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[ABC/8:30pm] Spooks. Final. Murphy (James Nesbitt) is in hiding with Callard (Mark Womack) and Miller (Michael Fassbender). Callard starts systematically destroying the forensic evidence against him and Murphy and Miller fear that he may want to destroy one or both of them too. Rees (Michael Feast) is desperately trying to piece together what went on at the farm shoot-out. Murphy is still missing and he has one officer gravely injured as well as a great deal of heroin and a very dangerous criminal on the loose. Callard is preparing to leave the country. Will he slip out of Murphy's grasp?
[ABC/9:20pm] Ghost Squad. Premiere. Amy (Elaine Cassidy), the Ghost Squad's rookie recruit, is thrown in at the deep end investigating a team of cops who've been working undercover for months tracking a network of sex traffickers. Amy's boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Carol McKay (Emma Fielding) believes that one or more of the team have changed allegiances. The team, headed by Mike Pearce (Cal Macaninch), are expecting a hidden consignment of 30 young Eastern European girls to be shipped into enforced prostitution. The cops’ work is dangerous and extreme, and Amy can't help but be impressed by the level of self-sacrifice these officers are making in order to maintain their cover. For Amy, this is policing like she's never seen before. In fact Mike, Kate (Donna Alexander) and Billy (Brooks Livermore) are so deep undercover Amy can never be absolutely sure which side they're on. McKay watches Amy's personal engagement with her team with a growing unease. Worried that Amy will take things too personally and put the secrecy of the Ghost Squad at risk, she instructs Pete (Jonas Armstrong) to watch over Amy very carefully. Amy may have got close to these tough, seemingly devoted police officers, but someone has betrayed them and it is her job to uncover who and why. Episode two!
[ABC/10:55pm] The Chaser's War On Everything. Rpt.
[Nine/5:30pm] Bert’s Family Feud. Final.
[Nine/10:35pm] Eyes. Premiere.
[Seven/3:00pm] Studio Portraits. DAVID CASSIDY: THE RELUCTANT IDOL. With the dream of creating a rock'n'roll legacy, David Cassidy unwittingly stumbled into the bright lights of stardom as a television and pop superstar. With television highlights and behind-the-scenes footage from THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, rare home-movies, and in-depth interviews with co-star DANNY BONADUCE, stepmother SHIRLEY JONES and brothers PATRICK and SHAUN CASSIDY we chronicle the turbulent career of a TV and music icon.
[Ten/7:30pm] Big Brother. Friday Night Live.
[Ten/9:30pm] Jericho. “Black Jack.” Jake, his dad, Heather and Dale visit Black Jack to try and find the parts needed to fix the windmill. Sarah goes home with Hawkins against the rest of his family's wishes.
[SBS/10:00pm] Footy Chicks - The possibility of sex with a football player is a fantasy for many women and a reality for some. Footy Chicks explores the scene off the footy field - a colourful world of sex, male bonding and the women who pursue them. Both the women and the players candidly reveal how it can be a fun, alluring and sometimes dangerous game. Erika's approach to potential targets is carried out with a ruthless and predatory strategy. Christie's first boyfriend in high school was a player for the Sydney Swans. Most of her dating life has revolved around the AFL scene. For her the scene is all about being seen in the right places with the right players. The life of a professional player can last anywhere from a season to a lifetime. (Commissioned by SBSi, in English). Rpt
[Showtime/8:30pm] Masters of Horror.
[World Movies/8:30pm] Movie: 2046 / In the Mood for Love
SATURDAY 2
[ABC/7:30pm] The Sideshow With Paul McDermott
[ABC/10:20pm] Parkinson. Tonight Parkinson has an all-star line-up - Kate Winslet talks about bullying, air brushing and the obsession with being thin; Jude Law scenes and his paparazzi battles; and Justin Timberlake discusses putting the sex back into pop music. The Who perform their new song Black Widows Eyes, and Justin Timberlake performs My Love from his new album Futuresex/Lovesounds. Kate Winslet tells Parky. "I was a very stocky child and was definitely an overweight teenager, and I just naturally and sensibly lost the weight. But then I went a little bit too far and I just didn't eat very much for a while, it was about a six month period and I was really, really tired, I wasn't well. This kind of thing it can affect your fertility… I mean it's really very dangerous and I just wish it would stop actually.” "Were you bullied at school?" asks Parky. "Yes I was. I was called 'Blubber'. They put me in the art cupboard and they called me Blubber!" replies Kate. "That's not very nice is it?" says Parky. Kate replies, "Yeah, but look at me now!"Jude Law tells how he deserved to be bullied for being so cocky at school, and the trauma of doing a nude scene in an ice bath… "I was just doing what the script said, at the end of the scene I get out of the bath… and I will always remember the night that the crew knew my friends were in, so they filled the bath with ice", says Jude. "That is absolutely terrible!", comments Kate. "When it went to America one reviewer said that as you stood nude there was a sudden demand for opera glasses?", Parky adds. "They were much needed!", says Jude.
[Nine/7:30pm] Primeval. Final.
[Nine/8:30pm] Movie: Shrek (US 2001) Rpt.
[Nine/10:30pm] Movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous (US) Rpt.
[SBS/7:30pm] Top Gear. In tonight's episode, Richard test drives the Vauxhall Monaro and we are introduced to the D1 Drifters - the world's greatest power slider drivers, who make taking a car into a corner an art form. Next up, James takes up Jeremy's challenge of playing the engine noise of a car as a musical instrument by recording the various notes from different engine sounds. James test drives a 420,000 Ferrari to get the perfect high-D. Next he drives the Alfa SZ to 3500 revs to get an F and he continues to find all the notes for the Top Gear theme song. Richard goes to Spain to experience the running of the bulls with a hidden camera. The high that is experienced would probably match that of driving a Lamborghini Roadster which keeps your pulse in treble figures. (From the UK, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) PG CC WS
[SBS/8:30pm] Movie Show - A repeat of last Thursday night’s program. (Commissioned by SBSi, in English) (Entertainment) (Rpt) G
[SBS/8:40pm] Iron Chef - Join Takeshi Kagi, founder of the Gourmet Academy, and his Iron Chefs in the cook-off cult classic series Iron Chef. Each week one of the Iron Chefs is challenged by a guest chef. Their skills are put to the test and judged by a panel of gourmets. The ingredients are unconventional and the preparations sheer genius. (From Japan, English narration) (Entertainment) G CC
[SBS/9:30pm] Movie: The Rage In Placid Lake - Placid rebels against the mores imposed on him by his woefully selfish hippie parents Doug and Sylvia. They are more concerned with the impact of globalisation on Pacific Island communities than with their son. Placid has always been a bit "weird", earning him the wrath of a group of bullies at his preppie private school. But a serious injury after an incident with the bullies leads him to decide to defy his parents' counterculture expectations. With his unconventional background, Placid's "rebellion" sees him get a suit, a George W Bush haircut and a job at an insurance company. This road to conformity proves fraught for this all-knowing, all-seeing teen, and especially for his platonic girlfriend, Gemma, probably the only person who ever really understood him. Directed by Tony McNamara, and stars Rose Byrne and Ben Lee. (From Australia, in English) (Drama) (2003) M WS CC
[SBS/11:05pm] Shameless - Series two of the critically acclaimed and brilliantly funny drama from award-winning writer Paul Abbott (Cracker). Kevin and Veronica, who live next door to Frank Gallagher and his large dysfunctional brood, decide to foster a child. The foster care agency sends them Eric, a sullen, withdrawn little boy who hardly ever speaks or cracks a smile. Eric is being bullied at school by a group of girls. Kevin helps him stand up for himself by teaching him to box. Meanwhile, Veronica's brother, a psychopathic arsonist, intends to torch his mother's lover's car in a jealous rage. The neighbours talk him out of it, but Frank accidentally finishes the job by tossing his cigarette butt on the petrol-doused street and causing the car to go up in flames. (From the UK, in English) (Drama Series) (Rpt) MA (L,A,D) CC WS
[SBS/12:00pm] S O S - Shorts On Screen - Booth Story - A sad, but often funny tale of a feathered creature named Albert and the lengths to which one man goes to overcome loneliness. Winner of Best Editing at Flickerfest 2007 (From Australia, in English) G; Heartworm - I don't want to give the impression that the entire thing was a disaster. I mean it was. But maybe there's something to be said for being in over your head. Daniel has a crush which has taken over his life. To make matters worse, he's moving into a house on a street with her name. In the end, it's not her ex-boyfriend rockstar, her singing dog or Daniel's housemates that help him make sense of it all (From Australia, in English) G; Aerosol - A story about how an ant changes the life of a factory worker (From Australia, in English) (Rpt) G; Mimi - A wickedly funny look at what happens to a yuppie who buys Aboriginal art without thinking about what she's buying (From Australia, in English) (Rpt) M
SUNDAY 3
[Nine/1:30pm] Movie: Winning London (US 2001) The delightful Olsen Twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley, are at it again! Nothing can stop these two from travelling the world and having fun, and this time they've gone to London to paint the town red, and teach the Kingdom what United really means! Also stars Australia's Jesse Spencer.
[Nine/6:30pm] The Lost Tribes.
[Nine/7:30pm] 60 Minutes
[Nine/10:30pm] Survivor: Fiji
[Nine/12:00am Mon] Movie: Teaching Mrs Tingle (US 1999) The story of one girl who is willing to do anything to become Valedictorian; even if it means murdering the one person who stands in her way, Mrs. Tingle. Stars Katie Holmes. Some Violence [V] Some Coarse Language [L]
[Ten/3:15pm] Movie: Brady Bunch Movie (US 1995)
[Ten/7:30pm] Big Brother. Live Eviction.
[Ten/8:30pm] Rove.
[Seven/12:35pm] Movie: The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) A comedy of errors, hilarious mishaps and misunderstandings pile up almost faster than you can laugh at them in this story that centres on an African bushman named Xixo who dwells deep in the Kalahari Desert with his small tribe. When a Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from an airplane it raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe who believe it to be a utensil of the gods. Xixo sets out to return it to the gods, and on his long and perilous journey he runs straight into the 20th century. Starring MARIUS WEYERS, SANDRA PRINSLOO, N!XAU, LOUW VERWEY, MICHAEL THYS, JAMIE UYS, NIC DE JAGER, KEN GAMPU and PADDY O'BYRNE.
[Seven/6:30pm] Where Are They Now? Mel and Kochie look back on the 2003 CANBERRA BUSHFIRES and hear from some of those affected by the tragedy including Marathon legend ROBERT DE CASTELLA and volunteer fire fighter MATT DUTKIEWICZ. Pilot, TIM JOYCE reveals details never heard before about his harrowing ordeal when Lucy Dudko pulled out a gun mid-air and forced him to land in a maximum security prison to free her lover John Killick. Also, MIKE WHITNEY reunites with the cast from the 90's hit show GLADIATORS and catch up with Dynasty legend LINDA EVANS and Who's the Boss star TONY DANZA. Hosted by MELISSA DOYLE and DAVID KOCH.
[Seven/7:30pm] Ugly Betty. I'M COMING OUT. It's Fashion Week in New York and Betty is hustling to ensure Mode's runway show goes off without a hitch. To Betty's dismay, Daniel offers Hilda a job helping out with the show. Furthermore, Wilhelmina is introduced to a new 'cosmetic technique' as Christina prepares for the debut of her very own designs and Marc and Amanda plot to steal what will be the season's hottest fashion item. But nothing can prepare them for the frenzy that ensues when the 'Mode' show is abruptly halted by a shocking revelation. Guest starring REBECCA ROMIJN and GINA GERSHON.
[Seven/8:30pm] Grey’s Anatomy. WISHIN' AND HOPIN' The race for the Chief's position is on as the doctors compete for Richard's attention. A surgical patient endangers the lives of those around her. Meredith's Alzheimer's stricken mother experiences a surprising change in her medical condition. Guest starring KATE BURTON.
[Seven/10:30pm] Movie: Garden State (US 2004) ZACH BRAFF stars as Andrew Largeman who has shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills just to see what might happen. Andrew hasn't been home to the 'Garden State' in nine years, but even with a great distance between them, he's been unable to escape his domineering father. Back home Andrew reconnects with old friends and by a twist of fate he meets Sam, a girl who is everything he isn't. Also starring NATALIE PORTMAN, IAN HOLM, RON LEIBMAN, METHOD MAN, PETER SARSGAARD, JEAN SMART and CHRISTOPHER CARLEY.
[ABC/7:30pm] Robin Hood. To celebrate King Richard's birthday, Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and the gang raid Gisborne's (Richard Armitage) feast at Locksley Manor where Gisborne boasts of his engagement to Marian (Lucy Griffiths). Robin humiliates Gisborne, robs the nobles and steals Marian's betrothal ring. But no one has accounted for the Sheriff's sudden arrival. As the gang escapes and Robin unwittingly tears off Gisborne's sleeve mid fight, he discovers a shocking secret about Gisborne which sends him spiralling out of control: a tattoo marking him as the King's assassin in Acre. As the gang drags a stunned Robin away, Djaq (Anjali Jay) is captured. Gisborne rides after Robin and a fight ensues. The gang tie the two protagonists to separate trees and Little John (Gordon Kennedy) reluctantly resumes gang leadership leaving Much (Sam Troughton) in charge of the prisoners. Robin persuades Much to release him and immediately sets upon Gisborne. Much rushes off to summon Marian (Lucy Griffiths) who arrives to find Gisborne unconscious. She is furious. Then Little John and the others return without Djaq and Robin must choose between helping them to save her, and seeking final retribution on Gisborne.
[ABC/8:30pm] Life on Mars. When Sam (John Simm) responds to a fatal stabbing at Crester's Textiles he's shocked to discover that Crester's is the converted Mill where he lives in 2006 and the dead man is quite literally lying in his kitchen. Sam sets up a forensic investigation but Gene (Philip Glenister) thinks he is wasting his time as there is a rule in these sorts of cases - first one to speak did it. Sam is incredulous but Gene and the team all seem to believe that Ted Bannister (John Henshaw) is guilty. Sam has found the fight his doctors back in 2006 are willing him to find. As he gets to know Ted and starts to uncover the truth of what happened at the Mill, Sam realises how much the concept of family and community has changed since 1973. Battle lines are drawn in the CID and Sam and Gene set up their own little camps. Frustratingly for Sam, all the evidence seems to be pointing to Gene being right about Ted Bannister. As the evidence stacks up against him Ted confesses, but there's something about the confession that doesn't feel right to Sam. Can he persuade Gene to give him more time?
[ABC/9:30pm] Compass : Every Parent's Nightmare. Julie Nicholson's daughter was killed in the London bombings of July 7, 2005. Since then, Julie has been unable to work because Julie is a priest. A powerful story about Julie's religious faith being challenged.
[ABC/11:20pm] A Year In The Life Of Ian McKellen. Internationally acclaimed film star and classical stage actor, Ian McKellen, allows The South Bank Show unprecedented and exclusive access to record a year in his life - at work, on the road and at home. Rpt.
[SBS/7:30pm] Dangerous Liaisons: Famous Mistresses - The Pope's Mistress - This three part film is a mixture of documentary and elaborate re-enactments that examine the role that mistresses played throughout history and the influence they yield behind some of the most prominent men in history - including Popes, Sultans and Kings. The series explores the rise of the mistress from humble beginnings to the upper most social circles and how this has fascinated the public for centuries. Throughout time, these women have served a crucial role acting as confidants, mentors and sources of strength to some of the most influential men. The past in all its glory is reflected in the featured palaces, tombs, fortresses, churches, baths and mosques. (From Germany, in German, with English subtitles) (Documentary Series) (Part 1) (Rpt) PG (A) WS
[SBS/8:30pm] Big Love. Premiere. Hit HBO series Big Love will be screening on SBS at 8:30 pm on Sundays from 3rd June. Think having three wives is a dream come true? Meet Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a modern-day Utah polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives, seven children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. The owner of a growing chain of home improvement stores, Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin), who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband each night. While managing the household finances together and routinely sharing "family home nights," they try to keep simmering jealousies in check and their arrangement a secret - polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church. Adding to Bill's woes are a series of crises affecting his parents (Bruce Dern and Grace Zabriskie), who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah, and his ruthless father-in-law, Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), the powerful head of the polygamist commune where his parents live. Bold, funny and wholly original, Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage through a typically atypical family. Bill Henrickson has not been himself lately. The stress of opening the second of his "Henrickson's Home Plus" superstores has been getting to him, and he is struggling to keep up with the mounting demands from his wives and kids at home. Barb, the oldest of his wives, recently returned to substitute teaching, and she needs him to pick up some of the slack with the errands. Nicki, the second wife, wants more money to fix up her house - after all, Barb got to do hers. And Margene, the third wife, with two boys under two, is preoccupied with losing her baby weight - and with Bill's inability to get an erection with her. Things get even more complicated when news arrives from Bill's ne'er-do-well brother Joey that their father Franklin may be meeting his end. He makes a long-avoided return to the rural Juniper Creek Compound where he was raised, only to discover his father foaming at the mouth on the living room floor. His mother, Lois, couldn't pick him up, and she refuses to take him to a hospital ("it just brings more attention to us"), leaving it up to Bill and Joey to sneak him out when she leaves for work. Back in suburban Salt Lake City, Bill's oldest daughter Sarah unwittingly befriends the daughter of a state trooper - putting the family's secret at risk. Ben, his oldest son, wants a new gun. Teenie, the 8-year-old, calls her dad to ask him to get grub for her lizard. And Nicki's two young boys have been clamoring to be picked up and played with in the pool. Through all this, Bill manages to make it to the grand opening of his second store, but his celebratory spirit comes to an abrupt end with a surprise visit from Roman, the ruthless head of the Juniper Creek compound and Nicki's father. Roman helped Bill finance his first Home Plus store, and now he wants a cut of the profits on the second. Bill refuses, and the stalemate threatens their relationship - and possibly more. Adding to Bill's anxiety, the hospital calls with toxicology tests on his father. He's full of arsenic.
[SBS/9:30pm] RAN: Remote Area Nurse. If you missed it the first time now is your chance to catch SBS’ critically acclaimed drama series RAN- Remote Area Nurse when it returns for its second run on SBS Television from Sunday 3 June at 9.30pm. RAN was nominated for seven AFI Awards in 2006 and won three - Best Telefeature or Mini Series, Best Screenplay in Television and Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for Susie Porter. Susie also won the 2007 Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress for her role as Helen Tremain, while RAN was nominated for Most Outstanding Drama Series and newcomer Aaron Fa’aoso was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. Helen Tremain returns to the remote island, where she has spent the last five years as its only medico, with a strong sense that this place is now her only home. Her mother has died and she is the last of her family. Helen has a talent for breaking just about every rule in the book. She has no choice - rules don’t work in a place like this. She puts a local woman’s needs ahead of departmental policy and lands herself in hot water. She veers close to an affair with the charismatic but Machiavellian island leader. She goes head to head in a political battle with this same man. And ultimately she has to deal with a deadly outbreak of dengue fever and the near-death of the man she has come to love. RAN Episode 1: Helen Tremain returns to the island, where she has spent the last five years as remote area nurse, with a strong sense that this place is now her only home. Her mother has died and Helen is the last of her family. But the island isn’t the tropical paradise she remembers. The substitute nurse was a disaster and the indigenous health workers are rebelling. And there’s Myrtle. Intellectually disabled, Myrtle is pregnant yet again to another anonymous stranger. She pleads with Helen to let her have the baby on the island. Even though it’s against the rules of the health department. Helen takes the risk that threatens her career - she will help Myrtle deliver her baby in secret. But she needs the help of Paul, the chief health worker who has gone walkabout. She finds him at his father’s home - the Island Chairman, Russ Fenton. Russ is a charming man who runs the island with an iron grip. He offers to straighten Paul out and volunteers his daughter, Nancy - home from her studies as a doctor - to get the clinic operational again. Helen can’t help but wonder what Russ wants in exchange. And so Helen, Nancy and the prodigal Paul prepare to keep Myrtle on the island for the birth. But the visiting doctor discovers their plan and sends a posse to the island. Myrtle is tackled in Russ’ front garden, forcibly sedated and helicoptered off to the mainland. Russ is furious. And Helen faces the sack. Strange then, that Russ vents his public fury on his children, Paul and Nancy, effectively saving Helen’s neck. Rpt.
[SBS/11:20pm] John Safran Vs God - Xtreme Mormons/Vodouism/Gods & Guns - John learns about the blossoming niche cinema market of Mormon films and travels to Mormon heartland - Salt Lake City, Utah - to get a piece of the action. Next he travels to political hot-spot Haiti and participates in the day of the dead voodoo ceremony. Then John winds up shooting the breeze in LA with a gun-totin' rabbi. (Commissioned by SBSi, in English) (Comedy Series) (Rpt) M (V,A) CC
[Arena/7:30pm] My Bare Lady
[Arena/8:30pm] Entourage.
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