# NITV - Programs and Schedules **URL:** \ **Category:** SBS\ **Tags:** sbs\ **Created:** [December 29, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/nitv-programs-and-schedules/455 "2015-12-29T07:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 128
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### NITV and SBS invite Australia to come together and reflect through Always Was, Always Will Be programming slate ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/3/9382dda833ed7195d501ebfaccdb5ccf39810fbc.jpeg) **Special events, Slow TV and powerful premieres form a unique programming slate for the week leading to January 26.** - Simulcast across SBS and Channel 10, NITV’s Sunrise Ceremony moves to Queensland for the first time. - Premiering on NITV, The Whole Table hosted by award-winning actress Shari Sebbens will explore the issues facing Indigenous peoples around the world through an arts and cultural lens. - Slow TV returns to NITV with Bamay II, taking audiences on a bird’s eye view journey of Australian landscapes. - NITV’s The Point hosts a special episode live from Sydney Festival’s The Vigil on the Day of Mourning - Exclusive content collections exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories available across all SBS channels and SBS On Demand. - Educational resources available through SBS Learn. > **National Indigenous Television (NITV)** and **SBS** invite communities to deepen their understanding of January 26 and what it means to be Australian through the upcoming programming slate, Always Was, Always Will Be. > > Dedicated programs, special events, premieres and news highlights will air across both NITV and SBS from January 19-26 with a focus on encouraging greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. > > Director of Indigenous Content at SBS, **Tanya Denning-Orman,** said: “As Australia’s national Indigenous broadcaster, NITV provides a vital platform for First Nations voices, truth-telling, and inspiration for all Australians. > > “January 26 continues to be a time of reflection and healing for our communities, and as the nation marks the day, NITV and SBS play a unique role in bringing all Australians – regardless of their background - together, through an honest and respectful conversation about our nation’s identity and the impact of history on our lives today. > > For the first time, **NITV** ’s _Sunrise Ceremony_ will move to Queensland. In a two-hour special network event, broadcast live from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), audiences will be invited to enhance their understanding of Australia’s past, present and future as the dawn rises, while acknowledging and embracing a shared future. Hosted by NITV’s **John Paul Janke** and featuring Network 10 presenter **Narelda Jacobs** , the program will feature a range of guests, including Quandamooka representatives (the Traditional Owners of Minjerribah), respective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices including **Guyala Bayles** , and public figures such as **Kerry O’Brien** , plus incredible musical performances from artists including **Electric Fields** and **Troy Cassar-Daley**. > > The event will be simulcast across **NITV** , **SBS** and **Channel 10** from 6am on Tuesday January 26,as well as live on **SBS On Demand** **.** > > Inspired by an immense year of worldwide activism and attention on race relations, **NITV** is proud to launch _The Whole Table_ in collaboration with the **Sydney Theatre Company**. Premiering on Wednesday January 20 at 8:30pm, the three-part special will feature a round table discussion exploring Indigenous issues faced in the arts around the world. Hosted by **Shari Sebbens** ( _The Sapphires, Top End Wedding, Redfern Now_ ), and helmed by panellists **Wesley Enoch** , **Nakkiah Lui** and **Rhoda Roberts** , each episode will invite different guests to the table to debate and better understand Indigenous affairs in the arts. Academy Award winner **Taika Waititi** and renowned actor **Miranda Tapsell** lead the list of significant guests that will join the panellists throughout each episode. > > On Monday January 25, join **NITV** for 24 hours of reflection and healing on the Day of Mourning. > > As the sun sets, audiences are invited to tune into _The Point: Vigil Special_ , live from Barangaroo, Gadigal Country, in partnership with Sydney Festival. Marking the return of NITV’s flagship current affairs program for 2021, host **Rachael Hocking** will lead a conversation with a panel of Indigenous and multicultural guests about the stories that define us as Australians and how we move forward as a unified nation honouring and respecting the true history of our country. _The Point: Vigil Special_ will broadcast live from 7:30pm on **NITV, NITV Facebook Live, SBS On Demand** and **SBS VICELAND**. From 8:30-10:30pm, stay tuned for live rolling coverage of _The Vigil_ on **NITV**. > > Slow TV will then return to **NITV** throughout the night in the form of _Bamay II_ . From 9:30pm-3:30am, viewers can enjoy a bird’s eye view of some of Australia’s most stunning landscapes - from the Snowy Mountains to the Whitsundays. Accompanied by factoids, _Bamay II_ pays tribute to that which gives us life: Country. The Slow TV spectacular will be repeated in HD on **SBS VICELAND** from 12:00pm on Tuesday January 26 and on **SBS** from 10:30pm on Sunday January 31. > > Following the _Sunrise Ceremony_ onJanuary 26 _,_ rolling news coverage from every corner of the country will be hosted via NITV News on air and via Facebook Live, culminating in a wrap program _NITV News: Day 26_ at 7:30pm. > > Viewers can also tune into _Rabbit Proof Fence, Always Was Always Will Be, Vote Yes for Aborigines, Croker Island Exodus, Dhakiyarr Vs The King, Big Wet_ and _Island Paradise: Living In the Torres Strait_ throughout the day on **NITV** and **SBS**. > > From 8:30pm on January 26, **Warwick Thornton** ’s masterpiece _The Beach_ will return to **NITV** and **SBS**. Join the filmmaker as he gives up life in the fast lane to go it alone on an isolated beach in one of the most beautiful yet brutal environments in the world, to see if he can transform and heal his life. > > NITV’s award winning news and current affairs programs will return in the week leading up to January 26. Hosted by **Natalie Ahmat** , _Nula_ (NITV’s weekly news in review program) will return on Friday January 22. **Karla Grant** will be joined by Australian lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, **Noel Pearson** on _Living Black_ at 7:30pm on Monday January 25. > > Earlier in the week, on Tuesday January 19, **Warwick Thornton** ’s award-winning film _Sweet Country_ returns to **NITV** at 7:30pm. Set in the late 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier, justice itself is put on trial in this period Western. > > On Monday January 21, viewers are invited to join **NITV** at 8:30pm as it airs **SBS** ’ _Australia in Colour_ – a program that explores the history of Australia told through a unique collection of cinematic moments brought to life for the first time in colour, as the story of how Australia came to be the nation it is today unfolds. > > At 7:30pm on Saturday January 23, _Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky_ returns to screens as **Steven Oliver** and a group of the nation’s deadliest singers and songwriters create a modern-day songline that tells the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander story of connection to Country, resistance and survival throughout history. ### SBS On Demand > **SBS On Demand** will host Australian content on the SBS On Demand homepage on Tuesday January 26, as well as an ‘Australian Made’ curated collection of programs, selected by playwright and artistic director **Wesley Enoch** and, from Tuesday January 26, newly subtitled episodes of _First Australians_ will be available and translated into five languages: Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Hindi and Korean, in order to make the program more accessible to multicultural communities. > > In the lead up to January 26, **NITV Online** ’s **Take It Blak** podcast will host a conversation on the issues and topics that surround the day. Hosted by **Jack Latimore** , listeners will have the chance to hear Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander opinions and analysis around one of the most contentious days in the calendar. > > Throughout the week, **NITV Radio** will be interviewing incredible talent from across the _Always Was, Always Will Be_ programming slate including **Troy Cassar-Daley** , **Shari Sebbens** and **Adam Manovic** (Head of Entertainment, Events & Creative, NITV). ### SBS World Movies > **SBS World Movies** will air _Tudawali_ on Tuesday January 26 at 9:30pm. Starring **Ernie Dingo** , the film provides an insight into the life of the first Indigenous Australian film star, and how he became an iconic actor in the Australian film industry. ### SBS Food > **SBS Food** will host a marathon of _On Country Kitchen_ from 8.30am-4:00pm. Join Aboriginal chef **Mark Olive** and comedian **Derek Nannup** as they fuse native bush ingredients with contemporary cooking, to create mouth-watering dishes and simple cooking tips from our own backyard. **SBS Sport** will place a spotlight on stories celebrating Indigenous Paralympians, as well as collaborating with the **NBL** to produce a series of conversations for its NBL: Next Generation program with the first Indigenous Australian to play in the NBA, Torres Strait Islander man **Nate Jawai** , highlighting conversations with the next generation of Indigenous Australian basketball players. > [**SBS Learn**](https://www.sbs.com.au/learn/resources/stories-from-the-shore/teacher-resource) will support teachers across the country and encourage engagement with the conversations around January 26 by providing trusted resources and learning opportunities. New resources that explore _The Point_ and [_Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky_](https://www.sbs.com.au/learn/resources?section=Aboriginal%20and%20Torres%20Strait%20Islander%20Histories%20and%20Cultures) (in partnership with the **Maritime Museum** ) will be released. These add to extensive teacher resources exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, cultures and histories on [**SBS Learn**](https://www.sbs.com.au/learn/resources?section=Aboriginal%20and%20Torres%20Strait%20Islander%20Histories%20and%20Cultures). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/nitv-programs-and-schedules/455)._