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Saturday All Creatures Great And Small

ABC, 7.30pm

Wednesday My Life Is Murder

TEN, 8.30pm

The magnetic Lucy Lawless (pictured) and the bright and stylish surrounds of Auckland render this a marvellously upbeat, colourful murder mystery series. Add in witty protagonist and crime-solver Alexa Crowe’s (Lawless) side hustle as a bread baker, and you have the recipe for a truly cosy and warm crime caper. Featuring a new face in IT whiz Beth (Tatum WarrenNgata) and the rustic attraction of Martin Henderson (Virgin River) as Alexa’s brother Will, season three’s quirky cases of bloodshed are all kinds of amiable. Tonight, in “The Village”, a lively retirement village is rocked by a death, but it’s Will’s worrying involvement with the victims that hits close to home for Alexa.

FRIDAY, November 24

6.00 The Drum.

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

7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa

Georgiadis visits a communal garden. Sophie Thomson beats the heat.

8.30 Under The Vines. (PG) Daisy and Louis attend Marissa’s infamous book club, where they meet David’s daughter Sienna.

9.20 Midsomer Murders. (Masv, R) DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate when a member of a village watch is murdered.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 Question Everything. (R)

11.35 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) Thomas investigates the death of a soldier.

12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

Continuous music programming.

Sheep grazing on verdant rolling hills. Warm and comical characters. Gorgeous costuming featuring dresses and suits and more than a little tweed. Plus, a generous smattering of horses, pigs, cats and cows. There’s a lot to love about this wholesome British series based on vet James Herriot’s memoirs about country life. In this third season, premiering tonight, there’s a touch of sombreness as WWII looms on the horizon, but there’s still the call of the wild – and the pub – keeping the show’s soothing and cosy tone. Tonight, James (Nicholas Ralph, pictured) and Helen’s (Rachel Shenton) long-awaited wedding day arrives. Of course, there’s complications and a boozy bachelor party before the couple say “I do”.

Monday Big Brother

SEVEN, 8.30pm

In the early 2000s, this homegrown version of the Dutch reality

TV juggernaut hooked the nation and became a household sensation. Then hosted by the biting, comically deadpan Gretel Killeen, along with mischievous narration from comedian Mike Goldman, the innocent housemates were unburdened by an awareness of how well the hidden cameras captured their every move and remark; it was a compelling, cheeky peek into the minds and motivations of 20-somethings. In this 16th season, the housemates know the game inside-out. Host Sonia Kruger (pictured) looks stylish, but there’s otherwise little pizazz, with the romance-heavy matters easily mistaken for Love Island Australia. Tonight, the housemates are blindfolded before nominations.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Hunting Egypt’s Lost Treasures.

8.30 Nick Knowles Into The Grand Canyon.

9.25 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Greatest River. (R)

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Paci c Games Highlights. Highlights from the Paci c Games.

11.45 Good People. (Malv)

12.40 Vise Le Coeur. (MA15+a, R)

3.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R)

4.30 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Adam Dovile handcrafts a bedside clock.

8.30 Miniseries: The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe. (Mal) Part 3 of 4. John has had enough of being dead and returns to England to declare he is su ering from amnesia and is reunited with his sons. Journalists hunt down Anne and the story unravels.

10.30 MOVIE: King Of Thieves. (2018, Ml, R) Retired crooks plan a diamond heist. Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent.

12.45 The Front Bar. (Ml, R) A lighter look at the world of sport.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current A air.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm)

8.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde. (2001, PGls, R) A ditzy blonde enrols in law school. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.

10.30 MOVIE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, MA15+ls, R)

12.35 MOVIE: Ascendant.

(2021, MA15+av, R)

2.30 My Way. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

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. (Ml, R) Graham Norton is joined by singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, actors Stephen Graham and David Mitchell and comedian Mawaan Rizwan. Mae Muller performs her single Me,Myself&I

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Good Sam. (Ma) Sam and her team are forced to make impossible choices about their patients’ care.

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

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 53. Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers.

Motorcycle Racing. FIM World Supercross Championship. Round 3. Australian Grand Prix. Day