Happy 1,500th episode Gardening Australia tonight with a look back over the years.
Douglas Is Cancelled Episode 2
Sunday 8 December 8.00pm
The furore around the joke continues. Douglas needs to be coached on how to handle the questions he’s facing. But who should do the coaching? His wife or his co-presenter?
The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince - Episode 2 of 2
Monday 9 December 8.30pm
The second episode of this series explores what MBS did once he had effectively seized power by becoming Crown Prince. It hears from friends and advisers, Western spies and diplomats who have seen him up close, and from those who had been in the inner circles of the Saudi court. It is a tale of determination and dynamism, but also impatience and recklessness.
Solar System with Brian Cox Episode 4
Ice Worlds
Join Professor Brian Cox as he explores the solar system’s frozen worlds. Meet the dwarf planet where mountains of solid ice float across the surface, the black and white moon painted with frost, and a world illuminated by a strange form of ice.
In the far reaches of the solar system, ice behaves in ways we could never have imagined and may have even created habitats for alien life.
Gardening Australia Christmas Special
Friday 13 December 7.30pm
Millie explores a hedge maze, Clarence goes to a koala hospital, Sophie makes Christmas gifts for growing, Hannah tours a farm with a holistic approach, and we meet an elder sharing her knowledge of a special WA plant.
In the Gardening Australia Christmas Special, Millie visits a couple who have created a fun garden with its very own hedge maze, and guest presenter Jac Semmler reflects on the transformation of her garden and applies the principles she’s shown us to create colourful pots.
Meanwhile, Costa visits a gardener whose passion for plants continues in her retirement village courtyard, and Clarence goes to a koala hospital and meets the people who grow and pick fresh leaves for its patients.
Sophie shows us how to create festive seed balls for the garden – the perfect Christmas gift! Hannah tours a farm with some market gardeners who take a holistic approach to growing Tassie produce.We meet Elder Aunty Lynette who shares her knowledge of Mungee or the WA Christmas tree – a plant which truly stands out every summer. Josh maintains his grey water system, and Tammy gives us her tips for keeping new plants happy.
Production credit: Executive Producer, Gill Lomas.
Shetland Season 8 Episode 6 Season Final
Friday 6 December 8.30pm
Calder and Tosh are back together as the police descend upon the Bain farm and begin their search. Bobby is arrested as his horrified family look on. In the interview room, Calder bluntly probes Bobby’s relationship with his niece and he explodes in a conspicuous fury.
Back at the farm, a piece of Ellen’s clothing is found, leading the police to Rory and then in turn to Grace. She admits she saw her granddaughter that night. They argued and Ellen left, but what the argument was about, Grace refuses to say.
With Bobby unravelling and Grace defiant, the team sense a secret at the heart of the Bains. Tosh draws a link to Ellen’s breakdown and the date of an important family gathering, while Calder questions rumours of her own father’s supposed affair with Stella. The penny drops on an answer more shocking than either could have imagined.
A devastated Bobby and Stella separately explain how they came to this point. Tosh and Calder reconvene to find themselves grimly aligned in their instinct for the identity of the killer.
Calder drives in funereal pursuit to Eala, and the spot where Ellen’s body was found, to learn of her final moments. How years of pain and suffering were unleashed in one uncharacteristic outburst of violence.
After the dust on the case has settled, Tosh offers her partner a final professional courtesy. To her surprise, Calder then finds herself restoring Alan’s view of their father – she appears to be seeing the old man and the Isles in a new light. Finally, a visit to James offers one last gift from his late brother.
From the ABC 2025 upfronts today
The concert will be held at Sydney Lyric Theatre on Monday, December 2 at 8pm. Tickets went on sale at Ticketmaster after the concert was announced on November 11, but were all snapped up.
It will be shown on ABC TV and ABC iView on Friday, December 20, at 7.30pm. It will also be broadcast on ABC radio and repeated throughout the Christmas season.
Press release from Michael Cassel Group
Let’s hope the audio will be produced by someone other than those responsible for the Classic 100 and Countdown 50th TV specials. So lacklustre on both TV outings!
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pretty sure tickets all sold out same day as announced 
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Week commencing 1 December 2024
Sunday 1 December
9:00am Insiders Season Final
10:00am Offsiders Season Final
12:30pm Landline Season Final
7:30pm Muster Dogs - Where Are They Now? Series Premiere
8:00pm Douglas Is Cancelled Series Premiere
8:40pm Love Me Series FTA Premiere
9:30pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Dannii Minogue Rpt
10:00pm Spicks And Specks: Casey Donovan, Rhys Nicholson, Novak & Bec Charlwood Rpt
10:50pm Spicks And Specks: Emma Watkins, Michael Hing, Georgia Maq & Joel Creasey Rpt
11:40pm You Can’t Ask That: Cheaters Rpt
12:15am You Can’t Ask That: Ex-Football Players Rpt
Monday 2 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story: Letting Loose - Kathy Lette
8:35pm The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Game of Thrones Series Premiere
9:35pm Media Watch Season Final
9:50pm The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Carrie Fisher Rpt
12:15am Grand Designs: The Streets: John & Julia Rpt
Tuesday 3 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Headliners
8:50pm Solar System with Brian Cox
9:50pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Peter Garrett Rpt
10:20pm Head Over Wheels Rpt
10:30pm Hopeful Romantic Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:15pm The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Game of Thrones Rpt
12:15am Our Dementia Choir Sings Again Rpt
Wednesday 4 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Question Everything
9:00pm Would I Lie To You?: At Christmas Rpt
9:35pm The Cleaner: The Widow Rpt
10:05pm The Cleaner: The Writer Rpt
10:35pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:30pm The Business Rpt
11:50pm Mother And Son Rpt
12:20am Mother And Son Rpt
Thursday 5 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Grand Designs Australia: Benowa
9:00pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next
9:45pm Fake Or Fortune?: A Venetian View Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Grand Designs: The Streets: Nicola and Gareth, Matt and Maryellen Rpt
12:05am Killing Eve: Oh Goodie, I’m the Winner Rpt
Friday 6 December
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Shetland
9:30pm Question Everything Rpt
10:05pm Hard Quiz Rpt
10:35pm The Cleaner: The Widow Rpt
11:05pm The Cleaner: The Writer Rpt
11:30pm ABC Late News
11:50pm Would I Lie To You?: At Christmas Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: The Streets: Tim Fox and Jitinder Revisit Rpt
Saturday 7 December
7:30pm All Creatures Great and Small
8:20pm Vera: Old Wounds Rpt
9:50pm Plum: Impact Player Rpt
10:45pm Shetland Rpt
11:45pm rage Guest Programmer
Douglas Is Cancelled - Episode 3
Sunday 15 December 8.00pm
When Madeline Crow and Douglas Bellowes met for the first time, the encounter took an unexpected turn. Now, three years later, there are explosive consequences.
The Forest
Monday 16 December 8.30pm
The story of a brilliant ecologist with a plan to save the world by restoring the planet’s forests. His original work was hijacked by corporations and politicians with disastrous effect, so now he’s using science to fight back.
To understand the complex science and ecology of forests is an epic ambition. This film will reveal the wonder of forests from the smallest fungal communications in the roots below, to the dazzling biodiversity of the canopy above, through the eyes of a young ecologist called Tom Crowther. He uses big data to understand the world’s forests and draws on the work of field scientists around the world who are analysing how they function.
Tom estimated that there was enough land available for an extra trillion trees on the planet and that they could help soak up the planet’s excess carbon. His research made headlines around the world. But the big idea backfired. Corporations started planting rows of identical trees with disastrous results.
This is the story of how Tom and his team fought back and created a new model to show how biodiverse forests really can help tackle the climate crisis. Drawing on the work of scientists from around the world, from France to Costa Rica, this film presents a new vision of how healthy forests can have a significant impact on reducing global warming by maximising biodiversity.
Production credit: Windfall Films
Solar System - Episode 5 Final
Tuesday 17 December 8.50pm
STRANGE WORLDS
Join Professor Brian Cox as he explores the solar system’s weirdest worlds – the misfits and oddballs of freakish shapes and sizes.
Visit an egg-shaped dwarf planet that shouldn’t really exist, a tiny moon that looks like a UFO, a tortured patchwork moon, and an eerie ocean world in orbit around Jupiter.
Find out how simple forces have created such bizarre places.
A (Very) Musical Christmas
Friday 20 December 7.30pm
Spend an enchanting Christmas with Australia’s finest musical talent as they grace the stage with the sounds of the festive season.
This Christmas, join Australia’s finest musical performers in A (Very) Musical Christmas, as they grace the stage with sounds of the festive season in a special television event supporting Beyond Blue.
Filmed on the set of Hamilton at Sydney Lyric Theatre and hosted by ABC Classic’s Megan Burslem and ABC NEWS presenter Jeremy Fernandez, A (Very) Musical Christmas will showcase some of Australia’s brightest musical theatre stars as they bring your favourite carols and Christmas classics to life.
Audiences can look forward to stunning performances from a stellar line-up including Eddie Perfect, Cody Simpson, Casey Donovan, Justine Clark, Tim Draxl, Jason Arrow, Marney McQueen, Keiynan Lonsdale, Elise McCann, Beau Woodbridge, Akina Edmonds, Drew Weston, Vidya Makan, Seann Miley Moore, Ruva Ngwenya, Erin Clare, Lorinda May Merrypor and many more, as well as stars of your favourite musicals including Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, & Juliet, MJ and Titanique.
Production credit: Michael Cassel Group
Week commencing 8 December 2024
Sunday 8 December
7:30pm Muster Dogs - Where Are They Now?
8:00pm Douglas Is Cancelled
8:45pm Love Me
9:25pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Bill Bailey Rpt
9:55pm Spicks And Specks: Jemma Rix, Nazeem Hussain, Tom Cardy & Danielle Walker Rpt
10:45pm Spicks And Specks: Montaigne, Steph Tisdell, Zan Rowe & Luke McGregor Rpt
11:35pm You Can’t Ask That: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Rpt
12:10am You Can’t Ask That: Amputees Rpt
Monday 9 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story: When Kylie Met Sami - Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Sami Shah Rpt
8:30pm The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Kingdom Come Season Final
9:30pm The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:55pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Bruce Lee Rpt
12:05am Grand Designs: The Streets: Rich and Jane Rpt
Tuesday 10 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Headliners
8:50pm Solar System with Brian Cox
9:50pm Believing In Australia: Losing Our Religion Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Kingdom Come Rpt
12:20am Our Dementia Choir Sings Again Rpt
Wednesday 11 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz Season Final
8:30pm Question Everything Season Final
9:00pm QI
9:35pm The Cleaner: The Neighbour
10:05pm The Cleaner: The Aristocrat
10:35pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
11:15pm ABC Late News
11:30pm The Business Rpt
11:50pm Summer Love: Jules & Tom and Jonah & Steph Rpt
12:25am Summer Love: Kelly & Craig Rpt
Thursday 12 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Grand Designs Australia: Newtown Impossible Season Final
9:00pm Fake Or Fortune?: Elisabeth Frink
10:00pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm The Business Rpt Season Final
11:20pm Grand Designs: The Streets: Karen and William Rpt
12:05am Killing Eve: Hello, Losers Rpt
Friday 13 December
7:30pm Gardening Australia: Christmas Special
8:30pm Shetland Season Final
9:30pm Question Everything Rpt
10:05pm Hard Quiz Rpt
10:35pm The Cleaner: The Neighbour Rpt
11:00pm The Cleaner: The Aristocrat Rpt
11:30pm ABC Late News Season Final
11:50pm QI Rpt
12:20am The Kingdom: The World’s Most Powerful Prince: Kingdom Come Rpt
Saturday 14 December
7:30pm All Creatures Great and Small
8:20pm Vera: Muddy Waters Rpt
9:50pm Douglas Is Cancelled Rpt
10:30pm Shetland Rpt
11:30pm rage Guest Programmer
Surprised to see Love Me in the schedule tonight. I thought the ABC had decided against picking up any more Foxtel shows.
Douglas Is Cancelled - Episode 4 Season Final
Sunday 22 December 8.00pm
The practice interview is underway. Douglas is faced with a woman who understands him better than even he suspected and a battle of wills and words begins.
Love Me Episode 4
Sunday 22 December 8.45pm
Dressed in a suit and tie, Aaron nervously interviews at a boutique law firm. He gets the clerkship, but Ella has news of her own – she’s going on tour and wants him to come along.
Clara arrives home to Peter in the kitchen and his belongings spread across her apartment – he’s moving in. But only while his flat is undergoing repairs.
At the resort, Anita and Glen share their first proper kiss. But Glen quickly becomes overwhelmed with guilt. Ever gracious, Anita says they can just be friends.
Sacha hosts dinner to welcome Peter into the fold. He’s a hit with the whole family, giving Clara pause – maybe he is as good as he seems. When they return home, Peter shares a secret he’s been holding onto. Clara is taken back by the lie and runs off to retrieve her mother’s ashes from the crematorium.
Meanwhile, Glen and Anita try their best to be ‘just’ friends, but neither of them really want that and it doesn’t last.
Aaron and Jesse clash about his life choices and his decision to give up the clerkship for Ella. And when he eventually finds Ella to tell her and declare his love, it’s too late.
In the morning, Aaron and Clara arrive at the airport, to pick up their dad. Glen appears, with a woman they’ve never seen in their lives – Anita. And it looks like he is smitten.
Tracy: A Force of Nature
Monday 23 December 7.30pm
Featuring never-before-told stories of survival and some of the ABC’s most incredible archival footage, Tracy is a moving and confronting testament to one of Australia’s worst ever natural disasters, narrated by Leigh Sales.
It was the darkest Christmas in Australia’s history.
Sixty-six dead, 41,000 left homeless, and 70 per cent of the northern capital destroyed.
Christmas Day 1974, and the once-tropical paradise of Darwin was reduced to rubble, razed to the ground as a severe tropical cyclone carved a path of destruction through the Top End, ripping homes from their foundations, tossing cars through the air, and snapping steel poles like matchsticks.
Small but intense, Cyclone Tracy was like no other system before, or after it, in Australia. Its unexpected path to the city saw winds reach 217 kilometres an hour, before all weather instruments were destroyed by the ferocity.
For those who lived through the terror that was Christmas Eve 50 years ago, their lives would never be the same. In this one-hour ABC special, survivors tell of the tragedy and triumph in the days, months and years that followed. From the terrifying moment the storm hit, to the carnage it left in its wake, to the mass evacuation of its population, and eventually, the determination it took to rebuild a city that was wiped out by nature.
Featuring never-before-told stories of survival against the odds and some of the ABC’s most incredible archival footage, Tracy is a moving and confronting testament to one of Australia’s worst ever natural disasters, told by those who were there in vivid detail.
Production credit: An ABC NEWS production. Narrated by Leigh Sales. Writer / Producer – Matt Garrick. Executive Producer – Amy Culpritt.
All Creatures Great and Small Episodes 6 and 7
Saturday 28 December 7.30pm
Episode 6 is followed by the Christmas episode
Helen is adjusting to James being away and decides to move home to help her family. Mrs Hall is pulled in two directions and must choose one. Siegfried struggles to keep Skeldale House together.
Episode 6
Helen feels redundant at Skeldale and a million miles from home. When Richard Alderson seems to need some help, she returns to Heston Grange. Buried family secrets threaten to tear their relationship apart as Richard refuses to let her muck in on the farm. Helen notices that calf, Smokey, seems unwell and tries to help him, but it only makes things worse with her dad.Mrs Hall is blindsided by Helen’s plans and worries for Siegfried but knows she must follow through on her decision, however painful it may be for everyone. Meanwhile, Gerald’s beloved dog, Rock, needs veterinary help, but he is too worried about the operation. Mrs Hall pushes him to do the right thing.
Torn in two directions, Mrs Hall must make her final choice and let go of something special. Both women are about to learn where they truly belong.Episode 7 – Christmas Special
It’s Christmas in the Dales. Faced with a daunting future, James is desperate to see Helen.It’s Christmas, and James is miles away at the RAF training base. An emotional phone call with a very pregnant Helen makes him determined to get back to her, but he doesn’t have many options and RAF Mascot, Georgie, needs his help. James struggles to do the right thing. Will he find his way home in time for Christmas?
Meanwhile, Mrs Hall prepares a community Christmas celebration in Darrowby, whilst Siegfried and Carmody argue over who will be Father Christmas this year.
Carmody is welcomed by Darrowby and finds himself enjoying it. James learns a very important lesson and is rewarded with a surprise.Production credit: Playground Entertainment
Week commencing 15 December 2024
Sunday 15 December
7:30pm Muster Dogs - Where Are They Now?
8:00pm Douglas Is Cancelled
8:40pm Love Me
9:30pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Claudia Karvan Rpt
9:55pm Spicks And Specks: Aaron Wyatt, Courtney Act, Vanessa Amorosi & Hamish Blake Rpt
10:45pm Spicks And Specks: Kav Temperley, Alex Lee, Odette & Dave O’Neil Rpt
11:35pm You Can’t Ask That: Families of Missing Persons Rpt
12:10am You Can’t Ask That: Lesbians Rpt
Monday 16 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story: If You Build It - Greg Donovan Rpt
8:30pm The Forest Premiere
9:35pm The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson Rpt
10:25pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Robin Williams Rpt
11:15pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Alexander McQueen Rpt
12:10am Grand Designs: House Of The Year Rpt
Tuesday 17 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Headliners Season Final
8:50pm Solar System with Brian Cox Season Final
9:50pm Believing In Australia: Catholics vs Protestants Rpt
10:45pm Joanna Lumley And The Human Swan Rpt
11:35pm Ithaka: A Fight To Free Julian Assange Rpt
12:35am Keep On Dancing Rpt
Wednesday 18 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz Neighbours TV Cast Special Final
8:30pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2024 Premiere
9:30pm The Cleaner: The Influencer Rpt
10:00pm The Cleaner: The One Rpt
10:35pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
11:15pm Summer Love: Imran & Nabilah Rpt
11:45pm Summer Love: Marion & Eddy Rpt
12:20am Grand Designs: House Of The Year Rpt
Thursday 19 December
7:30pm 7.30 Season Final
8:00pm Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
9:30pm Fake Or Fortune?: Joshua Reynolds
10:30pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next Season Final
11:20pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year Rpt
12:10am Long Lost Family Rpt
Friday 20 December
7:30pm A (Very) Musical Christmas Premiere
9:00pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2024 Rpt
10:00pm Hard Quiz Neighbours TV Cast Special Rpt
10:30pm The Cleaner: The Influencer Rpt
11:00pm The Cleaner: The One Rpt
11:30pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Hard to Build Houses Rpt
12:20am rage New Music Rpt
Saturday 21 December
7:30pm All Creatures Great and Small
8:20pm Vera: Shadows In The Sky Rpt
9:50pm Douglas Is Cancelled Rpt
10:30pm Shetland Rpt
11:30pm rage Guest Programmer
Am looking forward to watching the Hard Quiz (Neighbours) Special, and The Yearly with Charlie Pickering.
7.30 finishes up too, over the Christmas break.
Death in Paradise Christmas Special
Sunday December 29 7:30pm
It’s Christmas in the Caribbean and Neville’s larger-than-life mum, Melanie, is in town. She quickly assimilates herself in with the rest of the team, but she’s disheartened to see how down on romance Neville is, given everything he’s been through the past two years.
Can she instill some festive cheer in her unlucky-in-love son?
Elsewhere, a wealthy business owner called Gerry is found dead at the bottom of a ravine. It could just be an accident, but Gerry’s ominous last words – ‘It’s behind you’ – suggest something more is going on.
And things take an even stranger turn when the team discover that the family’s house guest has mysteriously vanished, prompting her fiancé to fly out on a rescue mission.
Love Me Episode 5
Sunday 29 December 9.00pm
Clara, Aaron and Glen take to the banks of the Yarra to scatter Christine’s ashes. And rather than take time in the moment, Glen runs off to see his new girlfriend, Anita.
In a spur of the moment decision whist picking up clothes for his weekend at Anita’s, Glen decides it’s time to pack up Christine’s belongings and take them to the charity shop.
At the hospital, Clara tells Sacha that Peter has moved out. Sacha calls out her behaviour – insisting she needs to work harder to hold onto Peter. Inspired by Sacha’s call to arms, Clara pops on some sexy lingerie and prepares to surprise Peter. But as he opens the door to find Clara draped across the bed, Peter reveals he has a surprise for her too – his son.Ignoring Ella’s calls, Aaron meets Jesse for lunch. Jesse is always there for him, guiding him through his grief, relationship, and work issues. After receiving a call to invite him to dinner with his father’s new girlfriend, he asks Jesse to come for moral support.
As they all come together around Anita’s dining table, Glen takes the opportunity to deliver a very honest and emotional speech. He speaks about each of his children and their mother’s love for them, then Glen moves on to Anita, admiring her kindness and thoughtfulness. Out of nowhere, he proposes marriage. Anita says yes as Aaron cries and Clara sits in stunned silence, love challenging them all, yet again.
Later, as Jesse drops Aaron home she chastises him about his behaviour - she can see how happy Glen is – and insists you can’t help who or when you fall in love. In that moment, Aaron realises what has been under his nose – Jesse’s in love with him, she’s his soul mate. He kisses her.
But as Peter and Clara return home together things don’t go so smoothly. When Peter’s son Max has a moment alone with Clara, he lays it all out for her; he hasn’t had his father in his life for fifteen years and now she’s taking him away again. The reality startles Clara and she leaves without saying goodbye.
In the dark of night, Glen returns to the charity bins to retrieve Christine’s belongings – still very much grieving.
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
Friday 3 January 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
Last Night of the Proms 2024
Part 1 – 2:45pm, Saturday 28 December 2024
Katie Derham hosts classical music’s biggest annual party. Highlights include American opera star Angel Blue who lends her golden tones to Puccini’s best loved arias including O Mio Babbino Caro, and British piano legend Sir Stephen Hough with Saint-Saens’ stirring Egyptian Piano Concerto. Sakari Oramo leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus while Katie is joined by some very special guests.
Part 2 – 3:20pm, Saturday 4 January 2025
Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season’s glittering finale with all the traditional favourites and some surprises. An incredible summer of concerts reaches its climax as the BBC Proms hosts its spectacular last night with star soloists soprano Angel Blue and pianist Sir Stephen Hough. Alongside Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia! expect the spiritual The Whole World as well as the Pink Panther theme tune to mark Henry Mancini’s centenary. Everyone at the Royal Albert Hall will be in fine voice for the usual sing-a-long to bring the night to a rousing close.
Changing Ends - Season 2
Episodes 1&2 Wednesday January 1 at 8.30pm
The Carrs are back. Northampton, 1987 is shaping up to be the biggest year in Cobblers history, but can it live up to the hype for Nothampton’s favourite son Alan Carr? Following some genius signings from manager Graham Carr, the Cobblers sit proudly at the top of Division 4, with promotion a genuine possibility.
This however doesn’t mean Alan is having an easy ride at school, oh no, in fact things have taken a downturn, with Alan being bullied now more than ever. Adding to his woes are the minefield of puberty, the toe clenching school disco and the barrage of unwanted advances from Kay, meaning Alan is left navigating his way through school in a hormonal haze.
His life is as chaotic as the playground of Eastern Lovell but this time we get a tantalising glimpse of what Alan could be. There is an awakening happening in him, if he just believed in himself just like the Mighty Cobblers had done in the season of 1987, he too, could be in a league of his own.
Ep 1 The Cobblers are riding high, but the bullies are still making Alan’s life a misery. Peer pressure forces him to accept a challenge, leading him into the murky world of fake IDs.
Ep 2 Knickers are being snatched and windows are being peeped in - it seems the Close has a pervert. Alan eagerly decides to play detective, even if it clashes with his 12th birthday.
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Royal Variety Performance 2024
Wednesday 25 December 7:40 PM
Amanda Holden and Alan Carr will host the Royal Variety Performance for Their Majesties The King and Queen, as The King attends for the first time as Patron of the Royal Variety Charity - with appearances from Elton John, Penn & Teller and BGT winner Sydnie Christmas!
Plus, spectacular performances from the London casts of Oliver!, Starlight Express and The Devil Wears Prada.
Week commencing 22 December 2024
Sunday 22 December
7:30pm Muster Dogs - Where Are They Now? Season Final
8:00pm Douglas Is Cancelled Season Final
8:40pm Love Me
9:30pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Neil Finn Rpt
10:00pm Spicks And Specks: Andrea Keller, Reuben Kaye, Briggs & Zoe Coombs-Marr Rpt
10:50pm Spicks And Specks: Reuben Styles, Cal Wilson, Thando & Nath Valvo Rpt
11:40pm You Can’t Ask That: Chinese Australians Rpt
12:10am You Can’t Ask That: Adult Virgins Rpt
Monday 23 December
7:30pm Tracy: A Force of Nature Premiere
8:30pm ABBA: Against The Odds Rpt
10:05pm The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson Rpt
11:00pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Nelson Mandela Rpt
11:55pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Incredible Transformations Rpt
12:45am Long Lost Family Rpt
Tuesday 24 December
7:30pm Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction Christmas Special Premiere
8:05pm Movie: A Boy Called Christmas Premiere
9:45pm Believing In Australia: Faith at the Fringes Rpt
10:35pm Believing In Australia: Many Faiths Rpt
11:30pm Ithaka: A Fight To Free Julian Assange Rpt
12:30am Keep On Dancing Rpt
Wednesday 25 December 
6:00am rage on Christmas Day
9:00am ABC News Mornings
9:30am The Pope’s Christmas Mass 2024
11:30am News Breakfast: Christmas Cracker Rpt
12:00pm ABC News At Noon
12:30pm Movie: A Boy Called Christmas Rpt
2:05pm Movie: A Christmas Carol Rpt
3:15pm A (Very) Musical Christmas Rpt
4:45pm Bluey Rpt
4:55pm Classic Choir: The Christmas Card Rpt
5:00pm Antiques Roadshow Rpt
6:00pm Royal Carols: Together at Christmas
7:00pm ABC National News – national edition
7:30pm The King’s Christmas Message 2024 TBC
7:40pm The Royal Variety Performance 2024
9:40pm Would I Lie To You?: At Christmas Rpt
10:10pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
10:50pm Spicks And Specks: Yve Blake, Tommy Little, Anthony Callea & Steph Tisdell Rpt
11:20pm Summer Love: Luke & Olly Rpt
11:55pm Summer Love: Charlie & Zeke Rpt
12:25am Long Lost Family Rpt
Thursday 26 December
7:30pm Call the Midwife Christmas Special (2023)
9:00pm Fake Or Fortune?: Cezanne and Pissarro Rpt
10:00pm Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line Rpt
11:45pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Exceptional Materials and Craftmanship Rpt
12:30am Long Lost Family Rpt
Friday 27 December
7:30pm Movie: The Fabelmans
09:55pm Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction Christmas Special Rpt
10:30pm Mad As Hell Does Hard Quiz Rpt
11:05pm Movie: The King’s Speech Rpt
1:00am Would I Lie To You?: At Christmas Rpt
Saturday 28 December
7:30pm All Creatures Great And Small
8:20pm All Creatures Great And Small Christmas Special (2023) Season Final
9:10pm Douglas Is Cancelled Rpt
9:50pm Douglas Is Cancelled Rpt
10:35pm Shetland Rpt
11:35pm rage Guest Programmer
That’s unlike the ABC to have a few TBA’s in their schedule.
And thanks for posting the day programming for Christmas Day (as you did on the SBS topic too).
Thursday 26 December
7:30 Call the Midwife *Christmas Episode
9:00 Fake or Fortune? (ep 3 of 4 in season 11)
10:00 Special - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line (repeat)
Friday 27 December
7:30 Movie - The Fabelmans (repeat)
9:55 Special - Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction Christmas Special *Encore
10:35 Mad as Hell Does Hard Quiz (repeat)
11:05 Movie - The King’s Speech (repeat)
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