Neighbours star Alan Fletcher, who is currently in the UK as part of the show’s Celebration Tour, is special guest on the season finale of Adam Hills: The Last Leg. It will be shown on ABC TV Plus on Tuesday (March 21) at 8.30pm.
Louis Theroux Interviews
From Sunday April 09 8:30pm
Filmmaker, journalist and podcaster Louis Theroux embarks on a series of intimate one-on-one interviews with a fascinating mixture of iconic names and famous faces.
In the first episode, Louis spends time with platinum selling rapper Stormzy. After two years out of the spotlight, Stormzy welcomes Louis into his home in South West London to sit down for a frank and revealing conversation that covers many aspects of his life; from his childhood to the breakdown of a high-profile relationship, and the pressures that come with being one of the country’s best loved musicians and role models. Louis meets Stormzy at a transformative stage of his life.
After an illustrious career that has seen him transform from social media rapper to Glastonbury headliner, Stormzy reflects on the highs and lows of his journey so far, whilst looking forward to the release of a new album and working to become the artist and the man he wants to be.
We also see Louis join Stormzy backstage in Glasgow on the last night of his sold out nationwide arena tour, watching him perform to thousands of excited fans. He attends Stormzy’s weekly Christian worship meeting and is introduced to sister Rachael and mum Abigail where they discuss Stormzy’s deepening relationship with God. Finally Louis hangs out with Stormzy and his team of musicians in the studio as they put the finishing touches to his yet to be released new album.
Kevin Can F*** Himself
From Tuesday 2 May 9.30pm ALL EPS AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON ABC IVIEW
Kevin Can F*** Himself is about a woman we all grew up thinking we knew: the Sitcom Wife. She’s beautiful and can take a joke. She’s married to a guy who must’ve won some sort of marriage lottery, because she’s gorgeous and he’s…funny. But on this show, when that wife—Allison—walks out of the sitcom living room, for once we follow her and leave her husband behind.
It’s in her single-camera life that Allison is given space to bond with and appreciate the other woman in her world, and it’s within that relationship that she finds her salvation. Because at its core, even though the show may have his name in the title, Kevin Can F*** Himself is a show about two women.
Instead of having the series revolve around a toxic marriage, the focus is on how a female friendship—with all its intensity and complication and importance—can save both of them.
Episode 1 - Kevin throws his annual “Anniversa-rager” party with help from Patty, Neil and Pete. After Patty reveals the truth about her bank accounts, Allison goes on a bender and makes a decision to take back control of her life.
Production credit: Produced by AMC Studios.
Documentary Now! - Season 2
From Thursday 18 May 9.15pm
Series 2, Episodes 1,2,3 of 7 + BINGE
Stream all episodes on ABC iview on 18 May at 9.15pm
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader lovingly parody some of the world’s best-known documentaries, with each episode shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking.
Co-created by Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Rhys Thomas, the Emmy-nominated series, Documentary Now! is rewriting history once again with seven all-new documentary inspired episodes.
Parodying the current obsession with documentaries, each episode, delightfully hosted by Dame Helen Mirren, stars Armisen and Hader lovingly paying homage to a specific documentary and sharing a captivating (if completely untrue) story inspired by these timeless films.This season an array of acclaimed guest stars includes Anne Hathaway, Mia Farrow, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Fonda and Maya Rudolph.
Season 2’s slate honours six well-known documentaries across seven episodes.
Episode one: The Bunker: Thursday 18th May at 9.15pm on ABC TV and ABC iview
The premiere episode The Bunker is inspired by the heart-racing 1993 political documentary “The War Room,” with James Carville and George Stephanopoulos. It follows two scheming and cocky campaign managers (Hader and Armisen) working on the heated race for the Governor of Ohio. Lies will be told, death threats will be made, and questionable ‘90s fashion choices will surface, all in the camcorder-documented fight to get their underdog candidate to the top.
Episode two: Juan Likes Rice & Chicken: Friday 19th May at 10.20pm on ABC TV Plus
Shot in Colombia, “Juan Likes Rice & Chicken” is a colourful food-centric homage to the 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi." Young chef Arturo (Armisen) and his brother learn the tricks of the trade from their stern, no-nonsense father Juan who runs a highly-acclaimed restaurant that only serves one dish made with painstaking precision — chicken and buttered rice. Who wouldn’t travel thousands of miles for the world’s best plate of rice?
Episode three: Parker Gail’s Location is Everything: Saturday 20th May at 9.20pm on ABC TV Plus
“Parker Gail’s Location is Everything” is inspired by the 1987 documentary “Swimming to Cambodia” directed by Jonathan Demme. In the episode, Hader gives a tour de force performance as Parker Gail (lovingly inspired by playwright Spalding Gray), a monologist who shares a riveting tale with his audience – a story on the tragic loss of his New York City apartment – all while sitting behind a bare desk in an intimate black box theatre.
Episode four: Final Transmission: Thursday 25th May at 9.15pm on ABC TV
Inspired by the groundbreaking 1984 Talking Heads concert documentary “Stop Making Sense,” “Final Transmission” features an eponymous hit band (Armisen, Hader and Rudolph) performing a riveting, high-energy final concert to an eager audience of fans. The innovative episode includes a musically-diverse set list of songs written by Armisen himself. Outside of the concert, the episode will delve deep into the musicians’ interwoven backstories and reveal the inspirations behind their ‘80s classics such as “Free David Ness” and “Indeng Indeng.”
Episode five Globesman: Friday 26th May at 10.30pm on ABC TV Plus
A tribute to the 1968 Maysles documentary “Salesman" that followed a wearied quartet of door-to-door Bible salesmen, “Globesman” shares a similar story about four hard-working businessmen trying their best to sell globes to a community of people who find them too expensive and ultimately prefer atlases. Feeling pressure from their regional manager, and dealing with the constant rejection from customers, the salesmen do anything they can to reinvent the globe as a need-to-have household item.
Episode six: Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid Part 1 and Part 2:
Part one: Saturday 27th May at 9.20pm on ABC TV Plus
Part two: Thursday 1st June at 9.15pm on ABC TV Plus
“Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 1 and Part 2” is inspired by “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” the 2002 documentary that traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. The two-part episode will follow a similar aging producer in the cutthroat movie business (Hader) giving an account of his rocky Tinseltown career and his elusive quest for Hollywood’s top prize.
Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle
Sunday 21 May 8.30pm
Episodes 1 & 2 of 4
The Jonestown massacre claimed the lives of more than 900 people. This 4-part special, screening over 2 weeks, is the definitive account of what transpired in the remote South American jungle 40 years ago.
Making of a Madman
Sadistic preacher Jim Jones forms The Peoples Temple after an unusual childhood. Members are captivated; his lust for power becomes unstoppable.
Episode one, chronicles the transformation of Jim Jones from a charismatic preacher and champion of civil rights into an egomaniacal demagogue who led hundreds to take their own lives – both willingly and forcibly.
The Jonestown massacre claimed the lives of more than 900 people – the greatest single loss of American lives before September 11.On the Run
The press exposes the dark side of Jim Jones, causing a mass exodus to Jonestown. His followers soon realize it’s not the utopia their leader promised.Based on the best-selling book by investigative journalist Jeff Guinn, and featuring archival footage; including secret FBI and CIA recordings, unreleased photographs, previously classified documents and chilling interviews with survivors — Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle offers the definitive account of the tragedy that captivated the world.
Production credit: Appian Way Productions, Stephen David Entertainment. Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way (The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street), author Jeff Guinn, Stephen David of Stephen David Entertainment (The Men Who Built America,The Making of the Mob) and directed by Shan Nicholson (Sugar Town, Rubble Kings).
Would I Lie To You? - Season 16
From Thursday 15 June 8.30pm
Rob Brydon is back in the host’s chair for the award-winning comedy panel show Would I Lie to You?, with Lee Mack and David Mitchell returning as the lightning-quick team captains. Each week, a stellar cast of celebrity guests reveal extraordinary stories about themselves. But are they telling the truth, or are they making it all up?
Sorting the fact from the fiction this week are guests Bez, Motsi Mabuse, Shazia Mirza and Steve Pemberton.
The upcoming season of Adam Hills: The Last Leg has been reduced from nine to seven episodes.
Can’t help but feel like it’s edging closer to the axe - it hasn’t really recovered post covid
They’ll probably carry it through the end of next year’s Paralympics then “rest” it permanently.
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces - Season 11
From Monday 9 October 9.30pm
Back for his tenth anniversary series, George builds a caravan, while others convert a train, a plane, and an automobile! And George visits a stunning Israeli apartment.
George Clarke is back for his tenth anniversary series!
In this first episode, George unveils one of his most ambitious and personal builds, as he sets out to create a stunning, one off, Arts and Crafts caravan to replace the eccentric static he built in his first ever series.
Meanwhile, a carpenter tries to save a boat bound for the breakers yard and a woman tries to rebuild her business, thanks to a vintage caravan that she wants to turn into a vegan café.
George heads to Israel, a land of architectural contrasts, to visit a gorgeous modern apartment carved out of three centuries-old rooms, in the ancient city of Jaffa.
Production credit: Executive Producers: Will Daws & Stuart Cabb. Series Producer: Stephen Leigh
Beep and Mort Series 2
Monday 27 November 8.10am
Beep and Mort are back for more action-packed adventures on ABC Kids with their quirky and lovable community of friends, family and fuzzles.
Beep is a robot from the stars. Mort is a cuddly resident of Mollyvale. Although they come from worlds apart, they’re the best of friends. In this all-new series, together they sing, dance, surf and skate, as they invent inspired contraptions, build an epic pillow fort, solve a whodunnit, visit the Land of Lost Things, convene the best club in the absolute universe and learn to speak dog.
Get ready to travel further afield on the Mollyplanet as we discover the bustling Mollyport. Home to the lighthouse, sandy beach, Clem’s fish-feeding boat, an ocean full of friendly sea creatures and a cave with glow moss, fuzzleflies and mysterious fossils from the past. A trip to the seaside is never complete without a visit to Glenda’s store, packed full of supplies including delicious mollypops and fun trinkets for trading.
Expect twenty wildly fun, all-new stories, with the same charming sentiment at heart. It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what you’re made of, home is wherever you lay your furry head… or charge your battery. And friendship is the greatest superpower of all.
Production credit: Beep and Mort Series 2 is a Windmill Pictures Production. Created for television by Rosemary Myers and Kaye Weeks. Based on the Windmill Theatre Company play cocreated by Sam Haren, Jonathon Oxlade, and Katherine Fyffe. Executive Producer Greg Sitch, ABC Executive Producer Margaret Ross. Major production funding from Screen Australia. Developed and produced in association with the ABC. Financed and developed in association with the South Australian Film Corporation. Distributed by ABC Commercial.
Adam Hills: The Last Leg - Season 29
Thursday 14 November 8:30 PM
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and special guests take an entertaining, off-beat look at the big events of the past week.
Ghosts - Season 5
Thursday 14 November 9:15 PM (Linear premiere)
With the gatehouse destroyed, Alison and Mike are forced to start again.
FFS… again?
“ABC TV Plus pressents as “A place to feed the mind, the heart and the funny bone”
What does that mean?
ABC TV Plus and ABC Me are bad names and lack identity and focus and brand
100000% this
I’ve never liked them.
There was nothing wrong with having ABC2 and ABC3. We all knew what their focus was. We didn’t need other words that did nothing to enhance.