Indigenous comedian Steph Tisdell will host this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, to be held on March 18 and broadcast on the ABC later.
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Week commencing 8 March 2020
Sunday 8 March
6:30pm Compass Season Premiere
7:00pm ABC News Sunday
7:40pm Grand Designs: Richmond
8:30pm Stateless
9:25pm A Very English Scandal Series Premiere
In England in the early 1960’s, politician Jeremy Thorpe begins a whirlwind affair with a young stable hand, Norman Scott. But when the relationship turns sour, Norman becomes a secret Jeremy is desperate to hide.
10:20pm Line Of Duty
11:25pm Doc Martin
Monday 9 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids
Tuesday 10 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Louis Theroux: Altered States
9:20pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico
10:25pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A
Wednesday 11 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Black Comedy Season Final
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:15pm Planet America
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Four Corners
Thursday 12 March
8:00pm The Heights Season 2 Premiere
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Brookfield Spotted Gum
9:20pm Would I Lie to You?
10:20pm QI
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:20pm Informer: Charlie Don’t Surf
Friday 13 March
8:30pm Endeavour: Zanana Season Final
10:05pm QI
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm rage
Saturday 14 March
5:00pm Football: A-League: Round 23 – Sydney FC v Perth Glory
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7:30pm Doc Martin
8:20pm Agatha Raisin: Love From Hell
9:10pm Stateless
10:05pm Call The Midwife
11:05pm Endeavour
Schedule update
Friday 6 March
The late night encore of Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell has been replaced by the replay of Olympic women’s football playoff between Australia and Vietnam from Newcastle at 11.05pm. Rage will start late at 1.05am.
Death in Paradise - Season 8
From Saturday 4 April at 7:30pm
Detective Jack Mooney (Ardal O’Hanlon) is really starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie-to a degree that surprises some of his colleagues. But there’s little time for sightseeing, as there are some fiendishly clever murders to solve. From a local radio DJ murdered while live on air to a zookeeper killed by a poisonous dart,Jack and his team have their work cut out.
There’s a new face on the team, as energetic officer Ruby Patterson (Shyko Amos) arrives with a unique take on crime fighting. Officer JP Hooper (Tobi Bakare) has his hands full trying to train her, not least because she’s the commissioner’s (Don Warrington) niece. Meanwhile, DS Florence Cassell Uosephine Jobert) has found love. It’s clear how the charming Patrice (Leemore Marrett Jr) has captured her heart. But as he begins to win over the rest of the team, a discovery during a case makes them all question their judgement.
Jack must lead the team through their personal ups and downs while using his unconventional methods to catch the killers; these are some of their most challenging cases yet.
Van Der Valk
From Saturday 4 April at 8:30pm
Marc Warren stars as a streetwise Dutch detective in this three- part detective series filmed entirely on location in Amsterdam.
VAN DER VALK centres on the investigations of detective Piet Van der Valk in and around the city of Amsterdam as he investigates a series of high-profile cases. Van der Valk and his team are immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.
The original series, set in the 1970s and 90s was loosely based on the novels by Nicolas Freeling and provided British audiences with their first truly international detective - a complex, thoughtful and ‘real’ sleuth who tackled tough crimes against a picturesque Dutch backdrop. The new series re imagines VAN DER VALK in the contemporary world of Amsterdam and follows an engaging, unapologetic and street-smart detective as he leads his dynamic team in solving a raft of mysterious crimes using astute human observation and inspired detection.
VAN DER VALK stars Marc Warren (Safe, Mad Dogs Snatch, Hustle) stars as Piet Van der Valk, with Maimie McCoy (The Three Musketeers) as Lucienne Hassell, his gutsy and fiercely competent right hand woman. Luke Allen-Gale (Dominion), Elliot Barnes-Worrell(Jericho), Darrell D’Silva (Strike Back) and Emma Fielding (Les Miserables) complete the team. Guest starring Kees Boot (Judas), Reinout Bussemaker (Flight HS73), Frances Grey (Home Fires), Daniel Lapaine (The Durrells), tephanie Leonidas (Snatch), Mike Libanon (Kill Switch), Vineeta Rishi (Line of Duty) and Tom York (Poldark).
Schedule update
Tuesday 3 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Love Without Limits
9:35pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico: Mexico City to Puebla
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Q+A encore
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Week commencing 15 March 2020
Sunday 15 March
7:40pm Grand Designs: Sheffield
8:30pm Stateless
9:25pm A Very English Scandal
10:20pm Line Of Duty
11:25pm Doc Martin
Monday 16 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Tuesday 17 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Revelation: The Children Have Been Used by The Devil Series Premiere
10:00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico: Yucatan Series Final
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Q+A
Wednesday 18 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Firefighters Series Return
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:15pm Planet America
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Four Corners
Thursday 19 March
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Piper’s Creek Strawbale House
9:20pm Would I Lie to You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Informer: Ruby Tuesday
Friday 20 March
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Capture Series Premiere
When a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a multi-layered conspiracy.
9:35pm Silent Witness Season Premiere
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm rage
Saturday 21 March
7:30pm Doc Martin
8:20pm Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns
9:10pm Stateless
10:05pm Call The Midwife
11:05pm Endeavour
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Thursday 2 April at 8:30pm
ABC are thrilled to once again partner with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, to bring our audience The Oxfam Gala.
Last year comedian Steph Tisdell brought the house down when she performed her set at The Oxfam Gala.
She was so good, that this year they asked her to host! In doing so, she will become the first Indigenous comedian to take the reins of the most anticipated night on the comedy calendar with wall to-wall laughs from a huge line-up of local and international stars.Screening Thursday 2 April at 8.30pm, this one-off spectacular is not just a great night out, it’s a chance to do some good. This year, fundraising will focus on the work of the Australian First Peoples program, with the spotlight on Oxfam’s Straight Talk program.
It will be Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Choosing Death.
Compass - For The Love of Creation
Sunday 5 April at 6:30pm
Four Christians from different backgrounds show how their faith has led them to develop a powerful and compassionate response to climate change.
Gardening Australia - EASTER SPECIAL
Friday 10 April at 7:00pm
Costa visits an expert in backyard chickens; Millie drops in on a family cider distillery; Jane takes us on a tasty trip to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne; and Tino and his family are hard at work laying the foundations of one their biggest patch yet - a large-scale market garden at his home.
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Week commencing 22 March 2020
Sunday 22 March
7:40pm ABC News Special Coronavirus Shutdown
8:30pm Stateless
9:25pm A Very English Scandal
10:20pm Line Of Duty
11:25pm Doc Martin
Monday 23 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Revelation: The Children Have Been Used By The Devil
Tuesday 24 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Revelation
10:00pm Fake Or Fortune?: The Lost Gainsborough Series Return
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Q+A
Wednesday 25 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Nudists
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:10pm Planet America
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Four Corners
Thursday 26 March
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia
9:35pm RBG
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Informer: November Has Come
Friday 27 March
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Capture
9:35pm Silent Witness
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:35pm rage
Saturday 28 March
7:30pm Doc Martin Season Final
8:20pm Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns
9:05pm Stateless
10:05pm Call The Midwife
11:05pm Silent Witness
It’s a six-part BBC mini-series which debuted in UK in September-October 2019.
Week commencing 29 March 2020
Sunday 29 March
7:40pm Grand Designs: Lewes Season Final
8:30pm Stateless
9:25pm Shetland
10:25pm Line Of Duty
11:30pm Doc Martin
Monday 30 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Revelation: A Dangerous Place To Be A Child
Tuesday 31 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Revelation
10:15pm Fake Or Fortune?: Cosway Or Lawrence
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:45pm Q+A
Wednesday 1 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Killed Someone
9:30pm Planet America Earlier Time
10:05pm Would I Lie To You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners
11:55pm Media Watch
Thursday 2 April
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Revelation Series Final
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:45pm Informer: The Masterplan
Friday 3 April
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Capture
9:30pm Silent Witness: Lift Up Your Hearts Part One
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:30pm Would I Lie To You?
Saturday 4 April
7:30pm Death In Paradise Season 8 Premiere
8:20pm Van der Valk Series Premiere
9:05pm Stateless
10:00pm Stateless: Panis Angelicus
11:00pm Call The Midwife
Updated 25/03/2020
Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure
From Tuesday 21 April at 9:30pm
After a lifetime of worrying about her weight, 78-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes embarks on a journey to work out why the nation is getting ever fatter.
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Not sure whether this will be a permanent move or if it’s just for tomorrow to provide coronavirus updates
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It would be great to see this permanently as it’s the only day the show isn’t in HD.
Spicks and Specks 00’s Special
Sunday 19 April at 7:40pm
It’s on for young and old when Australia’s favourite music quiz show, Spicks and Specks returns to delve into the music of the 2000s. It was the decade that brought us a huge variety of new music and introduced a number of rising stars including; Guy Sebastian, Lady Gaga, Kayne West and the Black Eyed Peas. While music legends including U2, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen continued to rock on.
Adam, Myf and Alan are joined by Killing Heidi’s lead singer Ella Hooper, Nie Cester from Jet and comedians Joel Creasy and Sarah Kendall to celebrate the decade that brought sexy back and a crazy frog made it into the charts.
Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney team up on a cross trainer to take part in the game Fitness on Shuffle, while some dated Nokia mobiles are used in Look What They’ve Done To My Song Ma. The teams take on the tricky new game Tube Styling where they try to guess a film clip posted on Youtube from reading the posted comments. When Nie and Joel take on singing for Substitute,Joel gets some special help and Thirsty Mere perform a massive hit from the 2000s.
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Sunday 22 March
7:40pm ABC News Special Coronavirus Shutdown
Sunday 29 March
7:40pm Grand Designs: Lewes Season Final
Week commencing 5 April 2020
Sunday 5 April
7:40pm Grand Designs New Zealand Season Premiere
8:30pm Stateless
9:25pm Shetland
10:25pm Line Of Duty
11:10pm Van der Valk
Monday 6 April
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Revelation
Tuesday 7 April
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Easter In Australia
9:25pm Fake Or Fortune?: De Chirico
10:25pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A
Wednesday 8 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Autism Spectrum
9:30pm Planet America
10:05pm Would I Lie To You?
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners
11:55pm Media Watch
Thursday 9 April
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia
9:15pm One To One
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:05pm DCI Banks: To Burn In Every Drop Of Blood (Part 1)
Friday 10 April Good Friday
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm The Capture
9:30pm Silent Witness: Lift Up Your Hearts Part Two
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
11:30pm Would I Lie To You?
Saturday 11 April Easter Saturday
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Van der Valk
10:05pm Stateless: The Seventh Circle
11:00pm Call The Midwife Season Final