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Call the Midwife- Season 11

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From Saturday 7 January 7.30pm

Beloved series Call the Midwife returns with new episodes on Saturday, 7 January, 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

The series continues with an episode set in Easter 1967. Celebrations are underway for a colourful Easter Bonnet parade outside Nonnatus House.

Sister Monica Joan and Reggie are excited about the Eurovision song contest and Nancy, having just passed her midwifery examinations, is about to don her red cardigan for the first time. While Sister Monica Joan and Reggie are excited about the Eurovision song contest, and Cyril and Lucille settle into blissful married life.

After taking some time away following the death of their newborn son, Derek and Audrey Fleming return to Poplar with good news - Audrey is pregnant again.

During demolition work at a nearby tenement block, the builders make a shocking discovery. The news ripples through the community, and the police are called in. The trail leads to someone close to home and has a heartbreaking effect on the team.

Production credit: Neal Street Productions

Camilla’s Country Life

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Friday 6 January 7.30pm

Filmed before the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, this one-off documentary follows the then Duchess of Cornwall in her role as Guest Editor of Country Life magazine to mark her 75th birthday.

Camilla’s Country Life accompanies the former Duchess of Cornwall as she plans and oversees a special edition of Country Life during the magazine’s 125th anniversary year, alongside performing her regular royal duties and engagements.

The documentary reveals The Duchess’s love for the British countryside and the people and places that have shaped her.

To put the edition together, Her Royal Highness invited guest writers to discover her passions, reveal her personal countryside champions and meet the people who run the charities and advocate for causes she cares so deeply about.

We follow The Duchess as she joins her husband, the former Prince of Wales, at Clarence House, as they prepare to leave for the State Opening of Parliament, on the first occasion that The Prince of Wales stands in for The Queen at this constitutional event.

We join The Duchess at the dining room table in Clarence House, as she rolls up her sleeves in her guest editor role, to inspect the final page proofs of her special edition of Country Life.

Production credit: Produced by Spun Gold TV for ITV.

Week commencing 18 December

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Sunday 18 December
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm Movie: Jackie (2016)
10:10pm Ridley Road Rpt
11:05pm Mystery Road: Origin Rpt

Monday 19 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Australian Story Rpt
8:30pm Brian Cox: Seven Days On Mars Rpt
10:10pm Our Dementia Choir Rpt
11:10 pm The Detectives Rpt

Tuesday 20 December
7:30pm 7:30
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Dr Richard Harris Rpt
8:30pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
9:30pm Christmas Cabaret Premiere Special
10:25pm Summer Love: Luke & Olly Rpt
10:55pm Our Dementia Choir Rpt

Wednesday 21 December
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Mad As Hell Does Hard Quiz Premiere Special
8:35pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering Premiere Special


9:35pm Would I Lie To You At Christmas? Rpt
10:05pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
10:45pm Death In Paradise Rpt
11:45pm Silent Witness: Lift Up Your Hearts (Part One) Rpt

Thursday 22 December
7:30pm 7:30 Season Final
8:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Cheaters Rpt
8:40pm Dino Apocalypse With David Attenborough Rpt
9:30pm Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer Rpt
10:20pm Movin’ To The Country: Orana, NSW Rpt
10:50pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
11:45pm EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane: Truth and Lies Rpt

Friday 23 December
7:30pm All Creatures Great And Small Christmas Special Premiere Special
8:25pm Vera: The Seagull Rpt
9:55pm Troppo Rpt
10:55pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
11:40pm rage

Saturday 24 December
7:30pm Doc Martin Final Episode Ever
8:20pm Shetland Season Final
9:20pm Midsomer Murders Rpt
10:50pm Movie: Jackie
12:25am rage Christmas Special

Under Cover

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Monday 16 January 8.30pm

UNDER COVER shines a light on a devastating reality – women over 50 being the fastest growing cohort experiencing homelessness in Australia.

Narrated by Margot Robbie and sharing the lives of an eclectic group of women throughout Australia, Under Cover shines a light on a devastating reality - women over 50 being the fastest growing cohort experiencing homelessness in Australia. These moving but optimistic portraits reveal the struggles these women face, and lay bare the flaws in our society, as well as our economic fragility in the modern world.

Under Cover follows ten vulnerable women, as well as three people working to keep older women like them from becoming homeless. For these women, life hasn’t panned out the way they expected. They’ve lived in nice houses, worked good jobs, some educated their children and then suddenly… life unravelled and through no fault of their own they found themselves unable to pay their rent or mortgage.

The women featured in Under Cover, are all over 50, and are a diverse group from varied backgrounds - wealthy, poor, middle class, working, unemployed, migrant and Indigenous. Faced with the hardships of housing stress and ageing, these women are seeking to find a home to call their own, for the next chapter of their lives.

They are complex and compelling stories that reflect the years of living ordinary lives, until a catastrophe or a series of circumstances knocked them off their feet. No matter how bad life gets, the stories these women share are balanced with resolute determination, a dry sense of humour and the eternal optimism that there is hope for them yet.

Production Credit: b00mdone PRODUCTIONS

Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens

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From Friday 20 January 7.30pm

Monty explores Venice by barge, stepping out to visit green spaces large and small, including gardens along the Grand Canal and in a disused rubbish dump.

In this three-part series Monty travels to Europe and explores the influence of the Venetians from their home city down the Adriatic coast, through Croatia and on to Greece. From visiting a range of public and private gardens Monty learns about the impact that history, climate change and culture have had on the people who live there.

In the first episode, Monty adopts a special form of transport exploring Venice by barge, stepping out to visit green spaces large and small often hidden from view behind high walls.

He is invited in to see wonderful gardens along the Grand Canal as well as meeting those who have managed to create a productive garden on a disused rubbish dump behind one of the city’s famous churches; he samples wine grown in vineyards inside the city limits as well as visiting a restored public garden with a secret passageway leading to one of the world’s most famous squares, St Mark’s.

Production credit: An AHA Production.

Our Dementia Choir Sings Again

Monday 2 January 8:30 PM

It’s been four years since Vicky formed her choir of people living with dementia and proved the undeniable power of music to change the lives of those living with the condition. But as she discovers when she catches up with old members Mick and Julie and new members Kev and Leslie, nothing has really changed, there is a lack of support and help to help people being diagnosed. There are growing care issues and music therapy is not available for most people living with the condition.

Royal Variety Performance

Christmas Day at 7:40pm

Lee Mack to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance with a very special celebration to honour Queen Elizabeth II long association with The Royal Variety Performance with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gary Barlow and Gareth Malone.

Multi award winning comedian and actor Lee Mack hosts The Royal Variety Performance 2022 from the magnificent Royal Albert Hall in London in the presence of members of the Royal Family.

In honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s long association with The Royal Variety Performance there will be a unique celebration as world-renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, award-winning Gary Barlow and Gareth Malone accompanied by members of the London Youth Choir, perform a very special version of ‘Sing’.
The evening is a spectacular celebration featuring exceptional performers, world class theatre, outstanding singers and hilarious British comedy.

Stars lined up to appear are Disco Soul R&B sensations Nile Rodgers & Chic, Brit Award winner George Ezra, multi award-winner Ellie Goulding, Eurovision star and singer Sam Ryder, and powerhouse pop star Becky Hill.
After winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, the dazzling cast of the musical Cabaret take to the stage with an exclusive performance. Plus, Disney’s Newsies perform a sensational extract from their Tony award-winning musical, which opens in London later this month.

Returning to the RVP stage with a death-defying display from their latest show Kurios are Cirque Du Soleil. Hollywood star Rita Wilson and Grammy Award winner Gregory Porter will perform a stunning duet, plus Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds entertain the audience with a very special rendition of their hit ‘Three Lions’.

The evening also features magic from the phenomenal German duo The Ehrlich Brothers, a classical moment from soprano Fatma Said, plus a hair-raising performance from Giffords Circus. Plus comedy from Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Maisie Adam, Omid Djalili and this year’s Britain’s Got Talent winner Axel Blake.

Global distribution for The Royal Variety Performance is handled by ITV Studios.

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Week commencing 25 December 2022

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Sunday 25 December :christmas_tree:
9:00am ABC News On Christmas Day
9:30am The Pope’s Christmas Mass 2022
11:30am Compass: One of a Kind Rpt
12:00pm ABC News At Noon
12:30pm Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast Rpt
1:00pm Southern Ocean Live Rpt
2:30pm Movie: Robin Hood: Men In Tights Rpt
4:10pm Movie: Paddington 2 Rpt
5:50pm Bluey: Verandah Santa Rpt
6:00pm Meet The Penguins Rpt
7:00pm ABC News On Christmas Day
7:30pm HM The King’s Christmas Message 2022
7:40pm Royal Variety Performance
9:40pm Miss Fisher And The Crypt Of Tears Rpt
11:20pm Christmas Cabaret Rpt

Monday 26 December
7:30pm Doc Martin Christmas Special Premiere Special
8:40pm Farewell Doc Martin
9:30pm Our Dementia Choir Rpt
10:30pm The Detectives Rpt
11:25pm Australian Soul With Geraldine Doogue Rpt

Tuesday 27 December
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Costa Georgiadis Rpt
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Anna Meares Rpt
8:30pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
9:25pm Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge Rpt
10:25pm Summer Love: Hannah & Alex Rpt
10:55pm Summer Love: Frankie & Trevor Rpt
11:35pm Our Dementia Choir Rpt

Wednesday 28 December
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Magda Szubanski Rpt
8:00pm Hard Quiz: Battle of the Has Beens Rpt
8:40pm Spicks And Specks: G Flip, Linda Bull, Dilruk Jayasinha & Frank Woodley Rpt
9:25pm Utopia: The Law’s The Law Rpt
9:55pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
10:35pm Us Rpt
11:35pm Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge Rpt

Thursday 29 December
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Nakkiah Lui Rpt
8:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Ex-Football Players Rpt
8:35pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Experimental Rpt
9:20pm Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer Rpt
10:10pm Movin’ To The Country: South East Tasmania Rpt
10:40pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
11:35pm EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane: Missing To Murder Rpt

Friday 30 December
7:30pm Death In Paradise Christmas
9:00pm Farewell Doc Martin Premiere Special
A celebratory documentary looking back at the beloved series Doc Martin.
10:00pm Troppo Rpt
11:00pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg Rpt
11:40pm Us Rpt

Saturday 31 December
7:30pm The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2022 Rpt
8:30pm NYE 2022: The Early Night Show
9:00pm NYE 2022: 9pm Fireworks
9:15pm NYE 2022: Happy New Year Concert
11:35pm NYE 2022: Countdown To Midnight
12:00am NYE 2022: Midnight Fireworks

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A good line up for the Christmas/New Years Eve week.

The King’s Christmas Message airs on Christmas night - a tradition held for many decades by The late Queen.

With 7.30 having a end of year break, we see Doc Martin Christmas Special airing in that slot on Monday, and Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery airing Tuesday to Thursday. Death in Paradise Christmas Special is airing on Friday at 7.30 (instead of Gardening Australia).

The usual fireworks airing on the Saturday for New Years Eve :partying_face:

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Apart from the final ever episode of Doc Martin on Boxing Day, it is all repeats from Monday to Thursday.

The ABC will fasttrack Farewell Doc Martin just hours it airs on ITV in the UK.

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At least ABC will provide some TV news on Christmas morning and afternoon.

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There is also the News Channel

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Does ABC show these live across all timezones or do they delay it to local time in each time zone?

You can watch the fireworks live on ABC News channel or at the above local times. So in Brisbane midnight fireworks are on ABC News at 11pm (in SD) and on ABC TV at midnight.

Edit:

Full ABC News Schedule:

9:00pm New Year’s Eve 2022: 9pm Fireworks
9:05pm ABC Nightly News
9:30pm 2022 - The Year In Politics
10:00pm ABC Late News Weekend
10:30pm The World In 2022
11:00pm ABC Late News
11:10pm Four Corners: Crypto Mania
12:00am New Year’s Eve 2022: Midnight Fireworks

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Australia Day Live

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Thursday 26 January 7.30pm

Australia Day Live at the Sydney Opera House and spanning Circular Quay showcases our nation’s best musical stars with tributes to our country, combined with a fireworks and maritime show.

As the sun sets on our national day, Australia Day Live from the Sydney Opera House forecourt and spanning Circular Quay is just getting started with an inspiring and uplifting finale to the day featuring powerful storytelling, moving tributes and sensational entertainment on both land and water.

Australia Day Live showcases musical performances from our nation’s best talent complemented by a dazzling watercraft extravaganza of yachts, jet skis, fly boarders, and parachutists dropping in to join the fun. All this along with Sydney’s iconic landmarks and harbour create an incredible backdrop for a brilliant fireworks and light show.

The two-hour spectacular is produced by the NSW Government and Australia Day Council of NSW with creative direction led by music maestro and Creative Director John Foreman OAM together with Creative Consultant, the multi-instrumentalist, composer and vocalist William Barton.

Australia Day Live will be hosted by John Foreman, Casey Donovan and Jeremy Fernandez. Further information about the talent line-up will be available in January 2023.

Since it began in 2016, Australia Day Live at Sydney Opera House has proven much more than a concert; it reflects a nation coming together to reflect, respect and celebrate the Australian spirit and the best of this vast nation; our mateship, our sense of community, and our resilience.

Production credits: ABC Executive Producer: Matt Scully

Australian of the Year Awards

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Wednesday 25 January 7.30pm

From Canberra’s National Arboretum, hosted by Hamish Macdonald and Susie Youssef, the Australian of the Year Awards recognise the achievements of extraordinary Australians.

ABC proudly presents the Australian of the Year Awards on Wednesday, January 25, live from Canberra’s National Arboretum from 7.30pm AEDT on ABC TV, ABC iview, ABC NEWS channel, and ABC Radio.

The Australian of the Year Awards celebrate the achievements and contributions of outstanding Australians throughout the last year. There are 33 people in contention for four prestigious award categories:
• Australian of the Year
• Senior Australian of the Year
• Young Australian of the Year
• Australia’s Local Hero

The evening’s celebrations will be hosted by Hamish Macdonald and Susie Youssef with the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese presenting the four category awards as they are announced, culminating in the announcement of the Australian of the Year 2023.

The event will include performances by singer-songwriter Budjerah.

ABC Canberra’s Adam Shirley will broadcast live on ABC Radio from 7.00pm-10.00pm AEDT, bringing you the behind-the-scenes colour of the event.

On January 26, at 8.30am local time in each state and territory, the first feature length interview (30 minutes) with the recipient of the Australian of the Year will air on ABC Radio local stations.

Production credits: ABC Series Producer, Marie Davies.

Bradman and Tendulkar

Monday 23 January 8.30pm

Bradman and Tendulkar – two of cricket’s greatest players from different corners of the world, are the subject of a new television documentary which compares their early lives, stellar careers and dreams.

In May 2022, ABC reporters Ben Knight and Paul Kennedy began work on a television documentary project comparing the lives and careers of two of Cricket’s greatest players – Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.

On the face of it, their backgrounds could not have been more different. Bradman grew up in 1920s rural Australia, Tendulkar in the crowded chaos of Bombay.
Yet the more Ben and Paul looked into their lives, the more they found. Both cricketers were the youngest in large families, growing up in loving and supportive environments where art was as much encouraged as sport.

As batters, their styles were not particularly similar. Yet Bradman clearly saw something he recognised – perhaps more than he said at the time.
Their aggression, their hunger for runs, their mental ability to maintain focus for hours on end, their deep love of the game for its own sake… everywhere you look, the connections are there.

They famously met only once: on Bradman’s 90th birthday. The photograph of that meeting was front page news in Australia and India. For the first time, we find out what happened in the room that inspiring day

Production credit: ABC International and ABC NEWS collaboration

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It’s the first time a King has done a televised Christmas message on Australian television

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Returning to Mondays

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Four Corners, Media Watch, Q+A

Start the week well-informed, with all the very latest in news and current affairs on the ABC.

At 8:30pm, the multi-award winning Four Corners returns for another year of powerhouse investigative journalism - fearless and forensic, holding power to account throughout six decades – and counting.

Australia’s longest running current affairs program has been exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate and confronting taboos for and behalf of the Australian public since 1961 and looks set to remain as defiant as ever in 2023.

Monday nights continue with Paul Barry hosting a new season of Media Watch - Australia’s leading forum for media analysis and critique. Since 1989 the program has been exposing conflicts of interest, journalistic deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation and plagiarism.

Media Watch turns the spotlight onto those who ‘make the news’: the reporters, the online editors, producers, camera operators and photographers. We also keep an eye on those who try to manipulate the media: the PR consultants, media agencies, spin-doctors, lobbyists and social influencers.

And rounding out the evening, Q+A returns to Monday nights. Stan Grant hosts the weekly topical lively debates with a panel of punters, pollies and pundits to talk through the big issues of the past seven days and set the agenda for the week to come.

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Endeavour - Final season

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From Friday 3 February 8.30pm

The Inspector Morse prequel drama, returns to ABC with a nineth and final series.
The popular prequel drama, Endeavour, returns to ABC for a final series. Following the early career of the iconic Inspector Morse.

Set in Oxford during the 1960’s, against a backdrop of revolutionary social change, Endeavour chronicles the early criminal casebook of a young detective who will grow to be writer Colin Dexter’s immortal Inspector Morse. What questions will be answered in this final series?

Starring Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse and Roger Allam as Fred Thursday.

Week commencing 1 January

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Sunday 1 January
7:30pm Movie: Strictly Ballroom
9:05pm Wreck Rpt
9:50pm Mystify Michael Hutchence Rpt
11:30pm Mystery Road x 3 Rpt

Monday 2 January
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Bill Bryson Rpt
8:00pm Back Roads: The Great Australian Pub Season 9 Premiere
8:30pm Our Dementia Choir Sings Again Series Premiere
9:30pm River Rpt
10:40pm Our Brain: Explained Rpt
11:35pm The Detectives

Tuesday 3 January
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Judith Lucy Rpt
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Sophie Delezio Rpt
8:30pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
9:25pm Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Rpt
10:25pm The Truth About Getting Fit At Home Rpt
11:20pm Mystery Road x 3 Rpt

Wednesday 4 January
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Gillian Triggs Rpt
8:00pm QI: Quintessential Rpt
8:30pm Spicks And Specks: Alice Skye, Rhys Nicholson, Josh Teskey & Zoe Coombs Marr Rpt
9:20pm Utopia: Working With Children Rpt
9:45pm Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Rpt
10:45pm Us Rpt
11:45pm Our Dementia Choir Sings Again Rpt

Thursday 5 January
7:30pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Ian Chappell Rpt
8:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Rpt
8:30pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Houses that Fit into their Surroundings Rpt
9:20pm Palazzo di Cozzo Rpt
10:20pm Movin’ To The Country: North Central Victoria Rpt
10:50pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
11:45pm EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane: A Fair Trial Rpt

Friday 6 January
7:30pm Camilla’s Country Life Premiere Special
8:30pm Movie: The Child In Time
10:00pm The Accident Rpt
10:50pm Troppo Rpt
11:45pm Us Rpt
12:40am rage

Saturday 7 January
7:30pm Call The Midwife Season 11 Premiere
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy Rpt
10:00pm Unforgotten Rpt
10:50pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Tupac Shakur Rpt
11:40pm rage Guest Programmer Rpt

Miriam Margoyles: Australia Unmasked (which aired on the ABC back in June) premiered on the BBC on Tuesday this week. Of the reviews I have seen so far, The Times’ Jo Joyner gave the show three stars out of five, while Daily Mail’s Christopher Stevens rated it only one star out of five.

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Week commencing 8 January 2023

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Sunday 8 January
7:30pm Death In Paradise Rpt
8:30pm Vera: Witness Rpt
10:00pm Wreck Rpt
10:50pm Operation Buffalo Rpt
11:40pm Parkinson In Australia: 1982: Lee Marvin, Dick Smith, Elkie Brooks Rpt

Monday 9 January
7:30pm 7.30 2023 Return
8:00pm Back Roads: Brunette Downs, NT
8:30pm Our Dementia Choir Sings Again
9:30pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Freddie Mercury Rpt
10:25pm Our Brain: Smarter Rpt
11:20pm ABC Late News
11:35pm Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy Rpt

Tuesday 10 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm Anh’s Brush With Fame: Father Bob Rpt
8:30pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
9:25pm Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Ray Martin Rpt
10:15pm The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System Rpt
11:10pm ABC Late News
11:30pm The Accident Rpt

Wednesday 11 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm QI: Quarrels Rpt
8:30pm Spicks And Specks: Amy Taylor, Denise Scott, Stephanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe & Tom Ballard Rpt
9:20pm Utopia: Pipe Dreams Rpt
9:45pm Us Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Our Dementia Choir Sings Again Rpt

Thursday 12 January
7:30pm 7.30
8:00pm You Can’t Ask That: Chinese Australians Rpt
8:30pm Grand Designs: House Of The Year: Down to Earth Rpt
9:20pm A Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon Rpt
10:10pm Movin’ To The Country: Top End, NT Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Love On The Spectrum Rpt
11:55pm Top Of The Lake: China Girl: Surrogate Rpt

Friday 13 January
7:30pm A Royal Grand Design
8:25pm Endeavour: Striker Rpt
9:55pm The Accident Rpt
10:45pm ABC Late News
11:00pm Us Rpt

Saturday 14 January
7:30pm Call The Midwife
8:30pm Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society Rpt
10:00pm Unforgotten Rpt
10:50pm A Life In Ten Pictures: Freddie Mercury Rpt
11:40pm rage Guest Programmer

The ABC’s schedule for the first two weeks of January is just as disappointing. Apart from the new seasons of Back Roads and Call the Midwife, and new series Our Dementia Choir Sings Again, it’s all repeats.

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