ABC TV - Programs and Schedules

Week commencing 21 March 2021

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Sunday 21 March
7:30pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Taylors Mistake
8:30pm Harrow: Sola Dosis Facit Venenum
9:20pm Silent Witness: Seven Times - Part Two
10:25pm Patrick Melrose: Some Hope Rpt
11:20pm Line Of Duty Rpt

Monday 22 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm The Hunt For Gaddafi’s Billions
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:40pm EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire Rpt

Tuesday 23 March
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent Series Final
8:30pm EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire
10:00pm TBA
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 24 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Fisk
9:30pm Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Gala - Part 1
10:30pm Staged: Ulysses Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Four Corners Rpt

Thursday 25 March
8:00pm Back Roads: Back To Mallacoota
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One
10:05pm Aussie Inventions That Changed the World: Medicine
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 Rpt

Friday 26 March
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Natural Selection
10:00pm Keeping Faith
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:05pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:35pm Fisk Rpt

Saturday 27 March
7:30pm Death in Paradise
8:30pm Call the Midwife Series Final
9:30pm Harrow Rpt
10:25pm A Very English Scandal Rpt
11:25pm Press: Resonance Rpt

This is a documentary made for BBC’s Storyville program and debuted in UK on March 1 this year. It’s now also available on iView.

Brazen Hussies

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Monday 5 April at 8.30pm

“It was one of those epoch-breaking periods that can only be sustained briefly but, within which, everything is born.” SUZANNE BELLAMY

BRAZEN HUSSIES introduces contemporary audiences to the Australian second wave feminists, who declared war on ‘male chauvinism’, traditional sex roles and demanded that women be set free from the ‘chains of femininity’. This feature documentary traces how the Australian Women’s Liberation Movement was born amidst the tumultuous politics of the 1960s, influenced by the anti-war, anti-imperialist, and civil rights movements worldwide. The film combines a treasure trove of startling archive footage with interviews from key activists from around Australia.

From its first stirrings in Brisbane in 1965 to its controversial incursions into the Whitlam government from 1973 to 1975, the film shows how women began organising around issues such as equal pay, reproductive rights, affordable childcare, and the prevention of family violence and rape. As the story unfolds, these issues go from being dismissed as the outrageous demands of a few “brazen hussies’’ to becoming crucial elements on the platforms of Australia’s major political parties.

From the radical arm of the ‘Women’s Libbers’ to the reform-focused groups such as the Women’s Electoral Lobby, BRAZEN HUSSIES shows the diversity of women involved, and the collective power it took to achieve change. The film explores how ASIO spied on the movement, the pushback by the male-dominated media, and the impact of internal struggles within the movement. Tensions emerge over the inclusion of lesbians and the relevance of the movement to Aboriginal women. These struggles are laid bare to show how the activities of a small group of determined women grew into a huge social movement and ultimately changed the lives and opportunities of ALL women.

By going back in time, BRAZEN HUSSIES reveals how the changes demanded by these women 50 years ago, have paved the way for where feminism finds itself today. While the landscape, breadth and diversity of feminism is vastly different today – without this movement and the changes it achieved, we wouldn’t be where we are now. Recording and celebrating this important history, offers a valuable opportunity to reassess and discuss where we are at as a society, what gains have been made, what is at risk and where we are headed. While the struggle is far from over, women and girls today will be inspired by the pioneering efforts of those who came before them and changed the world forever.

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EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire Accident or Arson? - Episode 2

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Tuesday 23 March at 8.30pm

The unmissable Episode 2 of EXPOSED will shock Australia.

Tuesday night’s episode of EXPOSED chillingly recreated a deadly fire that tore through the Ghost Train ride at Sydney’s Luna Park in 1979, killing seven people – six of them children. After 42 years, and despite multiple inquiries, no one has ever been held accountable for the blaze.

But now, after an exhaustive 18-month investigation, award-winning journalist, Caro Meldrum-Hanna and the EXPOSED team reveal compelling new information and eyewitness accounts that change the narrative of what really happened that night.

“I fear for my life every day. I’m still today scared shitless.”

“We’ve all been silenced. Anything that was trying to steer someone to the truth has been silenced.”

Next week’s must-watch episode features interviews with witnesses and investigators who have never spoken before, interrogating claims by police that the fire was nothing more than a terrible accident. The full, untold story points away from an electrical fire and firmly towards arson.

The testimony of a key group of people, who have never gone public with their story suggests something sinister occurred.

Why were the police so quick to rule the fire an electrical fault? Could this tragedy – that killed a father and his two young sons as well as four schoolmates – be one of Australia’s biggest miscarriages of justice?

Week commencing 28 March 2021

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Sunday 28 March
7:30pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Medieval Castle
8:30pm Harrow: Alea Iacta Est
9:20pm Silent Witness: Hope - Part One
10:25pm Patrick Melrose: Mother’s Milk Rpt
11:20pm Line Of Duty Rpt

Monday 29 March
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire Rpt

Tuesday 30 March
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Jamie Durie Season Premiere
8:30pm EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire Series Final
9:45pm The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 31 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Fisk
9:30pm Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Gala - Part 2
10:30pm Staged: The Cookie Jar Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Four Corners Rpt

Thursday 1 April
8:00pm Back Roads: Cooktown, Qld
8:30pm TBA
9:30pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One
10:00pm Aussie Inventions That Changed the World: Food Preservation
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Miriam’s Big American Adventure: The American Dream Rpt

Friday 2 April
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Angel
10:00pm Keeping Faith
10:30pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:20pm Fisk Rpt
11:50pm rage

Saturday 3 April
7:30pm The Durrells Series Premiere
8:25pm Finding Alice Series Premiere
9:15pm Harrow: Alea Iacta Est
10:10pm A Very English Scandal

Week commencing 4 April 2021

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Sunday 4 April
7:30pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Tearooms Penthouse
8:30pm Harrow: Quam Innocentum Damnari
9:20pm Silent Witness: Hope - Part Two
10:25pm Patrick Melrose: At Last Rpt
11:25pm Whiteley Rpt

Monday 5 April
7:30pm Penguins: Meet the Family
8:30pm Brazen Hussies
9:30pm Invisible Wars: Airborne Attack Series Premiere
10:30pm ABC Late News
10:50pm EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire Rpt
11:50pm Wentworth: The B*tch is Back Rpt

Tuesday 6 April
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Kate Ritchie
8:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds Season 2 Premiere
9:30pm Stackorama! Rpt
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Who Killed Belinda Peisley? Rpt

Wednesday 7 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Fisk
9:30pm Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Opening Night - Part 1
10:30pm Staged Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:25pm Whiteley

Thursday 8 April
8:00pm Back Roads: Tenterfield, NSW
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One
10:05pm Aussie Inventions That Changed the World: Airborne
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Miriam’s Big American Adventure: American Values Rpt

Friday 9 April
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Broken Promise
10:00pm Keeping Faith
10:30pm ABC Late News
10:45pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:05pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
11:35pm Fisk Rpt

Saturday 10 April
7:30pm The Durrells
8:25pm Finding Alice
9:15pm Harrow: Quam Innocentum Damnari Rpt
10:15pm A Very English Scandal

ANZAC Day

On ANZAC Day, Sunday 25 April, the ABC will have comprehensive coverage across all ABC platforms of the commemorations and local marches in towns and cities around Australia.

On ANZAC Day, Sunday 25 April, the ABC will have comprehensive coverage on ABC TV, ABC iview, ABC NEWS Channel, ABC Radio and ABC listen app, local websites and social media of the commemorations and local marches in towns and cities around Australia.

At 4.25am AEST the ABC will broadcast the ANZAC Day Dawn Service from Sydney followed by the Dawn Service National Ceremony at 5.30am AEST from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

The Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance Service will be broadcast to all states from 6am – 6.30am AEST on ABC TV and ABC iview, and on the ABC Australia Facebook and YouTube channels.

The Darwin Dawn Service will be broadcast on ABC TV to NT audiences from 6am - 7am local time.For audio audiences, the ANZAC Day National Dawn Service will be broadcast in each state and territory at 5.30am local times on ABC Radio and the ABC listen app.

Capital city ANZAC Day marches will commence from 9am local times and will be broadcast on ABC TV and ABC iview and capital city Facebook channels and ABC Radio’s capital city webpages.

A special commemorative program, The Art of Remembrance, will air at 6pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

The Art of Remembrance looks at Australia’s involvement in conflict through the lens of visual art.

Presented by Nate Byrne, this program explores the role of paintings and sketches that document or represent experiences of our service personnel - and uses that imagery to learn more about Australia’s military history.

As is customary, the ANZAC Day Address by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) will be broadcast nationally immediately before the ABC evening news bulletin at 7pm.

It will be BBC documentary Penguins: Meet the Family.

The Durrells

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From Saturday 3 April at 7:30 pm

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Beleaguered mother Louisa Durrell uproots her four unruly children to build a new life in the sun-drenched island of Corfu. With money worries a constant threat, will the family survive in this untamed paradise?

Previously seen on Seven - later seasons were on 7Two

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Week commencing 11 April 2021

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Sunday 11 April
7:30pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Grand Designs Revisited Season Final
8:30pm Harrow: Ab Initio Season Final
9:20pm Silent Witness: The Greater Good - Part One
10:25pm Top Of The Lake: China Girl Rpt
11:20pm Keeping Faith Rpt

Monday 12 April
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Invisible Wars: Creatures of Contagion
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds Rpt

Tuesday 13 April
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Jane Seymour
8:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds
9:30pm HRH The DUke Of Edinburgh 1921- 2021
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 14 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Fisk: Ladies in Black
9:30pm Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Opening Night - Part 2
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt

Thursday 15 April
8:00pm Back Roads: Adelaide River, NT
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One Season Final
10:05pm Aussie Inventions That Changed the World: Super Vision
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:30pm Miriam’s Big American Adventure: The Divided States? Rpt

Friday 16 April
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: The Blanket Mire Rpt
10:00pm Keeping Faith
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:35pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt

Saturday 17 April
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Finding Alice
9:10pm Harrow: Ab Initio Rpt
10:05pm The Split Rpt
11:05pm Doctor Foster Rpt

I’m watching these with Mum and boy oh boy are they slow.

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The Durrells is a great show. Stick with it.

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Week commencing 18 April 2021

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Sunday 18 April
7:30pm Spicks And Specks: G Flip, Linda Bull, Dilruk Jayasinha & Frank Woodley Season Premiere
8:30pm Wakefield Series Premiere
9:25pm Silent Witness: The Greater Good - Part Two Season Final
10:25pm Top Of The Lake: China Girl: The Loved One Rpt
11:30pm Keeping Faith Rpt

Monday 19 April
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Invisible Wars: The Superbug Era Series Final
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds Rpt

Tuesday 20 April
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Kamahl
8:30pm Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds
9:30pm Laura’s Choice Series Final
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt

Wednesday 21 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Fisk: Honour Thy Father Season Final
9:30pm QI: Reflections
10:00pm TBA
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt

Thursday 22 April
8:00pm Back Roads: Central Highlands, Tas
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Trump Takes on the World Series Premiere
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm TBA

Friday 23 April
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Vera: Blood And Bone Rpt
10:00pm Keeping Faith
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:35pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt

Saturday 24 April
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Finding Alice
9:10pm Wakefield Rpt
10:10pm The Split Rpt
11:10pm Doctor Foster Rpt

Trump Takes on the World

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From Thursday 22 April at 9:35 pm

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A look into the US foreign policy during Donald Trump’s controversial presidency. Key and critical moments are revealed and discussed by Trump’s top advisers and the leaders who clashed with him.

3-part BBC Miniseries form Feb 2021

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only two more episodes to go… :sob:

Schedule update

Saturday 10 April
Adelaide
7:30pm The Durrells
8:25pm Finding Alice
9:15pm Harrow: Quam Innocentum Damnari Rpt
10:15pm A Very English Scandal
11:00pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One: Ash Barty Rpt
11:30pm Football: Women’s International: Germany vs Australia
1:30am Rage

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Sanditon

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From Saturday 15 May at 8:30pm

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Emmy and BAFTA-winning writer Andrew Davies brings Jane Austen’s unfinished last novel vividly to life.

Sanditon’s a place that’s changing fast. This once sleepy fishing village is transforming into a fashionable spa resort. Changing alongside it is the impulsive and unconventional Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams), who swaps her quiet rural home for the intrigues and dalliances of a seaside town on the make. The plot twists and turns as it exposes the hidden agendas of characters whose fortunes depend on Sanditon’s commercial success. People such as the visionary entrepreneur Tom Parker (Kris Marshall), mixed-race heiress Miss Lambe (Crystal Clarke), and charismatic but complicated Sidney Parker (Theo James). Follow Charlotte’s journey to discover herself – and find love on her own terms

The ABC has to repeat this episode of Vera next Friday, surely?

It’s on iView if you can’t wait.