From Saturday 10 July at 8:20 pm
Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London’s established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
Previously available on BBC First and Binge.
That is sounds good, have it aired on NZ TV yet?
From Sunday 18 July 8.30pm
Crime drama, Innocent, returns for the second series, starring Shaun Dooley, with Katherine Kelly and Jamie Bamber. Five years ago 39 year old Teacher Sally Wright was convicted of murder. And although it was never proven, she was also accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her sixteen-year-old students: gifted and talented Matty Taylor. Overnight her life imploded …she lost her freedom, her job as a teacher, she miscarried whilst on remand and inevitably her marriage collapsed and two years into her sentence, her husband Sam filed for divorce.
As the first episode opens Sally is finally free …her guilty verdict overturned in the face of incontrovertible evidence proving her innocence. And outside the court, as she states her determination to recover everything she lost, one by one we meet those whose lives were touched by the murder:
Sam, Sally’s former husband is now in a new relationship and on the threshold of marriage to Karen: a single mum and former family friend. Her daughter Bethany’s resentment at Sam’s intrusion into her life prises open a deep fault-line in the relationship with her mother.
Matty’s parents John and Maria Taylor continue to be convinced of Sally’s guilt but they too seem to be holding back on a dark, shared confidence: bound by a lie that neither will ever reveal to another living soul.
And Anna Stamp who was Matty’s contemporary at school: it’s obvious she’s never accepted the reality of his passing …her witness statement was key to Sally’s conviction and as suspicion grows around her motive for such perjury, a deep-seated, pathological hatred for Sally begins to emerge.
DCI Braithwaite is charged with responsibility for the new investigation. If Sally didn’t kill Matty, then who did and why? It seems that all those in orbit around Matty’s young life had reason to lie to themselves and to deceive each other.
From Tuesday 27 July 9.15pm
Australian twenty-something Nicholas (Josh Thomas) is left to take care of his two American teenage half-sisters after the death of their father. Nicholas hasn’t been particularly present in his siblings’ lives, and now his sisters have to cope with not only a devastating loss but the reality that their neurotic, ill-equipped brother is all they have. But he tries! He tries so, so hard. Production credits:
Produced by John & Josh International and Avalon Television for Freeform (US).
Sunday 11 July
7:40pm Grand Designs: South Lincolnshire
8:30pm My Name Is Gulpilil Premiere
10:15pm Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse Rpt
11:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
Monday 12 July
8:00pm Courtney Act’s One Plus One: Aweng Chuol
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Murder 24/7
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Firestarter: The Story Of Bangarra Rpt
Tuesday 13 July
8:00pm Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb: Getting There Series Premiere
8:30pm Cracking COVID Premiere
9:55pm Grand Designs: South Lincolnshire Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Q+A Rpt Rpt
Wednesday 14 July
8:00pm Win The Week
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Starstruck
9:25pm Superwog: The Lump
9:45pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:50pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 15 July
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Australia Debates: Should Social Media Be Banned? Rpt
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Barrenjoey Road Rpt
11:55pm In My Blood It Runs Rpt
Friday 16 July
7:30pm Movin’ To The Country: North Central Victoria
8:00pm Dream Gardens: Warrandyte
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy Season Premiere
10:05pm The Trial Of Christine Keeler Rpt
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:20pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:35pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Rpt
Saturday 17 July
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Belgravia
9:10pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole
9:55pm MotherFatherSon Rpt
10:55pm Delicious Rpt
11:40pm rage Guest Programmer
Sunday August 01 7:40pm
To celebrate 20 years of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud reveals a closely guarded secret - his top five buildings from 180 episodes.
In this one off special, Kevin revisits the buildings and people who’ve most inspired him over the years. In revisiting the buildings and the people that have inspired him most, Kevin ruminates on what makes a truly great Grand Designs project, while revelling in the brilliant architectural mix of inspiring homes.
From ostentatious concrete vaulted glass fronted pavilions, through heroic restoration projects, to hand crafted hobbit houses made of hedgerow and stuck together with dog-lick!
Monday 19 July at 9:30pm
Bad Influencer will unlock the shocking rise and fall of Belle Gibson, one of Instagram’s first super-influencers.
By 23, wellness guru Belle Gibson had cultivated an adoring global following online with the story that she had successfully treated her own terminal cancer by eating a plant based diet and using alternative natural therapies. But there was one problem with Belle’s story: she had never had cancer.
The film lifts the lid on one of social media’s great mysteries: who was the real Belle Gibson – an ingenious con artist or damaged young woman trapped in a lie?
Sunday 18 July
7:40pm Grand Designs: Bletchley
8:30pm Innocent Rpt
9:15pm Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders Rpt
10:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
11:10pm Line Of Duty Rpt
Monday 19 July
8:00pm Courtney Act’s One Plus One: Thomas King
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Bad Influencer
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Cracking COVID Rpt
Tuesday 20 July
8:00pm Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb: The Juggle
8:30pm Cancer: A Story of Hope - A Catalyst Special Premiere
9:30pm And We Danced Rpt
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 21 July
8:00pm Hard Quiz Rpt
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Starstruck
9:25pm Superwog: Jump Ya Series Final
9:45pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Four Corners Rpt
11:45pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 22 July
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean Rpt
10:20pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Putin: A Russian Spy Story: The Rise of Putin Rpt
11:50pm Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy Rpt
Friday 23 July
7:30pm Movin’ To The Country: Northern Territory
8:00pm Dream Gardens: Yarragon
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society
10:05pm Baptiste: For Blood Rpt
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:35pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Rpt
Saturday 24 July
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Belgravia
9:10pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole
9:55pm Endeavour: Oracle Rpt
11:30pm Delicious Rpt
12:15am rage Guest Programmer
From Sunday 8 August, 7.40pm
After a lifetime of travels that have taken her across the globe, Joanna Lumley is making her most personal journey yet. Over three episodes, she travels from the Yorkshire Dales to St Michael’s Mount, from the Highlands of Scotland to the cobbles of Coronation Street, retracing old steps, meeting inspiring people, and exploring the wonders of the country she calls home.
EP01
Starting at Tilbury Docks in Essex she heads north, making a nostalgic return to Coronation Street, before ending the journey in Whitby.EP02
Starting in the Outer Hebrides, Joanna explores the Harris tweed industry, and drives a herd of Highland cattle across the sands at low tide to their winter grazing. Next, she heads to Eilean Donan Castle, the location for her first episode of The New Avengers. Crossing to Northern Ireland, Joanna visits the Dark Hedges, made famous in Game of Thrones, before having a laugh with one of the Derry Girls. She then meets the inspiring founder of the Children in Crossfire charity.EP03
In the final episode, Joanna travels from North Wales to St Michael’s Mount and the West Country, ending in her hometown of London.
Schedule update
Tuesday 13 July
9:50pm Our Dawn
The champion and the inspiration, Olympic swimming legend Dawn Fraser opens up about her life, swimming career, Tokyo 1964 and winning Gold in a revealing exclusive interview with Tracey Holmes.
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:50pm Q+A Rpt
TBI reports the ABC has bought the rights to UK crime drama Annika, which is based on BBC Radio 4 play Annika Stranded, which stars Nicola Walker (Spooks) as the eponymous Scandinavian detective, a leading light in the murder squad of the Oslo police. Walker also stars in the TV adaptation as Annika Strandhed, who takes over a new Marine Homicide Unit in Scotland. Annika is set to debut on UK pay TV channel Alibi later this year.
Sunday 25 July
7:40pm Grand Designs: Bletchley Season Final
8:30pm Innocent Rpt
9:15pm Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders Rpt
10:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
11:10pm Line Of Duty Rpt
Monday 26 July
8:00pm Courtney Act’s One Plus One: Mitch Tambo Season Final
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Great Barrier Reef - New Generation
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Cancer: A Story of Hope - A Catalyst Special Rpt
Tuesday 27 July
8:00pm Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb: In The Room
8:30pm The Truth About Fasting - A Catalyst Special
9:30pm And We Danced Rpt
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 28 July
8:00pm Hard Quiz Rpt
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Starstruck Season Final
9:25pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
9:55pm Staged: Saddle Up Sheen! Rpt
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Four Corners Rpt
11:40pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 29 July
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Maggie Beer In Japan Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Putin: A Russian Spy Story: Enemies and Traitors Rpt
11:55pm Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society Rpt
Friday 30 July
7:30pm Movin’ To The Country: Limestone Coast, SA
8:00pm Dream Gardens: Camberwell, Victoria
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: Happy Families
10:00pm Baptiste: Vertrouwen Rpt
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Vaccine Rpt
Saturday 31 July
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Belgravia
9:10pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole
9:55pm Endeavour: Raga Rpt
11:25pm rage Guest Programmer
Produced by Northern Pictures, the documentary was developed alongside Reef Live, a television event broadcast on the ABC in December last year.
Yes. It was announced a couple of days ago.
From Monday 16 August 9.30pm
Mass murder in New York and Washington by the Al Qaeda terrorist group, led by Osama bin Laden, propelled the United States and its allies, including Australia, into a 20 year war in Afghanistan which they could not win.
Within weeks of the 9/11 attacks the United States led an invasion of Afghanistan. Quick victories – within months routing the Taliban government and Al Qaeda – led to flawed decision-making in Washington. Rejecting advice from military leaders – the administration of President George W. Bush was overly confident that it could control the country with air power and a minimum of “boots on the ground”.
Afghanistan, dominated by powerful warlords with private militias, riven by ethnic and religious tensions and corrupted by the opium industry was a mystery to the invaders . The invaders failed to build a stable national government or, over many years, train reliable security forces.
Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders including Osama bin Laden survived the US invasion by retreating across the border to Pakistan. While officially the Pakistan government was a committed partner in the US declared global “war on terror” in fact sections of the army and the powerful intelligence service, the ISI, were committed to defeating the US. They recruited and re-armed foot soldiers for the Taliban. As the United States became “bogged down” in Iraq after the 2003 invasion the Taliban progressively re-grouped in Afghanistan, gaining territory and becoming a constant threat to the Afghan government.
Afghanistan was to become America’s longest war. In 2020 President Donald Trump agreed to a humiliating deal with the Taliban – negotiations from which the Afghan government were excluded – allowing for the US to withdraw its last remaining troops. Afghanistan in 2021 is once again a haven for Al Qaeda, Islamic State and a host of other Islamic terrorist groups. Overall American power and prestige have been diminished by the Afghan war.
From Saturday 21 August 8.20pm
Tells the story of how 19-year-old Christine Keeler found herself at the heart of a political sex scandal that rocked the British government in the 1960s. Based on real events.
Inspired by real events, the six-part series The Trial of Christine Keeler tells the story of 19-yearold Christine Keeler, who was at the centre of the political sex scandal that rocked the British government in the 60s.
Starring Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Gypsy), James Norton (Happy Valley, McMafia) and Ben Miles (The Crown), the series takes viewers behind the headlines to tell a human story about the sexual and cultural politics of one of the most revealing and iconic stories of modern times.
When the British Secretary of State for War John Profumo (Ben Miles), started an extramarital affair with Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) a much younger woman, it sparked a chain of events that came to be known around the world as the Profumo affair. The powerful, male dominated establishment at the time sought to silence and exploit Christine. But Christine had other ideas and she refused to play by their rules. The repercussions of the affair would shake the establishment to its core.
Written by BAFTA award-winning novelist and screenwriter Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard, Room at the Top, Life in Squares) and directed by Andrea Harkin (Come Home, Clique), The Trial of Christine Keeler, takes a fresh look at one of the most infamous British stories
Sunday 1 August
7:40pm Kevin’s Grandest Designs
8:30pm Innocent Rpt
9:15pm Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders Rpt
10:15pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
11:10pm Line Of Duty Rpt
Monday 2 August
8:00pm Australian Story Series Return
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Maggie Beer In Japan
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Truth About Fasting- A Catalyst Special
Tuesday 3 August
8:00pm Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb: The Numbers Game Series Final
8:30pm The Wildlife Revolution - A Catalyst Special
9:30pm And We Danced Rpt
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 4 August
8:00pm Win The Week
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Rosehaven Season Premiere
9:30pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
10:00pm Staged: Long Time, No See Rpt
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Four Corners Rpt
11:40pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 5 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Tall Poppy: A Skater’s Story Rpt
11:05pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Putin: A Russian Spy Story: Putin Forever Rpt
Friday 6 August
7:30pm Movin’ To The Country: Capricorn and Sunshine Coasts, Qld Season Final
8:00pm Dream Gardens: Morpeth, NSW Season Final
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Scarecrow Murders Season Final
10:00pm Baptiste: Lucy Rpt
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:35pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Rpt
Saturday 7 August
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Belgravia
9:05pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole
9:55pm Endeavour: Zenana Rpt
11:25pm rage Guest Programmer
Sunday 8 August
7:40pm Joanna Lumley’s Britain Series Premiere
8:30pm Innocent Rpt
9:15pm Danny And The Human Zoo Rpt
10:45pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
11:45pm Silent Witness: Moment of Surrender (Part 1) Rpt
Monday 9 August
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Brock: Over The Top Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:05pm Census 2021: Why We Count Rpt
11:35pm The Wildlife Revolution- A Catalyst Special Rpt
Tuesday 10 August
8:00pm Back To Nature: The Green Cauldron Series Premiere
8:30pm The Grid: Powering the Future - A Catalyst Special
9:30pm The Chemical World: Origins Series Premiere
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A Rpt
Wednesday 11 August
8:00pm Win The Week
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Season Final
9:00pm Rosehaven
9:30pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
10:00pm Staged: The Dirty Mochynse Rpt
10:25pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Four Corners Rpt
11:45pm Media Watch Rpt
Thursday 12 August
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Fake or Fortune Season 9 Premiere
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Rpt
Friday 13 August
7:30pm Gardening Australia Series Return
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Village That Rose From The Dead Rpt
10:00pm Baptiste: Lucy Rpt
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:15pm The Vaccine Rpt
11:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Rpt
Saturday 14 August
7:30pm The Durrells
8:20pm Belgravia Series Final
9:10pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole Rpt
9:55pm The Trouble With Maggie Cole Rpt
10:45pm rage Guest Programmer
