by a revival of public shaming via social media, filmmaker Mike Nayna confronts the real-world damage caused by an online furore he created. Mike must face the unintended consequences of his ‘digilantism’.
9:50pm Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Comedy Roadshow
Thursday 22 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Hard Quiz
9:00pm Black Books
9:30pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
9:55pm Fancy Boy
Friday 23 December
7:30pm Winter Wipeout
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Luke Warm Sex
9:45pm The Virgin Daughters
Saturday 24 December
7:00pm Spicks And Specks: A Very Specky Christmas
8:00pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
8:40pm Would I Lie To You?
9:10pm Comedy Showroom
9:45pm Live at the Apollo: Christmas Special
10:30pm Comedy Next Gen
###Week commencing 25 December
Sunday 25 December
7:00pm Spicks And Specks: A Very Specky Christmas
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?
8:30pm Queen: Rags To Rhapsody [color=ltgreen]Premiere Special[/color]
9:30pm Queen: A Night At The Odeon
10:30pm Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas
Monday 26 December
7:30pm Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio Rpt
8:30pm Stones In Exile
9:30pm Ladies And Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones
10:30pm Peep Show:
Tuesday 27 December
7:30pm Total Wipeout
8:30pm Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids
9:20pm Hard Time: Behind Bars
10:20pm Archer: The Archer Sanction
10:40pm Peep Show
Wednesday 28 December
7:30pm Total Wipeout
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone
9:20pm My Social Network Stalker
10:15pm Peep Show
Thursday 29 December
7:30pm Total Wipeout
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Black Books
9:45pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
10:10pm Fancy Boy
Friday 30 December
7:30pm Total Wipeout
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Luke Warm Sex
9:40pm Sex Box
Saturday 31 December
7:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
8:15pm Would I Lie To You?
8:45pm Queen: Rags To Rhapsody
9:45pm Queen: A Night At The Odeon
10:45pm Stones In Exile
###Week commencing 1 January
Sunday 1 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Ricky Gervais Live
9:50pm Louis Theroux
10:50pm Sex Box
Monday 2 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Louis Theroux
9:30pm Far Right and Proud
10:25pm Raw Nerve
Tuesday 3 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm 2000 Tattoos But Don’t Judge Me
9:15pm Hard Time:
10:00pm Archer: Edie’s Wedding
Wednesday 4 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone
9:20pm Fear Of Flying: Caught On Camera
Thursday 5 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Black Books
9:45pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
10:10pm Fancy Boy
Friday 6 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Luke Warm Sex
9:40pm My Penis And I
Saturday 7 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
9:10pm Live At The Apollo
10:00pm Comedy Next Gen
###ABC KIDS Extended Family Half-Hour
From Week 1 of 2016 at 7:00pm
To celebrate the summer school holidays, and so families can enjoy a little extra quality time together, ABC KIDS has extended programming to 7.30pm each night.
Sunday 07:00 pm - Stick Man
Mon-Fri 07:00 pm Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom
Then at 07:05pm
Monday - Little Lunch: The Principal’s Office
Tuesday - Little Lunch: The Dress Up Day
Wednesday - Little Lunch: The Ya Ya
Thursday - Little Lunch: The Monkey Bars
Friday - Little Lunch: The Top Of The Fireman’s Pole
Saturday
6:55pm Peppa Pig: George’s Racing
07:05pm Octonauts And The Great Swamp Search
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No more Spicks and Specks re-runs? 
Interesting that they have done this. My sister in law wants my niece in bed by 7pm and Octonauts is her favourite program can see this going down a treat .a
###Week commencing 8 January
Sunday 8 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Mission To Lars
9:50pm Louis Theroux
10:50pm My Penis And I
Monday 9 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Louis Theroux
9:30pm Gay and Under Attack
10:25pm Raw Nerve
Tuesday 10 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Tattoo Disasters UK
9:20pm Hard Time
10:05pm Archer
Wednesday 11 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone
9:20pm OJ Simpson: Caught on Camera
10:10pm Raw Nerve: The Worst Alien In The World
Thursday 12 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Black Books
9:40pm Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
10:10pm Fancy Boy
Friday 13 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Webcam Girls
10:05pm Raw Nerve: Normal People
Saturday 14 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
9:10pm Live At The Apollo
9:55pm Comedy Next Gen
###Week commencing 15 January
Sunday 15 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm In Bob We Trust
10:15pm Louis Theroux
11:15pm Webcam Girls
Monday 16 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Louis Theroux
9:30pm Teen Model Factory
10:25pm Raw Nerve
Tuesday 17 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Tattoo Disasters UK
9:20pm Hard Time
10:05pm Archer
Wednesday 18 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm All Creatures Great And Stuffed
9:15pm How To Build A Human Premiere Special
10:05pm Raw Nerve
Thursday 19 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Black Books
9:40pm Red Dwarf New Series
10:10pm Maximum Choppage
Friday 20 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Prostitution: What’s The Harm?
10:10pm Raw Nerve
Saturday 21 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
9:10pm Live At The Apollo
10:00pm Comedy Next Gen
###Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week - Season 2
From Wednesday 1 February at 8:30pm
The return of the action-packed series that sees super fit men and women take on the challenge of their lives to discover who can survive and ultimately win.
This second series moves the action to South Africa where the competitors have to endure 12 days of physical and mental endurance, masterminded by former members of six of the world’s toughest special forces.
These are physical and mental challenges designed to break the most hardened soldiers – are our competitors tough enough to get through them?
###Hunted - Season 2
From Wednesday 1 February at 9:30pm
Hunted is back for a second series and this time the stakes are even higher as there is £100,000 up for grabs for the fugitives who have enough initiative and cunning to remain on the run for 28 days. The high-octane real-life thriller will once again explore the reach of the state’s surveillance powers by challenging ordinary British people to see if they can outwit and outrun a team of expert professional hunters.
In April 2016 ten fugitives went on the run from one location in Birmingham. They could take with them anything they were able to carry – from tents and food to disguises – given a bank account with £250, and told not to leave mainland UK.
With each fugitive, or pair of fugitives, was an embedded camera operator to capture their every move. 30 minutes after they absconded, the team of professional hunters were given their full names, ages, addresses and mug shots, along with the aerial footage of the initial escape. From that moment the game was on. Would the fugitives be able to keep their nerve and reach the extraction point 28 days later to claim the cash, or a share of it if more than one of them managed to evade detection and capture?
The ‘hunters’ were a crack team of 30 experts, led by highly experienced and respected former Scotland Yard detective, Peter Bleksley. With his deputies by his side – Ben Owen, formerly of the British Intelligence Services, and new team member Louisa Clarke who has worked in military intelligence – their mission was to track down each and every fugitive to stop them from getting their hands on the £100,000 prize.
###Week commencing 22 January
Sunday 22 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm House of Surrogates
10:00pm Louis Theroux
11:00pm Prostitution: What’s The Harm?
Monday 23 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Louis Theroux
9:30pm Reggie Yates Premiere Special
10:30pm Peep Show
Tuesday 24 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm Upper Middle Bogan
8:30pm Tattoo Disasters UK
9:15pm Hard Time
10:00pm Archer
Wednesday 25 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm It’s A Date
8:30pm The Reef
9:15pm How To Build A Human
9:55pm Peep Show
10:20pm Black Water
Thursday 26 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm It’s A Date
8:35pm Gruen XL
9:20pm Black Books
9:45pm Red Dwarf
10:20pm Maximum Choppage
Friday 27 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm It’s A Date
8:30pm Catfish
9:10pm Secrets Of The Living Dolls
10:00pm Arrested Development
10:35pm Penn And Teller
Saturday 28 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm It’s A Date
8:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
9:10pm Live At The Apollo
10:00pm Comedy Next Gen Premiere
###Week commencing 29 January
Sunday 29 January
7:30pm Spicks And Specks
8:00pm It’s A Date
8:30pm Super Size Me
10:05pm Louis Theroux
11:05pm Secrets Of The Living Dolls
Monday 30 January
7:30pm Dirty Jobs New Series
8:15pm TBA
8:35pm Louis Theroux
9:30pm Reggie Yates Premiere Special Part 2
10:35pm Arrested Development
11:05pm Super Size Me
Tuesday 31 January
7:30pm Dirty Jobs
8:15pm TBA
8:35pm Tattoo Disasters UK
9:35pm Hard Time
10:25pm Archer
Wednesday 1 February
7:30pm Dirty Jobs
8:15pm TBA
8:35pm Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week New Series
9:35pm Hunted New Series
10:30pm Arrested Development
11:00pm Tattoo Disasters UK
Thursday 2 February
7:30pm Dirty Jobs
8:15pm TBA
8:35pm The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
9:30pm Red Dwarf
10:30pm Arrested Development
11:00pm Comedy Next Gen
Friday 3 February
7:30pm Dirty Jobs
8:15pm TBA
8:35pm Catfish
9:20pm I Am An Adult Baby
10:05pm Arrested Development
10:45pm Penn And Teller
Saturday 4 February
7:30pm Penn And Teller: Fool Us
8:10pm Would I Lie To You? New Series
8:45pm Live At The Apollo New Series
9:30pm Comedy Next Gen
10:30pm Black Books x 2