Tue Jan 23
[Ten/8:30pm] NCIS. New Series. “Shalom.” When Ziva accidentally witnesses a political assassination, she must surrender to the FBI and deal with the consenquences without Gibbs's help, who is now enjoying his retirement. She learns that the FBI is looking for her and escapes, while the NCIS team, leaded by Tony, must prove that Ziva is innocent. However, when things get more complicated, Ziva seeks help from the one person that always trusted her, Gibbs.
[Ten/9:30pm] The O.C. "The French Connection" Taylor's ex-husband comes to Newport and Ryan and Taylor have a bump in their relationship. Seth goes to Seattle to get Dr. Robert's blessing.
[Ten/11:15pm] Vodafone Live At The Chapel Evermore
[Ten/11:45pm] The Late Show With David Letterman
[SBS/8:30pm] Cutting Edge: Kidnapped By The CIA – In the wake of 9/11 the USA has pulled out all stops to combat global terrorism. This documentary examines a particular aspect of this war on terror, the illegal kidnapping of European citizens by the CIA, and their detention and even torture on foreign soil. After Washington declared all-out war on terrorism, Europe became a happy hunting ground for the CIA. Did Europe know what was going on? Did European governments lend a helping hand? This documentary looks at why the European Parliament has set up a committee of inquiry that will spend six months probing the actions of the US secret service and its European counterparts in their “war on terror.” Forty-six parliament members have agreed to let a CAPA film crew follow along and document their enquiry. (From France, in English and French, English subtitles) CC WS
[SBS/10:00pm] Hot Docs: The Five Obstructions – In this film, Lars von Trier enters the world of documentary film making with Danish documentary film veteran Jorgen Leth. Together, Leth and Von Trier take on the task of challenging conventional ways of documentary and film production. In 1967 Jorgen Leth made a 12 minute short film called The Perfect Human, a document on human behaviour containing the familiar Leth themes – a film which von Trier admired greatly and claimed to have seen more than 20 times. In the year 2000 Lars von Trier challenged Jorgen Leth to make 5 remakes of this film, using Dogma rules of filmmaking. Each time von Trier put forward obstructions, constraining Leth to rethink the story and the characters of the original film from 1967. Playing the naïve anthropologist, Leth attempts to embrace the cunning challenges set forth by the devious and sneaky von Trier. Five times Leth has to deal with the limitations, commands and prohibitions made by von Trier. It becomes a game full of traps and vicious turns. The Five Obstructions is an investigative journey into the phenomenon of film making. (From Denmark, in Danish and English, English subtitles) M (L,S,A) CC WS
[ABC/8:30pm] The Bill. (CC) DC Zain Nadir and DS Phil Hunter question a suspect over a counterfeit perfume scam, and Zain does a good deed for an old informant who's down on his luck. CAST: TJ Ramani, Scott Maslen
[ABC/9:20pm] Bodies. (CC, M* Coarse language, sex references and realistic surgical procedures) Sister Donna Rix is accused of racism and comes up against a wall of silence when she tries to find out what she is supposed to have done. CAST: Susan Lynch, Patrick Balardi
[ABC/11:20pm] Movie: Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948) Stefan Brand receives a letter from an unknown woman who has a lifelong passion for him. CAST: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan
[Nine/10:00pm] Penn And Teller: BS. From diets to expensive facial creams, Penn and Teller blow apart the efforts by many who are living longer to turn back the clock, whether they are lining up for Botox injections or extensive plastic surgery. / Yoga, crystals, herbs, New Age junk is everywhere. The hosts expose the truth about Tarot cards, travel to Mecca of the new Age movement: Sedona, Arizona and unsuccessfully seek a higher
consciousness.
[Fox8/8:30pm] Dangerous Another great episode from an intriguingly strong series.
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