Interesting new schedule. The Virus, which aired as a 10 minute program on Sundays at 7.30pm, will now be airing on Fridays at 10.30pm, as a 20 minute show. ABC’s Sunday News now goes back to 40 minutes long, while ABC’s Friday Late News gets shortened to a 15 minute bulletin.
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That edition of The Virus appears to be a repeat of the program that is shown on Fridays at 7:45pm on ABC News.
Aah, that makes more sense. Thanks for that
Week commencing 7 June 2020
Sunday 7 June
7:40pm Grand Designs: Galloway Season Premiere
8:30pm Operation Buffalo
9:25pm Killing Eve Season Final
10:10pm Barracuda
11:05pm Doctor Foster
Monday 8 June
8:00pm Back Roads: Series Return
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian
Tuesday 9 June
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Tropics Season Premiere
9:30pm Road To Now: The Fight For Our Rights
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A
Wednesday 10 June
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Craig Reucassel
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm Would I Lie To You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners
11:50pm Media Watch
Thursday 11 June
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Northcote Vinegar Factory Season Final
9:20pm Father Brown: The Darkest Noon
10:10pm QI: The Occult
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Doctor Foster
Friday 12 June
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Baptiste Series Premiere
9:30pm Grantchester
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:35pm The Virus
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickeri
11:20pm Would I Lie To You?
11:50pm rage
Saturday 13 June
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: The Sticking Place
8:15pm Call The Midwife Season Final
9:20pm Operation Buffalo
10:15pm Unforgotten
11:05pm rage Guest Programmer
Les Miserables
From Saturday 4 July at 8:20pm
Free to Air Premiere
Les Misérables is a new six-part adaptation of the classic 19th century book by Victor Hugo.Adapted by the award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (Pride And Prejudice, War And Peace), this landmark drama has gone back to the novel and delves deep into the many layers of Hugo’s story, revelling in Jean Valjean and Javert’s cat-and-mouse relationship, against the epic backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest.
Les Misérables has a distinguished British cast with Dominic West (Stateless, The Affair, Tomb Raider, Appropriate Adult) as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo (Selma, Gringo, Spooks) as Javert and Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply, Tolkien, Love Rosie) as Fantine.
The cast also includes Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager, Murdered By My Father, Utopia) and Olivia Colman (The Crown, The Favourite, Murder On The Orient Express, The Night Manager, Broadchurch) as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier, Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals, Pride and Prejudice And Zombies, The Nutcracker and The Four Realms) as Cosette, Josh O’Connor (The Durrells, God’s Own Country, Ripper Street) as Marius and Erin Kellyman (Raised By Wolves, Uncle, The Coopers Vs The Rest) as Éponine.
A Lookout Point and BBC Studios production for BBC One, Les Misérables is co- produced with Masterpiece. Executive Producers are Andrew Davies, Faith Penhale (War And Peace, Doctor Who) for Lookout Point, Bethan Jones for BBC Studios (War And Peace, Sherlock). David Oyelowo and Dominic West also executive produce.
Mona Qureshi is executive producer for BBC One, Rebecca Eaton for Masterpiece.
Produced by Chris Carey (Apple Tree Yard) and directed by Tom Shankland (The Missing).
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Week commencing 14 June 2020
Sunday 14 June
7:40pm Grand Designs: Lincolnshire
8:30pm Operation Buffalo
9:25pm Movie: Muriel’s Wedding
11:05pm Movie: Romper Stomper
Monday 15 June
8:00pm Back Roads: Nullarbor (Part 2) Turning Back Time
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Tropics Rpt
Tuesday 16 June
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Sub-Tropical Zone
9:30pm Road To Now: In Harm’s Way
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 17 June
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Yael Stone
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm Would I Lie To You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 18 June
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Escape From The City: Shoalhaven Heads NSW: The Thorleys Series Return
9:30pm Father Brown: The Sacrifice Of Tantalus Rpt
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Doctor Foster Rpt
11:45pm Baptiste: Shell Rpt
Friday 19 June
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Baptiste: Measure of a Man
9:30pm Grantchester Rpt
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:35pm The Virus Rpt
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:20pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
11:50pm rage
Saturday 20 June
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: A Serpent’s Tooth
8:15pm Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse Series Premiere
9:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
10:10pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:00pm rage Guest Programmer
I will be definitely watching this.
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I think it will do very well for ABC (despite having been on BBC First last year), though I thought it might have been shown on Sundays.
In My Blood It Runs
Sunday 5 July at 9.30pm
The critically-acclaimed documentary In My Blood It Runs screens in July on ABC and ABC iview.
This heart-warming observational documentary about history, learning, love and resistance premieres on Sunday, July 5, 9.30pm on ABC and ABC iview.
Told through the eyes of charismatic 10-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan and his family, the film charts the challenges Dujuan faces both in his school and on the streets of Alice Springs.
In his community Dujuan is recognised as a child-healer and a hunter. He speaks three languages, yet despite his depth of wisdom and intelligence, Dujuan is failing in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police. As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrente education alongside his western education. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures, shares his truths and somewhere in-between finds space to dream, imagine and hope for his future.
In My Blood It Runs reveals the complexities First Nations communities face negotiating colonisation whilst maintaining their cultural identities and practices through self-determination, the revitalisation of languages and connection to Country. It is a deeply moving insight into a side of Australia rarely depicted on screen.
Directed by Maya Newell. Produced by Sophie Hyde, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Larissa Behrendt, Maya Newell. Collaborating Directors: Dujuan Hoosan, Carol Turner, Megan Hoosman, James Mawson, Margaret Anderson, Jimmy Mawson. Associate Producer, Lisa Sherrard and Alex Kelly. Executive Producer/Senior Traditional Owner of Alice Springs, Felicity Hayes. Advisors, Margaret Kemarre Turner, Mrs Abbott Perrule, William Tilmouth, Ameila Turner and Jane Vadiveloo with partner organisations Children’s Ground and Akeyuelrre Healing Centre Production company, Closer Productions. In My Blood It Runs was developed and funded via GoodPitch Australia through Documentary Australia Foundation, and received principal production investment and development funding from Screen Australia. Financed with support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Screen Territory and South Australian Film Corporation.
Week commencing 21 June 2020
Sunday 21 June
7:40pm Grand Designs: Warwickshire
8:30pm Operation Buffalo
9:25pm Movie: Mao’s Last Dancer
11:20pm Movie Paradise Road
Monday 22 June
8:00pm Back Roads: Rokewood-Corindhap, Vic
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Sub-Tropical Zone Rpt
Tuesday 23 June
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Temperate Zone Series Final
9:30pm Road To Now: Globalisation
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 24 June
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Gillian Armstrong
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm Would I Lie To You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 25 June
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Escape From The City: Sunshine Coast Hinterland QLD : The Hahns
9:30pm Father Brown: The House Of God Rpt
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:35pm Baptiste: Measure of a Man Rpt
Friday 26 June
7:30pm Gardening Australia Season Final
8:30pm Baptiste: For Blood
9:30pm Grantchester Rpt
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:35pm The Virus Rpt
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:20pm rage
Saturday 27 June
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: Thy Fury Spent
8:15pm Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse Series Final
9:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
10:20pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:05pm rage Guest Programmer
Sunday June 14
9:25pm Muriel’s Wedding Rpt
11:10pm Romper Stomper Rpt
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Romper Stomper will probably get pulled now.
Interesting choice of having Australian films back on the ABC. Is this the first time Muriel’s Wedding has aired on the ABC (and ad free)?
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I think so.
Muriel’s Wedding had it’s Australian FTA premiere on Nine way back on September 21, 1997. The network had the rights to the movie for at least a decade (I seem to recall Nine airing it as recently as 2006), possibly longer.
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It was shown multiple time last year across 10’s channels.
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Vera - Season 9
From Sunday 12 July at 8.30pm
Following the huge success of series eight, award winning actress, Brenda Blethyn dons her infamous mac and hat to play the unorthodox but brilliantly perceptive Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, in four chilling feature length episodes set against the backdrop of the North East.
In the first new episode, entitled Blind Spotwritten by Paul Logue, Brenda is joined by a strong ensemble cast which includes Peter Davison (Toast of London, Doctor Who), James Atherton (Coronation Street, Porters),Jodie McNee (Britannia, Little Boy Blue) and Adrian Lukis (Collateral, The Crown).
Bright and ambitious,Joanne Caswell is a newly qualified HMP forensic psychologist working in Newcastle. When her body is found dumped at a landfill site far from home, Vera alights on the fact that Joanne had been looking into the crime of a former patient who recently committed suicide. Vera must follow the trail Joanne has left behind to uncover who might have had a motive to kill her.
Kenny Doughty returns as Detective Sergeant Aiden Healy, who over the years has proved himself to be a strong and reliable partner to DCI Stanhope. Completing Vera’s team is Jon Morrison who plays DC Kenny Lockhart, Riley Jones who plays DC Mark Edwards and lbinaboJack who plays Vera’s newest recruit, DC Jacqueline Williams, who transferred from the Fraud Squad in series eight. Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones, Three Girls) joins this new series as Pathologist Dr.Malcolm Donahue.
Other actors appearing across the four feature length episodes include Dean Fagan (Coronation Street, Homefront), Mark Addy (Game of Thrones), Patrick Baladi (No Offence, Stella), Elizabeth Berrington (Vanity Fair, Little Boy Blue), RobertJames Collier (Downton Abbey, The Level), Natalie Gumede (Jekyll & Hyde, Coronation Street), Daniel Ryan (Innocent, Mount Pleasant), Steve Evets (Girlfriends, Bancroft), Mark Wingett(The Bill), Claire Higgins (The Worst Witch, The Syndicate) and Ian Eddington (Doctors, Coronation Street).
The four self-contained crime stories have once again been inspired by the bestselling novels and characters created by acclaimed crime writer Ann Cleeves, who received the Diamond Dagger Award at the Crime Writer’s Association in 2017 for a lifetime achievement for sustained excellence.
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It’s good to see the ABC airing movies again, the only network to have aired zero for a long time now, around 2011 or 2012 (prior to they used to air lots). The oldest recording on my DVR is “Raging Bull” on ABC 2 with the old yellow logo from 2011.
The one’s they’re airing over successive Sundays “Muriel’s Wedding” (last week), “Mao’s Last Dancer” and “Bran Nue Dae” are all licenced by Roadshow, who Nine have had a very long relationship with.
Maybe ABC were able to get rights to some titles on the condition it was just one run and then revert to Nine, also being a public broadcaster might’ve helped. I think TVT reported it was due to coronavirus impacting programming.
As seen with 10 in recent years, got rights to some Roadshow movies, then after airing a few times they ended up back on Nine.
Nine still appear to have the first look / first run with them though.
Though ABC ME had some movies over the Easter weekend, according to the guides.
Week commencing 28 June 2020
Sunday 28 June
7:40pm Grand Designs: Hull
8:30pm Operation Buffalo
9:25pm Movie: Bran Nue Dae
10:55pm Movie: The Square
Monday 29 June
8:00pm Back Roads: Biloela, Qld
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current: The Temperate Zone Rpt
Tuesday 30 June
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean Series Premiere
9:30pm Road To Now: In Harm’s Way Series Final
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 1 July
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Scott Farquhar
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together Series Final
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 2 July
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Escape From The City: Macleay Valley NSW: The Hoskinsons
9:30pm Father Brown: The Blood Of The Anarchists Rpt
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Porn
11:35pm Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Head For The Hills
Friday 3 July
7:30pm Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens Series Premiere
8:30pm Baptiste: Vertrouwen
9:30pm Grantchester Rpt Season Premiere
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:35pm The Virus Rpt
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:20pm rage
Saturday 4 July
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!
8:15pm Les Miserables Series Premiere
9:20pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
10:20pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:05pm rage Guest Programmer