ABC TV - Programs and Schedules

Interesting, thanks for the info.

I had no idea At Home Alone Together was a comedy. From the promos they are running, I actually thought it was a real lifestyle show. The ABC need to do a better job selling this.

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Schedule update

Wednesday 13 May
8:00pm Hard Quiz Season Final
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm The Last Leg: Locked Down Under
(encore of Tuesday’s broadcast on ABC Comedy)
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Four Corners

ABC has picked up two coronavirus-related documentaries: Coronavirus: How the World is Changing, and Stronger: A Battle Against Covid-19.

Wasn’t Hard Quiz suppose to go for 40 weeks this year? Why is it having a break (the final is on now)?

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Mid season break?

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And two separate seasons in the one year.

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fair enough. I just assumed that it would be a continuous run this year for some reason.

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Alleged comedy. It’s garbage.

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It’s like a cheapie version of Life Support meets Get Krack!n.

It was a bit painful to watch. Interesting to learn Ray Martin is a swinger. :stuck_out_tongue:

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a lot of boomers will be complaining about the rudeness of it lol wow that was a quick turnaround we’ve only been in lockdown for like 6 weeks? To get funding, film and edit this in that short of time? they must be filming/editing eps while they air.

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I’d say so. The Trump injecting bleach stuff only happened three weeks ago.

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Life Support was funny. I enjoyed it.

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Same.

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Australia’s Ocean Odyssey

From Tuesday 9 June at 8:30pm

Take a spectacular voyage along the East Australian Current in new three-part landmark series Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: a journey down the East Australian Current.

Taking viewers all the way from the Great Barrier Reef down to Antarctica, this series reveals how ocean currents create life on our planet, and what we can all do to protect our planet’s blue heart.

Hidden in our oceans and unknown to most humans are great rivers of seawater called ocean currents. These are the arteries and veins of planet Earth - a vital planetary life support system that has helped regulate the Earth’s climate, atmosphere, weather and biological diversity for millions of years. This is the story of one particularly fascinating flow - The East Australian Current - an oceanic river that stretches the length of Australia’s east coast. It flows around 3000 kilometres, all the way from the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania, bringing warm tropical waters to cold southern seas, and in doing so it transforms the lives of every living thing in the region. The East Australian Current is responsible for the fish we eat, the rain that feeds our crops, even the air we breathe. It was made famous by the antics of a determined clownfish in the Pixar film ‘Finding Nemo’, but the true story of the East Australian Current is even more magical.

Narrated by Marta Dusseldrop.

Formerly called Australia’s Ocean Highway at the 2020 upfronts.

Week commencing 24 May 2020

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Sunday 24 May
7:30pm The Virus Final
7:40pm Maralinga Tjarutja
8:30pm Mystery Road Season Final
9:30pm Killing Eve
10:15pm Barrenjoey Road
11:15pm Unforgotten

Monday 25 May
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:30pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian

Tuesday 26 May
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian
9:30pm Road To Now: Age Of Conflict
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A

Wednesday 27 May
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Celeste Barber
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm The Last Leg: Locked Down Under
10:40pm Would I Lie To You?
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:45pm Four Corners

Thursday 28 May
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Turner’s Beach
9:20pm Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One Season Final
9:55pm Father Brown: The Great Train Robbery
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Doctor Foster

Friday 29 May
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Top Of The Lake: China Girl: Who’s Your Daddy
9:35pm Grantchester
10:20pm ABC Late News
10:40pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
11:05pm rage

Saturday 30 May
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: How The Rogue Roar’d Season 3 Premiere
8:20pm Call The Midwife
9:20pm Mystery Road
10:15pm Unforgotten
11:05pm Father Brown: The Great Train Robbery
11:50pm rage Guest Programmer

ABC has picked up the rights to new show Scottish Vets Down Under, which debuts on BBC Scotland next Monday.


Agatha Christie: The Pale Horse

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Saturday 20 and 27 June at 8:15pm 2 parts

London 1961. Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell) has everything a man could dream of he’s rich, successful and popular, with a beautiful newwife (Kaya Scodelario) and perfect home. But scratch beneath the surface and he’s still grief stricken by the loss of his first wife Delphine (Georgina Campbell). When Mark’s name is discovered on a piece of paper in a dead woman’s shoe everything starts to fall apart for him.

Why did Jessie Davies (Madeleine Bowyer) die, and why is Mark’s name on a piece of paper in her shoe, and who are the other names on the list? Detective Inspector Lejeune (Sean Pertwee) interviews Mark and mentions that the names Tuckerton and Ardingly were also on the list.

Mark has a connection with Thomasina Tuckerton and David Ardingly, and Thomasina is also dead… As Mark tries to work out why he is on the list andwhat it means, everything seems to lead back to the village of Much Deeping. His first wife, Delphine, visited the area on the day of her death.

Much Deeping seems to be an idyllic English village, but it is also a place of old traditions and strange beliefs, a place of witches, curses and spells. Jessie’s employer Zachariah Osborne (Bertie Carvel) tells Mark that witchcraft played a part in Jessie’s death; which Mark angrily rejects. But then he is sent a mysterious corn dolly. As more people named on the list arefound dead, Mark starts to fear for his own life andsanity. Mark is consumed with paranoia, fearful that hislife is at risk and that the perpetrator is someone known to him. Mark feels his own death treading on his heels, breathing down his neck. To make matters worse, Detective Inspector Lejeune seems to be increasingly suspicious of him and Mark feels even more alone. He’s determined to find a rational explanation because there must be one -this isthe1960s not the Dark Ages.

Past and present collide for Mark as his investigations uncover the ties between Delphine and the trio of ‘witches’ (Rita Tushingham, Sheila Atim and Kathy Kiera Clarke) at Much Deeping, putting his relationship with second wife Hermia under great strain. Terrified, Mark becomes hell-bent on uncovering the nature of the witches’ powers and their work at The Pale Horse. With each passing day, each disquieting moment, each tormented, terrifying night, Osborne’s beliefs seem Less fantastical and more plausible. Mark starts to believe in the craft, in the dark arts, in the witches’ peculiar skills. If they are truly as powerful as they seem, can they save him from his nightmares, before whoever wants him dead catches up with him?

BBC trailer

A couple of random comments about At Home Alone Together.

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Week commencing 31 May 2020

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Sunday 31 May
7:40pm Grand Designs New Zealand: Pod House Season Final
8:30pm Operation Buffalo Series Premiere
9:25pm Killing Eve
10:05pm Goldstone

Monday 1 June
8:00pm Australian Story Midseason Final
8:30pm Four Corners
9:15pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q+A
10:40pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian

Tuesday 2 June
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian
9:30pm Road To Now: Global Shapers
10:30pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Q+A

Wednesday 3 June
8:00pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Jacqui Lambie
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm At Home Alone Together
9:30pm Planet America
10:00pm Would I Lie To You?
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:15pm Four Corners

Thursday 4 June
8:00pm The Heights
8:30pm Grand Designs Australia: Deakin 70’s Retro
9:20pm Father Brown: The Demise Of The Debutante
10:05pm QI: The Occult
10:35pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Doctor Foster

Friday 5 June
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Top Of The Lake: China Girl: The Battle of the Mothers
9:30pm Grantchester
10:15pm ABC Late News
10:30pm The Virus
10:50pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
11:20pm rage

Saturday 6 June
7:30pm Shakespeare And Hathaway: See Thyself, Devil!
8:20pm Call The Midwife
9:20pm Operation Buffalo
10:15pm Unforgotten
11:00pm rage Guest Programmer