Yes starts 24 April at 8.40pm
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###Midsomer Murders Season 18
From Sunday 24 April at 8:40pm
Body snatching, UFO spotting, and an international cycle race are just some of the weird and wonderful worlds that DCI John Barnaby and DS Charlie Nelson are immersed in for the 18th series of MIDSOMER MURDERS.
In episode one, Dr Isaac Vernon confirms the death of wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster, as Gregory’s son, Antarctic expedition leader Felix, arrives too late to see his father. When body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed in the village of Little Malton.
DCI Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), DS Nelson (Gwily Lee), and new Forensic Pathologist Kam Karimore (Manjinder Virk ) are drawn into a macabre world of body-snatching as they seek to identify the villain.
Due to delayed broadcast by Sky Atlantic in the UK caused by Brussels’ terror attacks The Tunnel has been removed from all forward schedules
Replacement:
09:25PM Utopia Series 2, Ep 2
09:55PM Upper Middle Bogan Series 2, Ep 2
Ironically the episode of Utopia listed has this synopsis:
After years of meticulous planning nothing can prevent a major tunnelling project getting started. 
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###Week commencing 24 April 2016
Sunday 24 April
6:30pm Compass: Paddy’s War
7:00pm ABC News Sunday
7:40pm David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef: Survival Final
8:40pm Midsomer Murders Series Return
10:10pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
Monday 25 April
[color=brown]ANZAC DAY
6:00am ABC News Breakfast On Anzac Day
9:00am Anzac Day State Marches - See Separate Listing below
12:30pm Anzac Day: Gallipoli Dawn Service
1:30pm Anzac Day: Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service
3:00pm Why Anzac With Sam Neill
4:30pm Australia’s Great War Horse
5:30pm The Drum: Anzac Special
6:00pm Antiques Roadshow: World War One Special
6:55pm Governor-General’s Anzac Day Address[/color]
7:00pm ABC News
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 26 April
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Keeping Australia Alive
9:30pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm Meet The Mavericks: Leah Purcell & Miranda Tapsell
Wednesday 27 April
8:00pm QI: Medley Of Maladies Series Return
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
9:00pm Comedy Showroom: Ronny Chieng - International Student
9:30pm Would I Lie To You?: Charles Dance, Stephen Mangan, Isy Suttie & Gok Wan
10:00pm Comedy Up Late
Thursday 28 April
12:00pm Port Arthur 20th Anniversary Memorial Service (AEST) News Special
Tasmania Only: 7:00pm ABC News Special: Remembering Port Arthur
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8:00pm The Checkout
8:30pm Janet King
9:30pm Utopia S2 Ep 4
9:55pm Upper Middle Bogan S2 Ep 4
Friday 29 April
8:00pm Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Woolloomooloo
8:30pm Grantchester
9:15pm Scott & Bailey
Saturday 30 April
7:30pm Father Brown
8:20pm DCI Banks
9:05pm QI: Medley Of Maladies Rpt
9:30pm Janet King Rpt
10:30pm Comedy Showroom: Ronny Chieng - International Student Rpt
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###ANZAC DAY State-specific Coverage
New South Wales
9:00am Anzac Day March Sydney
Australian Capital Territory
9:00am ABC News On Anzac Day
10:30am Anzac Day March Canberra
Queensland
9:00am ABC News On Anzac Day
9:30am Anzac Day March Brisbane
Victoria
9:00am Anzac Day March Melbourne
3:00pm Anzac Day Commemorative Service - Melbourne
3:30pm Why Anzac With Sam Neill
5:00pm Australia’s Great War Horse
Tasmania
9:00am ABC News On Anzac Day
10:30am Anzac Day March Hobart
Northern Territory
9:00am ABC News On Anzac Day
10:45am Anzac Day March Darwin
South Australia
9:00am Anzac Day March Adelaide
Western Australia
9:00am ABC News On Anzac Day
9:20am Anzac Day March Perth
12:00pm Anzac Day: Gallipoli Dawn Service
1:00pm Anzac Day: Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service
2:30pm Jennifer Byrne Presents Great War Stories
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###Comedy Showroom - Episode 1: Ronny Chieng - International Student
Wednesday 27 April at 9:00pm
Meet Ronny Chieng. He’s a Malaysian student who’s come to Australia to study law. He’s smart, driven and competitive, which would make him the perfect law student, if he actually wanted to be a lawyer.
Blunt, barbed and not afraid to cut through BS, it’s not long before Ronny is at odds with most people on campus. As a genuine outsider, Ronny is super suspicious of any group that wants him as a member, be it the beer-drinking Australians, the Mahjong playing Asians or the pompous blazer-wearing… idiots.
Ronny has a strong relationship with his mum, which veers between affection and agitation, often in the space of a single conversation. Thanks to his parents, Ronny’s student life in Australia is pre-paid, but only if he meets his Mum’s high expectations of being a model Asian student who WILL become a hugely successful lawyer. And if Ronny ever forgets this, his mum is ready to Skype him, multiple times, on the same day.
Ronny is caught between his old life and his new life, between the international students and the local students, and between his mum’s expectations and his own dreams, whatever the hell they may be.
###Anzac Day Coverage on ABC TV, Radio & Online
Monday 15 April
On Anzac Day the ABC will have comprehensive broadcast coverage of all the commemorations, from local marches in towns and cities across Australia to the battlefields of Gallipoli and Villers-Bretonneux.
From 4.28am on ABC (local time) and 4.28am AEST on ABC News 24, join ABC News Breakfast hosts Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland and ABC reporters at dawn services across Australia as the nation wakes up to the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
The early morning live simulcast of the Anzac Day events includes the Anzac Dawn service in Sydney, followed by the National Dawn Service from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
On ABC, Anzac Day marches in each capital city will be broadcast in every state and territory, while on ABC News 24 viewers can watch the Anzac Day National Ceremony from the Australian War Memorial.
Following the local marches, the TV simulcast will continue with coverage of the dawn service from Anzac Cove in Gallipoli at 12.30pm on ABC (local)* and 12.30pm AEST on ABC News 24, and the dawn service from Villers-Bretonneux from 1.30pm on ABC (local)** and 1.30pm AEST on ABC News 24.
*Except 12pm in WA
**Except 1pm in WA
On ABC, the local Anzac Day marches are at:
NSW 9.00am – 12.30pm
ACT 10.30am – 12.30pm (National Ceremony)
VIC 9.00am – 12.30pm
TAS 10.57am – 12.30pm
QLD 9.30am – 12.30pm
SA 9.00am – 12.30pm
NT 10.45am – 12.30pm
WA 9.00am – 12.00pm
ABC and ABC News 24 coverage highlights (ABC, local time / ABC News 24, AEST):
4.28am – 5.30am ABC News Breakfast, includes Anzac Dawn Service from Sydney
5.30am – 6.00am Anzac Day National Dawn Service from Canberra
6.00am – 9.00am ABC News Breakfast continues with coverage of Dawn Services and Anzac events around the country
10.50am – 12.00pm News 24 will broadcast the Australian War Memorial National Ceremony
12.00pm – 12.30pm Anzac Day half hour news special program (News 24 only)
12.30pm – 1.30pm Anzac Day Gallipoli Dawn Service, Turkey*
1.30pm – 3.00pm Anzac Day Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service, France**
*Except 12.00pm – 1.00pm in WA
**Except 1pm – 2.30pm in WA
ABC Radio National
RN will broadcast the National Dawn Service live from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra from 5.28-6.05am AEST.
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio coverage will include field reports from local dawn services; the National Dawn Service from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra; plus outside broadcasts and coverage of local marches. Check your ABC Local Radio website for more details of what’s happening in your city.
Also, visit our ABC pop up digital radio station featuring stories, music and more - on air from Wednesday April 20 through to midnight on Anzac Day, Monday April 25. Available on the ABC Radio app and at: abc.net.au/radio
ABC News Digital
ABC News Digital will provide minute-by-minute updates of the Anzac commemorations in Australia, Turkey and France throughout the day via our live blog at: abc.net.au/anzac
###Silent Witness Season 18
From Friday 13 May at 8:30pm
Dr Nikki Alexander (Emelia Fox), Dr Jack Hodgson (David Caves), Dr Thomas Chamberlain (Richard Lintern) and Dr Clarissa Mullery (Liz Carr) have now meshed into a compelling, dynamic, but all-too-human unit. Together these very different characters pool their formidable resources in pursuit of truth and justice… even if they don’t always agree on what those terms constitute.
###The Indian Dream Hotel
From Tuesday 10 May at 8:30pm
This series follows actor Miriam Margolyes, dancer Wayne Sleep, actor Sylvester McCoy, and five other well known Brits as they head to India to see if they can set up a better, more rewarding retirement there than in the UK.
###Week commencing 1 May 2016
Sunday 1 May
6:30pm Compass: Salvado’s Letters
7:00pm ABC News Sunday
7:40pm Grand Designs: West Sussex Series Return
8:30pm Midsomer Murders
10:00pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
Monday 2 May
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 3 May
5:30pm The Drum: Budget Preview
…
7:30pm Budget 2016: The Treasurer’s Speech
8:00pm ABC News Budget 2016 Special
8:40pm Foreign Correspondent
9:35pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Alan Davies Rpt
10:00pm Meet The Mavericks: Phillip Adams & Tim Minchin
10:35pm Lateline: Budget Special Rpt
11:05pm The Drum: Budget Special Rpt
Wednesday 4 May
8:00pm QI: Military Matters
8:30pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Final
9:00pm Comedy Showroom: The Letdown
9:30pm Would I Lie To You?: Joan Bakewell, Warwick Davis, Paul Hollywood & Jason Manford
10:00pm Comedy Up Late
Thursday 5 May
7:30pm Budget 2016: Opposition Reply
8:00pm 7.30
8:30pm Janet King
9:30pm Utopia S2 Ep 5
9:55pm Upper Middle Bogan S2 Ep 5
Friday 6 May
8:00pm Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Bendigo
8:30pm Grantchester
9:15pm Scott & Bailey
Saturday 7 May
7:30pm Father Brown
8:20pm DCI Banks
9:05pm QI Rpt
9:30pm Janet King Rpt
10:35pm Comedy Showroom: The Letdown
The Indian Dream Hotel was shown on BBC in its original title, The Real Marigold Hotel (a take on acclaimed film Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). I don’t know why the ABC doesn’t (or can’t) use the original title?
###Indian Summers
From Saturday 21 May at 8:15pm
Indian Summers is a major new drama, set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India during the dramatic last years of the British Empire in India. At the centre of a large ensemble cast are two star-crossed families – one Indian, one British. They will lead us through stories of love, promises, secrets and political intrigue, the game of master and servant… as the dance between Indians and British grow more frenzied and complex, in the countdown to Freedom.
###Surfing the Menu
From Sunday 22 May at 6pm
Surfing the Menu Next Generation rides the waves back onto ABC TV
Surfing the Menu, is one of ABC Commercial’s most successful cooking formats ever sold. It launched the international careers of chefs Ben O’Donohue and Curtis Stone and enjoyed global success, being sold in over 70 countries. Now the series has been rebooted and reenergised, and stars good mates Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn.
Dan and Hayden share a love of cooking, surfing, fresh food, travel and adventure and that’s exactly what the new series Surfing the Menu Next Generation is all about. The 13-part series starts Sunday 22nd May at 6pm.
In this series, Dan and Hayden head off on an adventure around Australia in their trusty, rusty 50-year-old VW Bug, nicknamed GiGi. On the journey they four-wheel drive in the desert, head to an outback cattle station, share a Tongan feast, learn to sail, snorkel on the Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reefs, catch mud crabs, swim with mantra rays and prove that they’re perhaps the unluckiest fisherman in the country.
They share experiences with Indigenous communities such as searching underground for native bee nests and for bush foods and medicines. They also surf and go horseriding in some remarkable locations.
Along the way they meet passionate food producers – of everything from heritage tomatoes, cheeses, beef, goats, mangoes and herbs, to exotic mushroom, shrimp, rum and salt.
The boys turn these fresh ingredients into simple, healthy and delightfully delicious recipes that will inspire you.
Production Credits: Noma Films Pty Ltd. Producers Marian Bartsch and Lance Reynolds.
###Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell - Season 6
From Wednesday 11 May at 8.30pm
Details:
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###Week commencing 8 May 2016
Sunday 8 May
6:30pm Compass: The Moral Compass
7:00pm ABC News Sunday
7:40pm Grand Designs: East Sussex
8:30pm Midsomer Murders
10:00pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering Rpt
Monday 9 May
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 10 May
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm The Indian Dream Hotel Series Premiere
9:30pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm Meet The Mavericks: John Safran & Jon Ronson Final
Wednesday 11 May
8:00pm QI: M-Places
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Series Premiere
9:00pm Comedy Showroom: The Legend Of Gavin Tanner
9:30pm Would I Lie To You?: Matt Dawson, Mel Giedroyc, Dermot O’Leary & Josh Widdicombe
10:00pm Comedy Up Late
Thursday 12 May
8:00pm The Checkout
8:30pm Janet King
9:30pm Utopia S2 Ep 6
9:55pm Upper Middle Bogan S2 Ep 6
Friday 13 May
8:00pm Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Newcastle
8:30pm Silent Witness Series Return
9:30pm Scott & Bailey
Saturday 14 May
7:30pm Father Brown
8:20pm DCI Banks
9:05pm QI Rpt
9:40pm Janet King Rpt
10:40pm Comedy Showroom: The Letdown
###The Book Club
From Tuesday 24 May at 10:00pm
Returns for 2016
Special guest Jeanette Winterson joins Jennifer Byrne, Virginia Gay, Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, to discuss Australian author Dominic Smith’s historical fiction The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, and Wuthering Heights.
###Week commencing 15 May 2016
Sunday 15 May
6:30pm Compass: Prison Chaplains (Part 1)
7:00pm ABC News Sunday
7:40pm Grand Designs: Solent
8:30pm Midsomer Murders
10:00pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Rpt
Monday 16 May
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 17 May
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm The Indian Dream Hotel
9:30pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm Jennifer Byrne Presents Andy Griffiths Premiere
Wednesday 18 May
8:00pm QI: Miscellany
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Comedy Showroom: The Future Is Expensive
9:30pm Would I Lie To You?: Susan Calman, Carol Kirkwood, David O’Doherty & Richard Osman
10:00pm Comedy Up Late
Thursday 19 May
8:00pm The Checkout Rpt Final
Relive some of The Checkout’s best segments in this compilation of viewer favourites from previous seasons. Satisfaction not guaranteed.
8:30pm Rake Series Return
9:30pm Utopia S2 Ep 7
9:55pm Upper Middle Bogan S2 Ep 7
Friday 20 May
8:00pm Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Carlton
8:30pm Silent Witness
9:30pm Scott & Bailey
Saturday 21 May
7:30pm Father Brown
8:15pm Indian Summers Series Premiere
9:30pm QI Rpt
10:00pm Rake Rpt
11:00pm Comedy Showroom: The Letdown
And with that, there goes Dirty Laundry.
(The Adam Hills Tonight has already been deleted, obviously a copy-paste effort)
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###Celebrate 50 years of Play School with ABC
In 2016, iconic Australian television program Play School celebrates 50 years on air as the nation’s most respected, trusted and longest-running children’s series. To mark this momentous milestone, the ABC will present a variety of special content throughout the birthday month of July, celebrating the occasion with three generations of Australians who have grown up with Play School as an essential part of their childhood.
Since its initial broadcast on July 18, 1966, Play School has been entertaining Australian preschoolers, providing them with new experiences and learning opportunities through music, crafts, stories, games, ideas and information. The series aims to encourage a child to wonder, to think, to feel and to imagine, and strives to reflect a modern, diverse Australian society.
Fellow national TV treasure Kate Ritchie will present Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure: 50 Years of Play School, a documentary that takes a nostalgic journey through Aussie childhood, reliving the laughter and delights of half a century of Play School while charting 50 years of the nation’s social history. Well known Australians, including, Mikey Robins, Hannah Gadsby, Nazeem Hussain, Craig McLachlan and members of the original Wiggles, share their personal memories of the show, alongside anecdotes from past and present Play School presenters, including Benita Collings, John Waters and Justine Clarke.
Young and old alike will enjoy an exciting series of Play School Celebrity Covers. The mini episodes feature a star-studded line up of popular Australian personalities turning their hand at being a Play School presenter, entertaining viewers with a familiar Play School song or story. The episdoes will be broadcast daily on ABC KIDS from 4 July, with episodes available to view on ABC iview throughout the month.
Featuring in the Play School Celebrity Covers are: Adam Goodes, Annabel Crab with Leigh Sales, Architecture in Helsinki, Benita Collings with Don Spencer, Bernard Fanning, Carrie Bickmore, Costa Georgiadis, Dami Im, Dan Sultan, Delta Goodrem, Emma Wiggle, Guy Sebastian, Hamish and Andy, Jeremy Fernandez, John Hamblin, Josh Thomas, Kate Ceberano with her daughter Gypsy, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, Kurt Fearnley with Rachael Coopes, Lee Lin Chin with Takaya Honda, Magda Szubanksi, players from the Matildas, Missy Higgins, Molly Meldrum with Charlie Pickering, The Umbilical Brothers, Tim Minchin, Tim Omaji and You Am I.
The Play School episodes airing daily at 9:30am throughout the birthday week on ABC KIDS will centre on the theme of celebration, kicking off the week with an extra special birthday episode sure to delight young fans. Join beloved presenters Alex Papps, Karen Pang, Teo Gerbert and Miranda Tapsell as they dance, sing, make and decorate in preparation for a party. We’ll find out why the toys are jumping for joy when there’s a knock on the Play School door and will take a look through the windows to see what’s making some viewers very happy. It’s an occasion not to be missed!
Richard Finlayson, Director of Television, says, “The ABC is extremely proud to celebrate the impressive milestone of 50 years of Play School and wish to congratulate everyone who has been involved in bringing the show into the homes of families around the country who have so warmly embraced it.
"Play School holds a unique place in the hearts of generations of Australians and this is largely down to the fact that it strives to represent contemporary society so that children from across the community can see themselves as part of this special show.”
Airdate information for Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure: 50 Years of Play School and each of the Play School Celebrity Covers episodes is to be confirmed
###Revolution School
From Tuesday 31 May at 8.30pm