ABC TV - Programs and Schedules

[TV.Cynic]

Week commencing 1 November 2020

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Sunday 1 November
7:40pm Restoration Australia: Nanima, NSW
8:40pm Roadkill Series Premiere
9:40pm Doc Martin Rpt
10:25pm Killing Eve: I Don’t Want To Be Free Rpt
11:10pm Silent Witness: Awakening (Part 2) Rpt

Monday 2 November
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Big Weather (and how to survive it) Rpt

Tuesday 3 November
8:00pm Outback Ringer
8:30pm Brock: Over The Top
9:30pm Searching For Superhuman: Thinking Small
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 4 November
7:00pm ABC News Hour: USA Votes
8:30pm Gruen
9:10pm Reputation Rehab
9:40pm Planet America: USA Votes Special
11:40pm The World: USA Votes

Thursday 5 November
8:00pm Scottish Vets Down Under
8:30pm Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure: Iran Rpt
9:20pm Death In Paradise: Murder Most Animal Rpt
10:20pm Anh’s Brush With Fame Rpt
10:40pm ABC Late News Rpt
11:20pm Louis Theroux: Savile Rpt

Friday 6 November
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: A Certain Samaritan Rpt
10:00pm Mum: October Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Virus Rpt
11:10pm Gruen Rpt
11:50pm rage

Saturday 7 November
7:30pm Victoria: Foreign Bodies
8:20pm Shetland Rpt
9:20pm Endeavour: Coda Rpt
10:50pm Poldark Rpt
11:55pm rage Guest Programmer

[TV.Cynic]

Wayne

Tuesday 24 November at 8:30pm

WAYNE is the near improbable true story of 1987 World Motorcycle Champion Wayne Gardner’s triumphant journey from riding a $5 dirt bike to the summit of his global sport. At its heart WAYNE is also a love story, with girlfriend, Donna-Lee Kahlbetzer, never far from the action.

Hailing from the working-class town of Wollongong in Australia, Wayne quickly excels in local motorcycle racing. After dropping out of high school and being fired from his tube making apprenticeship, Wayne must rely on his dogged determination to fulfill his dream. Wayne’s bare-knuckle riding style catches the attention of a Japanese team boss and engineer of almost mythical status, Mamoru Moriwaki. Never one to let an opportunity slide, Wayne accepts Moriwaki’s invitation to race in England and beyond.

Against all odds, Wayne wins his first race and permanently stamps his name on international motorcycle racing. But the fish-out-of-water Australian desperately misses his girlfriend Donna, who is the cornerstone to his success. With 17-year-old Donna at his side, young Wayne climbs the ranks of Grand Prix motorcycle racing quickly. But along with the fame and fortune comes tragedy and trauma and in the sophisticated world of Grand Prix, Wayne clashes with riders who are more calculated and refined than the larrikin kid from Wollongong.

He fulfils his lifelong dream of becoming 500cc World Champion in 1987, however, his good fortune does not last long. Honda redesigns his championship winning bike and Wayne quickly learns it is rife with mechanical problems. Things go from bad to worse when Honda signs Wayne’s arch nemesis, Yamaha rider Eddie Lawson, behind his back. Wayne is devastated by what he perceives as Honda’s betrayal and arrives at the inaugural Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island exhausted from a frenzy of media appearances. The odds are stacked against him, but that’s when Wayne performs his best. With a roaring crowd of one hundred thousand urging him on, Wayne triumphantly wins the race and hearts of all Australians that day.

Success often means pushing oneself and those around you to the absolute limit. The attributes that allowed Wayne to be a world champion ultimately take their toll on his relationship with Donna, and yet the two remain close friends. Now, as determined as ever, Wayne supports his sons, Remy and Luca, as they begin their own international motorcycle racing careers.

Production credits: A GFC/Fightertown Australia production. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with the New Zealand Film Commission. Director: Jeremy Sims. Producers: Matthew Metcalfe and Fraser Brown. Writers: Jeremy Sims, Matthew Metcalfe and Tim Woodhouse.

[David]

Is the Brock program the same as this: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/brock-over-the-top-2020-dvd ?

[TV.Cynic]

Essentially es, though the run time on ABC is 54 minute compared to the DVD stated length of 104.

[David]

That’s why I was confused. That’s a lot of cutting.

[TV.Cynic]

Week commencing 8 November 2020

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Sunday 8 November
7:40pm Restoration Australia: Ballarat
8:40pm Roadkill
9:40pm Doc Martin Rpt Season Final
10:25pm Killing Eve: God, I’m Tired Rpt
11:10pm Cleverman: A Free Ranger Rpt

Monday 9 November
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners Season Final
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Maralinga Tjarutja Rpt

Tuesday 10 November
8:00pm Outback Ringer
8:30pm Walkabout Wickets
9:20pm Searching For Superhuman: Building the Brain
10:15pm Insert Name Here: Liz Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 11 November
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Gruen
9:05pm Reputation Rehab
9:40pm Planet America
10:10pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg US Elegtion…Special
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm Four Corners

Thursday 12 November
8:00pm Scottish Vets Down Under
8:30pm Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Series Final Rpt
9:20pm Death In Paradise: Wish You Weren’t Here Rpt
10:20pm Anh’s Brush With Fame Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News Rpt
11:20pm Louis Theroux: Dark States - Trafficking Sex Rpt

Friday 13 November
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Castles In The Air Rpt
10:05pm Mum Season 2 Premiere
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Gruen Rpt
11:30pm rage Rpt

Saturday 14 November
7:30pm Victoria: A Show of Unity
8:20pm Shetland Rpt
9:20pm Endeavour: Game Rpt
10:50pm Poldark Rpt
11:55pm rage Guest Programmer

[JBar]

Really enjoying the locations chosen for the performances on The Sound. I hope more people start watching this show in its second season.

[JohnsonTV]

Filming begins on new feature drama for ABC | TV Tonight

[TV.Cynic]

Wild Australia: After the Fires

Tuesday 1 December at 8:30pm

Australia’s fauna has a long, impressive history of surviving on the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Fire is a force that has shaped the nature of Australia. However, as the last bushfire season has made brutally clear, climate change is shifting everything. After the worst bushfires in recorded history, the toll on the Australia’s unique wildlife has been nothing short of calamitous.

Three billion animals were killed or displaced as 12 million hectares, an area the size of England, went up in flames. The Forever Fires of Australia’s Black Summer are now recognised as the worst wildlife disaster in modern history. But the tragedy has also set the nation on the path to put meaningful protections in place to conserve its rare and irreplaceable creatures. Following hard­ working carers, dedicated scientists, and passionate volunteers,

After the Fires, narrated by actor and ambassador for Australian animal rights organisation, Voiceless, Hugo Weaving, charts the ecological recovery of Australia, through stories of hope, human intervention and resilience. In the year that follows the fires, life slowly returns to the scorched bushlands of Australia. The film provides an urgent message to safeguard our environment and bring about the necessary intervention required to maintain biodiversity on our hotter, fierier planet, before it is too late.

[TV.Cynic]

ReefLive

Friday 4 December 8.30pm and Sunday 6 December, 8.40pm

ABC and Screen Australia announce that, broadcasting live over two big nights from the Great Barrier Reef, Australian audiences will be able to watch one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles unfold – the once-yearly phenomenon of the majestic mass coral spawn.

REEF LIVE airing Friday 4 December, 8.30pm and Sunday 6 December, 8.40pm on ABC & iview will let you experience the anticipation and the wonder of this unique and very special natural event. As corals across the outer reef synchronise their spawn release, scientists will capture the spawn in a race against time to help regenerate the reef before it’s too late. As well as the coral spawning, we’ll watch the reef come alive in the breeding bonanza of fish, birds, and turtles.

Joining our hosts Hamish Macdonald ( Q+A, The Project ), Brooke Satchwell ( SeaChange ) and Dr Jordan Nguyen (scientist and inventor), in studio at the ‘REEF LIVE HQ’, will be an array of world experts looking at ways to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the reef for the future. They will discuss Indigenous perspectives, conservation initiatives and how we can all get involved in citizen science projects.

We’ll also have experts filming above and below the water with Marine biologist Dr Dean Miller, free diver and marine scientist Lucas Handley, and shark advocate Madison Stewart reporting from remote areas of the reef. Back at shore, Dr Ann Jones host of RN’s natural history program Off Track , will broadcast from the world famous hi-tech Seasimulator in Townsville. She’ll be there to watch millions of coral larvae being ‘born’ in captivity, mirroring the events taking place at sea.

Jennifer Collins, ABC Head of Factual & Culture said, “ REEF LIVE is a first for Australian viewers, an event for the whole family to share in the magical natural wonder of our Great Barrier Reef.”

“What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with the biggest regenerative event on the planet! Broadcasting live from the Great Barrier Reef as it’s spawning is a massive logistical challenge with high-stakes, but the anticipation is building and we’re hoping it’s a bumper year and we’ll be there in the thick of it” said Karina Holden, Head of Factual, Northern Pictures.

Screen Australia’s Head of Documentary Bernadine Lim said, “We are proud to support this highly innovative project celebrating the wonder of the reef, from the team at Northern Pictures who have a solid track record of creating engaging natural history stories. It’s set to be a must-watch event.”

Screen Queensland’s Chief Creative Officer Jo Dillon said, “ REEF LIVE will transport Australian audiences to Queensland in an unmissable screen event that captures rarely seen footage of one of our state’s most iconic natural treasures and tourist attractions.

“The production is truly an example of the power and importance of factual screen stories to ignite passion and curiosity in our precious, natural habitats.”

REEF LIVE is part of the ABC Your Planet initiative, which builds on the ABC’s coverage of climate and environmental issues by enabling audiences to counter challenges such as climate change and the increasing toll of extreme weather events, such as bushfires and floods, in their daily lives.

Production Credit: A Northern Pictures production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. With major investment from Screen Australia and Screen Queensland. Produced by Karina Holden. ABC Documentary Manager: Stephen Oliver, ABC Factual Manager: Julie Hanna, ABC Head of Factual and Culture: Jennifer Collins.#ReefLiveAU

[TV.Cynic]

Week commencing 15 November 2020

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Sunday 15 November
7:40pm Restoration Australia: Grimes Cottage
8:40pm Roadkill
9:40pm Total Control Rpt
10:30pm Killing Eve: Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body? Rpt
11:15pm Missy Higgins & Friends Live Rpt

Monday 16 November
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm In The Face of Terror Series Premiere
9:25pm Media Watch
9:45pm Q+A
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Simply Nigella Rpt

Tuesday 17 November
8:00pm Outback Ringer
8:30pm Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh In India
9:30pm Searching For Superhuman: Spark Of Life
10:25pm Insert Name Here: Jules Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 18 November
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Gruen
9:05pm Reputation Rehab
9:40pm Planet America Season Final
10:10pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm Media Watch
11:45pm Tick F***ing Tock

Thursday 19 November
8:00pm Scottish Vets Down Under
8:30pm Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Make Yourself at Home Rpt
9:20pm Death In Paradise: Frappe Death Day Rpt
10:20pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Walter Mikac Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia Rpt

Friday 20 November
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Poster Childt
10:00pm Mum
10:30pm TBA
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Gruen Rpt
11:50pm rage

Saturday 14 November
7:30pm Victoria: A Coburg Quartet
8:20pm Shetland Rpt
9:20pm Endeavour: Canticle Rpt
10:50pm Poldark Rpt
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer

[JBar]

"The Sound is pioneering a whole new field for performances" | TV Tonight

[JohnsonTV]

As mentioned in the TV Tonight article about the final season of Jack Irish, ABC Head of Scripted Production Sally Riley yesterday revealed the broadcaster’s 2021 upfronts would be held on Wednesday, November 25.

[yellow_sock]

good to hear that Jack Irish is returning. It’s a great drama.

The ABC has produced some quality Aussie dramas over the years.

[yellow_sock]

@TV.Cynic

Friday 6 November
10:00pm Mum: October Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Virus Rpt
11:10pm Gruen Rpt
11:50pm rage

Just a note that tonight’s schedule was changed in Sydney (and perhaps in Melbourne too?), to reflect the US Presidential Elections and Planet America’s popularity:

10pm: Planet America Fireside Chat
11pm: ABC Late News
11.20pm: Mum
11.50pm: Gruen rpt
12.30am: Rage
(Primetime pre 10pm as normal)

[TV.Cynic]

In The Face of Terror

Taking over from 4 Corners Monday 16 November at 8:30pm

Documentary following the stories of ordinary people fighting for truth and justice following acts of terror. The first one featured is a hostage crisis in Syria that culminated in seven beheadings by a British executioner, later dubbed Jihadi John, while the second looks at the far-right attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 51 people were shot dead in the city’s mosques.

From BBC - 3 episode series. Screened in UK in October.

[JohnsonTV]

4-part ABC series Wrong Kind of Black, which debuted in August 2018, has been picked up by Netflix.

Netflix picks up 'Wrong Kind of Black' - IF Magazine

[TV.Cynic]

That Christmas

Tuesday 8 November at 9:30pm

Eleven poignant, funny and powerful stories about Christmas like no other, told by the people who lived through them. Some of the storytellers are familiar faces, some are new.

Gardening Australia Christmas Special

Friday 18 December at 7.30pm

For our last show of 2020, Gardening Australia celebrates gardening as an antidote to the challenges we have faced this year. We find out how the nursery industry kept up with demand and what exciting new projects you’ve been working on at home!

Seed to Sale: Josh Byrne
Josh explores how the nursery industry has kept up with vegetable seedling production during the unprecedented demand during lockdown.

Digging for Victory: Jerry Coleby-Williams
Jerry shares useful lessons from a wartime campaign that saw home gardens repurposed for local food production.

COVID Cul-de-sac: Tino Carnevale
Tino meets a gardener who turned a traffic island into an edible haven to beat the isolation blues.

A Blooming Century: Costa Georgiadis
Costa lends a hand to a centenarian gardener who’s been cultivating her beautiful backyard since 1950!

Cherry Ripe: Jane Edmanson
Jane finds out what it takes to produce tonnes of delicious cherries in time for Christmas.

My Garden Path
We meet a nature photographer who embraced having less work and extra time in 2020 by documenting the creation of his dream vegie patch.

Christmas Craft: Sophie Thomson
Sophie shows us how to make tasteful Christmas decorations, using inspiration from your own garden!

Maggie Beer in Japan

Tuesday 15 December at 9:30pm

Maggie has been intrigued by Japanese food for 20 years and has decided its finally time to put her fears aside and travel to Japan to master its flavours.

Maggie Beer’s cooking has always been inspired by the use of the freshest local produce in season and she describes herself as a Mediterranean cook who lives in the Barossa, SA. But she has a food secret; for 20 years she has been intrigued by Japanese food.

In this feature documentary, Maggie sets off to Japan, fired by her love of learning and a challenge to produce an exciting Japanese inspired feast for her Barossa friends.

We join her in Tokyo, then travel across the mountains north to rural Noto Peninsula, and finally south to Osaka. During this journey she meets chefs, eats their food, and joins their lives - and in true Maggie style, there is a lot of laughter and love.

[Drew_1981]

Are they going to repeat that classic UK Christmas show where they film office work Xmas parties? Wish they had made new ones.

[TV.Cynic]

Week commencing 22 November 2020

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Sunday 22 November
7:40pm Restoration Australia
8:40pm Roadkill
9:40pm Total Control Rpt
10:30pm Killing Eve: Killing Eve: Nice and Neat Rpt
11:15pm Australian Made Rpt

Monday 23 November
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm In The Face of Terror
9:25pm Media Watch
9:40pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Nigella’s Christmas Table Rpt

Tuesday 24 November
8:00pm Outback Ringer
8:30pm Wayne
10:05pm Searching For Superhuman: Bionic People
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 25 November
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Gruen
9:05pm Reputation Rehab
9:35pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:20pm QI: Quills Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Media Watch Rpt
11:40pm Tick F***ing Tock Rpt

Thursday 26 November
8:00pm Scottish Vets Down Under
8:30pm Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Get Some Number 8 Wire Rpt
9:20pm Death In Paradise: Beyond The Shining Sea (Part One) Rpt
10:20pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Dannii Minogue Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Christianity Rpt

Friday 27 November
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Young Gods Rpt
10:00pm Mum
10:30pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Gruen Rpt
11:35pm rage

Saturday 28 November
7:30pm Victoria: A Public Inconvenience
8:20pm Shetland Rpt
9:20pm Endeavour: Lazaretto Rpt
10:50pm Poldark Rpt
11:55pm rage Guest Programmer