[SBS/10:00pm] The Mighty Boosh. New Series. Call Of The Yeti – This six part series is a British cult comedy which has taken on several incarnations as a series of stage shows, a BBC radio series and a BBC Three TV series. The Mighty Boosh was created by Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding who star as Howard Moon and Vince Noir respectively. In this episode, Howard takes Vince, Bollo and Naboo for a break at a log cabin deep in the woods. There they meet its owner, crazy-bearded Kodiak Jack who is immediately taken with Vince and tells Howard of a mythical Yeti that lives in the forest. A man of many talents, Howard plans to track down and photograph the Yeti to get on the cover of Global Explorer. And so Howard’s desire for global recognition as a wildlife photographer gets the better of him: while Naboo and Bollo are off shopping at Shamansbury’s, he allows Jack time alone with Vince in exchange for directions to the Yeti’s lair. Thanks to the industrial strength of Nicky Clarke’s beauty products, Vince escapes a hairy proposition – but things don’t go so well when the boys finally meet the Yetis. (From the UK, in English) (Comedy Series) (Part 1) *Series Return* PG CC WS
[SBS/10:30pm] Movie: Donnie Darko From writer/director Richard Kelly, his first feature film, Donnie Darko received a total of eleven awards and eight nominations including the 2002 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film’s Special Award. During the presidential election of 1988, a teenage boy named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days, six hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. He returns home the next morning to find that a jet engine has crashed through his bedroom. As he tries to figure out why he survived and tries to deal with people in his town, Frank continues to turn up in Donnie’s mind, causing him to commit acts of vandalism. Also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell. (From the US, in English) (Drama) (2001) M (S,L,A) CC WS
[ABC/9:35pm] Sex Bomb. Of all the propaganda campaigns of World War II, the most bizarre and sinister was the work of the Political Warfare Executive on behalf of the British government, under journalist Sefton Delmer. He was king of the nasty. Delmer had witnessed Germany unleash a new weapon - sex propaganda, and volunteered to beat the Nazis at their own game. He specialised in using pornographic propaganda to undermine the morale of German troops, spreading false stories about German sexual predilections, and ruthlessly spinning dark tales of necrophilia, paedophilia and venereal disease amongst the Nazi high command - but he paid a terrible personal price. The tactic caused a split in Churchill's government, but German propaganda minister Josef Goebbels cursed Delmer as his most effective enemy.
[Nine/7:30pm] Getaway. Getaway goes wild, including Shamu the world’s most famous killer whale.
[Nine/9:30pm] RPA. We meet 26 year old Nathan who faces every males nightmare and Jacob, a 27 year old basketball player who arrives at RPA with an apparent popped patella.
[Seven/8:00pm] My Name is Earl. Sticks & Stones. As Earl helps Catalina give another hotel maid a lip wax, he is reminded of Maggie Lester, a girl he made fun of in junior-high school. Earl and Randy visit Maggie who is now working for a carnival as 'The Amazing Bearded Woman', meanwhile Joy has a run in with the law. Guest starring JUDY GREER.
[Seven/8:30pm] Lost. Further Instructions. You won't believe who guest stars. The polar bear is back too, Locke rescues Eko from the cave. Locke has some flashback in a commune where they deem him “amenable for coercion.” Desmond joins the remaining gang.
[Seven/11:00pm] Starveillance. Using classic claymation and a very wild imagination, viewers will have a fly on the wall view of sorta-actual celebrity events. In this episode, we'll witness young Ashton and mature Demi on their first date. See fists fly when Heather Locklear happens to run into her supposed best friend, Denise Richards, just after her very publicised split with Richie Sombora.
[Ten/7:00pm] The Biggest Loser. The contestant who won immunity goes on "The Walk" and randomly picks the stone that says "Pick a female to eliminate". It's the first time in Biggest Loser history that one contestant has had so much power; and a surprise elimination takes place.
[Ten/8:30pm] Law and Order SVU. Confrontation
[Ten/9:30pm] Law and Order CI. “Bedfellows.” Guest: Rip Torn.
[Ten/11:45pm] Vodafone Live at the Chapel. Something for Kate. Rpt.
[31/10:30pm] Studio Q. Highlights from the World AIDS Day concert in Federation Square. The episode features performances balanced against speeches and interviews about the way that AIDS is devastating the world today.
[TCM/8:30pm] Pennies from Heaven
[Movie Extra/10:15pm] Short & Sweet. Josh Lawson puts actors in unusual and compromising situations in the ultimate acting challenge. From Melb Arts Ctr.
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Geraldine McEwan will reprise her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple when the ABC screens the second series of the British mysteries in March.
