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.