Sunday 24 January 2016
7:40pm Grand Designs: South London
8:30pm Series 2 Starts Vera: Ghost Position
10:00pm The Outlaw Michael Howe
Monday 25 January
7:30pm Special Event Australian Of The Year 2016
ABC TV will broadcast a special Australian of the Year Awards event live from Parliament House Canberra, featuring red carpet arrivals, stories about inspiring Australians and performances from leading Australian artists
Tuesday 26 January
8:00pm Kangaroo Dundee
8:30pm Restoration Man: Airfield Tower (HMS Owl) Final
9:20pm Inside Men Final
Wednesday 27 January
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?
8:30pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death Do Us Part Final
9:25pm The Musketeers: Musketeers Don’t Die Easily Final
Thursday 28 January
8:00pm QI: Immortal Bard Rpt
8:30pm Sherlock: The Sign Of Three
10:00pm The Agony Of Secrets
Friday 29 January
8:00pm A Taste Of Landline Final
8:30pm Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Final
Saturday 30 January
7:30pm Our Zoo
8:30pm Foyle’s War: Trespass
10:00pm We’ll Take Manhattan
No Offence centres on a group of police officers working in a chaotic Manchester community. An original take on the world of the police procedural, it will shock, move and invite audiences to laugh themselves silly.
Set in a crumbling cop shop on the wrong side of Manchester, crime drama No Offence follows a group of police on the front line, wondering what they did to end up here, in this force, on this side of town.
Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
Flanked by her right-hand women – the compassionate but impulsive DC Dinah Kowalska and the recently (surprisingly) promoted DS Joy Freers – Deering and her team must crack this case by whatever unconventional means possible. Because amidst all the assorted low life; the pimps, the petty thieves, and downright nasty bastards they’ve dealt with, this will be their most disturbing case yet, one that will touch their lives in ways they could never expect.
8-part drama from BBC, a “fresh, authentic and contemporary cop show”, Cuffs shines a spotlight on a team of frontline police officers as they strive to protect the vulnerable, keep the streets safe and solve crimes in the vibrant seaside city of Brighton.
Full of humour and humanity, this fast-paced drama portrays the everyday rollercoaster of being a police officer in the UK.
And it’s a job where work-based pressures don’t end at the station door…
In the first episode, rookie cop Jake Vickers is partnered up with formidable tutor constable PC Ryan Draper. From assisting a suicidal mental health patient to arresting an outrageous shoplifter, Jake’s first shift is certainly challenging.
But being the Chief Super’s son, Jake’s biggest challenge might just be earning the respect of his new colleagues. Elsewhere, a ram-raid by a dangerous gang instigates a high-speed car chase through the city. And when a notorious criminal is released from prison he leaves a devastating trail in his wake.
Sunday 31 January
7:40pm Grand Designs: East Devon Final
8:30pm Vera: Sandancers
10:00pm An Accidental Soldier
Monday 1 February
8:00pm Return Australian Story
8:30pm Return Four Corners
9:20pm Return Media Watch
9:35pm Return Q&A
10:40pm Return Lateline
Tuesday 2 February
8:00pm Return Catalyst
8:30pm Series Premiere Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You
9:30pm Countdown: Do Yourself A Favour Rpt
Wednesday 3 February
8:00pm New Series Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Kerry O’Brien
8:30pm New Series The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm New Series Black Comedy
9:30pm Series Premiere Adam Hills: The Last Leg Down Under
Thursday 4 February
8:00pm QI: Intelligence Final
8:30pm Sherlock: His Last Vow Final
10:00pm The Agony Of Ageing Final
Friday 5 February
8:00pm Series Premiere Griff’s Great Britain
8:30pm New Series The Doctor Blake Mysteries: The Open Road
9:30pm Silent Witness: Change: Part 1
Saturday 6 February
7:30pm Our Zoo Final
8:30pm Foyle’s War: Elise Final
10:00pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Down Under
10:45pm Black Comedy Rpt
Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, returns in a new eight-part series set in the idyllic, sleepy hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
Martin Clunes reprises his role as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the drama set in the idyllic, sleepy hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
Art detectives Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould return, starting with an investigation into three small pictures by one of Britain’s best-loved modern artists – LS Lowry.
Sunday 7 February
7:40pm Doc Martin New series
8:30pm Vera: Silent Voices
Monday 8 February
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
10:40pm Lateline
11:10pm The Business
11:25pm Golf: PGA TOUR Highlights: Scottsdale
Tuesday 9 February
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You
9:30pm Countdown: Do Yourself A Favour Repeat
Wednesday 10 February
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Rebel Wilson
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Black Comedy
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Down Under
Thursday 11 February
8:00pm Hatch, Match And Dispatch Series premiere
8:30pm Jack Irish New series
9:30pm No Offence Series premiere
Friday 12 February
8:00pm Griff’s Great Britain
8:30pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries
9:30pm Silent Witness
Saturday 13 February
7:30pm Death In Paradise New series
8:30pm Cuffs Series premiere
9:30pm Jack Irish Rpt
The nurses and midwives ready themselves for Christmas 1959. An unexpected surprise for a grieving mother helps bring some Christmas cheer, while Nonnatus House is rocked to the core when one of its own goes missing.
Never before have Australia’s fighting women and men talked so candidly to the nation about war so soon after the shooting stopped. Afghanistan: Inside Australia’s War draws on the raw experiences of our longest war – from private soldiers to Prime Ministers. In their own words and through their own extraordinary helmet-cam battle footage (much of it never seen before) Australian ground war warriors lay bare their hearts in a searing, profound 3 x 1 hour epic – not just how they fought, but why and to what end.
The contributors to the series are all members of the Australian Defence Force who served in the 12 year war, the politicians who sent them to fight or Afghans with sharp insights into Australians’ contribution to the war.
Their accounts are complemented by Dan Wyllie’s spare, down-to-earth narration and elegantly cut archival footage. Afghanistan would become Australia’s first self-shot war and from the ADF archives of professionally and personally gathered footage come images that are poignant, dramatic and fresh. The series takes viewers inside the experiences of Australian soldiers in action, on patrol and at base.
The series puts Australia’s war in Afghanistan in the context of a global war on terror. The events of 9/11, Bali, Madrid, London and Iraq – plus candid reflections of former Prime Ministers John Howard and Julia Gillard – sit up against the experiences of Australian soldiers who constantly examine the reasons why they fight. Afghan commentators like Senator Hila Achekzai and former Warlord Pacha Khan Zadran reveal the complexities of that country, the moral as well as military maze in which our soldiers fought.
As much as a war story, Afghanistan: Inside Australia’s War is a portrait of a generation. What Australia’s fighting men and women did on our behalf is chilling, fascinating and often inspiring.
The way they did it – the search for solid moral foundations from which to fight this confusing war – is perhaps their most lasting legacy.
Great to see The Bill back on our screens from the very first episode. The pilot ‘Woodentop’ which first aired in 1983 was aired at 3.20pm today and more episodes are to follow.
I agree that it’s great that The Bill repeats are back on its rightful home, rather than being on 7TWO, in which they were rerunning 1999-2002 eps from 2011 to 2014, often at around Midnight. Interestingly, The Bill repeats are not even on Foxtel’s BBC UKTV these days.
Right after The Bill reruns, the ABC is now also rerunning Murder, She Wrote from the beginning at 4:10pm weekdays, which has been aired on all three commercial networks in the past, most notably on Nine & later Ten.
That programming makes no sense at all. They shifted the kids and teen programs off the main channel to the other channels with less viewers for this sort of shit?
Sunday 14 February
7:40pm Doc Martin
8:30pm Vera: A Certain Samaritan Final
10:00pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
10:30pm Redfern Now
Monday 15 February
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 16 February
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You Final
9:30pm New Series Fake or Fortune?: Lowry
Wednesday 17 February
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Glenn McGrath
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Black Comedy
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg New Series
Thursday 18 February
8:00pm Hatch, Match And Dispatch
8:30pm Jack Irish
9:30pm No Offence
Friday 19 February
8:00pm Griff’s Great Britain
8:30pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Lucky Numbers
9:30pm Silent Witness
Saturday 20 February
7:30pm Death In Paradise
8:30pm Cuffs
9:30pm Jack Irish
The Pope who calls himself ‘a sinner’ is, certainly, a man of contradictions. But who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? How did the man who was loved and loathed by his fellow Jesuits back in Argentina become Pope? And can he hold the Roman Catholic Church together and reform it at the same time? In this two-part series, we look at the life of Pope Francis- the Sinner.
In just two years Pope Francis has put Roman Catholicism back on the map as a faith that has something to offer a troubled world. He’s beginning to revolutionise a church that was in crisis and losing its way. Pope Francis’ simplicity, down to earth style and concern for those on the margins, have roused affection from believers and non believers alike. But he wasn’t always as popular as he is today.
This documentary looks at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio and what shaped him into the Pope he is today. Hearing from Argentinean Jesuits who lived with him, the programme explores his reputation as a hardline authoritarian Provincial who divided the Jesuits. Friends, contemporaries and students of Fr. Bergoglio give their first hand experience of the man they knew, and categorically deny his complicity in Argentina’s Dirty War.
Behind the simple exterior hides a man of deep complexity and a Jesuit through and through. But can Pope Francis do what Bergoglio, the Jesuit Provincial couldn’t do – hold the differences in the Church together and reform it at the same time? Signs are that he’s making a good stab at it and he’s doing so not despite his failings but because of them
