###Poldark Series 2
From Sunday 25 September at 8:40pm
It’s 1790 and there’s riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) is fighting for his freedom when George Warleggan (Jack Farthing) tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis (Kyle Soller) and Elizabeth (Heida Reed) watch on in horror, can Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) save Ross from himself? Crippled by debts, Ross and Francis try to heal old wounds by joining forces in a new mine free of the Warleggans.
Ross and Elizabeth are thrown together by unforeseen circumstances, and Ross risks everything in a desperate smuggling venture. Meanwhile, the fate of the Poldarks is tied to Dr Dwight Enys (Luke Norris) and young heiress Caroline Penvenen (Gabriella Wilde) in unexpected ways.
The Poldark clan must learn to settle their differences once and for all, but at what cost?
In episode one, as George Warleggan builds his case against Ros, Pascoe forces Ross to prepare a will just in case, while Demelza hopes to gain an ally in their neighbour Ray Penvenen (John Nettles).
Francis fails in his efforts to reconcile with Ross, and Elizabeth attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ross and George, persuading George to offer Ross his help in influencing the court. However, Ross rejects the offer as the price of friendship with George is too high.
Francis is consumed with guilt for betraying Ross, while George offers to stand up for Ross in court if he’ll accept his friendship - but Ross refuses. And Demelza is prevented from speaking to the Justice.
Ross begins to realise that he may well be hanged tomorrow…
###Week commencing 18 September
Sunday 18 September
7:40pm Howard On Menzies: Building Modern Australia Premiere
8:40pm Vera
10:10pm The Bletchley Circle
Monday 19 September
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 20 September
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Recognition: Yes Or No? Premiere
9:35pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm Meet The Mavericks
Wednesday 21 September
8:00pm Anh Do’s Brush With Fame
8:30pm Gruen
9:10pm The Katering Show
9:20pm You Can’t Ask That
9:40pm QI
10:10pm Would I Lie To You?
Thursday 22 September
8:00pm The Checkout
8:30pm The Code
9:30pm The Tunnel
Friday 23 September
8:00pm Birds Of A Feather
8:25pm Midsomer Murders Rpt
9:55pm QI
Saturday 14 September
7:30pm Agatha Raisin
8:20pm Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime Rpt
9:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rpt
10.15pm TBA
According to TV Tonight, ABC will not be able to show the upcoming series 9 of The Last Leg, due to Seven having broadcast rights to the Rio Paralympic Games. Series 9 will air on Channel 4 every night from this Wednesday (UK time) to next Monday, to coincide with the first week of the Paralympics. So dedicated fans wanting to see the show will have to search the net for episodes.
###Week commencing 25 September
Sunday 25 September
7:40pm Howard On Menzies: Building Modern Australia
8:40pm Poldark Series Premiere
9:40pm Wolf Hall Series Premiere
10:50pm The Honourable Woman
Monday 26 September
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 27 September
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Conviction Premiere
9:35pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm Trent Parke
Wednesday 28 September
8:00pm Anh Do’s Brush With Fame
8:30pm Gruen
9:10pm You Can’t Ask That
9:35pm QI
10:05pm Would I Lie To You?
Thursday 29 September
8:00pm The Checkout
8:30pm The Code
9:30pm The Tunnel
Friday 30 September
8:00pm Birds Of A Feather
8:25pm Midsomer Murders Rpt
9:55pm QI
Saturday 31 September
7:30pm Agatha Raisin
8:20pm Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime Rpt
9:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rpt
10.15pm Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
My memories of the original make me shudder at the thought of watching this.
These new episodes are a lot funnier than the original series in my opinion.It was a pleasant surprise that some 15 years after the original series ended they all returned for this revival .They have made three series (24 episodes) since the series was revived in 2014.
###Home Fires
From Saturday 15 October at 8:20pm
It’s August 1939, and Britain is on the brink of war, and the inhabitants of Great Paxford are preparing to fight Germany yet again.
Butcher’s son David Brindsley (Will Attenborough) gets the all clear from Dr Will Campbell (Ed Stoppard), and announces his intention to enlist as soon as he’s 17. His mother Miriam (Claire Price) is devastated, and tries to persuade Will to declare David medically unfit. But Will himself plans to rejoin the army, and his wife Erica (Frances Grey) is less that thrilled, as he served in WW1, and they now have two daughters, Kate (19) and Laura (18). Luckily for her Will fails the medical because of an irregularity in his breathing.
President of the WI, Joyce Cameron’s (Francesca Annis) deciding vote closes its doors, and Frances Barden (Samantha Bond) is furious and is determined to resurrect it - the blackberries on the hedgerows around the village can provide jam production - a way of raising money for the war effort and recruiting new members. Whilst picking, postman Spencer Wilson (Mike Noble) brings Claire Hillman’s (Daisy Badger) bike, which he has fixed, back to her and there is an obvious attraction.
Whilst Pat (Claire Rushbrook) is out with the WI, her husband Bob (Mark Bazeley), a writer and manipulative bully, is rushed to hospital with severe food poisoning. Pat thinks she has made him ill with bad fish, and when Bob returns from hospital he’s determined to make her life hell.
At a jam sale the next day, the women try to persuade local farmer Steph Farrow (Clare Calbraith) to join their new WI, but for her it’s a world away from her practical farming life. Blonde bombshell Jenny (Jodie Hamblet) arrives and whisks Spencer away for a drink, and Claire’s hopes are dashed.
As the women wait in the village hall for new members to turn up, Joyce arrives and rejoices at their failure. But just as they’re giving up, Steph appears with a trailer-load of women.
###Grand Designs: House of the Year
From Sunday 9 October at 7:40pm
Every year the Royal Institute of British Architects holds a competition to find the best new home in Britain and this time, Grand Designs is along for the ride. Presented by Kevin McCloud and guest reporters Zac Monro and Michelle Ogundehin, this four-part series explores some of Britain’s most contemporary and cutting edge homes, all of them nominees for the prestigious RIBA House of the Year Award 2015.
Kevin and the team meet the owners and architects who built them, reveal how these exemplary houses were constructed and uncover the secrets of designing and building a truly inspirational home. From a house built over a river in Northern Ireland to a remote, renovated mill in Scotland and a bold, wooden shed in the eerie landscape of Dungeness, we take you behind normally closed doors to see some of the best new architecture in the UK. In the final episode Kevin will reveal the overall winner of the RIBA House of the Year.
###National Treasure
From Thursday 13 October at 8:30pm
Paul Finchley (Robbie Coltrane) is one half of a much loved British comedy double act – a cherished household name with a career that spans several decades. He’s not quite as successful as he once was, but nevertheless he’s firmly engrained into the British national conscious.
As Paul settles into the twilight years of his life, a destructive allegation shakes him and his family to their core.
Accused of two counts of sexual assault, each some 20 years previous, Paul’s honour and celebrity face trial by jury, by press and by those closest to him, not least his wife, Marie (Julie Walters) and daughter, Dee (Andrea Risborough). And whether unconditionally or dutifully, those who love and care for Paul must stand by the man whose word they have chosen to believe.
###Week commencing 2 October
Sunday 2 October
7:40pm Grand Designs
8:40pm Poldark
9:40pm Wolf Hall
10:50pm The Honourable Woman
Monday 3 October
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 4 October
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Matilda And Me
9:35pm Foreign Correspondent
10:00pm The Agony of Ageing
Wednesday 5 October
8:00pm Anh Do’s Brush With Fame
8:30pm Gruen
9:10pm You Can’t Ask That
9:40pm QI
10:10pm Would I Lie To You?
Thursday 6 October
8:00pm Silvia’s Italian Table Series Premiere
8:30pm The Code
9:30pm The Tunnel
Friday 7 October
8:00pm QI
8:30pm Code of a Killer Series Premiere
9:20pm DCI Banks: Wednesday’s Child
Saturday 8 October
7:30pm Agatha Raisin
8:20pm Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime Rpt
9:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rpt
10.15pm Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
###Week commencing 9 October
Sunday 9 October
7:40pm Grand Designs House Of The Year Series Premiere
8:30pm Poldark
9:30pm Wolf Hall
10:30pm The Honourable Woman
Monday 10 October
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 11 October
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Man Up Series Premiere
9:30pm TBA
Wednesday 12 October
8:00pm Anh Do’s Brush With Fame
8:30pm Upper Middle Bogan Series Premiere
9:00pm Rosehaven Series Premiere
9:30pm TBA
Thursday 13 October
8:00pm Silvia’s Italian Table
8:30pm National Treasure Series Premiere
9:20pm The Tunnel
10:10pm Shock Horror Aunty
Friday 14 October
8:00pm QI
8:30pm Code of a Killer
9:20pm DCI Banks: Wednesday’s Child
10:05pm Birds Of A Feather
Saturday 15 October
7:30pm Agatha Raisin
8:20pm Home Fires Series Premiere
9:10pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rpt
10.05pm Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
###Week commencing 16 October
Sunday 16 October
7:40pm Grand Designs House Of The Year
8:30pm Poldark
9:30pm Wolf Hall
10:30pm Spear Series Premiere
Monday 17 October
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 18 October
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Man Up
9:30pm Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Wednesday 19 October
8:00pm Hard Quiz Series Premiere
8:30pm Upper Middle Bogan
9:00pm Rosehaven
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
Thursday 20 October
8:00pm Silvia’s Italian Table
8:30pm National Treasure
9:20pm The Tunnel
10:10pm Shock Horror Aunty
Friday 21 October
8:00pm QI
8:30pm Code of a Killer
9:20pm DCI Banks
10:05pm Hard Quiz
Saturday 22 October
7:30pm Agatha Raisin
8:20pm Home Fires
9:10pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rpt
10.05pm TBA
###Week commencing 23 October
Sunday 23 October
7:40pm Grand Designs House Of The Year
8:30pm Poldark
9:30pm Wolf Hall
10:30pm Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Premiere
A feature documentary about the life of art icon Peggy Guggenheim based on her sole authorised biography. Peggy was an heiress to the Guggenheim family who would become a central figure in the modern art movement.
Monday 24 October
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 25 October
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Man Up Final
9:30pm Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
Wednesday 26 October
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Upper Middle Bogan
9:00pm Rosehaven
9:30pm Adam Hills: Happyism
Thursday 27 October
8:00pm Silvia’s Italian Table
8:30pm National Treasure
9:20pm Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild: Tonga
10:05pm Shock Horror Aunty
Friday 28 October
8:00pm QI
8:30pm The Level Series Premiere
9:20pm DCI Banks
10:05pm Hard Quiz
Saturday 29 October
7:30pm Doc Martin Rpt
8:20pm Home Fires
9:10pm Inspector George Gently Rpt
10:40pm Call The Midwife Rpt
Is that a repeat or a new series?
Repeats.
13 October
Direct from ABC TV’s complaints desk, this special shines the spotlight on some of Aunty’s edgiest moments - programs causing outrage amongst viewers, the media or ABC TV management over the last few decades.
20 October:
Host Craig Reucassel reveals more of ABC TV’s most shocking moments of the past six decades. Tonight we see the great naked belly button scandal of 1968, reactions to gays and lesbians on TV and outrage over religious comedy
27 October
Tonight host Craig Reucassel reveals more of ABC TV’s most shocking moments including the use of coarse language, racial stereotypes and the subject of sex and drugs. Interview guests include Wendy Harmer and Tim Ferguson.
###Doctor Foster
From Thursday 17 November at 8:30pm
Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey, Coronation Stree,) stars as Doctor Gemma Foster in this mystery-drama series, which last year in the UK, was one of the most talked about television events of the year.
Gemma Foster (Jones), a doctor at the Parminster Medical Centre, seems to have the perfect life: she is happily married to property developer Simon (Bertie Carvel) with whom she has a young son; she is a trusted GP; and has many friends and a settled family - until one day she finds a blonde hair on Simon’s scarf.
Suspecting that Simon is having an affair, Gemma decides to investigate. At first she thinks the blonde hair may belong to Simon’s assistant Becky, but rather than confront him, she confides in her colleague Ros (Thusitha Jayasundera).
In her stressed state, she forces elderly doctor Jack Reynolds, who has become an alcoholic, to retire, and in return for a favour, helps a young patient, Carly (Clare-Hope Ashitey), get rid of her abusive boyfriend. But Carly’s favour is about to tear Gemma’s world apart.
When she finds a second phone in her husband’s car, she discovers a level of betrayal she couldn’t have imagined…
###Streets of Your Town
Tuesday 8 and 15 November 8:30pm
Streets of Your Town is a two-part series focusing on the aesthetics of our suburbs. Tim Ross – comedian, broadcaster and Architecture enthusiast – is tour guide for this very personal journey exploring how and why our suburbs look the way they do.
From the Modernist boom in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s to the McMansions that came to dominate our suburban landscape from the ‘80s, our design decisions say a lot about the times we live in, our shifting aspirations, and our confidence in the world.
Australians used to build small modest homes designed by pioneering architects including Robin Boyd, Syd Ancher, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler but we now build the biggest houses on earth, 10% larger than the average American home.
Travelling the country and gaining unprecedented access to some of our most iconic homes and meeting their owners, peeling back their history and revelling in their beauty, Tim poses the question: from Modernism to McMansionism – how did we get here?
Episode One: Modernism: How Australia led the world in egalitarian home design
Episode Two: What killed modernism – and why is it back? Designer death and revival.
###Artsville
From Tuesday 8 November at 9:30pm
###Week commencing 30 October
Sunday 30 October
7:40pm Grand Designs House Of The Year
8:30pm Poldark
9:30pm Wolf Hall
10:30pm Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
Monday 31 October
8:00pm Australian Story
8:30pm Four Corners
9:20pm Media Watch
9:35pm Q&A
Tuesday 1 November
8:00pm Catalyst
8:30pm Joanna Lumley: Elvis and me
9:25pm Trillion Dollar Island
Wednesday 2 November
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Upper Middle Bogan
9:00pm Rosehaven
9:30pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg
Thursday 3 November
8:00pm Silvia’s Italian Table
8:30pm National Treasure
9:20pm Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild: Belize
10:05pm Shock Horror Aunty
Friday 4 November
8:00pm QI
8:30pm The Level
9:20pm DCI Banks
10:05pm Hard Quiz
Saturday 5 November
7:30pm Doc Martin Rpt
8:20pm Home Fires
9:10pm Inspector George Gently Rpt
10:40pm Call The Midwife Rpt