The Australian is reporting that The Drum will move to 6:00pm on ABC next year, with a replay at 7:00pm on ABC News channel. Perhaps the ABC will finally fix its early evening problem with this move? 6:00-7:00pm has been a wasteland for decades.
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Interesting move… Although I still don’t see the need to have the Drum on the main channel when its better off on the News channel. It’s a bit of a weird setup to have it on there.
That’s the synopsis from a couple of weeks back.
Thanks - updated.
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Week commencing 9 December
Sunday 9 December
7:40pm Grand Designs: Living In The Wild
8:30pm Sherlock: The Lying Detective
10:00pm Luther
11:00pm Call The Midwife: Christmas Special
Monday 10 December
6:00pm Doctor Who Series Final
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Back Roads: Lightning Ridge
9:15pm Media Watch Series Final
9:35pm Q&A Series Final
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business
11:30pm Golf: PGA TOUR Highlights: Naples, Florida
Tuesday 11 December
8:00pm Simply Nigella Rpt
8:30pm My Family And The Galapagos Series Final
9:20pm The Real Camilla: Duchess Of Cornwall
10:05pm ABC Late News
10:35pm The Business
10:55pm Q&A
Wednesday 12 December
8:00pm Hard Quiz Series Final
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Series Final
9:00pm Tomorrow Tonight
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:15pm QI: O Christmas
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Business
Thursday 13 December
8:00pm Grand Designs Australia: Barossa Valley Glass House
8:55pm Endeavour: Sway
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm The Business
11:10pm Wentworth: Jailbirds
Friday 14 December
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm Father Brown: The Fire In The Sky
9:15pm Call The Midwife
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Business Series Final
11:05pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm Planet America Series Final
Saturday 15 December
7:30pm Victoria: The King Over The Water
8:20pm Doc Martin: Blade Of The Feather
9:05pm Delicious Series Final
9:55pm Inspector George Gently: Gently In The Cathedral Series Final
11:25pm rage Guest Programmer
Escape From the City
Thursday 3 January at 7:30pm
Follow hosts Jane Hall, Simon Marnie, Bryce Holdaway, Del Irani and Dean Ipaviz as they guide a families, couples or individuals through the trials & tribulations of their life-changing decision to escape the city.
Such a weird fit for ABC
Indeed, I could’ve seen something like this airing on 10 Boss perhaps.
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2018
Tuesday 1 January at 7:30pm
The 2018 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo features talent from around the world performing on the magnificent Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
Grand Designs Australia - Season 4
From Thursday 3 January at 8:30pm
Episode 1
After eight years of planning, Melbourne couple Glenn and Kate Morris are finally making a start on their striking, sustainable ‘sand dune’ house near Inverloch on Victoria’s Gippsland coastline.
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Week commencing 16 December
Sunday 16 December
7:40pm Grand Designs: Living In Suburbia
8:30pm Sherlock: The Final Problem
10:00pm Father Brown: Christmas Special
11:00pm Silent Witness: Sniper’s Nest (Part 1)
Monday 17 December
8:00pm Australian Story Series Final
8:30pm Back Roads: Furneaux Islands
9:00pm TBA
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Golf: PGA TOUR Highlights
11:55pm The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2016
Tuesday 18 December
8:00pm Simply Nigella: Christmas Special Rpt
9:00pm Ho Ho Ho! Telling Christmas Tales
10:00pm Would I Lie To You At Christmas
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Hanging With Hoges
Wednesday 19 December
8:00pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2018
9:00pm Tomorrow Tonight Series Final
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:15pm QI: Noel (Christmas Show)
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Royal Variety Performance 2016
Thursday 20 December
8:00pm Grand Designs Australia: Ocean View House
8:55pm Endeavour: Neverland Series Final
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Wentworth: Into The Night
11:40pm Sherlock: The Final Problem
Friday 21 December
7:30pm Gardening Australia: Christmas Family Special 2018
8:30pm Father Brown: The Penitent Man
9:15pm Call The Midwife
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2018
11:50pm rage
Saturday 22 December
7:30pm Victoria: The Luxury Of Conscience
8:20pm Doc Martin: All My Trials Series Final
9:05pm Call The Midwife: Christmas Special
10:35pm TBA
Week commencing 23 December
Sunday 23 December
7:40pm Grand Designs: Living In The Country Series Final
8:20pm Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Series Final
9:50pm The Trip To Italy
11:35pm Silent Witness: Sniper’s Nest (Part 2)
Monday 24 December
07:30pm Father Brown: Christmas Special - The Tree Of Truth
8:15pm Midsomer Murders: The Christmas Haunting
9:50pm Grantchester: Christmas Special
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Golf: PGA TOUR Highlights
Tuesday 25 December
07:20pm The Queen’s Christmas Message
07:30pm Royal Variety Performance 2018
9:30pm Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
10:20pm ABC News On Christmas Day
10:50pm Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure: 50 Years Of Play School
11:45pm Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
Wednesday 26 December
7:30pm Spicks And Specks Reunion Special
8:30pm Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
9:35pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Series Final
10:15pm QI: Merriment (Christmas Special)
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Outnumbered Christmas Special
Thursday 27 December
07:30pm Call The Midwife: Christmas Special
8:50pm Prince Harry’s Story: Four Royal Weddings
9:40pm Making Muriel
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Wentworth: Fear Her
Friday 28 December
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Father Brown: The Mask Of The Demon
9:20pm Call The Midwife
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:50pm TBA
Saturday 29 December
7:30pm Victoria Christmas Special
9:00pm TBA
It’s great the ABC still has the late news on Christmas night.
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Just watching ABC and ads came on. I know they advertise their own shows. But I’m not sure how I feel about them advertising wiggles dvds for Christmas. I know it’s their product but still I don’t know how I feel about it.
If it makes them the tiniest bit less reliant on government funding I don’t have an issue as long as they’re not overdone.
Little Women
From Saturday 5 January at 7.30pm
New 3-part series of Little Women coming to ABC in January
Three part series to premiere on Saturday January 5 at 7.30
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s universally beloved novel, Little Women is a new three-part adaptation from the award-winning creator of Call the Midwife , Heidi Thomas, and directed by Vanessa Caswill ( Thirteen ).
Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March sisters: Meg (Willa Fitzgerald), Jo (Maya Hawke), Beth (Annes Elwy), and Amy (Kathryn Newton) on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father (Dylan Baker) is away at war.
Under the guidance of their mother Marmee (Emily Watson), the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. Accompanied by the charming boy next door Laurie Laurence (Jonah Hauer-King), their cantankerous wealthy Aunt March (Angela Lansbury) and benevolent neighbour Mr. Laurence (Michael Gambon), Little Women is a coming-of-age story that is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868.
A co-production with Masterpiece on PBS; Producer Susie Liggat; Executive Producers: Commissioned by Piers Wenger and Charlotte Moore (BBC); produced by Playground ( Wolf Hall, Howards End ) for BBC One. Colin Callender and Sophie Gardiner (Playground), Heidi Thomas, Lucy Richer (BBC) and Rebecca Eaton (Masterpiece).
Fake Or Fortune? - Season 7
From Tuesday 15 January at 9:30pm
Fake or Fortune? returns for a seventh series as Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate more thrilling cases of art world mystery, intrigue and deception.
Week commencing 30 December
Sunday 30 December
7:30pm David Attenborough’s Tasmania
8:25pm Maigret’s Dead Man
9:55pm The Agony Of New Year’s Eve
10:10pm Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Gala
Monday 31 December
7:30pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2018 Rpt
8:30pm New Year’s Eve 2018: The Early Night Show
9:00pm New Year’s Eve 2018: Family Fireworks
9:10pm New Year’s Eve 2018: NYE With Charlie Pickering
9:30pm New Year’s Eve 2018: The Night Is Yours Live Concert
11:45pm New Year’s Eve 2018
12:00am New Year’s Eve 2018: Midnight Fireworks
12:15am rage: New Year’s Special
: Tuesday 1 January
07:30pm The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2018
9:05pm David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
10:10pm Diana: Designing A Princess
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Missy Higgins & Friends Live
Wednesday 2 January
7:30pm Doctor Who: Resolution
8:35pm TBA
9:20pm 300 Years Of French And Saunders
10:10pm QI: Mix And Match
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm David Bowie: Five Years In The Making Of An Icon
Thursday 3 January
07:30pm Escape From The City
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Inverloch Sand Dune House
9:20pm The Truth About Getting Fit
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Wentworth: The Governor’s Pleasure
11:35pm Artsville: Horror Movie
Friday 4 January
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Father Brown: The Brewer’s Daughter
9:20pm Shetland: Raven Black (Part 1)
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Call The Midwife
11:50pm rage
Saturday 5 January
7:30pm TBA
8:30pm Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence
9:30pm Howards End
10:25pm Wolf Hall: Entirely Beloved
11:30pm rage Guest Programmer
Week commencing 6 January
Sunday 6 January
7:40pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Country Homes
8:30pm Vera: Dark Road
10:00pm Barracuda
10:55pm Kiri
11:45pm Silent Witness: Falling Angels (Part 2)
Monday 7 January
7:30pm 7.30 Series Return
8:00pm The Best Of Back Roads
9:00pm Royal Wives Of Windsor
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The First Monday In May
Tuesday 8 January
08:00pm Foreign Correspondent Series Return
8:30pm The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed: Grow
9:30pm Stealing Van Gogh
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm How To Stay Young
Wednesday 9 January
8:00pm QI: Naming Names
8:30pm Stop Laughing… this is serious: She Goes… She Goes… She Just Goes
9:30pm TBA
10:00pm TBA
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Tick F***ing Tock
11:55pm Making Families Happy
Thursday 10 January
8:00pm Escape From The City: Clements
9:00pm Grand Designs Australia: South Melbourne Brick House
9:50pm TBA
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Wentworth: Failing Upwards
11:40pm TBA
Friday 11 January
7:30pm Death In Paradise Final
8:30pm Father Brown: The Hangman’s Demise
9:20pm Shetland: Raven Black (Part 2)
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Wallander: The White Lioness
Saturday 12 January
7:30pm TBA
8:30pm Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence
9:30pm Howards End
10:30pm Wolf Hall: Anna Regina
11:30pm rage Guest Programmer
Australia Day
ABC to celebrate extraordinary people and the world’s oldest living culture with WugulOra Morning Ceremony
In 2019, the ABC is broadening its coverage of Australia Day to provide an inclusive experience for all Australians across TV and social with several LIVE events across a 24-hour period.
ABC’s coverage will showcase the best of Australian music and performers, acknowledge and celebrate our Indigenous culture, recognise and celebrate our diverse citizens and share stories from regional communities.
For the first time, ABC will broadcast live coverage of the WugulOra Morning Ceremony on January 26 from Barangaroo Reserve on Sydney Harbour.
WugulOra, meaning ‘One Mob’, is a special moment on January 26 acknowledging our shared history and the traditional custodians of the land. It celebrates the strength and resilience of the world’s oldest living culture, with special performances by Aboriginal dancers and singers, a performance of the Australian National Anthem in English and Eora language, and the raising of the Aboriginal and Australian flags on Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the start of the day.
ABC Radio’s Christine Anu and triple j’s Brooke Boney will host ABC’s coverage from 8.00-9.00am AEDT on ABC TV and ABC iview. The event will be MC’d by actor Aaron McGrath, known for his roles in Redfern Now, The Code, Glitch and Jasper Jones .
The coverage will complement other live broadcasts on ABC across January 25 and 26 including Australian of the Year Awards and the National Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony .
On Australia Day eve, ABC presents the 2019 Australian Of The Year Awards live from Canberra from 7.30pm AEDT on ABC TV, ABC iview, ABC NEWS channel and ABC Radio. The evening’s celebrations will be hosted by Kumi Taguchi and Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann, with the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison presenting the four category awards as they are announced, culminating in the announcement of the Australian of the Year. ABC Radio’s Dan Bourchier will broadcast live from 7.00pm-10.00pm AEDT, bringing you the behind-the-scenes colour of the event.
On January 26, at 8.30am, the first feature length interview (30 minutes) with the recipient of the Australian of the Year will air on ABC Radio local stations.
On Australia Day, The National Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony will be held on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. Australia’s Federation Guard will raise the Australian National Flag, accompanied by a 21-gun (cannon) salute in the presence of the Governor General and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will then conduct the Australian Citizenship Ceremony and welcome our newest Australian citizens.
The event will be hosted by Stephanie Brantz, with commentary by ABC’s Dan Bourchier, and broadcast live from 9.00am AEDT on ABC TV, ABC NEWS channel and ABC iview.
ABC NEWS channel will cover events from around the country in live coverage across the day, with special analysis from Stan Grant.
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