Interesting to see Darby and Joan S2 will now premiere on the ABC before going to streaming service Acorn.
Darby and Joan - Season 2 Episode 2
Sunday 23 March 7.30pm
In a small surfing town, Jack and Joan come to the aid of a victim of a hit-and-run, local nurse Gillian. When they learn she has been implicated in a series of suspicious deaths at the hospital, they realize many people may have wanted her dead.
Unforgotten - Season 6 Episode 2
Sunday 23 March 8.20pm
The Bishop St team investigate Gerry Cooper’s record, relationships, and enemies. Jess and Sunny make contact with his widow, Juliet. More layers to the suspects’ lives are revealed, and none of them are as innocent as they first seem.
Boat Story Episode 2
Sunday 16 March 9.05pm
Samuel takes Janet to visit one of his old clients, a convicted drug dealer by the name of Craig who’s currently serving time in prison. Samuel hopes Craig still has enough contacts from his former life to help him and Janet find a buyer for the drugs.
Selling their drug haul is far less straightforward than Janet and Samuel first envisioned.
Meanwhile, The Tailor and his hitman are working their way through the town in search for his missing shipment and a haphazard local policeman, Ben Tooh, finds an unlikely clue to solving the shocking recent events around his home turf.He doesn’t know how close he is to the truth when The Tailor comes knocking at Ben’s mother’s door.
Under the Vines - Season 3 Episode 5
Friday 28 March 8.30pm
Daisy tries to bond with her future daughter-in-law, Sienna, on a trip to go wedding dress-shopping. An out-of-his-element Louis fears for his life on David’s stag-do camping trip.
Father Brown - Season 11 Premiere
Saturday 29 March 6:10pm
Father Brown investigates when rivalries escalate to murderous heights at the Kembleston Olimpicks.
The charismatic crime-fighting priest returns to solve more mysteries in the beautiful English countryside. Based on the character created by GK Chesterton.
Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) is shocked when her son Eddie (Barney Wilkinson) returns to Kembleford. She is determined to keep her new relationship with Chief Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers) a secret from everyone, although Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Brenda (Ruby-May Martinwood) know exactly what’s going on!
Soon the competitive nature of the games starts to show, with disgruntled gardener Patty Frewin (Erin Shanager) blaming Dr Geoffrey Fleming (Toby Williams) for her withdrawal from the competition, while Shirley Fraser (Amy Trigg) is also unusually edgy around the doctor. Elsewhere, Geoffrey disqualifies his own brother Brian (Kelvin Fletcher), much to the delight of Hambleston captain, William Redshaw (Esh Alladi).
When Hambleston competitor Ursula Fanshaw (Barbara D’Alterio) is poisoned during the spinach eating contest, it soon transpires that Geoffrey was the intended target. Can Father Brown identify the killer before they strike again?
Production credit: BBC Studios
Death in Paradise - Season 13 Episode 6
Saturday 29 March 7:30pm
The team are confounded when a tourist is stabbed whilst travelling down one floor, all alone, in a hotel lift. It transpires that the victim was severely ill, and coming to St Marie had been on her bucket list. But the case takes an even stranger turn when the team discover the victim’s written bucket list, and travelling to the Caribbean is nowhere to be found!
As our team start to investigate the victim’s loved ones, they discover a family with numerous skeletons in their closets - whilst an ominous woman watches everything unfold from the shadows.
Meanwhile, an old face returns to St Marie – but isn’t met with open arms from everyone on our team.
Grand Designs UK 25 Years and Counting
Thursday March 27 8:30pm
This one-off special celebrates 25 years of the nation’s favourite homebuilding programme as Kevin McCloud looks back at the most incredible projects Grand Designs has followed - the triumphs, the disasters and the most iconic moments. He’ll celebrate the triumphs, commiserate with the disasters and enjoy again some of the funniest scenes, as well as giving an exclusive behind the scenes insight into the filming of some of the most iconic moments in Grand Designs history.
Week commencing 16 March 2025
Sunday 16 March
7:30pm Darby And Joan Season 2 Premiere
8:20pm Unforgotten Season 6 Premiere
9:05pm Boat Story Series Premiere
10:05pm Movie: The Turning
Monday 17 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Planet America Rpt
11:40pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Canterbury Rpt
Tuesday 18 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm The Role Of A Lifetime Season Final
9:20pm The School That Tried To End Racism Rpt
10:20pm The ABC Of Sarah Ferguson Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Four Corners Rpt
12:05am Media Watch Rpt
Wednesday 19 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ): Don’t Be Funny, Just Win Season Final
9:45pm Planet America
10:15pm You Can’t Ask That: Adult Virgins Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Gold Diggers: Full Bush Rpt
11:45pm Gold Diggers: Hanging Tough Rpt
12:15am Grand Designs: Derbyshire Rpt
Thursday 20 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Back Roads: Bibbulmun Track, WA MidSeason Final
8:30pm Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul: Istanbul and Cappadocia Season Final
9:15pm Grand Designs Revisited: North Devon Rpt
10:05pm The Role Of A Lifetime Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business Rpt
11:25pm Darby And Joan Rpt
12:15am Grand Designs: Dunstable Rpt
Friday 21 March
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Under The Vines
9:20pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
9:50pm Hard Quiz Rpt
10:15pm Spicks And Specks: Montaigne, Steph Tisdell, Zan Rowe & Luke McGregor Rpt
10:45pm Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ): Don’t Be Funny, Just Win Rpt
11:35pm ABC Late News
11:50pm Grand Designs: Sydenham Hill Rpt
12:40am Long Lost Family Rpt
Saturday 22 March
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Vera: The Darkest Evening Rpt
10:00pm Unforgotten Rpt
10:50pm Boat Story Rpt
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer
The ABC’s online guide has not been updated yet, but I think it will air straight after the 7pm news, pushing back the rest of Friday’s line-up by 30 minutes.
Edit 7/3: now confirmed.
In addition, the main channel in NSW and QLD will receive rolling coverage from ABC News Channel until the 7pm bulletin on Saturday.
Compass Returns for 2025 The DJ and the Gospel Choir
Sunday 30 March 6.30pm
Compass returns in 2025 with an explosion of music and spirituality, as we follow the collaboration between The Soweto Gospel Choir and DJ Groove Terminator.
Going on tour with The Soweto Gospel Choir’s ‘History of House’ and ‘Hope’, we learn about the choir’s early beginnings, their experiences of the Soweto uprising, the inspiring role music played in the struggle against apartheid, and how they came to work with Australia’s DJ Groove Terminator on their project celebrating dance music through the decades.
Compass’ 2025 return is a musical and spiritual celebration that has non-believers bowing at the altar of music.
Production credit: Executive Producer Amanda Collinge
Darby and Joan - Season 2 Episode 3
Sunday 30 March 7.30pm
Jack and Joan head out on the road in a quest to clear his name, but as they search for the truth about Jack’s past, mysteries await around every bend for them to solve in this sunny Australian crime series.
Joan’s estranged sister, Max, invites her and Jack to an island resort, but when a guest is kidnapped, the sisters must work together to find him.
Unforgotten - Season 6 Episode 3
Sunday 30 March 8.20pm
Returning for its sixth series, Unforgotten once again examines the lives of a disparate group of people linked to a cold case. We follow DCI Jess James, DI Sunny Khan, and their team as they uncover the truth behind a dismembered body found in Whitney Marsh.
The team discover Asif, Mel, and Marty’s connections to Gerry, and bring Marty in. Gerry Cooper’s descent into nationalism is revealed, as well as his violent streak. Jess reaches out to her sister, as Leanne and Sunny’s friendship evolves.
Boat Story Episode 3
Sunday 30 March 9.05pm
Janet and Samuel make a bold move to sell their haul to local drug lord Vinnie. Can they finally get a taste of happiness and a chance at a different life? It seems unlikely as the wolves are closing in and circling far closer than the duo realise.
The Tailor is becoming fixated with this town and its inhabitants, showing no signs of leaving. The Tailor’s henchman, Guy, is hot on their trail and a shocking discovery throws our heroes into more danger than ever before.
Under the Vines - Season 3 Episode 6 FINAL
Friday 4 April 8.30pm
Daisy finally makes it to the altar to marry the man she loves in front of the people who matter most in her life. But is she really marrying the right man?
Father Brown - Season 11 Episode 2
Saturday 5 April 6.10pm
Father Brown (Mark Williams) is roped in to judge the life drawing competition by local shop owner Gaynor Garfield (Ingrid Oliver) at her inaugural arts and crafts fair. Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) is excited to participate but Gaynor is uncharacteristically furious when she discovers that Meryl Plunkett (Lydia Larson) has publicised the event in an art journal.
Preparation for the fair is interrupted by the arrival of renowned artist Marmaduke Snell (Edward Bennett) who leaves a trail of destruction in his wake – savagely insulting Meryl’s jewellery and threatening local artist Cyril Frogmore’s (Kenneth Collard) chances in the competition.
Elsewhere, Father Brown is delighted to see his old friend and vintner Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) when she drops off a delivery of her wine at the fair. When Marmaduke drops dead after drinking a glass, Father Brown becomes determined to find the culprit before Sister Boniface is charged with murder.
Death in Paradise - Season 13 Episode 7
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
During episode seven, the team find themselves split between Saint Marie and the gorgeous island of Saint Auguste, attempting to investigate the mysterious death of a British tourist. On the surface, it looks like a clear-cut accident. But when the team uncover a series of startling connections between the victim and other guests at the hotel they were staying at, they realise nothing is quite what it seems in this case. Meanwhile, DI Neville Parker prepares to make a huge next step in his life, and a familiar face returns.
Update: Four Corners extended edition at 8pm; No Australian Story
Monday 17 March
8:00pm Four Corners
9:00pm Media Watch
9:20pm Q+A
10:25pm Planet America Weekend Edition Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business Rpt
11:25pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:55pm Grand Designs: Canterbury Rpt
Interesting move by the programmers. Is there an issue with an upcoming episode of Australian Story?
Week commencing 23 March 2025
Sunday 23 March
7:30pm Darby And Joan
8:20pm Unforgotten
9:05pm Boat Story
10:05pm Movie: Irresistible
11:45pm You Can’t Ask That: Former Cult Members Rpt
12:20am rage
Monday 24 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Planet America Rpt
11:40pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Canterbury Rpt
Tuesday 25 March
7:30pm Budget 2025: The Treasurer’s Speech
8:00pm Budget 2025: A 7.30 Special
8:30pm Insiders: Budget Night Special
9:30pm The School That Tried To End Racism Rpt
10:30pm The ABC Of John Howard Rpt
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Business: Budget Special Rpt
11:45pm Four Corners Rpt
12:35am Media Watch Rpt
Wednesday 26 March
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala Premiere
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Business Rpt
11:35pm Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We Need Cool Customers Rpt
12:00am Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We Got Burgled! Rpt
Thursday 27 March
7:30pm Budget 2025: Opposition Reply
8:00pm 7.30
8:30pm Grand Designs: 25 Years And Counting Premiere Special
9:25pm Grand Designs Revisited: South Somerset Rpt
10:10pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Rpt
10:40pm ABC Late News
10:55pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Darby And Joan Rpt
11:55pm Grand Designs Revisited: Devon Rpt
12:45am Parliament Question Time: House of Representatives
Friday 28 March
7:30pm Gardening Australia: Autumn: Tree Transplanting & Medicinal Plants
8:30pm Under The Vines
9:15pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
9:45pm Hard Quiz Rpt
10:15pm Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala Rpt
12:20am Long Lost Family Rpt
Saturday 29 March
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Vera: Fast Love Rpt
10:05pm Unforgotten Rpt
10:50pm Boat Story Rpt
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer
So they didn’t screen Under The Vines S3E2. They didn’t update the EPG so my recording last week was all cyclone coverage.
This week, they screened S3E3. Why skip the episode? Very annoying.
I think S3E2 of Under the Vines will be repeated at 2pm tomorrow (Saturday).
Thanks but it looks like that’s tonight’s episode repeated.
I can iview but the point is if anyone is only watching it on the ABC, they’ll miss an ep and maybe be annoyed enough to stop watching.
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Was due to an extended report into systematic failures into the childcare sector
Darby and Joan - Season 2 Episode 4
Sunday 6 April 7.30pm
Jack and Joan head out on the road in a quest to clear his name, but as they search for the truth about Jack’s past, mysteries await around every bend for them to solve in this sunny Australian crime series. Starring Bryan Brown and Great Scacchi.
Jack and Joan’s stay at a winery is interrupted when a fire breaks out and nearly kills an employee. At first, it looks like an act of sabotage by one of the feuding owners, but then another near-fatal incident occurs.
Unforgotten - Season 6 Episode 4
Sunday 6 April 8.20pm
With the details of Gerry Cooper’s life becoming clearer and one suspect already being questioned, the Bishop Street team find suspects further afield. And if Mel and Asif have nothing to hide, why do they claim not to remember Gerry?
Boat Story Episode 4
Sunday 6 April 9.05pm
It’s a race against the clock for Janet and Samuel trying to complete an impossible task under The Tailor’s watchful eye - they’ll need to think fast to stay alive. But has The Tailor’s eye wandered?
The stories converge at an unexpected location and the opposing forces are set to clash. But a surprise twist becomes the catalyst to a deadly situation, in which no one is guaranteed to survive.
Sherwood - Season 2 PREMIERE
Friday 11 April 8.30pm
Inspired by stories and events in the community where the author James Graham grew up, two years on from the events of the previous series, a senseless murder threatens to reignite the historic turf wars that plagued Nottingham of old and unearth more secrets from the past.
As those involved seek revenge, and with a proposed new mine already dividing the community, this new wave of crime threatens to send the still healing community back into the ‘bad old days’ of mistrust and suspicions between neighbours and the police alike.
Episode 1
Whilst the new Sheriff of Nottingham, Lisa Waters, fights against a proposal backed by the influential Warner family to open a new mine in Ashfield, the shocking murder of Nicky Branson threatens to reignite historic turf wars that plagued Nottingham of old.Ronan Sparrow, struggling with the weight of shocking family secrets, is a witness to the crime. His involvement drags his family back into contact with both the police and the notorious Branson family. Ian St Clair adjusts to his new role outside of the police.
Father Brown - Season 11 Episode 3
Saturday 12 April 6.10pm
When Brenda (Ruby-May Martinwood) receives a letter from Dr McClurgy (Sylvester McCoy), who took her in as an evacuee, she decides to finally ask why he suddenly sent her away to a children’s home. Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) take Brenda to see him in nearby Butterley Rise, but soon discover that it was actually Dotty Finglesham (Melanie Walters) who wrote the letter, desperate to help Dr McClurgy.
He’s become a hermit since his home was threatened by a local housing development and is refusing to move. Landowner Lord Sprocket (Owen Brenman) is as surprised as everyone else when his developer Edward Wainsbody (Nick Blakeley) announces the entire development will move to the nearby meadow.
The locals are outraged, especially Susan Payne (Jasmine Bayes) who wishes to protect the threatened flora and fauna. When Edward’s body is found in that very meadow and Susan is arrested, Father Brown’s hunt for a killer begins.
Death in Paradise - Season 13 Episode 8 FINAL
Saturday 12 April 7.30pm
It’s the team’s most confounding puzzle yet when a passenger boards a flight to Dominica, but then seemingly vanishes mid-flight, only to be found back on Saint Marie soil… shot dead. The pilot and flight attendant deny ever seeing the victim on their plane, raising the team’s suspicions.
Two further suspects are found back in Saint Marie – it transpires the victim had been caught up in a messy love affair.
Neville starts to question whether he’s losing his mind, seriously doubting himself for the first time, until all the pieces of the puzzle finally fit together, revealing the startling truth.
Meanwhile, an old face has returned, and Neville has a huge decision to make.
Week commencing 30 March 2025
Sunday 30 March
7:30pm Darby And Joan
8:20pm Unforgotten
9:05pm Boat Story
10:05pm Movie: Two Hands
11:35pm You Can’t Ask That: Eating Disorders Rpt
12:05am rage
Monday 31 March
5:00pm A Bite To Eat With Alice Season 2 Premiere
5:25pm Antiques Roadshow Rpt
6:30pm Hard Quiz Rpt
7:00pm ABC News
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:40pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Dave Faulkner Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: Scunthorpe Rpt
Tuesday 1 April
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Creative Types With Virginia Trioli: George Miller Season 2 Premiere
9:05pm Finding The Archibald: Face Of The Nation Rpt
10:05pm The ABC Of Julia Gillard Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Four Corners Rpt
11:55pm Media Watch Rpt
12:10am Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 2 April
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz: Battle of the Duds
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow Final
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Business Rpt
11:35pm Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We’re Open Til 5pm Today Rpt
12:00am Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe: We’re Closed (Didn’t Pay Rent) Rpt
Thursday 3 April
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Restoration Australia: Tivey Manor
9:00pm Grand Designs Australia: Kevin McCloud Special Rpt
10:00pm Grand Designs Revisited: Bolton Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Darby And Joan Rpt
12:05am Grand Designs: North Cotswolds Rpt
Friday 4 April
7:35pm Gardening Australia: Native Plant Special
8:35pm Under The Vines Season Final
9:20pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
9:50pm Hard Quiz: Battle of the Duds Rpt
10:20pm Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Allstars Supershow Rpt
12:20am Long Lost Family Rpt
Saturday 5 April
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Vera: Tender Rpt
10:00pm Unforgotten Rpt
10:50pm Boat Story Rpt
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer
2:00am Daylight Saving Ends
Daylight Saving Ends in NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT and SA.
Darby and Joan - Season 2 Episode 5
Sunday 13 April 7.30pm
Max reveals that she’s engaged to a man she just met, but when he collapses during a night of drinks, Jack and Joan suspect that someone tried to poison him.
Unforgotten - Season 6 Episode 5
Sunday 13 April 8.20pm
Lies are uncovered as Mel and Asif are taken into custody. Juliet tries to protect Taylor, and herself, from the investigation, and a possible witness to the body’s disposal is found. And Jess plans a conversation with Steve.
Boat Story Episode 5
Sunday 13 April 9.05pm
Reeling from what they just witnessed, Janet and Samuel struggle to catch their breath. But this is not over, far from it. With their backs against the wall will they consider the unthinkable? PC Ben Tooh is hot on the trail and closing in on our hapless heroes – but the deeper he gets into his investigation the more dangerous it becomes. Henchman Guy considers another life but after the events in Applebury will he find it easy to simply walk away? As we race towards the conclusion of the series, finally Samuel is forced to tell the truth while Janet’s worst nightmare becomes a reality.
Sherwood - Season 2 Episode 2
Friday 18 April 8.30pm
Harry checks in on the Bottomley family who are attempting to adjust to their life in hiding. Whilst there, he reveals details of his own tragic history.
Daphne is confronted by a figure from her past, whose help she must enlist to save the Bottomleys as they are forced to join the Bransons upon their revenge mission.
Meanwhile, as the town hold a public consultation on the proposed new pit and Ian reconnects with Julie, Lisa receives an anonymous tip off about Franklin Warner which shines a new light on the past.
Father Brown - Season 11 Episode 4
Saturday 19 April 6.10pm
When Brenda (Ruby-May Martinwood) receives a letter from Dr McClurgy (Sylvester McCoy), who took her in as an evacuee, she decides to finally ask why he suddenly sent her away to a children’s home. Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) take Brenda to see him in nearby Butterley Rise, but soon discover that it was actually Dotty Finglesham (Melanie Walters) who wrote the letter, desperate to help Dr McClurgy.
He’s become a hermit since his home was threatened by a local housing development and is refusing to move. Landowner Lord Sprocket (Owen Brenman) is as surprised as everyone else when his developer Edward Wainsbody (Nick Blakeley) announces the entire development will move to the nearby meadow.
The locals are outraged, especially Susan Payne (Jasmine Bayes) who wishes to protect the threatened flora and fauna. When Edward’s body is found in that very meadow and Susan is arrested, Father Brown’s hunt for a killer begins.
The show, which was due to be held last night and recorded for broadcast, was cancelled partway through due to an audience member dying after a medical incident. The death is not being treated as suspicious.