Free tickets to the concert will go on sale at the Sydney Opera House website next Wednesday (January 15) at 10am AEDT.
UPDATE 14/1: the SOH website above has added the performers list. A new promo also aired on ABC TV tonight.
Love Me - Season 2 Episode 1
Sunday 2 February 9.30pm
With Aaron a soon to be a father and Glen happily living with his new wife Anita, Clara and Peter decide they want to start a family.
Glen, Clara and Aaron Mathieson have picked up the pieces of their complex lives following Christine’s death and are each grappling with a new reality that poses the challenging question – is love enough?
Glen and Anita are faced with the arrival of someone from her past who will threaten their current happiness and security; Clara must come to terms with becoming a step parent to Peter’s son as well as the very real prospect that her hopes of having a family of her own may never be realised; and Aaron’s attempts to juggle fatherhood, Ella and his love for Jesse send him into a spiral of self doubt and erratic behaviour.
Together, however, the Mathiesons will weather the storm of uncertainty as they always do, with humour, misunderstandings, humility, champagne and of course… a deep and bonding love.
Episode 1 With Aaron a soon to be a father and Glen happily living with his new wife Anita, Clara and Peter decide they want to start a family.
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
Friday 7 February 7.30pm
Monty visits spectacular gardens in the Central region of Spain from its important historic Imperial Palaces and modern designs adapted to the challenges of climate change.
Monty Don takes viewers on a three-part journey across Spain in a quest to visit some of the country’s most interesting gardens, community projects and parks.Covering more than 4000 kilometres he’ll deep dive into green spaces ranging from historical to cutting edge as well as those created by a new wave of Spanish designers who are working more closely with the landscape and the challenges of the harsh climate.
Monty begins at the Escorial – a vast imposing palace and garden, built as a symbol of the power of Spain’s once huge empire that stretched across the globe. He then travels to the centre of the country’s capital, Madrid, to visit the city’s famous Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado. Here he visits a tropical garden in the unlikely setting of one of the city’s main railway stations, a modern garden created by and for dogs and a dynamic new school where nature and gardening play a central role.
Also, on this journey, Monty visits important towns like Toledo, once the capital of Spain, to discover gardens that reflect the rich cultural history of the country. As he travels around Castile, he also discovers modern gardens, including one made in an olive orchard, and another hewn out of some of the harshest landscapes in the whole of Spain.
Monty finishes the first part of this tour in Spain’s third largest city, Valencia, where locals defied plans to create a motorway and instead campaigned successfully to create a park for everyone to exercise, picnic, play and simply enjoy themselves in.
Here Monty gets on his bike to see for himself what a transformation this has been for those living in the heart of this big city.
Production credit: AHA PRODUCTIONS for BBC
Silent Witness Series 27, Episode 3
Friday 7 February 8.30pm
The team investigate the body of a woman found in a flat after being dead for a year. As they seek to find out the truth of her identity and what happened to her, they must draw on all of their forensic and pathology knowledge to solve the case. Even if the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are determined that she must get justice.
Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding Roy’s death and consider if it’s linked to their original body. Meanwhile, D.I. Torres searches for a stalker and Cara is shocked at Velvy’s living conditions. As the case comes to a head, there are surprises afoot for the team.
Beyond Paradise - Season 13 Final
Saturday 8 February 7.30pm
Panic spreads throughout Shipton Abbott when an arsonist targets three local businesses, scrawling ‘PIG’ at the scene of each fire. Humphrey and the team are baffled until they realise the fires follow an unusual pattern by invoking the Three Little Pigs fable.
Meanwhile, Martha is in turmoil over what happened with Archie.
As usual, the ABC will be airing the national flag raising and citizenship ceremony between 9am and 10:15am on Australia Day. It will be hosted by Nate Byrne, and will be air on ABC-TV (delayed outside of the AEDT timezone), and on the ABC News Channel. Weekend Breakfast will air from 7am-9am, and from 10:15am until 11am.
The ABC will also be airing the Australia Day Address from the Governor-General at 6:54pm (just before the 7pm news).
You mean that there’s a show that Jeremy Fernandez isn’t hosting. Amazing.
Though Nate Byrne isn’t a great choice among so many others.
Week commencing 26 January 2025
Sunday 26 January
7:30pm Australia Day Live 2025 Premiere
9:30pm Movie: Shine (1996)
11:15pm Movie: Puberty Blues (1981)
Monday 27 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Escaping Utopia Series Final
9:05pm Movie: Strictly Ballroom (1992)
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Planet America Rpt
11:40pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Rebecca Gibney Rpt
12:15pm The Last Musician of Auschwitz Rpt
Tuesday 28 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cricket Balls
8:30pm Eat The Invaders: Camel
9:00pm Croc Watch With Steve Backshall Rpt
9:50pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Collisions Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Prosecuting Evil Rpt
12:45am Grand Designs: County Antrim Rpt
Wednesday 29 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz Season 10 Premiere
8:30pm Optics Series Premiere
9:00pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ)
9:45pm Planet America
10:20pm Spicks And Specks: Marlon Williams, Geraldine Hickey, Big Wett & Rhys Nicholson Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Aftertaste Rpt
11:50pm Aftertaste Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: South Somerset Rpt
Thursday 30 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Back Roads: Kandos, NSW
8:30pm Long Lost Family
9:15pm Grand Designs: Chess Valley Rpt
10:05pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cricket Balls Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Escaping Utopia Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: South Downs Rpt
Friday 31 January
7:30pm The Secret History Of The British Garden: The 20th Century Rpt
8:30pm Silent Witness
10:15pm Optics Rpt
10:45pm Hard Quiz Rpt
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: Gloucestershire Rpt
Saturday 1 February
7:30pm Beyond Paradise
8:30pm Vera: As The Crow Flies Rpt
10:00pm Vera: Vital Signs Rpt
11:35pm rage Guest Programmer
Don’t mind that look they’re going for there in theory, but looks a bit under baked. Maybe it’s the ABC font 
I think it’s that shade of blue on black. It doesn’t work. They need to stick to the classic ABC shade of blue.
Hmm I think I actually prefer this blue to be honest, looks a bit more… authoritative maybe.
And the black is not really like a solid black, it’s almost like a very dark grey - at least to my eyes.
I can see where they were going, and there’s bits I like, just feels a bit underdone which is about usual for the ABC.
Promo stood out to me because of the differing colour scheme to the usual.
But it is reminiscent of ABC News colours
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Love Me - Season 2 Episode 2
Sunday 9 February 9.30pm
Glen is increasingly suspicious of Anita’s mysterious calls and absence, while Peter and Clara have his ex over for dinner which ends with Peter demanding a paternity test.
As Aaron tries to find his way through his new role as a father and co-parent, Glen and he go shopping for baby gear. Across town, Peter tells Clara that Max wants her to meet his mother – and Peter’s ex - Julia.
After the fertility news Clara and Peter received, Clara is keen to make a follow up appointment to see the specialist, but Peter isn’t in a hurry. More than that, he’s increasingly distant.At the family house, Glen assembles the change table for baby Lola. He confesses to Aaron that he always thought becoming a grandmother would soften Christine. Her absence still looms for them all.
After visiting Lola, Clara, and Peter rush home to find Julia waiting for them. At first, dinner with Julia goes well, but after mentioning they want to start a family and that Peter is having fertility trouble, he announces he wants Max to have a DNA test. Outraged and hurt, Julia storms out.
In the city Aaron joins Jesse and her friends at a bar. They’re happy and in love.
Glen waits for Anita after her drawing class only to find out that she never showed up. Anxious and unnerved he tries calling her. When Anita eventually comes home, Glen asks her about art class. Anita talks about the class as if she attended, complains that she’s tired and goes to bed. The mysterious phone calls, the distance and now Anita has lied about where she’s been. What’s going on?
Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul
Thursday 13 February 8.30pm
Join Sue Perkins, comedian and presenter, on an adventure from Paris to Istanbul, following the original route of the famous Orient-Express.
In her trans-continental adventure, comedian Sue Perkins embarks on a journey through some of Europe’s most iconic cities. Starting in Paris where she cycles, samples gourmet insects, enjoys absinthe, struts at Fashion Week, and embraces her inner burlesque dancer.
Moving on to Strasbourg and Munich, she becomes a mermaid, experiences a high-speed car ride, spray paints, and dances on a Pride float. In Salzburg and Vienna, Sue yodels, practices yoga with alpacas, masters puppetry, and indulges in dumplings while waltzing through the city.
Her Budapest escapade includes tuk-tuk rides, sampling an unusual local delicacy, and enjoying the local nightlife and hot springs.
In Romania, she visits Castle Dracula, shares tea with a folk singer, learns about bears and earthquake dogs, and crafts Romani jewellery.
At her final destination, Istanbul, she samples Turkish Delight and gets her fortune told before exploring an underground city, and reflecting on her journey from the breathtaking heights of a hot air balloon above Cappadocia.
In this episode, comedian Sue Perkins begins her European adventure in the City of Love. After narrowly missing the iconic Orient Express, she swaps trains for roller skates.
Her adventurous spirit leads her to sample gourmet insects crafted by a world-class Chef. She gets a little tipsy on absinthe and finds her place as a catwalk model in Paris Fashion Week, before ending her Paris adventure as a Crazy Horse girl for one unforgettable night.
Production credit: Produced by Perpetual Entertainment in association with Croydon Films
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Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens Episode 2
Friday 14 February 7.30pm
Monty Don is in the south of Spain visiting gardens that show how this part of the country has evolved thanks to influences from visitors and settlers from ancient to modern times.
Monty Don travels across the southern part of Spain from the island of Mallorca to the Costa del Sol and then inland ending in one of Spain’s most famous cities and the capital of Andalusia, Seville.
Starting in Mallorca, Monty visits four very different gardens: a historic one with the elements of water and fantasy enjoyed in past times; a garden made out of the harshest of landscapes by a Swiss woman intent on creating a Mediterranean garden; an iconic modern garden created by one of Spain’s leading designers, and one created for parties and the holiday lifestyle.
From here Monty travels to the mainland and visits an astonishing UNESCO site where hundreds of thousands of palms are grown and still tended using methods established centuries ago.
He then heads to the Costa del Sol and Estepona to see how the enterprising local council have transformed their town, pushing cars out of the urban area and putting back the elements that had first drawn people to it.
Monty ends his journey in Seville where behind the city’s walls are historic well-tended gardens as well as parks that shade city dwellers from the 40-degree heat even in springtime. He visits a palace as colourful and flamboyant as its owner and another that reflects the strong Italian connections of another Spanish family as well as seeing out shade from one of the city’s well-tended parks.
Silent Witness - Season 27 Episode 4
Friday 14 February 8.30pm
The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, as his young pregnant wife desperately hopes he is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.
Nikki makes a breakthrough but can the team believe everything they are told? The Lyell is compromised in an unexpected way, as the team strive to find out who the man on the beach was and why he was killed. In a dark and chilling story, they must unite to discover the truth, and above all, trust no one.
Death in Paradise - Season 13
Saturday 15 February 7.30pm
Join DI Neville Parker and his team as they solve intriguing crimes on the idyllic Saint Marie. With new and returning faces, including a 100th-episode celebration and a surprising enemy, this season is filled with twists and turns.
During Episode One, we take a trip down memory lane as commissioner Selwyn Patterson celebrates 50 years of police service at the Yacht Club…but the day takes a turn when he is shot and rushed to hospital. Even more shockingly, we’ve seen whodunnit… or have we?
The team put their own emotions aside and do everything they can to track down the man who seemingly shot Selwyn. But as they learn more about the assailant, the team are left perplexed; the man has no connection to Selwyn whatsoever. So why try and kill him?
The team start to uncover a multitude of secrets and lies at the Yacht Club – could one of Selwyn’s dear friends be responsible for his shooting? Or what about a blast from the past, reformed yacht thief Marlon Collins, who ironically now manages the Yacht club!
When Neville finally puts the pieces of the puzzle together, it transpires that nothing has been as it appears in this case…
Mozart: Rise Of A Genius
Monday, 3 February 9:35 PM
This 3-part series explores the fascinating, tragically short life of Mozart like never before, weaving together insightful interviews, sumptuous dramatic reconstruction and dazzling live orchestral performance.
2024 BBC 2 series
Week commencing 2 February 2025
Sunday 2 February
7:30pm Muster Dogs: Collies and Kelpies Series Premiere
8:30pm The Newsreader: Night of Nights Season 3 Premiere
9:25pm Love Me Season 2 Premiere
10:10pm Movie: Sirens (1994)
11:45pm You Can’t Ask That: Children Of Same-Sex Parents Rpt
Monday 3 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story Season Premiere
8:30pm Four Corners Season Premiere
9:20pm Media Watch Season Premiere
9:35pm Mozart: Rise Of A Genius [color=#2980B9 Season Premiere[/color]
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Planet America Rpt
11:40pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Maggie Beer Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Horsham Rpt
Tuesday 4 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Lollies
8:30pm Eat The Invaders: Cat
9:00pm Hippo Watch With Steve Backshall Rpt
9:50pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Connections Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Four Corners Rpt
12:05am Media Watch Rpt
Wednesday 5 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Optics
9:00pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ)
9:45pm Planet America
10:20pm Spicks And Specks: Ngaiire, Ross Noble, Eamon Sandwith & Meshel Laurie Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Aftertaste Rpt
11:50pm Aftertaste Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: Essex Rpt
Thursday 6 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Back Roads: Outback Way, NT (Part 1)
8:30pm Long Lost Family Season 10 Final
9:20pm Grand Designs: Derbyshire Rpt
10:05pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Lollies Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian: The Australian Dream Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Bolton Rpt
Friday 7 February
7:30pm Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens Series Premiere
8:30pm Silent Witness
10:15pm Optics
10:45pm Hard Quiz Rpt
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: Pembrokeshire Rpt
Saturday 8 February
7:30pm Beyond Paradise Season Final
8:30pm Vera: The Way The Wind Blows Rpt
10:05pm The Newsreader: Night of Nights Rpt
11:00pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:45pm rage Guest Programmer
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Was a great presentation.
Love Jeremy’s trousers!
Love Me - Season 2 Episode 3
Sunday 16 February 9.30pm
Glen bravely asks Anita if she’s having an affair. She confesses that she met up with her late husband’s brother Richard and admits that she’s been trying to keep them apart.
Out with Jesse again, Aaron is torn between what he wants to do and what he should be doing – which is returning home to look after baby Lola.
Clara tells Peter about the next appointment at the fertility clinic, but Peter is distracted. Researching paternity tests on the internet, he seems convinced that Julia has lied to him about Max.
The next day, Clara sits waiting with fertility specialist Roland. Eventually it becomes evident that Peter is not coming. So, Clara asks Roland what her options are.
Finally, Anita concedes and invites Richard over. After some awkward greetings and an unwanted bottle of wine, Richard tells Glen that he’ll pay for the leak in Anita’s roof to be repaired, after all, it’s his house. When Richard leaves, Glen is clearly upset - why didn’t Anita tell him about the ownership of the house? The chasm between them is widening.
Later at home, Peter and Clara can’t seem to move past the challenge of fertility and the questions it’s brought up for Peter. Peter further distances himself and suggests she might be better off on her own.
Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul Episode 2
Thursday 20 February 8.30pm
In her trans-continental adventure, comedian Sue Perkins embarks on a journey through some of Europe’s most iconic cities. Starting in Paris where she cycles, samples gourmet insects, enjoys absinthe, struts at Fashion Week, and embraces her inner burlesque dancer.
Moving on to Strasbourg and Munich, she becomes a mermaid, experiences a high-speed car ride, spray paints, and dances on a Pride float.
In Salzburg and Vienna, Sue yodels, practices yoga with alpacas, masters puppetry, and indulges in dumplings while waltzing through the city.
Her Budapest escapade includes tuk-tuk rides, sampling an unusual local delicacy, and enjoying the local nightlife and hot springs.
In Romania, she visits Castle Dracula, shares tea with a folk singer, learns about bears and earthquake dogs, and crafts Romani jewellery.
At her final destination, Istanbul, she samples Turkish Delight and gets her fortune told before exploring an underground city, and reflecting on her journey from the breathtaking heights of a hot air balloon above Cappadocia.
This week, comedian Sue Perkins heads to Strasbourg where she embraces her inner renaissance self and finds her true calling as a mermaid, before bathing herself in a tub of beer.
Her adventure then shifts gears as she takes to the road in a luxury sports car, experiencing her own high-speed Top Gear moment.
Sue then unleashes her creative side by spray painting in Munich before finishing in style as a Bavarian dancer on a Munich Pride float.
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens Episode 3
Friday 21 February 7.30pm
This week, Monty Don travels across the north of Spain visiting gardens across this vast and diverse landscape that changes from Atlantic to Mediterranean as he journeys from Galicia to Catalonia.
Silent Witness - Season 27 Episode 5
Friday 21 February 8.30pm
The Lyell are called to Kings Cross station museum, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly twenty years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.
Nikki continues to try and identify the last of the remaining bodies in an effort to uncover any connections and find motive, while Jack and the police begin to look into several two-decade old missing persons cases which might reveal the identity of the man dubbed “The King’s Cross Serial Killer”.
Death in Paradise - Season 13 Episode 2
Saturday 22 February 7.30pm
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson struggles in the wake of his shock shooting. As the team rally round him, will he be able to bury his demons and move on?
Elsewhere, the local community is rocked by a murder at a care home when a game of bingo gets horribly out of hand. But could someone really kill over something as trivial as that? As the case takes on a series of jaw-dropping twists and turns, Neville and the team realise that this case is so much more than it first appeared on the surface.
Week commencing 9 February 2025
Sunday 9 February
7:30pm Muster Dogs: Collies and Kelpies
8:30pm The Newsreader: A New Era
9:20pm Love Me
10:10pm Movie: BMX Bandits
11:40pm You Can’t Ask That: Centenarians Rpt
12:05am rage
Monday 10 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Mozart: Rise Of A Genius
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Planet America Rpt
11:40pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Professor Brian Cox Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Honiton Rpt
Tuesday 11 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cheese Season 1 Final
8:30pm Eat The Invaders: Deer Season 1 Final
9:00pm Hippo Watch With Steve Backshall Rpt
9:45pm Ningaloo Nyinggulu: Choices Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:15pm Four Corners Rpt
12:00am Media Watch Rpt
Wednesday 12 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Optics
9:00pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) Rpt
9:45pm Planet America
10:20pm Spicks And Specks: Ben Northey, Pete Helliar, Athina Uh Oh & Cam James Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business
11:20pm Aftertaste Rpt
11:50pm Aftertaste Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: Malvern Rpt
Thursday 13 February
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Back Roads: Outback Way, NT (Part 2)
8:30pm Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul Series Premiere
9:20pm Grand Designs: Dunstable Rpt
10:05pm Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cheese Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian: Mateship Rpt
12:05am Grand Designs: Haringey Rpt
Friday 14 February
7:30pm Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
8:30pm Silent Witness
10:15pm Optics Rpt
10:45pm Hard Quiz Rpt
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) Rpt
12:15am Grand Designs: County Down Rpt
Saturday 15 February
7:30pm Death In Paradise Season 13 Premiere
8:30pm Vera: Against the Tide Rpt
10:00pm The Newsreader: A New Era Rpt
10:55pm Unforgotten Rpt
11:40pm rage Guest Programmer