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Lightning sparks Pilliga fires Over the weekend, fire crews grappled with several blazes that were ignited in the Pilliga Forest after an electrical storm on Friday, 8 December.

by JIMMY WHALAN Kate Carter, public information officer for NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Narrabri Brigade, said the fires were attended by several crews including Narrabri RFS brigades, National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), NSW Forestry, and Narrabri Fire and Rescue.

Friday’s electrical storm saw dozens of fires ignited, with three remaining out of control – the Duck Creek, Terra Delba Road, and Sawpit fires.

Over the weekend, crews worked to establish control lines, with the Terra Delba Road listed as ‘being controlled’ on Sunday, 10 December.

The Sawpit fire was contained at 8am on Saturday, 9 December.

As of Sunday, the Duck Creek fire had continued to grow, as it approached 15,000 hectares in size.

Ms Carter said that crews from Castlereagh Zone RFS, as well as crews from the Hunter and the Mid North Coast arrived on Sunday to aid in the response to the fires.

“Crews that attended the fire included 25 units, comprising approximately 65 crew,” Ms Carter said.

On Sunday, NSW RFS reported that the smoke from the fire had been impacting surrounding areas along the Newell Highway, but that there was no immediate threat to communities.

As of Monday, 11 December, firefighters continued works to contain the Duck Creek fire and conducted backburning operations overnight to strengthen containment lines.

At the time of going to print, NSW RFS spokesperson Greg Allan gave an update on the status of the three fires in the Pilliga.

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Fire crews from the Rural Fire Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Fire and Rescue have joined forces to battle a number of bushfires in the Pilliga Forest ignited by lightning.

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Slasher accident leads to grassfire Just before noon on Thursday, 7 December, NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) was called to a grass fire adjacent to the Newell Highway just south of Coonabarabran.

by JIMMY WHALAN N S W R F S Castlereagh Zone were joined by F i re and R e s c ue N S W c r e w s , who helped extinguish the blaze.

Dez W hite, NSW RFS Castlereagh Zone district manager, said it was thought the fire had been caused by an electrical incident. “ It is believed a power pole was hit by a slasher, causing the p owe rl i ne s t o t ou c h which then ignited the fire,” Ms White said.

A f t e r w o rk i n g f o r approx imately f ive hou r s t o e x t i n g u i s h the bla ze, M s W h it e said crews gained control of the fire, with personnel continuing to monitor the site for re-ignitions during the days following the fire.

The fire was off icially declared to be extinguished on the n i g ht o f S u nd ay, 10 December.

T he i ncident a lso caused a power outage affecting the southern end of Coonabarabran, stretching all the way to Binnaway.

An Essential Energy spokesperson said crews from Essential Energy responded immediately after being called with reports of a powerline and pole being down on Thursday, 7 December.

“Power was switched off to 818 homes and businesses for sa fety reasons at 11.43am, and crews were dispatched immediately to investigate the issue,” the spokesperson said.

A fter Essential Energy members arrived on the scene, work began to repair the damaged pole and powerlines, with power being restored to all customers at 4.49pm.

E ssentia l Energ y extended their apologies for any inconvenience cause by the outage, and reminds customers to always stay at least eight met r es away f r o m f a l l e n o r l o wh a n g i n g p o w e rl i n e s and anything in contact with them.

Fa l len or damaged powerlines can be reported by calling 13 20 80.

A long with the 818 homes and businesses

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

also left without power, leav ing students and staff without air conditioning during the heat-wave conditions.

O n t he d ay o f t he outage and subsequent f i r e, Yu luw i r r i st a f f encouraged parents to pick up their children

a s e a rly a s p o s s i ble t o avoid the h ightemperature conditions.

I n the mea ntime, children took a more

involved. Quite a number of Howlett descendants, many from interstate, will be present to witness this event.

On beha l f of the organisation responsible for commemoration, the Returned and Services League, I would like to thank Mick Estens for his initiative in effecting a hunt for available money to fund the project. I would also like to thank Steve and Alison Walton of Castlereagh Funerals for thei r pa r t in the construction and the deal to make this possible.

T he ceremony on Saturday will involve D i S ut hon s a nd t he Orbital Sw ing Band, R SL Ser v ice member piper Robert Noakes, and representation from the 18th Battalion reenactment group, based in Sydney.

In advance, I would like to thank the participants for the c er emony on Saturday, and also the Coonabarabran Times team ( Ly n ne, Ma x, Kaitlyn), for your support to not only this event, but to the RSL during the year.

Yours etc., Kevin Barrington President Coonabarabran RSL Sub-Branch (12.12.2023)

Pilliga goes up in smoke FROM FRONT PAGE “ T h e Te r ra D e l b a Road fire was contained at 6pm on Sunday, 10 D e c e m b e r, b u t t h a t status is now listed as ‘patrol’,” Mr Allan said.

This fire has burned approximately 225 hectares and Mr Allan said crews have been checking for flare ups and moppi ng up to ensure the fire remains under control.

A s fo r the Sawpit fire, Mr Allan said this f i re was contained at 8 a m o n S at u rd a y, 9 December, but has been listed under ‘pat ro l’ s tatus s i nce Sunday, 10 December.

This fire has burned approximately 35 hectares.

Mr Allan said the Duck Creek Road fire is now listed as ‘being controlled’, with this fire being much larger than t h e ot h e r s a t 2 3 , 3 0 5 hectares as of Tuesday, 12 December.

“Crews are continuing to wo r k on bui ld i ng containment lines and, a t t h i s t i m e, t h e f i r e p o s e s n o i m m e d i a te threat to communities,” Mr Allan said.

He said efforts to control the f i res including water b o m b i n g a n d back burning had caused smoke to a f fe c t n e i g h b o u r i n g communities including Coonabarabran, and

th at th i s m a y b e th e case for some time.

If you notice an unattended fi re, NSW RFS urges you to call 000 to e n s u re f i ref i g hte r s can respond as soon a s p o s s i b l e a n d l i m it potential damage.

The highway was reopened at 6.05pm on Tuesday, 12 December, w ith reduced speed limits in place on va r ious sections as crews continue the fire clean-up.

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Mopping-up operations continue in the Pilliga to prevent flare ups.

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The Coonabarabran Times acknowledges and pays respect to the Gamilaraay people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

We extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country and support the continuation of their cultural, spiritual and educational practices.

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hands-on approach to keeping cool, including using cool wet washers and even making their own paper fans!

RFS and NSW Fire and Rescue crews worked to extinguish a blaze on the Newell Highway, south of Coonabarabran, on Thursday, 7 December.

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Howlett re-dedication T h i s S at u r d ay, 16 December, at 9.30am, the publ ic is i nv ited to a special service of re-dedication for WWI digger, Thomas Barwin Howlett.

I refer to the Coonabarabran Times of 21 April 2022, in time for ANZAC Day, when Mick Estens wrote an interesting piece about Tom Howlett.

T o m ’s s i s t e r, n o w deceased, and, in turn, his great niece, Daphne, took an interest in Tom’s l i fe. Daph ne holds a wonderful collation of her g reat uncle’s life including letters with government agencies and a record description from the DVA of day re the service of four brothers of the Howlett family, one of whom was killed in action in France in 1916.

The re-dedication of the modest monument over the grave site [of Tom Howlett] is only possible because of a grant from the State Government.

Constr uction is by Castlereagh Funerals, who have also helped out i n ma k i ng th is possible. The unveiling will be effected by our m ay o r, C r A m b r o s e Doolan and myself; a MLC representative from government might also be

affected by the blackout, two loca l schools – C oonaba rabran H igh School and Yuluwirri Kids preschool – were

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It’s official: Lucy Evans named principal At Coonabarabran Public School’s Awards Night on Monday, 11 December, Lucy Evans, who has acted as relieving principal for the last two years, announced she was now the official principal of the school.

by JIMMY WHALAN As a former Coonabarabran Public School student, Mrs Evans said she had several role models that put her on the path to becoming a teacher i nclud i ng her yea r th ree teacher, Mrs Margaret Mack.

After working as a teacher at the school for a number of years, Mrs Evans said she was encouraged to become a leader

by Mrs Leanne Pincham.

Although she still turns to former pr incipal, Noel Willoughby, for leadership adv ice, it is M rs E va ns’ hard work and passion that has cemented her place as principal of the school.

“I have worked for this my entire career, and I cannot wait for this next chapter,” she said.

Mrs Evans said the best part of the job was when students showed her work they were proud of.

“I love acknowledging their efforts and seeing their smile.”

Mrs Evans said she was look i ng for wa rd t o many more years as principal of Coonabarabran Public School, and her commitment and dedication to the school was clea r in her f ina l words, “Coonabarabran Public School is the best school ever!”

Pictured with the 2023 leadership team, Coonabarabran Public School has officially appointed Lucy Evans as school principal.

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Truck rollover closes Newell

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The Newell Highway was closed in both directions just north of Coonabarabran on Friday, 8 December, due to a B-double roll over. North-bound traffic from Coonabarabran was diverted via the Oxley Highway, Grain Valley Road to Boggabri and then the Kamilaroi Highway to Narrabri. Southbound traffic used the reverse route. The highway was re-opened by lunch time on Friday, however, was then closed a few hours later due to the bushfire outbreaks in the Pilliga Forest. The Newell Highway has since been re-opened.

Leesons win team of the year

Congratulations to Jamieson and Amanda Leeson of Dunedoo, and their team-mates who were named Team of the Year at the recent Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sport Performance Awards.They are the first para team to win this award, and have had a very successful 2023 with many awards accumulated over the course of the last 12 months in the sport of BC3 Boccia. Pictured is Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with Jamieson and Amanda Leeson.

Do you have a nickname? Some p e o p l e, n ot ve r y m a ny - a n d primarily my parents’ age group, call me ‘Chrissy’.

H o w d i d yo u co m e t o l i ve i n Coonabarabran? I was born here.

I lived in Sydney for 12 months after I left school and then I came home because my father wasn’t 100% well.

While I was home I was offered a job at the ANZ Bank. That’s where I started my working career.

What ’s the most interesting job you’ve ever had? Probably the one I am doing now at TAFE - I manage a dispersed team of customer support staff, north of the region. I have staff at Moree, Gunnedah, Nar rabr i, Coonabarabran and Tamworth. You get to meet lots of people travelling around. Before COVID, I visited campuses on a weekly basis. COVID slowed me down, which was nice.

You’ve had a stressful day – what’s your way of winding down? Normally, as I am driving home I de-stress. It is a half-hour drive. Then probably a glass of wine.

How would your friends and family describe you in three words? I am loyal, I have a sense of humour and I am a giver, rather than a taker.

Wha t i s somet h i ng memo rab l e that happened to you this year? It rained the other day. It was very memorable. We were feeding cattle and we had a paddock of barely anything and now we have lovely lucerne. To have rain when the forecast was dire was fantastic.

What gets you through a long road trip? Just listening to the radio - I love 80’s music.

Do you have a hidden talent? Or what is something people might not know about you? I don’t think so. I am pretty much an open book.

If you could pick a decade to visit on a time machine what would it be? I wouldn’t mind going back to the 70s.

It was nice, and easy, and people were accountable for what they did. I was in Coona in the 70s and it was excellent. You weren’t worried

about where people were, as kids we would leave the house in the morning and return by dinner. There was a lot more community spirit.

We had all of these organisations that we we re membe r s of and contributed to community events, such as Young Person’s Rotary.

Do you have a favourite community event? The Bugaldie Christmas Tree - there is a committee that run the community hall and each year they have Santa coming in on a fire truck and all the community come to the Christmas party. All walks of life attend. It is nice to feel the community together.

If you could have anyone around for dinner (dead or alive) who would it be? Probably my grandchildren.

And what would you cook them?

Spaghetti bolognese. Who doesn’t love a spag bol.

When was the last time you had a really good laugh? Only this morning - my manager was telling me how she got lost in Sydney and she even received a fine that she has to tell her manager about. She ended up going down a tram line which cars are not meant to go down. The way she told it was hilarious.

What are you doing for Christmas?

Do you have any traditions? We are staying home for Christmas with family coming home. And we always do Secret Santa with a twist, where we can steal the other person’s gift.

It is a lot of fun, especially when someone opens a gift and they really like it then someone steals it from them.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

When my children were little we were at the neighbours’ place and I wanted to go home and they didn’t want to get in the car. I said, if you don’t get in the car you will have to walk home. My neighbour said, don’t make idle threats that you are not prepared to carry out.

Who should we chat to next? Abby Baker.

CHRISTINE NASH • GAMILARAAY WORD OF THE WEEK •

The Coonabarabran Times is running ‘Gamilaraay Word of the Week’, in celebration of our local Indigenous language.

This week’s Gamilaraay word of the week is ‘bularri’ meaning ‘hot’.

‘bularri’ – hot

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6. Prezzies: Louenhide canvas bag available in a range of styles and colours 7. Cardians Coffee Lounge: treat someone special to a gift voucher to their favourite cafe 8. Coonabarabran Compounding Pharmacy: Ariana Grande Cloud perfume 9. Crafter’s Cottage: Heaven Scent Australiana scent fabric starch 10. Shady Rock Nursery: huge range of indoor plants and garden accessories

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Out & About Baradine Photos of social events for this column can be sent to: Liz Cutts - 0447 792 464, email - lizcuttsnews@gmail.com

St John’s School Year 6 students with their artwork at presentation night: Malakai Sutherland, Charlotte Rogers, Sam Johnston, Belle Middleton, Wes Whillock and David Haywood.

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Baradine Central School leaders for 2024 – Emily Hoffman (captain) and Dimitty Leedham (vicecaptain).

Jan Jones was delighted to receive 90th birthday congratulations from the member for Barwon, Roy Butler.

Photo: E.Hampton

Local residents enjoyed creating artworks at the recent Paint and Sip at Baradine.

Bob Sullivan was one of many children congratulated on graduating from Baradine Preschool by director, Lauren Harris.

Baradine CWA member, Brenda Croxon was delighted to receive first prize for her Ginger Fluff Sponge at the CWA Castlereagh Group Land cookery competition in Grattai.

Community Care celebrates On Friday, 24 November, a large group of volunteers and clients from Warrumbungle Community Care gathered at the Coonabarabran Bowling Club to celebrate another successful year for the service.

Baradine CWA members got together to enjoy a festive lunch.

Baradine preschoolers entertained with some fun action songs at the end-of-year concert and graduation.

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Volu nt eers, cl ients and Community Ca re sta f f enjoyed a beautiful buffet lunch, taking advantage of the oppor tu n ity t o cat ch up w ith old and new friends.

Although the weather was bleak, organisers said it was a joy to have ever yone t ogether t o celebrate the end of the year.

A highlight of the event was the comprehensive presentation by Valder B oyd , f rom S en iors Rights, prov iding insights into the services available for the elderly. Margaret Leslie and Tony Brain were chosen to be the honorary cake cutters of the delicious fruit cake.

Organisers expressed thei r tha n ks t o a l l attendees who ventured out in the rain to make the lu nche on such a special day, and thanked the volunteers for their ongoing support.

Margie Leslie and Tony Brain cut the Warrumbungle Community Care Christmas cake.

Photos by Buzzy Bee, Sarah Baglee

Lovely couple Clive and Lee Davis had a lovely time catching up with family and friends.

Celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary while back in Coonabarabran were former locals, Robyn and Rodney Jones, who were married by our favourite celebrant, Tony Brain.

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Sharon Harris was thrilled to have her daughter, Kat Harris, home for the Christmas break.

Cutie Kaelan Leonard and his mum, Kadey Ayoub, were ready for Santa’s arrival.

Checking out the Christmas Spectacular were Savanah Stewart, Rebecca Thompson and Keisha Thompson.

The face painter was very popular at the Christmas Spectacular, especially with the adorable Telarah and Tahnarli Bragg.

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AROUND THE SCHOOLS Tooraweenah Public My Friend Franklin The inspirational Cody Jones presented the ‘ My F r iend Franklin’ program to our students last Tuesday.

The program provides an opportunity for students to explore and discuss what is means to be inclusive

of disability and to ask questions. Students are encouraged to find inclusive ways of commu n icati ng and acting. We look forward to welcoming Cody back this week for the second session of this program.

Rescue Day at Swim School After an amazing we ek o f s t udent s

Coonabarabran Public developi ng thei r skills in the water, Friday’s Swim School culminated in ‘rescue day’ activities for our combined swim school w it h E u mu n ger ie P ublic S chool. We were for tu nat e t o have a number of new swimming teachers complete their training this year, which meant smaller

groups of students for each of the two daily lessons. This allowed swimming teachers O l i v i a Fe r g u s o n , J a m e s Fe r g u s o n , Alicia Heffer, Marita B a sh a m , H ayle e Barry, Nadine Jenkin and Janelle Quilter to target the skills of our students intensively.

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We had just started r i n g i n g ou r b el l s for “Ji ngle B el l s ” when Santa arrived at our party in the park – sitting very c om fo r t a bly o n a chair on the back of a Kenworth 909, would you believe! Santa had so much to bring into the concert, with a sack and a basket of lollies, he needed extra help: thanks to driver and helper, Tim! The last few weeks of preschool have been filled with Christmas fun and excitement, from our fun ‘Santa Shelf’, with amazing Ch r istmas ‘ it ems’ bei ng added e ach week for enjoyable and crazy art and craft ideas.

We’ve made decorations for our Christmas tree and loved making our parents’ gifts: I wonder just how many last under the tree until Christmas Day? Mums and dads will love their gifts I’m sure, as everyone worked very hard on

their ‘project’.

We’ve also enjoyed Christmas stories, p l a y i n g ‘ S a n t a ’s Work s hop ’ i n t he home cor ner w ith elf dress ups, and decorating our room with tinsel found in the ‘Surprise Box’.

With the superhot weather we have spent the majority of our time inside with all of the air cond itioners on.

Sometimes we have h ad a s hor t pl ay outside in the sandpit with wet sand and we’ve had some fun with the hose and water play too – a fun and easy way to wash our sandpit toys for the end of the year!

P reschool will resume for children o n T h u r s d a y, 1 February 2024, after a sta ff set-up day on Wed nesday, 31 January 2024.

We wish everyone a very safe, happy and fun Christmas and New Year, and a relaxing and restful school holiday period.

Mer r y C h r i s t m a s everyone!

Safety day at swim school.

Tooraweenah Preschool We h ave h ad a fabulous year at To orawe en a h Preschool, and it culminated in a wonderful night at our concert held at t he T o o r awe e n a h Park on F r iday, 8 December.

A lthough it had been a hot day and a very hot week, the cool green grass and big shady trees made for a cool and calm setting, along with the drinks’ van that had very cold slushies that were super nice – brain freezes and all!

Thanks also to the Tooraweenah Lions C lu b f o r c o o k i n g the sausage sizzle for us again, with $23 0 being raised via a donation box on the table for their ne x t pr o j e c t , t he Macquarie Homestay Christmas Luncheon.

Thanks, one and all.

The children enjoyed sing ing several of their favou r ite songs before performing our version of a story that we all enjoy – “And Kangaroo Played the

Didgeridoo”. Friends h ad t wo a n i m a l s each from the story, one on their crown a nd one on t hei r puppet. Preschoolers helped tell this repetitive story with enthusiasm and great gusto!

We then performed two dances for our families and friends.

“Walk with Me”, that is very fast and fun, and then our song, “YMCA”. We had our dance moves down pat a nd when we finished there was a resounding applause from the crowd. They were then told that we ’d on ly h it t he pause butt on a nd it wa s thei r t u r n to join in with us, which they did after the children showed them the required dance moves.

Preschool friends on stage a lso had t he b e s t v a nt a g e point to make sure their families were joining in and doing the right moves. It was fabulous, and everyone joined in the singing and dancing

Preschoolers performing at Tooraweenah Preschool’s Christmas Concert.

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Just because the end of the year i s d r aw i n g n e a r, don’t think for one minute things are slowing down at CPS. We’ve had 10 work experience students from Coonabarabran High School. They are assisting with classroom activities, which is proving to be a great asset with c r a f t pr epa r at ion and decorating for Christmas.

T here were so many highlights last week. The shining faces of the Early Birds at their end-ofyear assembly, with an item from each of the infants’ classes, would have to be the winner of the cutest award.

I-Positive led the performance with a fabulous rendition of ‘Go Santa Go’ in t hei r pa r t y h at s , followed by the most beautifully presented and rehearsed K-Adventurers singing ‘Jingle Bells’.

Next up we had 2 -K indness w ith a h i la r ious performance of 12 Days of Aussie C h r i s tm a s , wh i le K-2 E mp owe r a l l made us smile with their wonderful bell ringing for We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

However, the stars of the a f ter noon

were our beautiful Kindergarten class o f 2 0 2 4 , wh o a l l made wonder ful reindeers and want a hippopotamus for Christmas!

W h i le K-2 were per forming, Stage 3 students were enjoy ing two days o f env i r on ment a l adventure. On the Tuesday, they spent the day visiting the newly-ref u rbished Cr ysta l K i ngdom, and paddling in the water ways of the Castlereagh River seeing how they could contribute to the care and cleanliness of area.

The final activity Wa r r u mbu ng le Environmental E duc at ion C ent r e organ ised was a cardio session at Fit 4 All. At the end of this busy, but very educational day they all enjoyed a game of tennis at the town courts.

As our school year winds up for 2023 the fun also starts to wind up. Recently, a group of students travelled t o Wambanga lang Environmental Education Centre, near Dubbo, where students learn for a sustainable future.

What an adventurepacked day.

From microscopic discoveries to live sna ke ha nd l i ng –

where Lyla proved to be the bravest student on the trip. All the s t u d e n t s c h at t e d about a worthwhile experience, reflecting that they had a l l enjoyed had a very i n formative a nd memorable day.

There are countless class parties and funactivity afternoons happening across the school. Kindergarten

were the most excited about their party with Miss T, and probably ate the most sugar.

Mrs Meyers took her class to the Golden Sea Dragon for a big treat for working so hard all year and 5/6M decided that the luncheon banquet was by far the best food offered on the Christmas party circuit.

Lyla McKernan unfazed by a python at the

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Kindergarten enjoying their Christmas party with Miss T.

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Baradine lights up for Christmas It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in and around Baradine.

by LIZ CUTTS The town is switching on to the joy and magic of Christmas with the r et u r n of it s fe st ive l ights’ competition a nd there is a new Christmas-themed hay bale on display at Bugaldie.

Barad ine residents a nd busi nesses a re b ei ng enc ou r age d t o get i nt o the mer r y s pi r it o f t he s e a s on by switching on their festive decorations to ent er the C h r istmas Lights competition.

Sponsored by the Baradine and District Progress Association, organ isers have sa id that the c ompetition i s a l l ab out sh a r i ng the magic of the season around the community. “ This annual event is a lways a huge success, with residents displaying their i l lum i nati ng sk i l ls with some impressive decorated houses,” said association president, Ted Hayman. “ T he r e i s n o t h i n g mer r ier than getting involved; the event is a highlight on the local calendar.”

Christmas spirit T h is yea r. the organisation has brought the spi r it of Ch r istmas i nt o the town centre, by adding sparkle to Wellington Street and the Baradine

Memorial Hall.

“A g r e at t e a m of volu nt eers have donated their time to hang decorations in the trees up the centre of Wellington Street and festooning the front of our iconic memorial hall with lights,” added Mr Hayman.

“We are really getting into the holiday spirit – it’s all about spreading Christmas cheer.”

The Baradine Christmas decoration team have been adding baubles and sparkle to Wellington Street – Kylie Catts, Libby Varley, Tom Wood, Narelle Wood and Josie Varley.

Bringing the festive spirit to Bugaldie, Santa and Mrs Claus dwarf local hay-bale artist, Jess Taylor, and her daughter Heidi.

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WEATHER WATCH T he past week has seen most extraordinary weather events f r om South Australia right across to eastern NSW and Queensland.

A complex low trough has extended well north to the far west of Qld nea r C u n nu mu l la.

B eh i nd t h i s , a ver y strong h igh-pressu re system, well south of Bight , has rema i ned more or less stationary and a large rain area covered most of South Australia south from Port Augusta.

Cleve recorded 5 4 . 6 m m s t o S u nd ay morning, 10 December, the wettest December day since 63.8mms in 1948.

Further west, Eyre recorded 97mms, an alltime record for December in 138 years of records.

Ood nadatta, wh ich sweltered in near record heat of 4 6 deg rees last Thursday, had its coldest December day on record last Sunday, 10 December, w ith a maximum temperature of just 15.4 degrees – well down on the previous coldest December day of 20.5 degrees on 14 December, 2001.

Adelaide recorded its wettest December day for seven yea rs w ith 30.6mms, as well as the coldest pair of December days since 1966 with maxima of 15.9 and 16.6 degrees.

By a sharp contrast, places further away from the ra in exper ienced heat-wave conditions for

all of December.

Wilcannia has recorded a meanmaximum temperature for the first 10 days of this December of 39.5 degrees. This was easily the hottest first 10 days o f a ny D e c em b e r at Wilcannia in 138 years of records. The previous hottest was 38.0 degrees in 1899.

It was very hot and dry during the summer of 1899 -19 0 0 in both D e c em b e r 18 9 9 a nd February 1900, right up to Charleville, but many places managed to get much-needed rainfalls du r i ng m id Ja nu a r y 1900.

W hile Adelaide shivered in the coldest December weather since 1966, it was a completely story in the Sydney area.

Sydney Airport r e c or de d it s hot t e s t December day on record with a reading of 43.5 degrees last Saturday, 9 December. The previous hottest December day was 43.2 in 1994 and before that, 43 in 1953 .

The current synoptic chart has indicated that the complex low-pressure trough will now move westwards towards the B i g ht r e g ion , wh ic h will mean more hottertha n-norma l d ays t o come. T his westward movement is most unusual for this time of ye a r, mor e l i kely occurring in late summer or in early autumn.

- News from Council APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR AT POOLS With the increase in the usage of the public swimming pools across the Warrumbungle Shire, there has been an increase in misbehavior incidents.

“This swimming season, Council resolved to make entry to the public pools free whilst a pool attendant is on duty,” said Warrumbungle Shire Council mayor, councillor Ambrose Doolan.

“It has been great to see that this has been well received by the community, especially as there has been an uptake in usage by the public.

Unfortunately, with that increase in usage, there has also been an increase in poor behaviour by some patrons.

“Like usual, there is only a small number of people that want to spoil it for the majority.”

Cr Doolan said it was already a difficult job for pool attendants, without some people making it even harder with bad

behaviour.

“Poor behaviour at the pools is not to be accepted and Council has processes in place to deal with poor conduct. It could be a long summer

for some of those that wish to misbehave at the pools,” he said.

“If patrons do see poor behaviour at the pools then I would urge them to report the conduct to

the pool attendants.

“I would urge all patrons to adhere to good conduct whilst at the public pools so that everyone can enjoy their time at the facilities.”

Council is concerned about several cases of misbehaviour at Shire pools this season.

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REHOMING COMPANION ANIMALS Whenever an owner has to give up a pet it is never easy, so it is important to know the best process to ensure the best outcome for your pet.

“Owners may need to give up a pet when matters beyond thei r control force t he s it u at i o n ,” s a id War rumbungle Shire Council mayor, councillor Ambrose Doolan.

“Owners might find that family members have allergies to the pet, or they may no longer be able to care for the pet.

W hatever the reason, the fact remains that it is hard to give up your loyal companion.

“Finding the right new home for you r a n ima l ca n be ha rd , and it is important that owners know how to do it correctly.”

T her e a r e ma ny rehoming options available to pet owners,

and certain strategies that can be used to help increase the chances for success. For instance, if the pet isn’t de-sexed, have it done before trying to rehome them – this will make the pet more desirable to a new home.

Take multiple photos from different angles so people can see the pet clearly. Provide as much information about the animal as possible, likes and dislikes, habits, personality etc.

“Many people would prefer to take in a pet that comes from a good home a nd is a l ready trained,” Cr Doolan said. “ M a k i ng the r ight connection with a pot entia l new ow ner can be done a number of ways, including a meet and greet with the pets so any potential owners can see how the animal behaves around other people.”

If you are looking at a

rehoming facility to take your animal, the NSW A ppr o ve d R ehom i n g Facilities list is available online. Be sure to ask for the facilities rehoming process as there is often a waiting list and it can be some weeks before they can take your pet. “ Wa r r u m b u n g l e Shire Council does take surrendered animals for a fee, however, we are not a rehoming facility and strongly suggest residents use the power of social media to rehome a n ima ls,” Cr Doola n said.

Animals available for adoption from Council can be found on Council’s Webpage and Facebook page. “ It is impor tant to take the right steps when rehoming animals to ensure the best outcome for the owner, the animal and the community,” Cr Doolan concluded.

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L a s t S at u r d ay, 9 December, the C o on aba r abr a n G ol f Club had its yearly visit from Ozzie and Tony Antaw, joined by a great roll up of 26 players to contest the Doc Antaw Memorial Trophy.

A few people were on the course early, as the ones that played at the usual Saturday golf time got hit by the 38 degree weather. Shout out to the group of four that walked 18 holes in that!

To find the winners for the day, a card draw wa s c onduc t ed a f t er play.

T he w i n ner s wer e Neal Percival 36, and

M R esch 35. Coming in second were Frank Nottle 32 and Wayne Bennell 36.

First in the individual was Dave Stevenson, 40 on a count back, and for the ladies it was Zoe Holcombe, 36.

Lucky last was Damien B en nel l who won a can of Spam!

Ozzie and Tony then conducted some lucky

raffles to finish off the great day.

The club would like t o t h a n k t he A nt aw family for the on-going sponsorsh ip of th is event . D o c pl aye d a great part in what the club is today and we look forward to next year’s event.

This weekend bring your ‘ham golf’ again as we are playing for one.

You will need at least 40 points to win, I reckon.

On Sunday the Christmas raff les will be held, with the ‘Sunday Session’ in the afternoon. Free Social golf on Sunday.

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Coonabarabran golfers were joined by Ozzie and Tony Antaw for the annual Doc Antaw Memorial Trophy, played last Saturday.

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VETERANS’ GOLF Tuesday, 5 December Due to other commitments, just eight veterans played in a two-man Ambrose competition on 5 December, with prizes for all.

The winners on the day were Dick Clark and Steve Larance.

Coming in second were Dave Bunyan and Peter McDonald,

third was Stass Agalidis and Bill Brown, while fourth place went to Kevin James and Bill Wilkin.

After golf, the vets joined with their wives to enjoy a Christmas barbecue.

Keep smiling when golfing.

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Sunday, 10 December T he Coonabarabran G ol f Club’s Sunday morning chicken run was played over the front nine on 10 December, with Neal Percival and Damien Bennell in the winners’ circle, with 23 points on a count back.

Ru n ners-up were Aden Larance and Wally Tighe, 23.

Balls were won by Roger and Nat Bailey, 23, Marshal Tighe and Patrick Tink, 23, and Dick Clark and Dave Bunyan, 20.

Next Sunday’s chicken run, on 17 December, will be the Christmas run and will be played over the back nine.

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Over the Odds CENTRAL & WESTERN RACING by COL HODGES Narromine Races Tuesday, 5 December Both with a Nyngan backg round, the now D ubbo -based tra i ner

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Brett Robb and jockey C l a y t o n G a l l a g h e r, dominated the recent race meeting at Narromine.

Of the winning treble for Robb, Gallagher won on Rothgate and Rubi Air, while appprentice Shayleigh Ingelse rode Wasted Days.

The other leg of the Gallagher treble was the K ieren Hazelton, Gilgandra trained Not Too Bad. Racegoers were treated to a magnificent present ation of the Narromine racecourse by curator Ricky Blewitt, and Not Too Bad took out the opening event – the 1600 metres Benchmark 58 Handicap.

Not Too Bad (Clayton Ga l lagher, $2 .4 5

favourite) wore down Z o u n i l e ( Z o e Hu n t , $3.20) to win by a short neck, with over three leng ths to the thirdplaced Foxy Baroness (Mikayla Weir, $4.80).

An excellent ride by Clayton Gallagher saw the Brett Robb trained R othgate (($1.85 fav) cross from the outside gate and enjoy a nice run close to the lead before beating Outback Crumpet (Mikayla Weir, $18) and L och A nton L ady ( W i l l S t a n ley, $3 .5 0) i n the 13 0 0 metres Country Boosted Maiden Plate.

Gallagher completed his treble when bringing the Robb-trained Rubi Air ($4.60) from m id f ield t o w i n t he 110 0 metres Class 1

Ha nd icap i n a phot o finish from Destiny’s Bounty ( Will Stanley, $10 ) a nd C u m no ck (Anna Roper, $6).

E a rl ie r, t he B r e t t R obb tra i ned debut ma ker, Wast ed Days (Shayleigh Ingelse, $9) swooped on the outside to beat I’m Independent (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $ 1 . 6 0 t o $ 1 . 5 0 f av ) a nd S w i l ken B r id g e (Mathew Cahill, $31) in the 800 metres Maiden Plate.

Ca r r y i ng the a l lpurple colours of C oonamble tra i ner Michael Denison, the s even-ye a r - old m a r e Owhata Crumpet ($31) was ridden a treat by A nd rew Ba n ks when gaining a rails run in the straight to win the

1300 metres Benchmark 58 Handicap from the leader, Boongarra Girl (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $4.60), and Hallowed Star (Ronald Simpson, $5).

T he other w i n ners were the Jeremy Sylvest er, C essno cktrained Olimba (Anna Roper, $3.10 equal fav) i n t h e 110 0 m e t r e s Maiden Handicap, and the Mack Griffith, Mudgee-trained Joh n ny D a s h ( A n n a R oper, $ 6 . 5 0) i n the 110 0 metres Country Boosted Benchmark 66 Handicap. xxxx R a c i n g at Wa r r e n tomorrow, 15 December, Coonamble on Sunday and Bathurst on Monday, 18 December.

High school athletes join Far West Academy Local high school athletes are striving to pursue their sport dreams at the Far West Academy of Sport (FWAS), with some new recruits beginning their journey through training schemes on offer.

by JIMMY WHALAN Local coach, Poi Birtles said several Coonabarabran High School students had put their hands up to try out for the Far West Academy, with many being successful in the under 15’s and under 17’s rugby league competitions for both boys and girls.

FWAS is a spor ts training and development academy for top pre-elite athletes in Far West NSW, delivering and nurturing high-performance sporting pathways for talented young athletes and coaches and enabling them to reach their highest sporting and personal honours.

“It’s great to see this happening with the children in our community, that they’re taking advantage of these opportunities,” Mrs Birtles said.

With many athletes having been selected for individual representative sides, Mrs Birtles explained how there was then no way for them to train regularly with their team.

So, these local athletes have been getting together for training at Coonabarabran’s number one oval, helping each other to build and develop their skills while also being connected within the community.

“Our athletes are experiencing new things and gaining an understanding of what a prepare-to-

play program looks like, strength and conditioning, weights and the gym, and also how to be life fit – meaning, how to become strong-minded athletes who are connected within themselves and have that sense of self-worth.”

Mrs Birtles said this program allows aspiring athletes to build their skills to the next level, giving them a sense of preparedness should they decide to pursue a career in sport.

“In the first academy, they are rolling out the ‘Rise’ program, which is targeted at athletes who wish to pursue a career in the National Women’s Rugby League (NRLW) and the National Rugby League (NRL),” Mrs Birtles said.

“By participating in this program, it will give them an understanding of what is expected and how to conduct themselves in a high-performance space, which is the next level where you’ll see them playing on TV.” With many of these aspiring athletes having recently attended a camp, Mrs Birtles said the students are already gaining an understanding of what the academy expects from each athlete and gaining important insights into what it takes to become a professional athlete.

Local athletes, pictured with coach, Poi Birtles, at training as a part of the Far West Academy of Sport.

BOWLO BRIEFS Mixed pairs M i xed pa i rs w e r e p l ay e d a t t h e Coonabarabran Bowling Club last weekend , including the semi finals.

On the Saturday, two games were played.

Vince Collins and Ellah B owma ker c ompet ed against Levi Heywood and Kaye Smith on rink three, with Levi’s team winning the match.

Meanwhile, on rink four, Marky Watton and Melissa Lowthe were up against Brett Bowman and Mia Bowman, with the Bowman’s taking the win.

On Sunday morning, two semi-f inals were played.

On rink two, Dean Mc A lpi ne a nd D ia ne Spittles competed against Brett Bowman and Mia

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Bowman, with Dean’s team the winner.

Over on rink five, it was Glenn Bowmaker and Elizabeth Bowmaker versus Levi Heywood and Kaye Smith. Levi’s team won the match.

Due to the heat on Sunday afternoon, the final was postponed, with a new date to be advised.

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Consistency Bowls The consistency bowls have been rescheduled because of bad weather over the weekend they were due to played.

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Basin towns ‘sold out’ Communities and farmers along the Murray Darling Basin have been “sold out” as a result of the passage of the federal government’s legislation to rewrite the

2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

This was the NSW Irrigators’ Council’s response after amendments to the plan recently passed the Senate.

Peak national and state agricultural organisations and rural politicians have also hit back at the government and the negative impact the plan’s rewrite, including

the return of water buybacks, will have on towns and villages along the basin.

Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton condemned the

passing of amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in the Senate as ‘a dark day for Australia’.

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Musical talent on show at staging of Bandlink assembly Schools from across the North West were featured in NSW Education’s ‘The Arts Unit’ staging of the threeday Bandlink musical education assembly.

The much lauded event has been staged in Narrabri for the past 26 years, and was held at The Crossing Theatre from December 4-6, culminating in a magnificent concert.

The Bandlink initiative involves workshops consisting of large concert band and smaller tutorial sessions, bringing specialised skills to country NSW students.

It is led by professional tutors and experienced conductors.

Bandlink caters for concert band instrumentalists from Years 4 to 12 of all levels (along with bass guitarists who read notation, from beginners to advanced.

Students simply bring along a musical instrument and respective care kits, which can include spare reeds, strings and valve oils, and the rest is taken care of by the tutors, who are experts in their fields.

Performing in last Wednesday afternoon’s concert were students from Narrabri High School, Narrabri Public School, Narrabri West Public School, Coonabarabran High School, Oxley High School, Quirindi High School, Ellerston Public School, St Mary’s College Gunnedah and St Francis Xavier’s Primary Narrabri.

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Plan’s passing ‘a dark day for Australia’: Coulton produce.”

The NSW Irrigators’ Council said the federal government has bulldozed the Water Amendments (Recovering Our Rivers) Bill 2023 through the Senate with only minor amendments that do little to protect Basin communities and nothing to fix the key degradation drivers still making our rivers sick.

“The Senate has cleared the way to buy up to 700 billion litres more water from farmers, on top of 2100 billion litres already recovered,” said NSW Irrigators’ Council chief executive officer Claire Miller.

“The MDBA has attributed more than 3200 jobs lost across 40 southern Basin communities to water already recovered for the environment under the Basin Plan and earlier reforms.

“And ABARES has documented how that water recovery has substantially increased costs for farmers growing our food and fibre – and how taking more out will make water too expensive too often for most farmers to stay in business.

“Farmers, workers, small business owners and local government across the Basin have shouted NO to even more buybacks, because they know from bitter past experience how buybacks have hollowed out their communities while governments went missing on promised assistance.

“Nothing in this rewrite of the 2012 Basin Plan gives these communities any reason to believe anything will be any different this time around. Cuddly ministerial reassurances

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“After furious campaigning from the Coalition and concerned community members and stakeholders to prevent the cementing of water buybacks back into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the Parliament has now passed this into legislation,” said a media statement released by Mr Coulton’s office.

“People with no skin in the game have today sacrificed the communities of the Murray-Darling Basin at the altar of political expediency,” Mr Coulton said.

“While Minister Plibersek and Senator Wong have a laugh and celebrate the return of water buybacks, they fail to realise the devastation they will wreak on Australian agriculture, and individual communities along the rivers.

“The idea that using water buybacks to return an extra 450 gigalitres to the river systems will prevent drought and solve all environmental problems is a myth.

“Taking water from the north of New South Wales and sending it downstream does not prevent drought and will not create a utopia, because rivers rely on rain and Australia is a land of drought and flooding rain – especially in the Northern Basin.

“What this legislation will not do is act as an environmental cureall. What it will absolutely do is remove agricultural production, jobs and productivity from areas which are almost entirely reliant on the agriculture industry.

“Australia will pay for this ideological foolishness at the checkout, and in losses of Australian-made

and expressions of intent mean nothing when the legislation itself in practice blocks any options other than buybacks in one form or another.

“And for what? This is not a win for the environment as more water can’t be delivered where it needs to go due to constraints such as rules against intentionally flooding private property.

“Just adding more water now also will not fix the key degradation drivers, like cold water pollution, riverbank erosion, lack of fish passages, and invasive land and water species. European carp make up nine out of 10 fish in the rivers, wrecking water quality and habitat. Unless they are controlled, the rivers will remain prone to algae outbreaks and mass fish deaths, and native fish struggle to thrive, no matter how much more water is bought back from farmers.

“Construction of fish passages is desperately needed so fish can escape poor water quality in droughts and floods, but all we got is $2.3 million for yet another business case at Menindee.

“The government is putting off any action on these and other desperately needed measures and projects until after 2027 – when it will have already drained the kitty dry spending billions of dollars on unnecessary further buybacks.

“This legislation is a cynical smoke and mirrors trick at the expense of Basin communities and taxpayers, simply to meet an election promise to the South Australian government and shore up inner-city votes.”

The state’s peak farming organisation, NSW Farmers’, has also been critical of the plan’s amendments and the impact on basin communities.

Data compiled by NSW Farmers has found one megalitre of water can produce 51,000 potatoes, more than 57,000 apples, or a whopping 21,739 serves of rice.

NSW Farmers Water Taskforce chair Richard Bootle said the latest amendments to water legislation effectively eroded the contracts all states signed in the original Murray Darling Basin Plan negotiations, which were vital to protect communities and farming businesses while achieving river system recovery.

Plan’s passing historic: Plibersek The Albanese Labor government’s bill to rescue the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has passed the Senate, and is now set to pass the parliament, said Minister for Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek in a media statement released on Thursday, November 30.

“This is a historic day for the Murray-Darling Basin and the communities, industries, farmers, First Nations groups and environment that rely on it,’ said the statement.

“For almost a decade, the Liberal and National parties undermined and sabotaged the Plan. They stood in the way of water recovery programs, blocking efforts to keep enough water aside for drinking water and the environment. In fact, of the 450 gigalitres of environmental water in the Plan, the Liberals and Nationals delivered just two in nine years. As a result of their mismanagement, the Plan was off track and unable to be achieved.

“This was a disaster for the 3 million Australians who rely on the rivers for their drinking water, the 2.5 million Australians who live in the Basin, and the threatened plants on animals who depend on it for their survival.

“Before the election, Labor

promised to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full. Passing this legislation means we will keep that promise.

“Our Restoring our Rivers Bill offers more time, more options, more accountability, and more transparency. It guarantees the 450GL of water for the environment and gives communities confidence that we’ll deliver on our commitments.

“This legislation builds on the work we’ve already done to deliver water saving infrastructure and purchase water from willing sellers to help meet the Plan’s targets.

“This new law comes at a critical time. With another drought around the corner, and the deadlines of the original plan about to expire, we know we had act now. By passing this Bill, we are ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for Australia’s largest river system.

Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek said, “This is one the biggest things any government has done for the environment in a decade. I said from day one that I was determined to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full, including the 450GL of water for the environment. That’s what I’ve done.”

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Flight training area A new military flying training area became active from late November. The new North West NSW military airspace replaces the current Williamtown western airspace.

The airspace boundary extends from Carinda and Walgett to Bellata, Gilgandra, Gunnedah and Mudgee. In a statement, the Department of Defence said the North West NSW airspace design process prioritised safety of flight for military and civilian aircraft operating within and near the airspace.

“The new airspace delivers efficient air route access into and out of Western Sydney Airport, and considers environmental and community requirements, aviation industry requirements and RAAF flying training outcomes,” the statement read.

The military restricted area known as R559 was dissolved and two new replacement restricted areas (to be known as R560 and R570) were established further north of the R559 location. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) requires improved restricted areas to support their Hawk and new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft training operations, Airservices Australia said in information published about the new training area.

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$6.9 million roads boost Moree Plains Shire Council will receive a $6.9 million boost for road upgrades.

Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall made the announcement alongside mayor Mark Johnson at Amaroo Drive, Moree, one of the roads likely to benefit from funding.

Moree Plains Shire Mayor Mark Johnson said council was grateful for the state government’s support.

“Council is excited to be receiving the additional $6.9 million from the Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund,” Cr Johnson said.

“This additional funding was unexpected and will enable council to bring forward vital road repair works which we are extremely grateful for.”

Mr Marshall said the funding is fantastic news for Moree Plains Shire Council with every dollar of this funding boost going towards essential upgrades and maintenance on local roads, including gravel re-sheeting and new bitumen.

“Moree Plains Shire’s local road network is the largest in the Northern Tablelands – an enormous 2,466 kilometres and the repair task and never ending,” Mr Marshall said.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America.

Final. 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. Final.

11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (M) 2.30 Question Everything. Final.

(M) 3.00 Gardening Aust. 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG) 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Project Wild: Cambodia.

Part 1 of 2. (PG) 8.30 Grand Designs: Chichester. Kevin McCloud meets a couple who want to build a sleek, unique family house in West Sussex. (PG) 9.20 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen: Cat Among The Pigeons.

Part 1 of 3. Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s early life and her talent for murder mysteries. (PG) 10.20 You Can’t Ask That: Drag. Drag performers answer questions. (M) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 What Are We Feeding Our Kids? (PG) 12.00 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 1.05 The Royal Variety Performance 2020. (PG) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 4.30 The Drum. 5.30 7.30.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.45 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Supertato. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? Final. (M) 8.30 Hard Quiz.

(PG) 9.00 Question Everything. Final. 9.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 10.15 Australian Epic.

Final. (PG) 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.55 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 12.25 Live At The Apollo.

(M) 1.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia. (M) 2.10 ABC News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Luo Bao Bei. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

ABC ME

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda. (PG) 5.25 Miraculous. (PG) 5.45 Hotel Transylvania. 6.00 Hardball. (PG) 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Space Nova.

8.00 Total DramaRama.

8.20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (PG) 8.45 So Awkward Files.

9.00 School Of Rock.

9.20 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. (PG) 9.55 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Close.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 2.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.30 Australian Story: Diving In Deep Pt 2 – Valerie Taylor.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Planet America. Final.

10.00 The World. 11.00 News. 11.30 The Drum.

12.30 News Overnight. 1.00 News. 1.15 If You’re Listening. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News.

2.15 Tech Smart Agriculture. 2.30 Aust Story.

3.00 DW News. 3.30 The World. 4.30 7.30. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 Tech Smart Agriculture. 5.30 Compass. (PG)

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 11.00 The Art Of France. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Elizabeth: Into The Storm.

(PG) 2.55 Mastermind Australia. 3.25 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Secret World Of Snacks: Cereal.

Narrated by Jo Brand. (PG) 8.30 Niagara Falls. Explores the Niagara Falls, the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.

9.30 The Doll Factory. After a shocking crime haunts the city, Iris and Louis grow closer, but darkness follows them. (M) 11.25 SBS World News Late.

11.55 The Congregation. (MA15+) 2.35 Miniseries: True Colours. (M) 4.30 Bamay.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.05 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch.

4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Shortland St. (PG) 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. The boys return to Poverty Island. (M) 10.10 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons. (M) 11.05 Sex Tape Germany. Final. (MA15+) 12.15 F*ck, That’s Delicious. (M) 12.45 QAnon: The Search For Q. (MA15+) 1.35 Dark Side Of The Ring. (M) 2.25 Letterkenny. (M) 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 The Movie Show. (PG) 6.15 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) (G) 7.45 Monsieur Verdoux.

(1947) (PG) 10.05 A Call To Spy. (2019) (M) 12.20 The Legend Of Baron To’a. (2019) (M) 2.15 The Producers. (1967) (PG) 3.55 Traffic. (1971) (French, G) 5.45 Sirocco. (1951) Humphrey Bogart. (PG) 7.35 The Ides Of March. (2011) Ryan Gosling. (M) 9.30 The Operative. (2019) Martin Freeman. (MA15+) 11.40 Kill The Messenger. (2014) Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick. (M) 1.45 Farming. (2018) Leke Adebayo. (MA15+) 3.45 The Company You Keep. (2012) Robert Redford. (M)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Martha Bakes.

2.00 Flour Power. (PG) 2.30 Masters Of Savours. 3.30 Make This Tonight. 4.00 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 4.30 My Market Kitchen. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Freshly Picked. 6.00 Italian Food Safari. 6.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Lovers’ Guide. (PG) 8.00 Paula McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen. (PG) 8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. (PG) 9.40 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Bizarre Foods. 11.30 Cook And The Chef.

12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG) 12.30 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 1.00 Paula McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen.

(PG) 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.00 Bold. (PG) 9.30 Neighbours. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts. Part 1 of 2. British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver shares his recipes for a Christmas feast.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. Benson tries to help the young BX9 gang member who attacked her, only to have Duarte reveal a shocking piece of evidence. Fin is tasked with hiring new detectives for the Bronx SVU. (M) 9.30 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer.

Part 4 of 4. NSW Police Detective Inspector Pamela Young re-opens the case, hoping to achieve justice for the victims. (M) 10.30 Blue Bloods. Danny investigates a violent mugging. (M) 11.30 The Project.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Sydney FC v Macarthur FC. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 1.30 MacGyver. (PG) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. Two British prisoners escape custody. (M) 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. A US Navy contractor is murdered. (M) 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+) 11.15 FBI: International. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 9.00 Friends. (PG) 10.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Becker. (PG) 1.00 Big Bang. (PG) 2.00 Seinfeld.

(PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker.

(PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Seinfeld. Jerry’s new girlfriend seems too good to be true. (PG) 11.30 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 3.30 Bold. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Going Places.

(PG) 2.00 Bamay. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places. (PG) 8.30 Not Even. 9.00 Movie: Jimi: All Is By My Side. (2013) (M) 11.05 First Sounds. (PG) 11.20 Songlines.

(PG) 12.00 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.20 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 2.10 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 3.05 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 4.00 Late Programs.

SEVEN

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Beach Cops.

(PG) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Afternoon session.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

9.00 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a deep dive into the world of cricket.

9.30 Movie: Men In Black. (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino. After a cop is recruited to be the partner of a special agent assigned to police extraterrestrials living on Earth, they must locate the terrorist behind an assassination plot in order to save the planet from destruction. (M) 11.30 Movie: Death Wish. (1974) Charles Bronson. A New Yorker takes justice into his own hands. (MA15+) 1.35 Black-ish. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country.

7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. A charity basketball game turns grim. (M) 11.30 Father Brown. (M) 12.30 Bargain Hunt.

1.30 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 The Zoo. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Harry’s Practice. 5.30 James Robison. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 The Force: BTL. (PG) 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Pickers. (PG) 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Family Guy. (M) 8.00 American Dad! (M) 8.30 Movie: Zombieland: Double Tap. (2019) Jesse Eisenberg. (MA15+) 10.35 Watch Dogs. (MA15+) 11.35 Pizza Classics. (MA15+) 12.10 Pawn Stars. (PG) 1.10 American Pickers. (PG) 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 14. Cleveland Browns v Jacksonville Jaguars. Replay.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed.

9.00 Shopping. 10.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PG) 11.30 The Big Adventure. (PG) 1.00 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 3.30 Modern Family. (PG) 4.30 Bondi Vet. (PG) 6.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PG) 7.30 First Dates UK. (M) 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. Presented by Gordon Ramsay. (M) 10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. (M) 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. (M) 12.30 First Dates UK. (M) 1.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (M) 3.00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. (M) 4.00 Royal Pains. (M)

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Movie: A Christmas To Savour. (2021) Britt Irvin. (PG) 2.00 Pointless.

(PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. Part 2 of 4. The team goes on a cruise through Europe and visits the island paradise of Vanuatu. (PG) 8.30 RPA. A woman undergoes marathon surgery to remove a recurrence of a rare type of cancer. Recovering from COVID-19, a restauranteur gets a much-needed chest X-ray that shockingly reveals a fist-sized mass. (PG) 9.30 Children’s Hospital. A girl suffers from a dizzy spell. (PG) 10.30 Chicago Med. Crockett takes a risk. (MA15+) 11.20 Emergency Call. (M) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.05 Pointless. Presented by Alexander Armstrong. (PG) 2.00 Drive TV. 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn.

(PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: Billy Liar. (1963) (PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG) 8.40 Movie: For Your Eyes Only. (1981) Roger Moore. (M) 11.20 Madam Secretary. (M) 12.20 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 1.15 The Closer. (M) 3.05 Major Crimes. (M) 4.00 My Favorite Martian. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Easy Eats.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld.

(PG) 4.00 Family Ties. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Survivor 45. (PG) 9.00 Love Island Australia. (M) 10.10 Movie: Girls’ Night Out. (2017) (MA15+) 12.00 I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 12.40 Young Sheldon. (PG) 1.05 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Magic Mixies.

4.30 Ninjago. (PG) 5.00 Pokémon Journeys.

(PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 The Block. (PG) 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters.

11.00 Blog Cabin. 11.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 12.00 Good Bones. (PG) 1.00 Self Made Mansions. 2.00 Home Town. 3.00 The Block.

(PG) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 Home Again With The Fords. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Reno. 8.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 10.30 Unsellable Houses. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30 House Hunters. 1.00 House Hunters Reno. 2.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 3.00 Unsellable Houses. 4.00 Fixer Upper. (PG) 5.00 Blog Cabin. 5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG)

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Recipe of the Week

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Dominique’s Herbed Apple, Pecan & Sultana Stuffing For as long as I can remember, this stuffing has made it’s appearance at my family’s holiday table, compliments of my Dad This was always one of his special contributions to the holiday meal, and I can’t remember a Christmas dinner without it. It’s perfect for stuffing a chicken or turkey, or bake some as a side dish for just about any meal.

INGREDIENTS Seasoned Bread Mix: 30 Slices of bread (White, Wheat, Sourdough, gluten-free, or mix them up!)

3 Tablespoons Dried Minced Onions 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder ½ teaspoon Pepper ⅓ cup Cooking Oil 3 Tablespoons Parsley Flakes ¾ teaspoon Ground Sage Stuffing: 2 Granny Smith Apples, cored, peeled and chopped 2-3 good hands full of sultanas (or half a large box) 1 large bag of shelled pecans, chopped coursley 1 small onion, chopped finely 1 small block of butter, melted 3 stalks of Celery, chopped finely ½ to 1 full can of beer (Optional) 2 cups hot water (reduce to 1 cup if using beer!)

(I never really measure any of this, so these are approximate measurements. Be as creative as you like, add or omit ingredients as you

wish. This recipe is very versatile and you can play around and add your own spices and flavours that you like.)

Seasoned Bread Mix: Cut bread slices into fairly good sized cubes...approx half an inch. Preheat oven to 100-150c (only warm, at this stage you only want to dry out the bread, not actually bake it.

Toss cubes with the oil and spices, coating them fairly evenly.Spread bread cubes onto 2 pans and let them dry, stirring occassionally.

Remove from oven and let the cubes cool slightly.

At this point these seasoned cubes can be stored in air-tight containters.

Making the Stuffing: Toss all ingredients with herbed cubes from first part of recipe. The mixture should be fairly moist but not soggy. Use this mixture to stuff into your chicken or turkey or spread evenly in a baking dish and bake for about 2 hours on about 180c, covering with foil for the first hour, letting it brown a bit during the 2nd hour.

The beer is optional, but I will tell you a quick little story...

When I moved away from home and was unable to make it back to my parent’s house for Christmas dinner, I would make this stuffing for myself and whoever else I had over for the holiday dinner, but it never came out like Dad’s did. I asked him about it a few times but he said it must be Dad’s Love that’s missing from my mix. The next time I was able to be home for a holiday dinner, I sat and watched Dad make it again, and I realised what I’d been missing...the beer! Next time I made it, I used beer instead of so much water, and it came out nearly perfect...I still think Dad’s Love is missing in there somewhere though!

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 11.00 State Memorial Service For Barry Humphries. 12.15 News. 1.00 Vera. (M) 2.30 Magical Land Of Oz. 3.30 One Plus One. 3.55 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Final. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Final. Costa Georgiadis gives garden bed gifts.

Jane Edmanson explores a florist’s paradise.

8.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words.

Takes a look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries, told in his own words from archival interviews with the man himself, reflecting on a career that has contributed much to the cultural life of the nation. (PG) 9.00 Midsomer Murders. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate the murder of a girl found dressed in period attire. (M) 10.30 Question Everything. Final. Presented

by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.

11.00 ABC Late News. Final. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.20 Life. (M) 12.20 Wakefield. Nik inadvertently injures Tessa. (M) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Ben And Holly.

6.45 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Supertato. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior.

7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (M) 8.30 Movie: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

(1998) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr, Mekhi Phifer. (MA15+) 10.10 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. (PG) 10.40 QI. (PG) 11.10 Ghosts. (PG) 11.40 Killing Eve. (MA15+) 12.25 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.15 ABC News Update. 1.20 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Wallykazam!

5.50 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG) 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.50 Our Coast. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.

1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 2.55 Mastermind Australia.

3.25 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Tut’s Unsolved Secrets. A look at Tutankhamun. (PG) 8.30 Lost Cities Of The Bible: Mystery Of The Great Flood. Part 1 of 2. Follows archaeologists as they investigate Iraq’s lost cities and the world of the Old Testament.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Good People. Final. Tom is held in custody. (MA15+) 11.50 L’Opera. (M) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 4.20 Bamay.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch.

5.20 Shortland St. (PG) 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Hoarders. (M) 9.25 Sex Unlimited: I Like A Good Spanking! (MA15+) 10.20 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne.

(MA15+) 11.15 Limetown. (M) 12.55 The Last Year Of Television 2020 Special. (MA15+) 2.00 Letterkenny. (M) 2.25 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

7.30 Entertainment Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork.

8.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 9.30 Neighbours. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised.

3.00 Entertainment Tonight.

3.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton is joined on the red couch by actors Julianne Moore and Paapa Essiedu, comedian Ricky Gervais, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

Singer Olivia Dean performs the single Dive.

9.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 Good Sam. The surgical team prepares for a rare high-profile surgery that could take Sam’s career to the next level. (M) 12.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Hosted by Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar.

Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 1.30 MacGyver. (PG) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. A 14-year-old foils a home invasion. (M) 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. A navy petty officer is murdered. (M) 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 11.15 SEAL Team. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Beach Cops.

(PG) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show.

1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Morning session.

3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break.

4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Afternoon session.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

9.00 Movie: Men In Black II. (2002) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson.

A secret agent, who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, enlists the help of a former partner, who may hold the key to finding a mysterious object before a ruthless criminal does. (PG) 10.45 Movie: Last Night In Soho. (2021) Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie.

A fashion student discovers she is able to travel back in time and relive the nightlife of London in the ’60s. (MA15+) 1.15 12 Monkeys. Cole and Railly try to find peace. (MA15+) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

5.00 NBC Today.

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6.00 Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country.

(PG) 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Hidden Coastal Villages.

(PG) 2.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Pie In The Sky. (PG) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

8.30 Escape To The Country. Nicki Chapman is in Kent.

10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG) 11.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 12.30 The Zoo. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 Better Homes. 5.30 The Zoo.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Movie: Charming Christmas. (2016) Julie Benz, David Sutcliffe, Bruce Gray. (G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. The RSPCA answers the call to find forever homes for 100 Chihuahuas.

8.30 Movie: Deck The Halls. (2006) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis.

A suburban dad who decorates his house with Christmas lights each year to be the best in the neighbourhood finds his position in the community threatened when a new neighbour plans a bigger display. (PG) 10.25 Movie: Last Christmas. (2019) Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding. An aspiring singer meets a man. (PG) 12.20 Movie: Charming Christmas. (2016) Julie Benz. A department store heir plays Mrs Claus. (G) 2.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Postcards Summer. (PG) 4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

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6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.55 The Young And The Restless.

(PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966) (PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. (M) 8.30 Movie: Never Say Never Again.

(1983) (M) 11.10 Madam Secretary. (M) 12.10 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 1.10 The Closer. (M) 3.05 Major Crimes. (M) 4.00 Keeping Up Appearances.

(PG) 4.30 My Favorite Martian. 5.00 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.25 The Deep.

3.50 Mighty Mike. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.10 Bluey. 4.20 Little Lunch. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda. (PG) 5.25 Miraculous. (PG) 5.45 Hotel Transylvania.

6.00 Hardball. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. (PG) 7.35 Movie: Miraculous World: Paris.

(2023) (PG) 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. A look at the latest gaming news and reviews.

8.55 The Legend Of Korra. Zaheer enacts his deadly plan. (PG) 9.35 Mimi On A Mission. (PG) 11.15 Close.

6.00 Sirocco. (1951) (PG) 7.50 Into The Arms Of Strangers. (2000) (PG) 10.00 The Amazing Catfish. (2013) (Spanish, M) 11.40 The Company You Keep. (2012) (M) 1.55 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) (G) 3.25 Belle And Sebastian. (2013) (French, PG) 5.15 Capricorn One. (1977) (PG) 7.30 The Client. (1994) Susan Sarandon. (M) 9.45 In The Line Of Fire. (1993) Clint Eastwood. (M) 12.10 Jiu Jitsu. (2020) Alain Moussi, Nicolas Cage, Raymond Pinharry. (MA15+) 2.05 The Operative. (2019) Martin Freeman, Diane Kruger.

(MA15+) 4.15 Undine. (2020) Paula Beer.

(German, M) 5.55 Capricorn One. (1977) (PG)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Becker. (PG) 8.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 10.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Becker.

(PG) 1.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens.

(PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. Penny considers going to Comic-Con. (PG) 9.30 Seinfeld. George builds a bed underneath his desk. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 The King Of Queens. (PG) 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

(PG) 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 11.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 12.00 American Pickers. (PG) 1.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. (PG) 3.00 Timbersports. (PG) 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Pickers. (PG) 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Movie: Godzilla.

(1998) (PG) 10.15 Movie: Anaconda. (1997) (M) 12.10 Pawn Stars. (PG) 1.10 American Pickers.

(PG) 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 14. Los Angeles Chargers v Denver Broncos. Replay.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Motor Racing.

FIA World Endurance Championship.

Highlights. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Movie: A Unicorn For Christmas. (2021) (G) 7.30 Movie: The Polar Express. (2004) (G) 9.30 Movie: Bad Moms 2. (2017) (MA15+) 11.35 Duncanville.

(M) 12.05 Under The Dome. (M) 1.00 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.00 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. Highlights. 3.00 Bakugan. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Magic Mixies. 4.30 Ninjago. (PG) 5.00 Children’s Programs.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 11.00 State Memorial Service For Barry Humphries. 12.15 News. 2.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News.

6.00 Evening News. 7.00 National News. 8.00 Planet America. Final.

8.45 ABC News Tonight.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 The Business. 10.00 The World. 10.30 World This Week. 11.00 News. 11.30 The Drum.

Final. 12.30 News. 12.45 Planet America. Final.

1.30 The Business. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 News.

2.30 DW Conflict Zone. 3.00 DW News. 3.30 The World. 4.00 DW News. 4.30 World This Week. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 ABC News Video Lab. 5.30 Breakfast Couch. Final.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Martha Bakes.

2.00 My Greek Table. 2.30 Masters Of Savours.

3.30 Make This Tonight. 4.00 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 4.30 My Market Kitchen.

5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Freshly Picked.

(PG) 6.00 Italian Food Safari. 6.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Jamie Cooks Christmas. 8.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Christmas Cookalong. (PG) 10.05 The Cook Up. 11.05 Bizarre Foods. (PG) 11.30 Cook And The Chef. 12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG) 12.30 Jamie Cooks Christmas. 1.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Christmas Cookalong. (PG) 3.05 The Cook Up. 4.05 Bizarre Foods. (PG) 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Brazil Untamed.

10.50 Going Places. (PG) 11.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 11.55 Movie: Jimi: All Is By My Side. (2013) 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Strait To The Plate. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Movie: Get Santa. (2014) (PG) 9.20 Movie: Baby Done. (2020) Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis.

(M) 11.05 Dance Rites. 12.30 Hunting Aotearoa.

(PG) 12.55 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 1.05 On The Road. (PG) 2.00 On The Road. 5.00 Bamay.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed.

9.00 Shopping. 10.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PG) 11.40 The Big Adventure. (PG) 12.50 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 1.45 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 3.15 The Goldbergs. (PG) 4.10 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special.

(PG) 4.40 Movie: Playmobil: The Movie. (2019) (G) 6.40 Movie: Hotel Transylvania 2. (2015) Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Dangerous Minds. (1995) Michelle Pfeiffer. (M) 10.35 Movie: Holmes & Watson. (2018) Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly. (M) 12.35 Movie: Outback. (2019) Lauren Lofberg. (M) 2.20 Shopping. 3.20 Fresh TV. 4.30 Royal Pains. (M)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Blog Cabin.

11.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 12.00 House Hunters Reno. 1.00 Unsellable Houses. 2.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 Fixer Upper. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Island Of Bryan. (PG) 8.30 Building Off The Grid: Alaskan Glacier. (PG) 9.30 Log Cabin Living. 10.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 The Real Housewives Of Durban. (M) 1.00 Below Deck.

(MA15+) 2.00 Building Off The Grid: Alaskan Glacier. (PG) 3.00 Log Cabin Living. 4.00 Getaway. (PG) 4.30 Hello SA. (PG) 5.00 Blog Cabin. 5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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Narrabri silhouette pistol shooter Jason Anderson has brought home the gold after he and his Australian team mates took out the top prize in the ‘Big Bore’ category at the International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union championships in Hungary.

Jason is a member of the threestrong Big Bore team which won gold against the best shooters from countries around the world.

And the Big Bore team’s gold medal success was just part of the overall Australian shooters’ triumphs.

“The Australians just smashed it FREE in each team event,” said Jason.

“We basically won everything. you, Tam Thanks to “Australia won gold in every team category except one - and won a silver medal in that.”

A slightly jet-lagged Jason arrived back in Narrabri on Monday after INSIDE the 12 day championships.

The Big Bore team, Jason, Tim Davey, Manilla, and Glen Ander2023 with coach Narrabri’s 4,Inverell, , Julyson, Tuesday David Dewsbury, set off on June Wee Waa, 15 for Budapest and then to Jászberény, a town in central Hungary, 60 km from the capital, Budapest for the world titles.

“The team was very happy with the results,” said Jason.

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“It was a very humbling experience and we were very proud.

“The championship organisers were delighted that Australia was competing and we were made to feel very welcome.”

Big Bore team member, Inverell shooter Tim Davey won outright with the highest individual score against all competitors - winning an additional gold medal.

Another Australian, Scott Dawson, Canberra, won outright with the highest aggregate score in the Smallbore category and also secured a second gold.

The European Metallic Silhouette Shooting Association championships were held concurrently with the world titles.

“We got to know and befriend guys from different countries the camaraderie was great,” said Jason.

He paid tribute to the Narrabri Pistol Club which has provided support and mentoring through his competition career, as well as a range and club facilities considered to be among the best in Australia. Narrabri Pistol Club has now been announced as the host of the Australian Big Bore titles in September. Jason is a member of the NSW team which will contest the national championships.

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Mayor Mark Johnson edged her achievementsacknowlthrough a mayoral minute Shire Council’s at Moree Plains ordinary meeting in June.

Mrs Elbourne has been an advocate for the shire in her years’ service 23 to Moree Tourism.

Knowing she wanted to deliver for the community come to see the and those who ‘Plains’, her drive for showcasing Moree Plains started in 2001.

Mrs Elbourne and her team Moree Tourism at have been avid supporters and ambassadors the Moree Plains of OPTOMETRIST has been reflected Shire, and this in the multiple awards won.

The accolades include Regional Tourism Awards in 2013 for Inland 2010, 2012 and Tourism Awards as well as being Award recipients State Tourism in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

The list also includes being Australian Tourism Awards finalists in 2013, 2014 and 2015 well as being as TOURISM CHIEF a bronze winner THANKED: Moree the Australian at service to the community.

Plains Shire councillors Tourism Awards Pictured, back, thanked outgoing 2013. in Susannah Pearse, councillors Mike Moree Tourism councillor Greg Montgomery chief executive Smith, front, In 2015, Moree AM, Brooke Sauer, officer Tammy councillors Mekayla Visitor Informamayor Mark Johnson, Elbourne for her Cochrane, Kelly tion Centre was “On behalf of Tammy Elbourne, James and Lisa inducted into our community, deputy mayor the I thank Orchin. hall of fame. how proud Tammy she was of Cr Johnson presented efforts and the for her tireless team and the contributed amazing passion the Moree Tourism Mrs El- and to the success bourne with flowers dedication board.

Moree Tourism, of some very at the meeting.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG) 2.00 QI. (M) 2.30 You Can’t Ask That. (M) 3.00 The Durrells. (PG) 4.40 Landline Summer.

5.10 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG) 6.00 Barry Humphries In His Own Words.

Takes a look at the life of Barry Humphries. (PG) 6.30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. Poh Ling Yeow visits the Flinders Ranges.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at the top stories of the day, including coverage of developing stories and events.

7.30 All Creatures Great And Small. James is given a last chance to make the Ministry of Agriculture’s TB testing scheme work. (PG) 8.20 Vera. Part 4 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope finds herself drawn into a mystery that brings her closer to her estranged family than she would like when a woman’s body is found in the grounds of her family’s home. (M) 9.50 The Capture. DCI Rachel Carey investigates a case involving a man murdered by invisible assassins. (MA15+) 10.50 Prosecuting Evil. The story of Ben Ferencz. (M) 12.15 Rage. Music video clips. (MA15+)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Hey Duggee.

5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey.

6.30 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Supertato. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 QI. (M) 8.30 Live At The Apollo. (M) 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 9.40 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Gala. (M) 10.40 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. (M) 11.25 MythBusters. (PG) 12.15 Portlandia. 1.00 Fleabag. Final. (M) 1.25 ABC News Update.

1.30 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Wallykazam! 5.50 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.10 Horrible Histories. 2.40 Operation Ouch! (PG) 3.40 Odd Squad. 4.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.25 Bluey. 4.35 Mystery Lane. (PG) 4.55 Miraculous.

(PG) 5.20 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.45 The Next Step. 6.05 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (PG) 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Miraculous World: Shanghai. (PG) 8.30 Miraculous World: New York. Ladybug and Cat Noir save American superheroes. (PG) 9.35 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars.

11.15 Close.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 Kitchen Cabinet. 2.00 ABC News. 2.15 Planet America. Final. 3.00 News. 3.30 Breakfast Couch. Final. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Heywire. (PG) 7.00 National News. 7.30 The Pacific. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.30 Aust Story. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.15 Planet America. Final. 10.00 Late News Weekend. 10.30 News Regional. Final.

11.00 News. 11.30 Breakfast Couch. Final.

12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 If You’re Listening.

12.30 World This Week. 1.00 DW News. 1.15 News Overnight. 1.30 Landline: Asia Pacific Specials. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PG) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 1. 3.00 Sailing. Transat Jacques Vabre. Highlights. 4.00 Ethnic Business Awards.

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs: A Fyne Tour. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. New Series. Explores Britain’s historic homes.

8.40 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey.

Part 4 of 5. The biggest event of the season, Battle Proms, is just around corner. (PG) 9.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Portugal. Narrated by Bill Nighy. (PG) 10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG) 11.20 Rex In Rome. (M) 1.15 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey.

4.20 Bamay. 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 Noisey. (PG) 12.55 Planet A. (PG) 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 2.45 BBC News At Ten. 3.15 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.

3.45 PBS News. 4.45 Mastermind Aust. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. (PG) 6.45 The Toys That Built The World. (PG) 7.35 Impossible Engineering: Kansai International.

8.30 Love In Bright Landscapes. Takes a look at the life of David McComb.

10.25 Vegan Vigilantes.

10.40 Overlooked. (PG) 11.10 Vikings. (MA15+) 1.00 The X-Files. (M) 2.50 Letterkenny. (MA15+) 3.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Capricorn One. Cont. (1977) (PG) 8.10 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988) (PG) 10.30 The Ides Of March. (2011) (M) 12.25 Kill The Messenger. (2014) (M) 2.30 Sirocco. (1951) (PG) 4.20 The China Syndrome. (1979) (PG) 6.35 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020) 8.30 The Promise. (2016) Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac. A love triangle forms in troubled times. (M) 11.00 Erotica 2022. (2022) (Polish, MA15+) 1.35 A Dangerous Method. (2011) Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley. (MA15+) 3.30 In The Line Of Fire. (1993) Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich. (M) 5.55 The China Syndrome.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Jamie Cooks Christmas. 12.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. (PG) 1.00 Martha Bakes. 2.00 Make This Tonight. 2.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 3.00 Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi. (PG) 4.10 Red Chef Revival. 4.35 Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (PG) 6.40 Homegrown Tastes South Africa. New Series. 7.40 Tales From River Cottage. (PG) 8.35 Rick Stein’s Cornwall.

(PG) 9.35 No Reservations. (PG) 10.30 River Cottage Aust. (PG) 11.30 Mystery Diners. 12.30 Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi. (PG) 1.35 Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. (PG) 3.35 Homegrown Tastes South Africa. 4.35 Red Chef Revival. 5.00 Tales From River Cottage. (PG)

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6.00 What’s Up Down Under. 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 Reel Action. 7.30 My Market Kitchen.

8.00 iFish. 8.30 Farm To Fork. 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. 9.30 10 Minute Kitchen. 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Luxury Escapes. 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 Taste Of Australia: BBQ. 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PG) 2.00 Planet Shapers. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.00 Healthy Homes. 3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient.

4.00 My Market Kitchen.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. A woman is rescued from a rip. (PG) 6.30 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less.

Jamie Oliver whips up budget recipes, including a fish pie and a spicy one-pan chicken supper.

7.30 The Dog House. Dogs are matched with companions. (PG) 8.30 Ambulance. Ambulance crews attend an 85-year-old man who has collapsed and cut his leg; a woman with chest pain; a male patient who has come off his motorbike; and 93-year-old female struggling with shortness of breath. (M) 11.00 CSI: Vegas. Sonya’s life is in jeopardy. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 Authentic. Religious program. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid.

(PG) 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 10.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 11.30 On The Fly. 12.00 Escape Fishing. 12.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 1.30 Luxury Escapes. (PG) 2.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 I Fish.

6.00 JAG. (PG) 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8.

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

10.15 NCIS. (PG) 11.10 SEAL Team. (M) 12.05 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+) 1.00 Evil. (M) 2.00 48 Hours. (M) 3.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.00 Becker. (PG) 9.00 Neighbours. (PG) 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 12.00 The King Of Queens. (PG) 1.00 Becker. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.50 Seinfeld. (PG) 5.50 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 10.00 Friends. Ross’s ex-wife tells him she is pregnant. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 South Park. (MA15+) 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. (M) 4.30 Home Shopping.

NITV

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.45 Movie: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. (2005) (PG) 1.20 Brazil Untamed. 2.15 Vanille: A Carribean Tale. (PG) 2.50 Songlines. (PG) 3.30 Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience. (PG) 4.30 Songlines On Screen. 4.50 Going Places. (PG) 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. (PG) 6.20 News. 6.30 The Barber. (PG) 7.00 Great Lakes Wild. (PG) 7.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro.

(PG) 8.30 Nina Simone: Live At Montreux. 9.50 Movie: The Descent. (2005) (MA15+) 11.35 Lycett And Wallis. (PG) 12.20 Hunting Aotearoa.

(M) 12.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 1.00 On The Road. 4.00 NITV On The Road: Laura Festival. 5.00 Bamay.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Be Our Guest! Behind The Scenes Of Beauty And The Beast: The Musical. (PG) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show.

1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Morning session.

3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break.

4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

9.00 Movie: Men In Black 3. (2012) Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin.

A secret agent, who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, must travel back in time to 1969 to save the planet after a criminal manages to change the course of history. (M) 11.10 Movie: Antlers. (2021) Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons. A teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student. (MA15+) 1.20 12 Monkeys. A desperate Cole searches for Titan. (MA15+) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Get Clever. The wonders of science are explored.

5.00 My Greek Odyssey: Chania, Crete. (PG)

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6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. (PG) 10.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG) 11.00 Hidden Coastal Villages. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Caulfield Christmas and Ladbrokes Grand Prix Stakes. 6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. (PG) 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. (PG) 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence.

(PG) 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 12.30 The Real Seachange. 1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Travel Oz. (PG) 5.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Blokesworld. (PG) 1.30 My Road To Adventure. (PG) 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. (PG) 3.00 Drag Racing. NDRC Nitro Funny Cars. Round 2.

Highlights. 4.00 Secrets Of The Supercars.

(PG) 5.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan.

Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. (PG) 8.30 Marine Disasters. (PG) 9.30 Mighty Trains. (PG) 11.30 Building Giants.

(PG) 12.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 1.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.30 Counting Cars. (PG) 3.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Get Arty. 10.00 Weekender. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 Behave Yourself. (PG) 12.00 Bringing Sexy Back. (PG) 1.15 Wife Swap Australia. (PG) 2.25 The Goldbergs. (PG) 2.50 Baking It. (PG) 3.50 Dodger. (PG) 4.50 Movie: The Smurfs. (2011) (G) 7.00 Movie: Jumanji. (1995) (PG) 9.05 Movie: 21. (2008) Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey. Six students take casinos for millions. (M) 11.40 Movie: Bad Times At The El Royale.

(2018) Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson. (MA15+) 2.30 Fresh TV. 3.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Royal Pains. (M)

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6.00 Hello SA. (PG) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG) 2.00 Explore. 2.10 Family Drives. 3.10 Movie: Christmas Next Door. (2017) Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann, Brittany Bristow.

(G) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Garden Hustle. A garden undergoes a transformation into a tropical retreat with a mermaid shower. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971) Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum. A poor yet honest boy wins a guided tour of a famous sweets factory owned by an eccentric businessman. (G) 10.30 Movie: Patch Adams. (1998) Robin Williams. A trainee doctor runs afoul of his teachers. (M) 12.40 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG) 1.30 Great Australian Detour.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG)

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6.00 Thunderbirds. 6.30 Rainbow Country.

(PG) 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG) 7.30 Danger Man. (PG) 8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 Turning Point.

(PG) 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. (PG) 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron.

(PG) 12.10 Saved & Remade. 1.10 Movie: The Titfield Thunderbolt. (1953) (G) 2.55 Movie: Beautiful Stranger. (1954) (PG) 4.50 Movie: The Barefoot Contessa. (1954) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Johnny English Reborn. (2011) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike. (PG) 9.30 Movie: Octopussy.

(1983) Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan. (PG) 12.10 Memory Lane. (PG) 1.30 Rizzoli & Isles. (MA15+) 2.30 The Closer. (M) 4.30 Major Crimes. (M) 5.30 Thunderbirds.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 1.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 2.00 Transformers: Cyberverse. (PG) 2.15 Movie: Holiday In Santa Fe. (2021) (PG) 4.00 Movie: Loving Christmas. (2021) (G) 5.50 Movie: The Secret Life Of Pets 2. (2019) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Crocodile Dundee. (1986) (M) 9.30 Movie: National Lampoon’s Animal House. (1978) John Belushi. (M) 11.45 Duncanville. (M) 12.15 Metro Sexual. (MA15+) 1.15 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.15 Transformers: Cyberverse. (PG) 2.30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG) 4.30 Pokémon.

4.50 Monkie Kid. (PG) 5.10 Lego Dreamzzz.

(PG) 5.30 Tom And Jerry.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Getaway.

(PG) 12.00 Blog Cabin. 12.30 Yard Crashers.

(PG) 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 1.30 Log Cabin Living. 2.30 Building Off The Grid: Alaskan Glacier. (PG) 3.30 Restoration Man. (PG) 4.30 Island Of Bryan. (PG) 5.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 6.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.30 Your Home Made Perfect. 12.50 Garden Gurus Moments.

1.00 Summer House. (M) 2.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 3.00 House Hunters Int. 4.00 Your Home Made Perfect. 5.20 Garden Gurus Moments. 5.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Pilgrimage. (PG) 10.00 Weird Australia. (PG) 10.30 World This Week. 11.00 Compass. (PG) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 You Can’t Ask That. (M) 1.30 Call The Midwife. (M) 3.00 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG) 3.45 Grand Designs.

(PG) 4.30 Project Wild. (PG) 5.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Living With Devils. Filmmaker Simon Plowright spends a year living with the endangered marsupial the Tasmanian devil. (PG) 8.30 Vera. Vera investigates the apparent suicide of a well-known TV personality who has recently fallen from grace. The victim had been attending a reunion with friends, a ritual they have repeated for more than 40 years. (M) 10.00 We Hunt Together. Freddy makes a deadly confession. (M) 11.35 Attenborough And The Empire Of The Ants.

12.30 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 1.30 Rage Vault. (MA15+) 5.00 Gardening Australia: Christmas Family Special 2017.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Hey Duggee.

5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey.

6.30 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 QI. (M) 8.30 Louis Theroux: Altered States: Take My Baby. (M) 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. (M) 10.05 Doc Martin. (PG) 10.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 11.35 Movie: Gone Girl. (2014) Ben Affleck. (MA15+) 2.00 ABC News Update.

2.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Luo Bao Bei. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.45 Operation Ouch!

(PG) 3.25 Gardening Australia Junior. 3.40 Odd Squad. 4.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.25 Bluey. 4.30 Mystery Lane. 4.55 Miraculous. 5.15 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.40 The Next Step. 6.05 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (PG) 6.30 Operation Ouch! (PG) 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Movie: Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe. (2016) (PG) 9.05 Scream Street. Luke tries to save the town.

9.25 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars.

10.25 Rage. (PG) 11.30 Close.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 World This Week. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story.

3.00 News. 3.30 That Pacific Sports Show.

Final. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 News Regional.

Final. 5.00 News. 5.30 Project Wild. (PG) 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 India Now. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30: The Interviews. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.30 Aust Story. 9.00 Nightly News.

9.30 The Pacific. 10.00 Late News Weekend.

10.30 Compass. (PG) 11.00 News. 11.15 Planet America. Final. 12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 Outback Musical. (PG) 1.00 DW News. 1.15 News Overnight. 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show.

Final. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 Unusual Farmers.

(PG) 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 APAC Weekly. 7.30 France 24 English News.

8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (PG) 12.00 APAC Weekly.

12.30 France 24 English News. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 2. 3.00 Speedweek. 4.30 AusMoto Show. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 5.30 The D-Day Superhero: Jack Kirby. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Nefertiti: The Raiders Of The Lost Tomb. The search for the tomb of Nefertiti. (PG) 8.30 Rescuing The Nile’s Sunken Temple.

Explores the Philae temple complex in Egypt, a Pharaonic site that had to be moved due to rising waters.

9.35 The Kim Dynasty: A Family Affair.

Delves into the goals and strategies of North Korea and its rulers, the Kim dynasty. (PG) 10.30 Autun: Rome’s Forgotten Sister. Takes a look at Autun in France. (PG) 11.30 Rodman: For Better Or Worse. (M) 1.30 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey.

4.25 Bamay.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.05 Patriot Brains. (M) 1.00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 4.15 Cook Up Bitesize. 4.20 WorldWatch. 4.50 Shortland St. (PG) 5.20 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. 6.10 Kars & Stars. 6.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. (PG) 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. (M) 8.30 A Very British Space Launch.

9.30 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning. (PG) 11.05 Detective Chinatown.

(M) 1.15 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. (MA15+) 2.05 United Shades Of America. (M) 2.50 Letterkenny. (MA15+) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES

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6.00 The China Syndrome. Cont. (1979) (PG) 8.10 Belle And Sebastian. (2013) (French, PG) 10.00 The Client. (1994) (M) 12.15 In The Line Of Fire. (1993) (M) 2.40 Capricorn One. (1977) (PG) 4.55 CJ7. (2008) (Cantonese, PG) 6.30 The Ipcress File. (1965) (PG) 8.30 The Man Who Sold His Skin. (2020) Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane. A Syrian refugee becomes a living canvas.

(Arabic, MA15+) 10.25 Molly’s Game. (2017) (M) 1.00 Sid And Nancy. (1986) Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb. (MA15+) 3.05 Yardie. (2018) Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson. (MA15+) 5.00 The Ipcress File.

(1965) Michael Caine. (PG)

SBS FOOD

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.10 Martha Bakes.

2.10 Tales From River Cottage. (PG) 3.00 Flour Power. 4.00 Red Chef Revival. (PG) 4.30 Food Chain. (PG) 5.25 Destination Flavour.

5.30 Paul Hollywood: A Baker’s Life. 6.00 In The Spirit With Lindsay And Curtis. (PG) 6.30 French Country Cooking. (PG) 7.30 James Martin’s French Adventure. (PG) 8.30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure. 9.30 No Reservations. (PG) 10.25 Destination Flavour.

10.30 River Cottage Aust. (PG) 11.30 Mystery Diners. (PG) 12.30 Flour Power. 1.30 Food Chain. (PG) 2.25 Destination Flavour. 2.30 Paul Hollywood: A Baker’s Life. 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN

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6.00 Mass. 6.30 Key Of David. (PG) 7.00 Joseph Prince. 7.30 Healthy Homes. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. 10.00 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Farm To Fork. 2.00 Food Trail: South Africa.

2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

3.00 Cook With Luke.

3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.00 All 4 Adventure.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Final. Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Bachelors Australia. Eligible bachelor Wesley Senna Cortes drops a bombshell on the ladies when he arrives at the mansion. (PG) 8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. The discovery of the body of a former MI6 agent uncovers secrets from NCIS Special Agent Jane Tennant’s past, forcing her to go to extreme lengths to track down the responsible party. (MA15+) 10.40 The Secrets She Keeps. Meghan navigates a nightmare. (M) 11.40 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

12.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

BOLD

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6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. (PG) 8.00 Offroad Adv. 9.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 10.00 Escape Fishing. 11.00 JAG. (PG) 1.00 On The Fly. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 I Fish.

2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners.

7.00 Bondi Rescue. Revisits some of the show’s best moments. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. The hunt for an escaped spy continues. (M) 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 11.15 FBI: International. (M) 12.10 Evil. (M) 2.05 48 Hours. (M) 4.00 JAG. (PG)

PEACH

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6.00 Friends. (PG) 9.00 To Be Advised. 11.40 Friends. (PG) 12.40 The Middle. (PG) 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Tasmania JackJumpers v Sydney Kings. 4.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.00 Two And A Half Men. Alan befriends Lyndsey’s boyfriend. (M) 10.00 South Park. (MA15+) 11.00 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Friends. (PG) 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 4.30 Home Shopping.

NITV

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Rugby League.

Koori Knockout. 12.00 Rugby League.

Queensland Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.00 Away From Country. 2.05 Songlines On Screen.

(PG) 2.35 Bamay. 3.30 Struggling Songlines.

(PG) 4.00 Going Places. (PG) 5.00 Stories From The Land. (PG) 5.50 Moko. (PG) 6.20 News.

6.30 Wild New Zealand. (PG) 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. (PG) 8.30 Ella: Just One Of Those Things. (M) 10.05 Movie: Mandela. (1996) (M) 12.15 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 12.25 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 1.25 NITV On The Road: Barunga Bush Bands. 2.25 NITV On The Road: Best Of Barunga. 4.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 5.00 Bamay.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Surf Patrol. 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket.

First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4.

Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

9.00 Movie: Men In Black: International.

(2019) Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson. After a probationary member of the MIB, an organisation that monitors and polices aliens on Earth, teams up with a fellow agent, they uncover a sinister plot that reveals a traitor who is aiding an invasion. (M) 11.15 7NEWS Spotlight. Presented by Charles Wooley.

12.15 Bates Motel. Bradley turns to Norman for help. (MA15+) 1.15 Emergency Call. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

3.30 Million Dollar Minute.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Last Chance Learners. (PG) 12.00 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. (PG) 1.00 The Surgery Ship. (PG) 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. (PG) 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. (PG) 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa.

(PG) 8.30 Call The Midwife. (M) 11.05 Extreme Railways. (PG) 12.05 I Escaped To The Country.

(PG) 1.00 Better Homes. 2.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 3.00 Extreme Railways. (PG) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Lifestyle Magazine.

(PG) 5.30 James Robison. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Storage Wars.

(PG) 11.30 Fish Of The Day. (PG) 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. (PG) 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing.

(PG) 2.30 Step Outside. (PG) 3.00 Fishing Addiction. (PG) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. (PG) 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Apocalypse Now. (1979) Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando. (MA15+) 11.40 Border Security. (PG) 1.10 Blokesworld. (PG) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 3.00 Storage Wars: TX. (PG) 4.00 NFL 100 Greatest. (PG) 5.00 NFL. NFL. Week 15.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed.

9.00 Get Arty. 10.00 Take Me Out. (PG) 11.15 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings. (PG) 12.15 Wife Swap Australia. (PG) 1.45 Black-ish. (PG) 2.15 The Amazing Race. (PG) 3.15 Crufts Dog Show.

(PG) 4.15 Movie: Goodbye Christopher Robin.

(2017) Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie. (PG) 6.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. Follows dog trainer Graeme Hall. (PG) 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

An esteemed nun is murdered. (M) 10.30 Law & Order: LA. (MA15+) 11.30 The Blacklist. (M) 1.30 Chicago P.D. (MA15+) 3.00 Royal Pains. (M) 5.00 9-1-1. (M)

NBN

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6.00 Fishing Aust. 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Golf. Jack Newton Celebrity Classic. Highlights. 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Iconic Australia. (PG) 12.30 Fishing Australia.

1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG) 2.00 The Garden Hustle. (PG) 3.00 For The Love Of Pets. 4.00 Great Getaways. (PG) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Christmas With Delta. A Christmas concert with Delta Goodrem.

8.50 Movie: The Holiday. (2006) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law. Two women, who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic, meet online and impulsively switch homes for Christmas. However, shortly after arriving at their destinations, both find the last thing either wants or expects. (M) 11.20 Movie: An American Pickle. (2020) Seth Rogen. An immigrant worker is preserved for 100 years. (PG) 12.50 Great Getaways. (PG) 1.50 The Pet Rescuers. (PG) 2.20 Cross Court.

2.50 9Honey Hacks.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 Drive TV. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Skippy. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents.

(PG) 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG) 7.30 In Touch. (PG) 8.00 Beyond Today. (PG) 8.30 The Incredible Journey. (PG) 9.00 Turning Point.

(PG) 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian.

10.30 Avengers. (PG) 11.40 Movie: Isn’t Life Wonderful! (1953) (G) 1.25 Movie: Private’s Progress. (1956) (G) 3.30 Movie: The Hallelujah Trail. (1965) (G) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 8.30 Movie: A View To A Kill. (1985) (M) 11.10 Madam Secretary. (M) 12.10 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 1.10 The Closer. (M) 2.10 Movie: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966) (PG) 4.05 My Favorite Martian. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Easy Eats.

9GO!

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.30 Movie: AliceMiranda: A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021) 9.00 Children’s Programs. 1.40 Surfing Australia TV. 2.10 Rich House, Poor House. 3.10 Movie: Problem Child. (1990) 4.45 Mr Mayor. 5.15 Movie: Christmas Next Door. (2017) 7.00 Movie: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005) (PG) 9.20 Movie: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003) (M) 11.50 Duncanville. (M) 12.20 Yorkshire Job Centre. New Series. (M) 2.20 Rich House, Poor House. (PG) 3.20 Transformers: Cyberverse.

(PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. (PG) 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG) 4.30 Transformers Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. (PG) 4.50 Children’s Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 1.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 2.30 The Garden Hustle. (PG) 3.30 Self Made Mansions. 4.30 Escape To The Chateau. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Christina On The Coast. (PG) 8.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 9.30 Zombie House Flipping. Series Return. (PG) 10.30 Bargain Mansions. 11.30 House Hunters.

12.00 Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump. (M) 1.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 2.00 Blog Cabin. 2.30 Getaway. (PG) 3.00 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey. (M) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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December 14-20, 2023

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Monday, December 18 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Dubboo: Life Of A Songman. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (M) 2.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG) 3.00 Gardening Australia.

4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG) 5.00 Back Roads. 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 Great Australian Stuff: Food. Part 1 of 4. Tony Armstrong uncovers the surprising stories behind some of Australia’s iconic “stuff”. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 The Man Who Stole The Scream.

The story of the theft of one of the most iconic paintings in history, Edvard Munch’s The Scream. (M) 9.35 Bradman And Tendulkar. Takes a look at the lives of two of cricket’s greatest players, Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.

10.35 Movie: Brock: Over The Top. (2020) Allan Moffat. (M) 11.35 Yakka: Australia At Work: At Your Service. Part 4 of 4. (PG) 12.30 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen: Cat Among The Pigeons. (PG) 1.35 Call The Midwife. (M) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 4.30 Classic Countdown.

5.30 7.30.

ABC TV PLUS

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.55 Octonauts.

6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Thomas. 6.40 Piney: The Lonesome Pine. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MythBusters. (PG) 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Lagos. (M) 11.10 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 11.40 QI. (M) 12.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 12.35 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. (M) 1.20 ABC News Update. 1.25 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Luo Bao Bei. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

ABC ME

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SBS

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 ABC America This Week. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PG) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 11.00 Our Coast. 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate.

(PG) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys.

(PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 London Zoo At Christmas. Behind the scenes at London Zoo. (PG) 8.30 Freddie Mercury Auction Special.

The story of Freddie Mercury told through the sale of his personal items at Sotheby’s in London. (PG) 9.25 Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling. A look at the iconic Big Ben clock tower.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 My Brilliant Friend. (MA15+) 11.45 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (M) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 4.20 Bamay. 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets.

10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. (M) 1.50 Mukbang. (M) 2.40 Sidelined: Women In Basketball. (PG) 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. (PG) 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Taskmaster. (M) 9.25 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days. (PG) 10.55 Then You Run. (MA15+) 11.50 Hoarders.

(PG) 1.30 The Devil You Know. (MA15+) 2.20 Transnational. (MA15+) 2.50 Letterkenny. (M) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES

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TEN

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6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight.

8.00 Farm To Fork. 8.30 GCBC. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 Bold. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised.

3.10 Entertainment Tonight.

3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Bachelors Australia. Professional matchmaker Trudy Gilbert shines a light on aspects of their relationships the men might be blind to. (PG) 8.40 The Secrets She Keeps. Final. Agatha and Meghan face their hardest trials yet with an explosive ending that neither will see coming. (M) 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. A celebrity child psychiatrist is kidnapped by the son of a former client. (MA15+) 11.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Stephen Colbert interviews a variety of guests from the worlds of film, politics, business and music. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

BOLD

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 ST: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. (PG) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. A woman is accused of murder. (M) 8.30 NCIS. The team discovers the bizarre death of a US Marine and his two friends may be linked to their past. (M) 10.20 Blue Bloods. (M) 11.15 SEAL Team. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

PEACH

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SEVEN

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Beach Cops.

(PG) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan.

Day 5. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage).

3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break.

4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Afternoon session.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

9.00 Movie: Morbius. (2022) Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Micheal Keaton. When a biochemist tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, he instead infects himself with a form of vampirism. His efforts to control his new condition are hampered by the actions of his patron. (M) 11.15 Movie: Winchester. (2018) Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook. An eccentric heiress believes she is haunted. (M) 1.15 Bates Motel. Norma gains a new ally. (MA15+) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Last Chance Learners.

(PG) 7.00 The Surgery Ship. (PG) 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. (PG) 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Slow Train Through Africa. (PG) 3.30 Last Chance Learners. (PG) 4.00 Animal Rescue.

4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. (M) 8.30 Endeavour. (M) 10.30 Fortitude.

(MA15+) 11.30 Doc Martin. (M) 12.30 Animal Rescue. 1.00 Endeavour. (M) 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 It Is Written. (PG) 5.30 James Robison. (PG)

7MATE

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NBN

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Movie: Crashing Through The Snow. (2021) (PG) 2.00 Pointless.

(PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III: Extremes. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough. (PG) 8.40 Australian Crime Stories: Deadly Deception. Takes a look at the case of Renae Marsden, who died by suicide on the day her relationship ended. (M) 9.50 Vanished: The Disappearance Of Dolores McCrea. Takes a look at the murder of Dolores McCrea. (M) 10.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. Series Return. Cosgrove teams up with Detective Jalen Shaw. (MA15+) 11.40 Kenan. Kenan manages to offend Tami. (PG) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.00 Pointless. (PG) 2.00 Hello SA. Takes a look at the Murray River. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives.

(PG) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Dr Quinn. (PG) 2.50 Antiques Roadshow.

3.20 Movie: Kind Hearts And Coronets. (1949) (PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.40 Movie: The Living Daylights.

(1987) (PG) 11.20 Snapped. (M) 12.20 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 1.20 The Closer. (M) 3.20 Major Crimes. (M) 4.20 Garden Gurus Moments. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Easy Eats.

9GO!

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.25 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 3.35 The Deep. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.10 Bluey. 4.20 The Flamin’ Thongs. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda. (PG) 5.20 Miraculous. (PG) 5.45 Hotel Transylvania. 6.00 Hardball. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Movie: Ratburger. (2017) (PG) 8.45 Malory Towers. Darrell stays at school for Christmas.

9.10 The Dengineers.

9.40 School Of Rock.

10.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

(PG) 10.25 Rage. (PG) 11.30 Close.

6.00 The Ipcress File. Cont. (1965) (PG) 7.00 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020) (PG) 8.55 CJ7. (2008) (Cantonese, PG) 10.30 The Promise. (2016) (M) 1.00 Ferrante Fever. (2017) (Italian, M) 2.25 Modern Times. (1936) (No dialogue, PG) 4.00 FairyTale: A True Story. (1997) (PG) 5.50 Three Summers. (2019) (Portuguese, PG) 7.40 Ladies Of Steel. (2020) Leena Uotila, Saara Pakkasvirta, Seela Sella. (Finnish, M) 9.30 Small Town Killers. (2017) Nicolas Bro, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Lyhne. (Danish, MA15+) 11.10 He Died With A Felafel In His Hand. (2001) (MA15+) 1.10 Love Is The Drug. (2014) (Swedish, M) 3.00 The Man Who Sold His Skin. (2020) (Arabic, MA15+) 5.00 CJ7. (2008) (Cantonese, PG)

6.00 Big Bang. (PG) 10.00 The Middle. (PG) 11.00 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Charmed. (PG) 1.00 Friends. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon pushes himself to the limit. (PG) 9.30 Seinfeld. George is fired by the Yankees. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. (MA15+) 2.30 The King Of Queens.

(PG) 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. (PG) 2.30 Boating.

Australian V8 Superboats Championship.

Round 2. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Pickers. (PG) 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (PG) 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (M) 10.30 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 11.30 Swamp People.

(M) 12.30 American Restoration. (PG) 1.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.00 American Pickers. (PG) 3.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 4.00 Swamp People. (M) 5.00 Boy To Man. (PG)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Rich House, Poor House. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. (PG) 4.00 Family Ties. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Love Island Australia. (M) 9.45 Movie: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. (1999) (M) 11.45 Seinfeld. (PG) 12.45 Young Sheldon. (PG) 1.10 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Gigantosaurus.

4.30 Ninjago. (PG) 5.00 Pokémon Journeys.

(PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 2.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.30 Australian Story: Charting Her Course – Jessica Watson.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Foreign Correspondent.

10.00 The World. 11.00 News. 11.25 Four Corners. 12.15 News Overnight. 12.45 If You’re Listening. 1.00 DW News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 Things That Made Australia. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 DW News. 3.30 The World.

4.30 7.30. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 Things That Made Australia. 5.30 News Regional. Final.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Martha Bakes.

2.00 My Greek Table. 2.30 Masters Of Savours.

3.30 Make This Tonight. 4.00 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 4.30 My Market Kitchen.

5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Freshly Picked.

(PG) 6.00 Italian Food Safari. 6.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey. 8.00 Luke Nguyen’s India. 8.30 Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico.

9.25 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 9.30 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Bizarre Foods. (PG) 11.30 Cook And The Chef.

12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG) 12.30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey. 1.00 Luke Nguyen’s India. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.55 Ella: Just One Of Those Things. (M) 1.30 Moko. (PG) 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa.

3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 The Panther Within.

(PG) 10.00 Movie: Once Were Warriors. (1994) (MA15+) 11.50 Kungka Kunpu. 12.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (PG) 12.50 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 1.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 5.00 Bamay.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Match It. 7.30 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PG) 11.30 The Big Adventure. (PG) 1.00 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 3.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. (PG) 4.00 Modern Family. (PG) 4.30 The Goldbergs. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 6.30 Puppy School. (PG) 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (M) 8.30 Law & Order. A wealthy socialite’s estranged daughter is killed. (M) 9.30 Law & Order: LA. (MA15+) 11.30 The Blacklist. (M) 1.30 Chicago P.D. (MA15+) 3.00 Royal Pains. (M) 4.00 9-1-1. (M)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 House Hunters.

11.00 Postcards Summer. (PG) 11.30 Getaway.

(PG) 12.00 Bargain Mansions. 1.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 2.00 Zombie House Flipping. (PG) 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 Christina On The Coast. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Christina On The Coast. (PG) 9.30 Flip Or Flop. 10.30 Hawaii Life. 11.30 House Hunters. 12.30 The Real Housewives Of Dallas. (M) 1.30 House Hunters Int. 2.00 Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump.

(M) 3.00 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey.

(MA15+) 4.00 Flip Or Flop. 5.00 Blog Cabin.

5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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December 14-20, 2023

Tuesday, December 19 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Ask The Doctor.

(PG) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (PG) 11.00 Living With Devils. (PG) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (M) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG) 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 Great Australian Stuff: The Land.

Part 2 of 4. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Songs Of Summer: The Best Of Take 5.

Zan Rowe is joined by celebrities to explore their songs and stories of summer in Australia.

8.30 Movie: Whitney. (2018) Whitney Houston, Michael Houston, Cissy Houston. An intimate portrait of Whitney Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life. (M) 10.30 Movie: Burlesque. (2010) Christina Aguilera. A woman goes to work at a neo-burlesque club. (M) 12.25 Just Between Us: There’s Something I Want To Tell You. (M) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 4.30 Classic Countdown. (PG) 5.30 7.30.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Hey Duggee.

5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey.

6.30 Thomas. 6.40 Octonauts. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. (PG) 9.45 Rosehaven. (PG) 10.10 Inside Portlandia.

(PG) 10.35 Portlandia. (PG) 11.00 State Of The Union. (PG) 11.20 Would I Lie To You? Final.

(PG) 11.50 Movie: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. (1998) (MA15+) 1.30 ABC News Update. 1.35 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Luo Bao Bei. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.15 Bluey. 4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda.

(PG) 5.20 Miraculous. 5.45 Hotel Transylvania.

6.00 Hardball. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Movie: Grandpa’s Great Escape.

(2018) (PG) 8.50 Malory Towers. Gwen goes missing.

9.15 Danger Mouse.

9.25 School Of Rock.

9.50 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. (PG) 10.15 Rage. (PG) 11.20 Close.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 2.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.30 Australian Story: Call Of The River (Update) – Kate McBride.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Compass. (PG) 10.00 The World. 11.00 News. 11.30 Four Corners. 12.15 News Overnight. 12.45 If You’re Listening. 1.00 DW News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 Next Gen Agriculture. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 DW News. 3.30 The World. 4.30 7.30. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 Next Gen Agriculture.

5.30 Landline: Asia Pacific Specials.

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6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. Series Return.

10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.55 Our Coast. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 2.55 Mastermind Aust. 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Ralf Little.

Ralf Little explores his roots. (PG) 8.40 Britain’s Scenic Railways At Christmas. Takes a festive look at Britain’s scenic railways, from the Severn Valley Railway to the Yorkshire Moors.

9.35 Copenhagen: Europe’s Greatest Christmas Market. Presented by Gregg Wallace. (PG) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Das Boot. (MA15+) 12.50 The Promise. (M) 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 4.30 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 When Big Things Go Wrong. (M) 2.20 The Future Of Work. (PG) 3.25 WorldWatch. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Shortland St. (PG) 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips: Arts And Crafts. Part 3 of 4. (M) 9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. (PG) 10.15 Hudson & Rex. (M) 11.55 Dopesick Nation. (MA15+) 12.45 Hate Thy Neighbour.

(MA15+) 1.40 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+) 2.30 Letterkenny. (M) 3.05 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 CJ7. Cont. (2008) (Cantonese, PG) 6.35 Three Summers. (2019) (Portuguese, PG) 8.25 Modern Times. (1936) (No dialogue, PG) 10.05 Molly’s Game. (2017) (M) 12.35 Hive. (2021) (Albanian, M) 2.10 The Ipcress File. (1965) (PG) 4.10 It’s All About Karma. (2017) (Italian, PG) 5.50 Bye Bye Birdie. (1963) (PG) 7.55 Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman. (PG) 9.30 Me, Myself And Mum. (2013) Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Nanou Garcia. (MA15+) 11.10 Motherhood. (2018) (M) 12.40 Beautiful Lies.

(2010) (French, M) 2.35 Small Town Killers.

(2017) (Danish, MA15+) 4.20 Ferrante Fever.

(2017) (Italian, M) 5.45 The Movie Show. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Martha Bakes.

2.00 My Greek Table. 2.30 Masters Of Savours.

3.30 Make This Tonight. (PG) 4.00 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. (PG) 4.30 My Market Kitchen. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Freshly Picked. 6.00 Italian Food Safari. 6.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Heston’s Feasts. 8.30 Fun’q With Spencer Watts. (PG) 9.00 Hidden Italy. (PG) 9.30 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Bizarre Foods. 11.30 Cook And The Chef. 12.00 Mystery Diners. (PG) 12.30 Heston’s Feasts.

1.30 Fun’q With Spencer Watts. (PG) 2.00 Hidden Italy. (PG) 2.30 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 9.30 Neighbours. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Bachelors Australia.

The bachelors’ families, the women and their loved ones all meet under the same roof. (PG) 9.10 NCIS. The team works to solve the murder of a marine private who appears to have been killed for helping an Afghan refugee. Jimmy navigates the pressure of parenting his teenage daughter’s dating life. (M) 10.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. The NCIS team investigates a shootout on a boat in which a rare cultural artifact is stolen. (M) 11.10 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Hosted by Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Dr Phil.

(PG) 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. Bull faces off against Marissa. (M) 9.25 FBI: International. Raines gets the chance to prove his field skills when terrorists seize control of a Bulgarian concert hall. (M) 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. (MA15+) 11.15 48 Hours: Where Is Diana Duve? (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 America’s Game.

10.00 American Pickers. (PG) 11.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 2.00 Motor MythBusters. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Hustle & Tow. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration.

(PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Outback Truckers. (M) 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. (PG) 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. (PG) 11.30 Jade Fever.

(M) 12.00 Esports. LPL Pro. CCT Oceania Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Season 1.

2.00 American Pickers. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 4.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 4.30 American Restoration. (PG) 5.00 Boy To Man. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe.

4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 The Casketeers. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Bitchin: The Sound And Fury Of Rick James. (2021) Rick James. (MA15+) 10.30 Faboriginal. (PG) 11.00 Karla Grant Presents. (PG) 11.30 Walkabouts.

12.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (PG) 12.25 Power To The People. (PG) 12.50 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 1.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 3.00 On The Road. (PG) 5.00 Bamay.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Under The Hammer. (PG) 8.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country.

(PG) 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. (PG) 8.30 Inspector George Gently. (M) 10.30 Law & Order: UK. (M) 11.30 Bargain Hunt. 12.30 Animal Rescue. 1.00 Inspector George Gently.

(M) 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Lifestyle Magazine. (PG) 5.30 James Robison. (PG)

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Tasmania JackJumpers v Sydney Kings. Replay.

10.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Becker. (PG) 1.00 Big Bang. (PG) 1.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends.

(PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.20 TwoQUICK And A HalfPUZZLE Men. Walden dates NO. 6901 an accident-prone model. (M) 10.10 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.10 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 King Of Queens.

(PG) 3.30 Bold. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Movie: Christmas In My Heart. (2021) Heather Hemmens. A violinist tutors a country music star’s daughter. (PG) 2.00 Border Security: International.

A traveller is found with a third leg. (PG) 2.30 Surf Patrol.

3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 8.

Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder.

From Adelaide Oval.

11.00 The Endgame. When a shocking discovery racks the country, Val’s faith in job and country are tested. (M) 1.00 Bates Motel. A revelation forces Dylan to question his loyalty to Norma and Norman. (MA15+) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. International news including interviews with people from the world of business, politics, media and sports.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PG) 11.30 The Big Adventure.

(PG) 1.00 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 3.30 Modern Family. (PG) 4.30 The Goldbergs. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 6.30 First Dates Australia. (PG) 7.35 First Dates UK. (M) 8.40 Movie: The Tourist. (2010) Johnny Depp. A tourist gets caught up in intrigue and espionage. (M) 10.55 Movie: Blow. (2001) Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz. (MA15+) 1.30 First Dates Australia. (PG) 2.30 First Dates UK. (M) 3.30 Fresh TV. 4.00 9-1-1. (M)

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Movie: A Song For Christmas. (2017) Becca Tobin, Kevin McGarry.

(G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. Australians become travel critics, taking off on a Greek Island-hopping holiday, starting in Athens. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon. Having settled down to life in New York with his girlfriend, outback tour guide Mick Dundee finds himself matching wits with drug dealers who are seeking the return of some incriminating photographs. (PG) 10.45 New Amsterdam. Bloom returns from holidays. (M) 11.35 Kenan. Kenan struggles to define his relationship with Mika. (PG) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.00 Pointless. (PG) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct.

10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.05 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 Movie: Went The Day Well? (1942) (PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 Movie: Licence To Kill. (1989) (M) 11.25 A Wedding And A Murder. (M) 12.25 Madam Secretary. (M) 1.25 Rizzoli & Isles.

(M) 2.25 The Closer. (M) 3.25 Major Crimes.

(M) 4.25 Garden Gurus Moments. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Easy Eats.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 Ninjago. (PG) 10.30 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. (PG) 11.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. (PG) 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond.

(PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.00 Family Ties. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Troy. (2004) Brad Pitt, Eric Bana. (M) 11.45 Seinfeld. (PG) 12.45 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge.

(PG) 4.00 Gigantosaurus. 4.30 Ninjago. (PG) 5.00 Pokémon Journeys. (PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Garden Gurus.

8.30 The Block. (PG) 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Blog Cabin. 11.30 Christina On The Coast. (PG) 12.30 House Hunters. 1.30 Hawaii Life. 2.30 The Block.

(PG) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers.

(PG) 5.00 Flip Or Flop. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. (PG) 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.30 Restoration Man. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30 House Hunters.

1.00 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble.

(PG) 2.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

3.00 Hawaii Life. 4.00 Restoration Man. (PG) 5.00 Blog Cabin. 5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 6901

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ACROSS Hair-dressing (12) Hinder (6) Steal (6) Hide (7) Bit (5) Warmish (5) Curl (7) Aircraft (6) Water down (6) Crafty (12)

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DOWN Flower (8) Adhesive (4) Condiment (7) Trap (5) Wine (8) Strip (4) Immature (8) Tree (8) Violinist (7) Intoxicated (5) Pool (4) Thug (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 6901

ACROSS 7. An unspeakable character! (6,6). 8. It’s not as bad as being a gambler (6). 9. Don’t attend the second showing, either, of “Delinquent” (6). 10. Given that there had been a battle and dead strewn around (7). 12. A hundred and four escaped from the island (5). 15. Welshman with whom the lady went off north (5). 16. In parting, set the snare (3-4). 18. Rather quiet, you mention (6). 20. Last stop: turn again (6). 22. One paragon married to another? (7,5).

DOWN 1. Betray - the fact that one’s generous? (4,4). 2. Getting the food myself at last (4). 3. Being excited, got mixed up (7). 4. The card in the butcher’s window (5). 5. Get rid of the fat Pam mixed in (5,3). 6. The one red-head is she (4).

11. Say it again, in fear and trembling, to the company (8). 13. Is it never run over hilly ground? (4,4). 14. Plunges right in, which amuses one (7). 17. In the dream, worried, is prepared to fight (5). 19. Again work in the pearls (4).

21. Give one a hand, which means a lot (4).

Answers Page 11

ACROSS 7. Hair-dressing (12) 8. Hinder (6)

DOWN 1. Flower (8) 2. Adhesive (4)

FORENSIC SCIENCE BLOD CHEMISTRY COMPUTER CORONER CRIME DATABASE

DETECTIVE DISCOVER EVIDENCE EXPERTS FACTS FINGERPRINT

FOOTPRINT FORENSICS INVESTIGATE MICROSCOPE PATHLOGY PHYSICS

PROCESS SCENE SCIENCE SOLVE TECHNIQUE

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December 14-20, 2023

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Wednesday, December 20 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (PG) 11.00 That Christmas. (PG) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (M) 2.30 The Royal Variety Performance 2021. (PG) 4.30 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 Great Australian Stuff: Home.

Part 3 of 4. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers.

Tom Gleeson challenges four of Australia’s most popular online influencers. (PG) 8.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023. Charlie Pickering is joined by a cavalcade of guests to look back at stories from 2023.

9.30 Would I Lie To You? Final. Celebrity guests go head-to-head in a Christmas-themed battle of wits.

Hosted by Rob Brydon. (PG) 10.05 QI Christmas Special. Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. (PG) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.15 We Hunt Together. (M) 12.00 Life. (M) 1.05 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 4.30 Classic Countdown. (PG) 5.30 7.30.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News.

9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.55 Our Coast.

(PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) 2.55 Mastermind Australia.

3.25 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Gods Of Tennis: Martina Navratilova And Chris Evert. Part 3 of 3. (M) 8.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness: The Birth Of A Monster. Part 1 of 3.

A detailed exploration of the mystery of the Loch Ness monster.

9.30 Fargo. Lorraine calls things off. Gator asks questions. Wayne makes a surprising discovery. Indira offers a new perspective. (MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 COBRA. (M) 11.50 Max Anger: With One Eye Open. (M) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 4.20 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. 8.30 Judge Judy.

(PG) 9.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 9.30 Neighbours. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised.

3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Bachelors Australia. Final.

The three eligible bachelors, Wesley Senna Cortes, Ben Waddell and Luke Bateman, have made their decisions. (PG) 9.00 My Life Is Murder. When Alexa investigates the death of a popular male nanny, she discovers pushy parents can be more terrifying than killers she has met before. (M) 11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Hosted by Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Movie: Maggie’s Christmas Miracle.

(2017) Jill Wagner. A boy wishes his mum could find happiness. (PG) 2.00 Border Security: International. (PG) 2.30 Surf Patrol. A swimmer is plucked from a rip.

3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 9. Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes. From Perth Stadium.

11.00 The Amazing Race. Final. The teams of two continue their race around the world for a $1 million prize. Hosted

by Phil Keoghan. (PG) 12.30 Parenthood. Amber’s ex-boyfriend arrives from Fresno, putting the family on alert. (M) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer.

(PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Movie: A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale. (2015) Jonathan Bennett, Lexi Giovagnoli, Dina Meyer. (G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Camel Lump. Takes a look at a lump on a camel’s ear. (PG) 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm: Wilding. Jeremy Clarkson decides to do something about Britain’s depleted insect population. In order to make his farm more bug-friendly, he decides to dig a pond, dam a stream and install some bees. (M) 9.40 Police Rescue Australia. Bomb technicians travel to country NSW to detonate explosives used in the mining industry. (PG) 10.40 Superpower. Actor Sean Penn meets the Ukrainian president. (M) 1.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 2.00 Fishing Australia. Presented by Rob Paxevanos.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Hey Duggee.

5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey.

6.30 Mecha Builders. 6.40 Do, Re & Mi. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 9.20 Bay Of Fires. (M) 10.20 Killing Eve. (M) 11.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? Final. (M) 11.35 Louis Theroux: Altered States. (M) 12.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 1.00 ABC News Update. 1.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Luo Bao Bei. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. (PG) 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.00 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Shortland St. (PG) 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) Keir Dullea. An expedition is sent to Jupiter. (G) 11.05 Movie: Poltergeist. (1982) JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson. (M) 1.10 VICE. (M) 2.20 Letterkenny. (MA15+) 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Dr Phil.

(PG) 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. Bull helps a young army sergeant. (M) 8.30 NCIS. Ziva must confront her past when the team investigates the murder of a US Marine. (M) 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. Adam continues his mission. (M) 10.20 Evil. (MA15+) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country.

(PG) 7.30 Under The Hammer. (PG) 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. (PG) 8.45 Lewis. (M) 10.45 Law & Order: UK. (M) 11.45 Bargain Hunt.

12.45 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 2.00 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG) 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 It Is Written. (PG) 5.30 James Robison. (PG)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.10 Karma’s World.

3.25 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 3.35 The Deep. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

4.15 Bluey. 4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch.

5.00 Kung Fu Panda. (PG) 5.20 Miraculous.

5.45 Hotel Transylvania. 6.00 Hardball. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Movie: Gangsta Granny. (2013) (G) 8.45 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. Part 1 of 2. (PG) 9.15 The Next Step.

9.40 School Of Rock.

10.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

(PG) 10.25 Rage. (PG) 11.30 Close.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 2.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.30 Australian Story: Taking The Lead – Heather Mitchell.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 The Pacific.

10.00 The World. 11.00 News. 11.25 Four Corners. 12.15 News Overnight. 12.45 If You’re Listening. 1.00 DW News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 Rural Flavours. 2.30 Aust Story.

3.00 DW News. 3.30 The World. 4.30 7.30.

5.00 DW News. 5.15 Rural Flavours. 5.30 Heywire. (PG)

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6.00 The Movie Show. (PG) 6.15 Bye Bye Birdie.

(1963) (PG) 8.20 FairyTale: A True Story. (1997) (PG) 10.10 Ladies Of Steel. (2020) (Finnish, M) 11.55 Beautiful Lies. (2010) (French, M) 1.55 Three Summers. (2019) (Portuguese, PG) 3.45 Asterix And Obelix Vs Caesar. (1999) (French, PG) 5.50 Malcolm. (1986) Colin Friels, John Hargreaves. (PG) 7.25 Entrapment. (1999) (PG) 9.30 28 Days. (2000) Sandra Bullock. (M) 11.30 Ali’s Wedding. (2017) Osamah Sami, Don Hany. (M) 1.30 Operation Goldenshell. (2017) Jordi Mollà. (Spanish, M) 3.25 Me, Myself And Mum. (2013) Guillaume Gallienne. (MA15+) 5.00 Malcolm. (1986) (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Martha Bakes.

2.00 My Greek Table. 2.30 Masters Of Savours.

3.30 Make This Tonight. 4.00 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 4.30 My Market Kitchen.

5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Freshly Picked.

(PG) 6.00 Italian Food Safari. 6.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Lovers’ Guide. (PG) 8.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (PG) 8.30 James Martin’s Spanish Adventures. (PG) 9.30 Dine With Me UK. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Bizarre Foods. 11.30 Cook And The Chef. 12.00 Mystery Diners. 12.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Lovers’ Guide. (PG) 1.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient.

(PG) 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 9.00 Friends. (PG) 10.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Becker. (PG) 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 Big Bang.

(PG) 2.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens.

(PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.20 Two And A Half Men. Walden works on a new project. (M) 10.10 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.10 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 King Of Queens.

(PG) 3.30 Bold. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe.

4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News.

6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Supreme Team. (M) 8.30 Barry White: Let The Music Play.

(M) 9.35 White Noise: Inside The Racist Right.

(MA15+) 11.10 Songlines On Screen. (PG) 11.40 Good Fire Bad Fire. (PG) 12.00 Power To The People. (PG) 12.50 Voices To Martuwarra Fitzroy. 1.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout.

Replay. 2.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout.

Replay. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 12.00 Outback Truckers. (PG) 2.00 Motor MythBusters. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

(PG) 3.30 Hustle & Tow. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. (PG) 9.30 Beach Cops. (PG) 10.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PG) 11.30 Crash Investigation Unit. (PG) 12.00 Esports.

LPL Pro. CCT Oceania Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Season 1. 2.00 American Pickers. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 4.30 American Restoration.

(PG) 5.00 Boy To Man. (PG)

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PG) 11.30 The Big Adventure.

(PG) 1.00 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 3.30 Modern Family. (PG) 4.30 The Goldbergs. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 6.30 First Dates Australia. (PG) 7.30 First Dates UK. (M) 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+) 10.30 Hotel Hell. (M) 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. (M) 12.30 First Dates Australia. (PG) 1.30 First Dates UK. (M) 2.30 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. (PG) 3.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA. (M) 4.00 Hotel Hell. (M) 5.00 9-1-1. (M)

6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments.

2.00 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 Movie: The Last Days Of Dolwyn. (1949) (G) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Movie: GoldenEye. (1995) (PG) 11.20 Deadly Cults. (MA15+) 12.20 Madam Secretary. (M) 1.20 Rizzoli & Isles. (MA15+) 2.20 The Closer. (M) 3.20 Major Crimes. (M) 4.20 Garden Gurus Moments. 4.30 Joyce Meyer.

(PG) 5.00 Easy Eats.

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QUICK PUZZLE NO. 6901 - SOLUTIONS Across - 7, Brilliantine. 8, Impede. 9, Rustle. 10, Conceal. 12, Piece. 15, Tepid. 16, Ringlet. 18, Glider. 20, Dilute. 22, Disingenuous.

Down - 1, Primrose. 2, Glue. 3, Vinegar. 4, Snare. 5, Riesling. 6, Peel. 11. Childish. 13. Chestnut. 14, Fiddler.

17, Drunk. 19, Lido. 21, Lout.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. (PG) 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.00 Family Ties.

(PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Deck The Halls. (2006) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick. (PG) 10.20 Movie: Suka. (2023) (MA15+) 12.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 1.00 Life After Lockup. (M) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Gigantosaurus.

4.30 Ninjago: Crystalized. (PG) 5.00 Pokémon Journeys. (PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Blog Cabin.

11.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 12.00 Restoration Man. (PG) 2.00 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. (PG) 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Blog Cabin. 4.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Home Town. 8.30 Good Bones. (PG) 9.30 Home Again With The Fords. 10.30 Fix My Frankenhouse. New Series.

(PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30 House Hunters. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 Good Bones.

(PG) 3.00 Home Again With The Fords. 4.00 Fix My Frankenhouse. (PG) 5.00 Blog Cabin. 5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG)

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 6901 - SOLUTIONS Across - 7, Silent letter. 8, Better. 9, Re-miss. 10, A-warded. 12, C-orfu. 15, Dyla-n. 16, G-in-trap (anag.). 18, Prefer. 20, End-u-re. 22, Perfect match.

Down - 1, Give away. 2, Me-at. 3, Stirred. 4, Heart. 5, Stamp out. 6, I-r(ed)-is. 11, Reaf-firm. 13, Flat race. 14, Divert-s. 17, Armed (anag.). 19, R-op-e. 21, Deal.

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