To be the best, you must compete against the best … a challenge triple j’s Lewis Hobba and Michael Hing enthusiastically accept in Australia’s Best Competition Competition
To be the best, you must compete against the best … a challenge triple j’s Lewis Hobba and Michael Hing enthusiastically accept in Australia’s Best Competition Competition.
Plagued by their inability to win anything, the comedy duo decide to flip the process of entering competitions on its head and take on the task of judging them instead.
Hence the competition, competition. You get it. The quest takes the pair across the country and into the most quirky, unexpected parts of Australia.
From street drag racing and roller hockey to Turkish oil wrestling and an Eisteddfod, Hobba & Hing are on a mission to bestow the crown of Australia’s Best Competition to the competition they deem deserving.
It’s a wild ride that includes semi-naked men, a broken limb, as well as personal AND professional embarrassment that will haunt them for years.
The one-hour TV special will culminate in an epic grand finale in front of a live studio audience where the trophy of trophies for Australia’s Best Competition Competition will be bestowed upon the organiser, mayor, or local star of the winning comp.
May the odds be in your favour Australia!
Production credit: Supervising Producer: Fran O’ Riordan. Executive Producer: Yale MacGillivray. Series Producer: Jo Siddiqui. Producer: Jake Nicola.
Sunday 9 October
7:40pm Spicks And Specks
8:30pm Savage River Series Final
9:30pm Silent Witness: Reputations - Part One
10:25pm The Newsreader Rpt
11:20pm Shetland Rpt
Monday 10 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Planet America
10:05pm Parkinson In Australia: 1980: Julie Anthony, John Olsen, Alan Bond Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:40pm Q+A Rpt
Tuesday 11 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Tony Armstrong
8:30pm Keep On Dancing: A Catalyst Special Part 2 Series Final
9:25pm Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge: Beyond Belief Rpt
10:20pm People’s Republic Of Mallacoota: There Goes Our Dance Floor Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:20pm Four Corners Rpt
Wednesday 12 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Question Everything
9:00pm Summer Love: Hannah & Alex
9:30pm Would I Lie To You?
10:05pm The Witchfinder Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Spicks And Specks Rpt
11:55pm Midsomer Murders: The Christmas Haunting Rpt
Thursday 13 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One: Nornie Bero
10:05pm Exposing The Illegal Organ Trade Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Keep On Dancing Rpt
Friday 14 October
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Frankly
9:00pm Doc Martin Rpt
9:50pm Annika Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Summer Love Rpt
11:25pm rage
Saturday 15 October
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm The Capture
9:30pm Summer Love Rpt
10:00pm Savage River Rpt
11:00pm Silent Witness Rpt
11:55pm rage Guest Programmer
DCI Rachel Carey investigates invisible assassins in the first episode of the new series.
DCI Rachel Carey is living a lonely, paranoid existence, struggling with thwarted ambitions while seconded to Counter Terrorism Command’s ‘mapping’ department. She’s officially joined the highly classified Correction team, but has yet to be truly let in.
When her former colleagues DS Flynn and DI Latif bring the case of a man murdered by invisible assailants to her attention, the stakes quickly become deadly.
Carey’s investigation brings her into the orbit of hotshot politician Isaac Turner MP as the case’s links to national and international security start to emerge. Something is very wrong, but can she work out what before Britain’s security is irrevocably compromised?
And which of her colleagues can she trust?
Stars Holliday Grainger as DCI Rachel Carey, Paapa Essiedu as Isaac Turner, Ben Miles as Commander Danny Hart, Lia Williams as DSU Gemma Garland, Rob Yang as Yan Wanglei, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Cavan Clerkin as DS Patrick Flynn.
“Parkinson in Australia” is currently airing on ABC. Tonight’s episode is from 1982 and the sole guest is Elton John. There’s an episode next week too. Am enjoying the show. Got me thinking - i wish there were more of this type of shows on the ABC (the likes of Parkinson and Andrew Denton). I know we have incarnations like One Plus One, but it doesn’t have the same vibe.
Though, we do have The Graham Norton Show over on 10 that’s got a similar format to this, which is a good thing. But ABC does do it better though.
triple j’s Hobba & Hing launch Australia’s Best Competition Competition
Australia is blessed with some of the world’s weirdest competitions. Every town you visit has a race or toss or bake-off that couldn’t exist anywhere else.
We love a competition, but which competition is Australia’s BEST competition?
This is the question triple j’s Lewis Hobba and Michael Hing set out to answer in Australia’s Best Competition Competition which premieres on ABC TV Plus and ABC iview, Thursday October 27 at 8.30pm.
The journey takes the duo to every corner of the country, taking part in this country’s weirdest, wildest, and sometimes oiliest competitions. From Australian classics like wood chopping and the Archibald Prize, to the speed of street racing, the Turkish oil wrestling and more!
Their high-octane exploits result in a broken limb, a lot of semi-nude embarrassment and at least one legitimate victory.
“For us, entering these competitions resulted in one broken leg and a lot of broken dreams. This show truly highlights the best of Australia and the worst of our hand-eye coordination”, said Hobba and Hing. “We hope this inspires people to go to new places and try new things, but if not, we hope everyone enjoys watching grown men fall over and hurtthemselves.”
In this one-hour TV special, Hobba and Hing score each competition they enter using their own patented rating system and present their findings to a live studio audience as well as representatives from each competition.
Who will walk away with the title of Australia’s Best Competition?
After having his career scrutinised by the General Medical Council because of his blood phobia, Martin makes efforts to overcome his fear and begins to question whether he made the right decision about resigning.
Martin Clunes returns to Cornwall to play the nation’s favourite grumpy medic for the last time in the Australian Premiere of the final series of the hugely successful ITV drama Doc Martin.
He stars as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the popular drama produced by Buffalo Pictures, and set in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
This final series sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia, and beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning. He and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a sister for four-year-old James Henry. With Louisa pursuing her new career as a child counsellor in his old surgery, the Doc is left literally holding the baby, and indulging his hobby of repairing clocks on the kitchen table. But does he really want his old job back?
In the first episode, after having his career scrutinised by the General Medical Council because of his blood phobia, Martin makes efforts to overcome his fear and begins to question whether he made the right decision about resigning.
Sunday 16 October
7:40pm Spicks And Specks Series Final
8:30pm Significant Others Series Premiere
9:25pm Silent Witness: Reputations - Part Two
10:25pm The Newsreader Rpt
11:15pm Shetland Rpt
Monday 17 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Planet America
10:05pm Parkinson In Australia: 1980: Mike Walsh, Malcolm Johnston, June Bronhill Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:45pm Q+A Rpt
Tuesday 18 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Tori Amos Series Final
8:30pm Tom Gleeson’s Secrets of the Australian Museum Premiere
9:30pm Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge: The Dark Side of Pleasure Rpt
10:25pm People’s Republic Of Mallacoota: The Poisoned Chalice Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business Rpt
11:25pm Four Corners Rpt
Wednesday 19 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Question Everything
9:00pm Summer Love: Frankie & Trevor Series Final
9:40pm Would I Lie To You?
10:10pm The Witchfinder
10:40pm ABC Late News
10:55pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Spicks And Specks Rpt
Thursday 20 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One: Dinesh Palipana
10:05pm Spying On The Scammers Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:10pm Tom Gleeson’s Secrets of the Australian Museum Rpt
Friday 21 October
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Frankly
9:00pm All Creatures Great And Small Season 2 Premiere
9:50pm Annika Rpt
10:40pm ABC Late News
10:55pm Summer Love Rpt
11:30pm rage
Saturday 22 October
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm The Capture
9:30pm Significant Others Rpt
10:25pm Summer Love: Frankie & Trevor Rpt
11:00pm Silent Witness: Reputations - Part Two Rpt
12:00am rage Guest Programmer
Sunday 23 October
7:30pm Inside The Sydney Opera House: The Show Must Go On Series Premiere
8:30pm Significant Others
9:25pm Silent Witness: Brother’s Keeper - Part One
10:25pm The Cry Rpt
11:25pm Shetland Rpt
Monday 24 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Planet America
10:05pm Parkinson In Australia: 1982: Sir Edmund Hilary, Twiggy Rpt
10:55pm ABC Late News
11:10pm The Business Rpt
11:25pm Q+A Rpt
Tuesday 25 October
7:30pm Budget 2022/23: The Treasurer’s Speech
8:00pm Budget 2022/23: ABC News Special
9:00pm Budget 2022/23: Reaction and Analysis
9:30pm Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge: Law and Disorder Rpt
10:25pm People’s Republic Of Mallacoota: A Very Nervous Guinea Pig Rpt
10:55pm The Business: Budget Special Rpt
11:25pm Four Corners Rpt
Wednesday 26 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Question Everything
9:00pm Fisk Season 2 Premiere
9:30pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
10:00pm The Witchfinder Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Inside The Sydney Opera House: The Show Must Go On Rpt
Thursday 27 October
7:30pm Budget 2022/23: Opposition Reply
8:00pm 7.30
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Boyer Lectures
10:05pm Spying On The Scammers Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Fightback Farmers Rpt
Friday 28 October
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Frankly
9:00pm All Creatures Great And Small
9:50pm Fisk Rpt
10:20pm Annika Rpt
11:05pm ABC Late News
11.25pm Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor Rpt
12:35am rage
Saturday 29 October
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm The Capture
9:30pm Significant Others Rpt
10:25pm Silent Witness Rpt
11:30pm rage Guest Programmer
According to ABC’s online guide, both shows have been replaced by 2022 Boyer Lecture and the repeat of Spying on the Scammers respectively.
Here is the synopsis of the Boyer Lecture.
Indigenous community leader, lawyer, academic and land rights activist Noel Pearson reflects on where we are today and what lies in prospect, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and for Australians at large.
When a prominent lawyer, Alex Galbraith, is shot dead in broad daylight, Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate.
Galbraith was known across the Isles and notorious for securing the compassionate release from prison of Donna Killick, the murderer of Lizzie Kilmuir. But is this the reason for the murder, or could the real target have been his wife, Eve, who is running as an independent candidate in the upcoming Westminster by-election on a divisive platform?
The team finds plenty of enemies among Galbraith’s recent cases. There’s Lynda Morton. Galbraith helped her husband win custody of their two sons.
Logan Creggan, a veteran accused of war crimes during his tours of Iraq, is another potential suspect. Galbraith refused to defend him. Could Eve’s campaign pledge to restart the government’s war crimes investigations have reopened old wounds? Creggan’s son, Fraser, with his macabre fascination with serial killers, also arouses suspicion.
But then the report of a stolen drone leads the team to Eamon Gauldie, a diver servicing an oil pipeline at the bottom of the North Sea. Believing he may have filmed the Galbraith crime scene, Perez is desperate to speak to him.
Compass: Nude Next Door
Tuesday 15 November 9.30pm
ABC digital reporter Siobhan Marin lifts the lid on the booming business of ‘democratised’ porn – erotica made by everyday people and sold for a subscription fee online.
In this Compass Special, ABC digital reporter Siobhan Marin lifts the lid on the booming business of ‘democratised’ porn – erotica made by everyday people and sold for a subscription fee online – to meet the content makers and explore the risks.
Since the dawn of porn, the erotica industry has been dominated by men and powerful corporations.
Now, just like food delivery and transportation, that model’s being tipped on its head. The porn industry is being democratised thanks to online platforms like Only Fans, where anyone – overwhelmingly women – can make money from producing and sharing their own erotic material.
With the rise of unemployment during the pandemic, it’s no wonder that thousands of prospective content creators have signed up. In the first four months of 2020, some 200,000 Australians joined – more than 5,000 of them as content creators.
However, the promise of big fast money only proves true for a small minority. Most make very little, while Only Fans profits have soared. Many content creators share compromising material, earn very little and then regret losing control over their images.
Siobhan goes behind the scenes and into the bedrooms of young women to ask is this empowerment or more exploitation? What are the risks and dangers involved? Could their reputations, and future job prospects suffer? Or will this help to abolish the stigma around sex work? And do creators face heightened risk of trolling and real-life stalking?
ABC has shows like Planet America and In China Tonight. I’m surprised they dont have a show yet for England politics. They’ve had lots of topics to talk about lately. Lol. Although we do have The Last Leg with Adam Hills that talks about UK politics.
Sunday 30 October
7:30pm Inside The Sydney Opera House
8:30pm Significant Others
9:20pm Silent Witness: Brother’s Keeper - Part Two
10:20pm The Cry Rpt
11:20pm Shetland Rpt
Monday 31 October
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Planet America
10:05pm Parkinson In Australia: 1980: Johnny Farnham, Bishop Howell Witt, Dennis Lillee Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:25pm The Business Rpt
11:40pm Q+A Rpt
Tuesday 1 November
7:30pm 7:30
8:00pm Stuff The British Stole Series Premiere
8:30pm Magda’s Big National Health Check Series Premiere
9:30pm Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge: Family Ties Rpt
10:20pm People’s Republic Of Mallacoota: It’s A Part Of Us Now Rpt
10:50pm ABC Late News
11:05pm The Business Rpt
11:25pm Four Corners Rpt
Wednesday 2 November
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Hard Quiz: Battle of the Duds
8:30pm Question Everything
9:00pm Fisk
9:30pm Would I Lie To You? Rpt
10:00pm The Witchfinder Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Inside The Sydney Opera House Rpt
Thursday 3 November
7:30pm 7:30
8:00pm Foreign Correspondent Season Final
8:30pm Q+A
9:35pm Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One: Peter Bol
10:05pm Stuff The British Stole Rpt
10:35pm ABC Late News
10:50pm The Business Rpt
11:05pm Magda’s Big National Health Check Rpt
Friday 4 November
7:30pm Gardening Australia
8:30pm Frankly
9:10pm All Creatures Great And Small
9:55pm Fisk Rpt
10:25pm Annika Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11.30pm rage
Saturday 5 November
7:30pm Doc Martin Season Premiere
8:20pm The Capture
9:20pm Significant Others Rpt
10:10pm Des Rpt
11:00pm Silent Witness: Brother’s Keeper - Part Two Rpt
12:00am rage Guest Programmer Rpt
Noel Pearson’s first Boyer Lecture: Who we were and who we can be
The first of Noel Pearson’s highly anticipated Boyer Lecture series will be shown on Thursday 27 October at 9.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
In Who we were and who we can be Pearson will explore the proposal to amend the Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia through a Voice to Parliament.
Pearson says: “In this lecture I will refer to three periods: the past, the present and the prospective future.
Pearson’s lecture series will look at where we are today and what lies ahead for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and all Australians. It will also reflect on where we have come since W.E.H. Stanner’s 1968 Boyer Lectures After the Dreaming.
The series will be broadcast on ABC RN on Sundays in November and available on demand via ABC listen.
The story of one our most gifted and controversial athletes and how a social media post landed him in the heart of our culture wars.
This two-part documentary is the much-anticipated story of one of Australia’s most gifted and controversial athletes, and how a social media post landed him at the heart of our culture wars, derailing careers in the process.
For the first time Israel Folau’s story is examined in all its multi-layered complexity, featuring crucial Pasifika voices and exploring the nexus between freedom of religion and speech, protection from discrimination for the LGBTQI community, and how far the workplace can reasonably go to balance the two.
PART 1 traces Israel Folau’s upbringing in the devout Christian traditions of the Pasifika community, whose other ‘religion’ is rugby. It follows his meteoric and record setting rise through three football codes, culminating in 73 appearances for the Wallabies.
While initially grappling with the pitfalls of fame and fortune, when his father Eni experiences a major health scare, Folau re-evaluates his choices, setting him on a path that will alter the course of his career and life forever.
Production credit: 2 x 60 mins. An In Films Production. Principal production investment from Screen Australia and developed with support from Screen NSW. ABC Commissioning Editor: Jo Chichester.
Episode 2
Monday 28 November 8.40pm
Folau posts an internet meme that rocks the nation and sees him sacked by Rugby Australia. With insider accounts, this episode unpicks what happens in the hours, days and weeks that follow and shows the impact it had on the Pasifika community – straight and queer.
As he fights his former employer in the courts of justice and public opinion, he finds an ally in the Australian Christian Lobby, becoming a voice in Australia’s political cycle, galvanising forces debating the impact of a proposed religious discrimination bill.
