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SHUT UP ‘LET ME BREATHE’ CD RELEASE

■ COLLEEN HEWETT will this Friday release her new Black & White album that highlights her experience with domestic violence.

Shut Up And Let Me Breathe sees Colleen proclaim her support for Violence Free Families, a Rotary initiative, She is proud to be an ambassador for Rotary’s campaign: "Rotary have great initiatives and this one is close to my heart because I am a survivor of domestic violence on several occasions.”

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“Looking back, I know I should have done something, but now I am. It is never too late to raise awareness," says Colleen The stark film clip for Breathe is as stirring as the words to the song. This video brings together people from all walks of life - some very well known personalities, others completely unknown.

Familiar faces include Ian 'Molly' Meldrum (who produced her massive hit of the 70s Day By Day) , Stephen Curry (who played Colleen's son, Damien Oliver, in the film The Cup). Eddie McGuire, Alan Jones, Neil Mitchell, AFL legends, Kevin Bartlett and Ron Barassi, Australian of The Year Rosie Batty, Peter Helliar, Derryn Hinch and many more. ● More details, Page 7

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Landscape gardener Alan Moody was this week convicted and fined $2000.

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● The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is bound for Melbourne. Fiona Byrne has the details on Page 11

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Victoria Pictorial

Tramways and Railways Nostalgic Photos Collection

● Before Flinder St Station was Hatton’s Fruit Market. 1895.

● St Kilda-Brighton Beach tramway. 1903.

● Flinders Street, loking towards the station

● Tramway works, 1925. Cnr Flinders and Spencer Sts

● Tramming to the Melbourne Zoo. 1942.

● St Kilda-Brighton Beach tramway.

● Tram in Pall Mall, Bendigo. 1903

● High St, Northcote. 1950s.

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Colleen Hewett reveals Observer how she was bashed In This 108-Page Edition

Observer: The ‘Reel’ James Joyce .......... Page 8 Showbiz: Tribute to Meryl Streep ........... Page 9 Pictorial: Mary Poppins opening night ... Page 10 Love This City: Fiona Byrne reports ...... Page 11 Long Shots: Tribute to newspaper men .. Page 12 Melb. Confidential: Linfox must pay ...... Page 13 Freemasons: Cheques presented .... Pages 14-15 Kevin Trask: Fabian remembered ......... Page 16 West Hollywood: Gavin Wood reports .... Page 23 Observer TV Liftout: starts Page 17 Observer Classic Book: starts Page 21 Local Theatre Radio Confidential Top 10 Lists Lovatts Crossword

Museum of Erotic Women

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● Victoria Mantynen, Stephanie Osztreicher, Rebecca Wemm and Anna Kennedy in The Living Museum of Erotic Women.

■ Bernzerk Productions, with creator and ance, daughter of Kaidu and niece by mardirector Willow J. Conway, present The Liv- riage of Kublai Khan and the great-great ing Museum of Erotic Women: An Immersive granddaughter of Genghis Khan.

Together with Busby Berkeley Showgirls, Theatrical Event from May 23-June 7 in the Witches, Maypole and special guest artists, is End to End Building, Collingwood.

Spanning over five floors, The Living Mu- a night of historic tales and adventure.

Program Two is hosted by Egyptian godseum of Erotic Women is a unique experiential theatre event combining performance dess Isis, joined by the Chinese silent film acmediums, soundscapes, cinematic and visual tress Ruan Lingyu, who died prematurely at the peak of her success in the 1930s. arts.

Aphrodite and longest-ruling female leader The cast of 10 performers and special guest artists will lure audiences into an unforget- of Russia, Catherine the Great, will share the table night featuring 20 famous women from museum with Salome and Marie Bonaparte, history who challenged social norms, so they the French author and psychoanalyst, colleague of Sigmund Freud. remain, to this day, unforgettable.

From the Japanese history of Kabuki, the Program One is hosted by screen icon, GerLiving Museum of Erotic Women brings to life man actress and singer Marlene Dietrich and Izumo-no-Okuni; the ecstasy of St Teresa of features Joan of Arc, as well as a contempo- Avila, Christian mystic and writer; and the rary goddess of rock ‘n’ roll (think Debbie daring intent of Lola Montez, Spanish dancer Harry, Patti Smith, Janis Joplin) and Venus and actress. of Urbino who steps into our world from the A gaggle of English Tea Party Ladies, the 16th-century Italian masterpiece by Titian. Can-Can Dancers and a special guest artist There will also be Mexican artist Frida will complete the program.

Kahlo and Lili St Cyr, the notorious striptease Season: May 23 until June 7 artist of the 1940s and 1950s who inspired Times: Tues at 7pm, Thurs, Fri, Sat at 7pm Marilyn Monroe. and 10pm, Sun at 5pm and 8pm Mata Hari, the exotic dancer executed in Venue: End to End Building, rear of 48 Easy 1917 for spying during World War I, will use St., Collingwood (entry via Budd St.) dance to seduce the audience, along with Tickets: $60-$35 Messalina, affectionately known as the third Bookings: Ticketek and www.living wife of Roman Emperor Claudius. museumoew.com.au/ Finally, Khutulun will make an appear- Cheryl Threadgold

Time travelling songstress

■ Following premiere performances in Perth’s Fringe World and Brisbane, BobbieJean Henning is bringing Tales Of A Time Travelling Songstress to The Butterfly Club from May 27-31.

In an evening of beautiful music, love stories, laughs, and what is said to be “an absolutely gorgeous frock”, Tales of A Time Travelling Songstress weaves together the stories of Kittie, a cabaret singer, who is forced to travel through time while dealing with the unexpected loss of her parents.

● Bobbie-Jean Henning Audiences are invited on a decade-spanning journey of heartache and hope, told through the music of Regina Spektor, Nat King Cole, Sia and Fleetwood Mac among others.

Bobbie-Jean Henning is a recent music theatre graduate

from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Tales of A Time Travelling Songstress is her debut cabaret and has already received wide critical and audience acclaim.

Dates: May 27 – 31 Times: 6pm Wed and Sun; 7pm Thurs – Sat. Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne Tickets: $20-$32 Bookings: www.the butterflyclub.com/show/talesof-a-time-travelling-songstress - Cheryl Threadgold

● Colleen Hewett: victim of family violence ■ Singer Colleen Hewtt has revealed that she was a victim of family violence when she married to a man in Fiji.

She told how her then-husband would assault her after he came home threenights-a-week after alcohol-fuelled lunches at the resort in Fiji at which he worked, Hewett is now the front-person for a Rotary campaign, Violence Free Families, and has released a new song, Shut Up And Let Me Breathe as part of her new Black & White album to be released on Friday (May 22).

"Rotary have great initiatives and this one is close to my heart because I am a survivor of domestic violence on several occasions,” Colleen said.

“Looking back, I know I should have done something, but now I am. It is never too late to raise awareness," A film clip to promote Breathe includesIan 'Molly' Meldrum , Stephen Curry (who played Colleen's son, Damien Oliver, in the film The Cup). Eddie McGuire,Alan Jones, Neil Mitchell,AFL legends, Kevin Bartlett and Ron Barassi, Australian of The Year Rosie Batty, Peter Helliar, Derryn Hinch and many more.

Rocky winners ■ The Melbourne Observer has drawn the winners’ names for tickets to The Rocky Horror Show, soon to return to the Comedy Theatre.

Double tickets will be mailed to: ■ Peter Allen. 46 Leonard St, Tootgarook, 3941.

■ Tim Glennen. 17 Moreton Cres, Bundoora, 3083.

■ Caroline Anderson. 6 Sunrise Ct, Epping, 3076.

■ Mrs E. McLellan. 142 Westwood Dr, Burnside, 3023.

■ Christine Trotter. 94 Courtney St, North Melbourne, 3051.

Latest News Flashes Around Victoria

Judge slams delay ■ County Court Judge Gerard Mullaly has slammed delays in the investigation of a child sex matter after it took more than a year to charge Colac man Seth Fridey, 20, now of Bairnsdale, for having intercourse with a 14year-old girl. Fridey was given a 15-month Community Corrections Order and ordered to provide a forensic sample, reports the Geelong Advertiser.

Sex hearing starts ■ The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse started yesterday (Tues.) in Ballarat. The public hearing is expected to last three weeks, with a second hearing to be held later in the year, reports the Ballarat Courier.

‘Positive to drugs’ ■ A Sale man who allegedly recorded a positive roadside oral fluid test will appear at Court after reportedly refusing to accompany Police back to the station for an official test, reports the Gippsland Times. The man, in hisw 30s, was randomly intercepted.

Laws need change ■ Wangaratta Magistrate John O'Callaghan has made the shocking point that the Victorian Government has never actually made family violence a crime, reports The Chronicle.

He challenged the government to fix this outdated omission from the law while he spoke at the Busting The Myth conference in Benalla.

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At Melba’s ■ The enchanting Yarra Valley estate belonging to Australian opera legend Dame Nellie Melba opens in August to the public for the first time in more than a century.

Coombe - The Melba Estate, at Coldstream, has been transformed into an elegant restaurant, fashion and art gallery, cellar door and providore, that pays homage to Madame Melba and the way of life she held dear during her decades living at the property.

Melbourne-born Dame Nellie Melba – the first Australian opera singer to gain global acclaim and one of the most famous figures of the early 20th century – purchased Coombe in 1909. It was her private home until her death in 1931.

Under the auspices of Melba’s family, the historic outbuildings including the stables, tack room and motor house, have been lovingly renovated to welcome visitors and accommodate dining, exhibitions from Dame Nellie Melba’s own collections, and premium, take-home produce from the family’s neighbouring Coombe Farm vineyard.

Outdoor opera evenings, horticulture tours of the lush, century-old gardens and architecture, children’s activities and revolving exhibitions of Dame Nellie Melba’s remarkable fashion and art, are among the calendar of events planned.

French-trained Chef Tony Milton has designed an elegantly simple and seasonal a la carte breakfast and lunch menu that showcases fresh produce from Coombe Farm and, naturally, celebrates the Escoffier inspired dishes named in Melba’s honour – Melba toast, Peach Melba and Melba sauce.

In the gallery, Dame Nellie Melba’s personal collections, including exquisite jewellery, pristine Hermes riding boots and Cartier handbags, acquired during her time living and performing in Paris, and paintings of Coombe by world renowned artists, will be on display for the first time.

Manager of Coombe Cottage, Daniel Johnson, said it’s the family’s hope that Dame Nellie Melba’s legacy and story will live on by opening the estate to all.

“She was the most famous woman on the planet at the turn of the last century and it is important that Australians do not forget her and her influence.

The estate is now owned by the sons of Melba’s granddaughter Pamela, Lady Vestey, Lord Samuel Vestey and Mark Vestey.

Their great-grandmother’s home on the estate, Coombe Cottage, and the gatehouse, will continue to be a private family dwelling.

Coombe - The Melba Estate will open to the public Saturday, August 23 and continue to be open from Thursday to Monday (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Ten titles

■ The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, from June 11, is presenting Essential Bergman: Selected by David Stratton, a retrospective season of works by Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman curated by David Stratton.

Showcasing 10 Bergman titles hand-picked by Australia’s renowned film critic and broadcaster, the program features some of cinema’s most important and iconic titles, including The Seventh Seal, Persona and Wild Strawberries.

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The Reel James Joyce

● James Joyce will be celebrated at the Bloomday events ■ Bloomsday in Melbourne, in 2015, celebrates the James Bloomsday Joyce who was deeply in love events in with cinema.

“Joyce was not only an enMelbourne thusiastic consumer of film, but focus on also an entrepreneur who established the first cinema in cinema Dublin,” says Bloomsday's Frances Devlin-Glass. as well as “As well, the new film mewriting dium influenced the writing of both Ulysses and Finnegans choose as representative and Wake.”

Bloomsday's original play, as 'treatment' pieces? How The Reel James Joyce, sets up adaptable might Ulysses be to a fictional scenario, but one the new medium of modernity based on historical research: Joyce so loved?

What artistic tussles would “What if, in the early 1920s, when he first attempted to these two masters in their remake serious films, Charlie spective fields have had? ● David Moodie After sell-out seasons in Chaplin had been inspired to ■ David Moodie has been 2013 and 2014, Bloomsday in adapt Joyce's Ulysses for the elected as the new Chairsilent film?' wonders Di Silber, Melbourne in 2015 will perman of Racing Victoria form in the state of the art thelead script-writer.

Board.

“We know that Eisenstein atre at Library at the Dock, Outgoing Chairman sought the rights to Ulysses in Docklands.

Robert Roulston resigned Bloomsday again breaks 1929, and that in 1931, just belast week, effective immenew ground in its 22nd year. fore the censorship tide turned diately. and the novel was declared not ■ Play. The Reel James Joyce.

Roulston has taken reto be pornographic (1933), Prreview: Wed., June 10. 8pm. sponsibility for an error of Warner Brothers also sought Opening: Thurs., June 11. 8pm. judgement. He was in the Fri.-Sat., June 12-13, 8pm. them. position for two years. He “Chaplin's first serious film Sun., June 14, 3pm. Mon.served on the RV Board (a box-office failure), A Tues., June 15-16. 8pm. Lisince 2008.

Woman of Paris (1923), had brary at the Dock, 107 Victoria At the meeting, convinced Chaplin that he Harbour, Docklands. Adult: Roulston acknowledged should not only direct, but also $38. Concession: $35. that he made an error of ■ Bloomsday Dinner and star in his own silent films'. judgement in relation to the Entertainment. Tues., June Wayne Pearn, the director nomination of a horse.

16. 5.30pm for 6pm-7.45pm. of The Reel James Joyce, has Roulston, in his role as a Watermark, Victoria Harbour cast Steven Gome, fresh from bloodstock agent, last year Promenade, 600 Bourke St. his triumph as Dario Fo's nominated an overseas $45. Two-course meal, drinks Johan Padan (fortyfive-downhorse to run in the at bar prices. stairs), as James Joyce inMelbourne Cup and then ■ Bloomsday Seminar. trigued, volatile and witty. advised Racing Victoria that ‘Joyce and Cinema.’ Tues., And Dan Walls, playwright, a nomination fee did not director and actor, was chosen June 16. 3pm-5pm. Library At need to be paid because the for Charlie Chaplin: what kind teh Dock, 107 Victoria purchase of the horse fell of Leopold Bloom will Dan Harbour, Docklands. $20 ($15 through and it did not come concession).

Wall's sad clown be? out to Australia.

- Contributed What scenes might Chaplin

David takes reins

Classical

■ Classical Tracks Yarra Ranges Fine Music Program Winter 2015 commences on June 14 and runs through to August 29, advises publicist Di Rolle.

The event features a line up of artists to warm the heart in the coming winter - curated by Melbourne Recital Centre.

Classical Tracks 2015 brings glorious music and thrilling performances to the Yarra Ranges' finest perforance spaces. The events will be held at a large number of local venues on Sunday afternoons.

‘One last gig’

● Jeffrey and Gai Woolhouse ■ The Boite Surrey Music Café presents one last gig on Friday, May 29 at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre.

The Surrey Music Café was founded by Jeffrey Woolhouse in 2001 on a concept borrowed from The Boite, who ran informal music evenings in Fitzroy.

Jeffrey believed there was a need for something similar in the eastern suburbs, apart from clubs and pubs.

The Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre, where his wife Gai worked as Manager, was freshly refurbished with an interesting hexagonal room suitable as a small performance venue, so the Surrey Hills Music Café was established as a Neighbourhood Centre program..

The focus was on jazz ensembles, and a cappella choirs, including concerts by young musicians and some school groups.

Nerves were tight when 10 minutes before the start on the first night, only 10 people were in the hall. Ten minutes later, there were 60.

Jeffrey says without funding, they were proud to be able to employ highly professional musicians.

“The reputation of these evenings as providing excellent music quickly grew,” he says.

After several sellouts over the next four years, and having to turn people away, there was a need to find a bigger venue.

Jeffrey says the Box Hill Community Arts Centre was a wonderful find.

The staff was delighted to have a regular performing arts activity, and the venue provided a spacious foyer, kitchen and/ lounge area, and a hall with excellent acoustics.

“After talks with The Boite they accepted us to operate under their umbrella, and we dropped ‘Hills’ from the name to become the Surrey Music Café,” says Jeffrey.

“City of Whitehorse offered discounted hire at Box Hill, and assisted us in holding two larger concerts at the Whitehorse Centre for Coco’s Lunch and Idea of North.”

Jeffrey says they started with eight concerts a year, averaging 140 people per concert, often with sellouts of 180 patrons.

“We could not have managed to be so successful without the amazing team of volunteers helping us set up, serve coffee, cake, wine, cheese, and then packing up at the end of the evening,” he says.

“Using volunteers enabled us to keep ticket costs low, and their bright personalities added to the wonderful atmosphere” Jeffrey says the project has been a most rewarding retirement hobby for 14 years, but he is now wanting time for other interests.

“Thanks to our patrons for their support over the years, and to the Melbourne Observer for helping us to promote live music,” he says.

To thank supporters for their patronage over the past 15 years, The Boite Surrey Music Café will present one last show on Friday, May 29 at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre.

Featuring Jeremy Woolhouse’s Silverbeat Quintet, five spirited and talented musicians will work together, with each member contributing to the original tuneful contemporary jazz, which is the essence of Silverbeat.

Hearty congratulations to Jeffrey and Gai Woolhouse and volunteers for their wonderful work in encouraging and promoting talented local musicians, and successfully presenting quality live music to Melbourne audiences for the past 15 years.

Date: Friday, May 29, wine, cheese, coffee and cake available from 7.30pm. Venue: Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station St, Box Hill. Booking and info: www.whitehorsecentre.com.au/Surrey-Music-Cafe-May.html 9262 6555. www.surreymusic.com - Ceryl Threadgold

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Tribute to Meryl Streep Briefs Found

■ Police are looking for the owner of an old war medal which was handed in by a 10year-old boy at Wodonga after the ANZAC Day march. .

The recipient of the medal was . Clifford Keith William Harris, born in 1915.

Victory

■ Police praised the behaviour of fans attending the weekend’s A-League Grand Final at AAMI Park between Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC. “Not a single flare was ignited inside the venue and no deliberate damage. The behaviour of fans proves that football doesn’t need flares and other illegal behavior to make it a unique experience,” said Commander Brett Guerin.

Probe ■ The State Government has launched an investigation into the removal and cremation of a body from the Traralgon Memorial Cemetery, authorised without the knowledge of the deceased's parents and children, reports the LV Express.

■ Alexandra Keddie will premiere her new onewoman cabaret, I See Me; And Meryl Streep, at The Butterfly Club from June 3-7.

No stranger to the limelight, Alexandra worked for years onstage with Brisbane’s Harvest Rain Theatre Company, on (and off) screen in Channel 10’s Offspring, and most recently in The Doctor Blake Mysteries on ABC Television.

Alexandra has now developed her first full length cabaret production, and this fun new show I See Me; And Meryl Streep celebrates everyone’s favourite threetime Oscar winner, Meryl Streep.

Audiences are guided through a manic musical Powerpoint presentation in 11 different accents, and on their journey will visit the British Parliament, the African plains, Uluru, Madison County, a nuclear power plant, and eat all the food in France.

Keddie says it is not just a tribute show, but the story of a girl’s admiration for Meryl Streep that has left her feeling misunderstood by those around her, yet inspired.

“The character is much like me - from a family of performers hoping to find her place in the world,” she says.

“Ultimately, the show is about being happy with who you are, and embracing your quirks and aspirations.”

The show's score has been hand-selected featuring some familiar, and some obscure songs from Streep’s cinematic classics, and songs from ABBA, Sondheim and more.

I See Me; And Meryl Streep opens on June 3 and runs for five nights. Tickets are limited.

Dates: June 3-7 Time: 6pm Wed and Sunday, 7pm Thurs-Sat Cost: $20-$28

● Warrick Smith ( Pte Vic Richards) at left, Matthew Coote (Pte Andy Edwards) and Sean Paisley Collins (Pte Rod Carson) in Rusty Bugles at the Richmond Theatrette.

● Alexandra Keddie in I See Me; And Meryl Streep.

Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place.

Ticket link: thebutterflyclub.com - Cheryl Threadgold

OK for mosque at Melton ■ Local residents have lost their battle to prevent a mosque being constructed at Melton.

Charles and Janice Clayton, Graeme and Jane Richards, Gregory and Sandra Steers, and Glenyse Lawson took their objections to Victorian Civil andAdministrative Tribunal Member Geoffrtey Code.

Mr Code this month notified that his decision to allow the mosque at Harkness Rd, Melton West, included new rules as to worship or prayer sessions, which must not be conducted outside the following times: ■ Weekdays: 5am-6.30am, 12.30pm-2pm; 5pm-8pm; 8.30pm10.30pm; ■ Weekends: 5aqm-6.30am, 10.30am-3pm; 5pm-8pm; 8.30pm10.30pm.

The residents had a number of objections to the mosque proposed by the Melbourne Islamic Centre Ltd. Noise levels are not to exceed trhose required under State law.

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Rusty Bugles

An acoustic consultant must be engaged to ensure noise rules are respected.

The Melbourne Islamc Centre called a number of experts to give evidence. These included Peter Willis, traffic engineer; John Glossop, town planner; and Aaron Organ, ecologist.

Mr Code was told that the land is on the north-west outskirts of Melton, about 5km from the Melton township. It is used for grazing.

Melton Shire Council had previously fiven a permit to develop the land in 2012.

A Council permit allowed worship to a total of nine hours a wekk.

VCAT said that the use of the land as a place of worship was lawful.

“The main issues in this proceeding are whether the amentity, biodiversity and traffic impacts of the amendments are unreasonable,” said Mr Code.

Mr Code said he acknowledged that the permit conditions change to allow up to 26 hours worship, rather than nine hours “is not insignificant:.

There would be a condition that there be a maximum of 69 people present on the premises at any one time.

“The place of worship is not to be locatede in a congested residential street,” the Tribunal noted.

“A place of worship is not a prohibited use in a green wedge.”

Two other places of worship are located nearby.

Pension OK ■ Former RAAF Sergeant Stephen George Redden has won a Veterans’ Appeals Division for a special rate of pension, after taking his case before Administrative Appeals Tribunal Deputy President F J Alpins.

Redden worked his way up from a clerk, railway porter and farm laborer to do work for the RAAF, followed by stints at Hawker de Havilland, Serco and Transfield.

He said that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could be traced back to his time serving in Vietnam.

He said the psychological order made him unable to find work. He suffered from depression and alcohol abuse, and it was recorded that he could not work for more than eight hours per week.

■ Sir Humphrey Appleby used to describe Jim Hacker’s ideas as ‘courageous’ which was code for ‘are you mad?’

Playhouse Players would have got that response from Sir Humphrey on the choice of their latest offering Rusty Bugles.

Very large cast, rarely performed play and nobody on stage from the distaff side of the acting fraternity. Just getting a cast seems daunting.

But get it they did and appointing an experienced and talented director was a no-brainer.

It makes a refreshing change to hear a play with such bons mots as stone the crows, pull ‘ya head in, see youse later, hoo roo, sheila and three bob and a zac.

The play concerns the minutiae of the monotonous lives of frustrated soldiers in an Australia Army depot in the Northern Territory during WWII. The playwright wrote from personal experience having spent time in one such camp.

The play doesn’t have a genre as such. It starts, it continues, it ends. What it does have is a wide variety of characters, a supersize serving of larrikin behaviour with chips, testosterone in abundance and a truthful depiction of real life.

The men suffer - separation from loved ones, no word from home, grinding boredom and the lack of action as the war raged elsewhere.

The quality of the production was excellent but better still was the fact that this high standard applied across the board.

Such an even cast gave constant strength and interest to the production. It might well be another 60 years before this play appears again so to use another Aussie bon mot; do y’self a favour and see it.

Rusty Bugles by Sumner Locke Elliot, directed

by John Gauci.

Performance Season: Until May 30 Venue: Richmond Theatrette, 415 Church St., Richmond.

Tickets: $25/$22 Bookings: admin@playhouseplayers.org.au or call 0468 917 450 or visit www.playhouseplayers. org.au - Review by Cenarth Fox

Tenant must pay ■ Tenant Wendy Anne Mitchell has been ordered to pay $233.08 plus a $55.60 fee to landlord Glenda Craig after breaking a 12-month extension on a residential lease.

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Member Kay Kirmos also ruled that a $1481.72 bond, held by the Residential Tenancies Board Authority, must be paid to the landlord.

In October last year Mitchell took out a 12-month extension on a residential property, but then advised she wished to vacate the property in January. Rent was paid to January 31.

The landlord made claims for: ■ rent loss until rented premises were re-let; ■ re-letting adnd advertising fees of $770; ■ cost of landlord to collect the key, $180; ■ window and architrave repairs, $220; ■ overflow drain and pipe repairs, $247.50; ■ loss of health and income.

“Both parties felt bullied and harassed by the other during the tenancy to the extent that communication was problematic,” said Ms Kirmos.

“The tenant felt the landlord was the cause for the early termination and she was therefore not liable to pay anything.”

“The exiting tenant is only responsible to pay for fees that were incurred to secure her tenancy, not the one that succeeds it,” Ms Kirmos said.

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‘Mary Poppins’ Opening Night (CLOC) At The National Theatre Photos: Denise Damianos

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Love This City! with with

Fiona Byrne Guest Columnist

Tattoo heads to Melbourne

● Cr Robert Doyle and David Alfrey at the launch of the Military Tattoo.

Photos: Fiona Hamilton

● The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will be in Melbourne in February.

Whitney: The Greatest Love of All ■ Whitney Houston was known as The Voice. She had a vocal gift that was both startling and beautiful.

When she passed away in 2012 aged just 48, she left behind a bulging catalogue of magnificent ballads and upbeat anthems that crystallised a time and place.

Wonderful memories of Houston at her peak came flooding back on Friday evening at the opening night of The Greatest Love of All – The Whitney Houston Show at the Athenaeum Theatre.

Belinda Davids stars in this tribute to Houston and she celebrates the singer’s greatest moments rather than lingering on her tragic decline.

The 2 ½-hour show spans Houston’s 29year career and includes hits How Will I Know, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Didn't We Almost Have It All, I'm Every Woman, I Have Nothing and I Will Always Love You. Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Davids began performing professionally at the age of 14.

Her four octave vocal range allows her the ability to sing any genre but her musical heart has always been R&B. Houston was, and still is, a great inspiration.

Davids simply wowed Wednesday’s crowd

with her magnificent voice that echoed Houston in her golden years.

She handled the soaring numbers with confidences, hitting the big notes in crowd favourites such as I Will Always Love You and The Greatest Love of All. She was even unfazed when grabbed in a bear-hug by an over eager fan as she moved through the crowd singing Saving All My Love For You. The crowd was early on its feet – dancing in the aisles to How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

And a standing ovation followed Davids performance of I Have Nothing in front of a mute video of Houston performing the same track – with both women doing the same arm movements and wearing matching red gowns.

There is no trick to this show. This is just a woman with a great voice singing huge songs made famous by legendary singer.

If you are a Houston fan, then this show is a must-see. If you are a child of the 80s and 90s you will know every song, and it you appreciate a gifted singer, don’t miss Davids in this show.

The Greatest Love of All – The Whitney Houston Show is on at the Athenaeum Theatre until May 30.

Go to www.thegreatestloveofall.com.au

■ The lauded Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is heading to Melbourne next year, promising a magnificent spectacle at Etihad Stadium.

More than 1200 performers will take part in the three performances – a blend of military ceremony, music and entertainment - slated for Melbourne in February.

Australian performers will also be part of the extravaganza. It will be the first time the show has toured to Melbourne, having been seen in Sydney in 2005 and 2010.

The announcement of the Melbourne shows was delivered with a fanfare of bagpipes and drums from Melbourne’s Rats of Tobruk at Etihad Stadium last Wednesday.

Producer and CEO of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Brigadier David Allfrey, said to play in Melbourne would be a privilege.

“Australian audiences have always embraced the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh every August ... but in February 2016 the Tattoo will return to Australia, for performances that will be amongst the most spectacular ever staged.

“In over six and a half decades our unique event has been presented abroad on only three occasions.

“So we are delighted to be returning (to Australia) this time to Melbourne with a brand new show with the best bands and performers from around the world.

The show will include a replica of Edinburgh Castle along with massed pipes and drums of Scotland’s famous Regiments.

Mark Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13 in your diary for when the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo marches into Melbourne.

Tickets go on sale on Monday (May 25) at ticketmaster.

For more information go to www.edinburghtattoo.com.au

The Great American Songbook ■ Music and life are all about style. My friend Di Rolle didn't say that, Miles Davis did.

It's no secret that the musical style of the Great American Songbook transformed the sounds of American in the 20th century.

Glorious musical standards from Broadway, roaring jazz parties, red hot cabarets and pop icons-20th- century America gave birth to a swag of singers, songwriters, composers and musicians who have defined American popular song: George Gershwin, Etta James, Harold Arlen, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Burt Bacharach and Frank Sinatra just to name a few.

Mary Wilson of The Supremes, the subversive and sublime Storm Large of Pink Martini fame, Australian musical theatre stars Michael Falzon (We Will Rock You) and Bobby Fox (Jersey Boys), countertenor diva the brilliant Mama Alto, vocal powerhouse Johanna Allen, jazz masters from the Roger Young Collective and French chanteuse Clotilde Rullard with Alexandre Saada.

The American Songbook Festival commences Friday, June 12 and runs to Saturday, July 4, 2015.

For more information or to book online go to www.melbournerecital.com.au or call 9699 3333 during business hours.

Chick to watch ■ It was wonderful to catch up with the divine Tara Moss on Thursday after her brilliant Business Chicks presentation at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins.

Moss is a dynamic, smart, gutsy woman who in her most recent book, The Fictional Woman, shared some harrowing tales of her journey as a young model, her tumultuous time in the harsh spotlight of celebrity, her meticulous research for her thriller novels, and her evolution from fashionplate to bestselling author to doctoral candidate.

Her experiences and her observations connected with the audience of more than 500 early risers and she sent out a powerful message to the women in the room to seek their own truth and have the confidence to pursue their dreams.

She also noted that to be your best it is important to look after yourself. Her message to self-care certainly was one repeated by many over post-breakfast catch-ups.

Moss continues to grow.

She was recently named Patron of the Full Stop Foundation, an initiative by Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia.

She is currently completing a PhD and acting as UNICEF’s national ambassador for child survival.

Next up she is heading to the Syrian border on behalf of UNICEF.

Gallery’s dinner ■ The Monash Gallery of Art hosted its annual fundraising dinner on Saturday evening at its Wheelers Hill base.

With the gallery celebrating its 25th anniversary this year it was evening where achievements where acknowledged and future goals set.

The night also doubled as a welcome to new MGA director Kallie Blauhorn.

"I am delighted to be taking on the position of Gallery Director at the Monash Gallery of Art and I look forward to playing a leadership role in upholding our vision of being the home of Australian photography,” Blauhorn said.

“I am pleased to have the opportunity to work alongside such passionate people including the Gallery team, its supporters and the community of Monash.

“It is an exciting time to be involved in the arts in Australia and I am keen to continue the journey in making the gallery one of the country’s leading public institutions."

Blauhorn comes to the MGA from her previous role as Senior Development Manager with the JDRF Australia.

The MGA is a popular destination for art and photography fans around Melbourne.

It boasts a terrific collection of Australian photography comprising of more than 2000 works.

Its current exhibition is Highlights From The MGA Collection which runs until July 12, and features works by Pat Brassington, Max Dupain, Bill Henson, Wolfgang Sievers, Jack Cato and Lewis Morley.

Find out more about the MGA at www.mga.org.au ● Fiona Byrne is a former journalist and is the Public Relations Manager at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins.

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Vale Mike Ryan, true champion

● Mike Ryan. Inset: Public Eye ■ Crusading journalist Mike C. Ryan put his career on the line in 1976, when he persisted in backing abortionist Dr Bertram Wainer in his fight against claimed corruption in the Victoria Police.

I knew the younger members of the Wainer family at school.

Ryan, also the publisher of Fighter boxing magazine from Toorak offices then jointly held by Beverley Will of The Green Place.

Mike had worked on The Age since 1956 on everything from police rounds to diary columns.

Off his own bat, Ryan visited the home of Mr Cairns William Villeneuve-Smith, the barrister appointed by the Victorian Government to make an enquiry into the allegations.

Age Editor Graham Perkin was horrified.

Around February 1976, Ryan tendered what must be one of newspaperdom's most concise inter-office memoranda: Dear Graham My Resignation Regards, Michael Ryan After three days, Ryan asked for his job back.

Ryan had spent almost two decades with The Age, six years in London alongside fellow pugilism devotees Bryan Membrey and Jack Darmody.

It didn't, and it couldn't, last for long. So Ryan was soon back on the streets to publish his own short-lived paper, Public Eye. The controversial quarterfold was refused as a print job by two Melbourne printers, and reported to be seized by Police at another.

Public Eye ended coming off Tony Rubinstein's York Press at Abbotsford, home of the Australian Jewish News.

Like many print jobs of the day, it was printed behind closed doors with 'look-outs' watching for Police seeking to raid the print works.

Max Newton employed a similar ‘cockatoo’ strategy when he published soft-porn mags such as Kings Cross Whisper, Suck and Cocksure.

Ryan enlisted the help of journalist Christopher Forsyth, who told Ryan that I might be able to help with distribution.

Ryan was crazily pre-occupied with the project, and even ‘cased’ Max Newton's plant in Richmond to see if distribution records could be ‘obtained’.

Instead, a touch of lateral thinking was handy.

Max Newton was facing the end days of his Sunday Observer. I simply him asked him for the confidential list as a favour, and he obliged.

Max ordered his Towart Distribution Company manager Steve Austin to print a full distribution outlet list to me.

I converted it in delivery lists, sold it to Ryan for a couple of hundred dollars, and bowed out quickly.

Ryan, a top journalist, later returned to mainstream journalism with stints at Standard Newspapers headed by Julian Clarke, the Sunday Press, and the Independent News Group at Hastings.

His death last week marks the end of Mike’s controversial life of fighting ... mainly against injustice.

- Ash Long

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Ash On Wednesday

Passing of newspaper pioneer ■ Members of the Melbourne newspaper fraternity gathered at Le Pine Ivanhoe to say farewell to former colleague David Tomlin who died at the age of 91.

Born on January 20, 1924, Victor David Tomlin was raised in Croxton, one of three brothers.

He attended the Helen St State School in Northcote, and his pasttimes including woodwork and playing cornet.

His family life included attending Baptist Church three times every Sunday (although, as his daughter Elaine noted at the funeral service on Friday, David never attended worship service again following his return from the war).

In 1938, David secured employment as a press operator at Leader Publishing Co. in High St, Northcote, publishers of the Leader-Budget suburban newspaper.

He worked six days a week, and made steady progress through the publishing works operated by the Mott family.

On July 31, 1942 he enlisted in the Australian Army at Casino, NSW. He served in Australia and overseas, and at discharge in September 1946, was a member of the 20 Australian Supply Depot Platoon.

I understand some of his service was at Honiara in the Solomon Islands, and he returned there in late years as a visitor.

In 1946 he re-joined Leader, and was seconded by publisher George H. Mott to assist with accounts, in addition to his print-room duties.

David was a precise and cautious administrator, oversaw much of the accounts process, and then also managed the engraving side of the business which was vital in a letterpress operation.

As a Director of Leader Engraving Co. he mentored young print industry workers, and became a leading identity in the training of graphic arts industry apprentices of Victoria.

Meanwhile, he and his wife June settled at West Preston and later Diamond Creek, where he was a volunteer member of the local Country Fir Authority.

He was an enthusiastic gardener, and was devoted to his two daughters, Elaine and Judith.

Three generatioons of the family spoke at Friday’s service of his sense of family and leader-ship.

In the 1970s, David and June parted. Later in that decade, David met Joyce, who was a mem-

● David Tomlin. Photo: Ash Long (1980-81)

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with Ash Long, Editor “For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

ber of Leader’s real estate advertising team.

David and Joyce married, settling in Rosanna.

They travelled extensively, and David was involved with Faircote (later Darebin City) Bowls Club.

He was a keen member of the Rotary Club of Thomastown, and was involved in a number of community charity organisations.

David was invited to become a Director of the Leader Media Group which had grown extensively from its base of newspapers at Northcote, Preston and Whittlesea.

Titles had been added in Brunswick and Coburg, and David worked with the Foletta and Grant families in a joint operation called Broadglen, which published weekly papers in Broadmeadows, Essendon, Keilor and SunburyMelton.

He was also vitally involved in the expansion of the late 1950s and 1960s with titles in the Diamond Valley, Heidelberg and Doncaster-Templestowe areas.

Later expansion took the company further into the eastern suburbs, and then southern suburbs.

The Leader network today has more than 30 titles, with a circulation of more than one million

copies across all Melbourne.

In later years, David, in semi-retirement, looked after the Heidelberg City News Press/Pickwick Press operation at Thomastown.

He and Joyce travelled internationally with destinations including USA, Canada, Japan and parts of Asia.

He devoted time in retirement to working with RSL members three days a week.

More recently, after suffering a stroke, he became a resident of Darley House, at Heidelberg Repatriation General Hospital.

He passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 9.

He is mourned by Joyce. daughters Elaine and Judith; stepchildren Glenn and Caron; he was father-in-law of Graham and Vicki-May. David Tomlin was ‘Pa’ to Emma, Scott and Ottilie; Ryan and Danielle; Kate and Sebastian; Bree and Oliver; Luke, James and Nicola.

He was great grandfather to Alicia, Hannah, Sienna, Amelie, Scarlett, Hugo and Elijah.

Arrangements were in the hands of Le Pine Ivanhoe, with a private creamation following Friday’s service.

● Leader Media Group directors David Tomlin and Mark Crampton, with young executive Ash Long at a Melbourne Suburban Newspapers Association annual dinner at Albert Argenti Receptions, Greythorn, circa 1980-81.

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■ “Ambition is a good servant but a bad master.”

Text For The Week

Thought For The Week

■ “"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."

- Galatians 6:9

■ “Best friends make the good times better and the hard times easier.”

■ “Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.

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Confidential Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

New heights for Mary Poppins

● Robbie Smith (Bert) and Rosa McCarty (Mary Poppins) in Mary Poppins at the National Theatre, St Kilda.

Photo: Richard Crompton ■ CLOC Musical Theatre’s production of Mary Poppins, the Broadway musical, literally takes community theatre to new heights, as the high-flying nanny transports audiences on magical adventures until May 30 at the National Theatre.

Set in London in 1910, this iconic musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, tells of the dysfunctional upper middle class Banks family.

Six nannies have resigned in four months, when suddenly the mysterious Mary Poppins arrives.

The children meet exciting characters including chimney-sweep (and narrator) Bert, come-alive park statues, the Bird Woman, and magic sweet shop owner, Mrs Corry.

Mary, helped by Bert, eventually reunites the family for a ‘happily ever after’ ending, and leaves as mystically as she appeared.

CLOC theatrically triumphs in presenting this challenging show with its magical stage effects, under the expert co-direction of Lynette and Chris White Chris also designed the impressive set, artistically complimented by Brad Alcock’s evocative lighting and Victoria Horne’s colourful, stunning costumes.

Danny Forward’s fabulous orchestra renders the classic tunes, and choreographer Lynette White’s dance routines are vibrant and entertaining.

Casting is “practically perfect in every way”, with principal characters led by Rosa McCarty’s superb portrayal of Mary Poppins, and Robbie Smith’s equally top performance as Bert.

Lee Threadgold excels as disciplinarian turned softie Mr Banks, and Kristen Beayni is delightful as Winifred Banks.

Beryle Frees (Bird Woman) delivers a poignant, memorable rendition of Feed The Birds, and Carolyn Waddell (Mr Banks’ childhood tyrannical nanny Miss Andrew) is terrific.

Jenni Kellaway (cook Mrs Brill) and Johnathon White (handyman Robertson Ay) add spirited dynamics to the Banks household.

Principal children Alexandra Denovan (Jane Banks) and Caleb Waterworth (Michael) present outstanding, clearly articulated performances (Mackensie Young and Joshua Vass alternate the roles).

Other standouts for me were Jay Miller (Mr Punch), Thomas O’Reilly (Valentine), Britni Leslie (Mrs Corry), Jason Mill (Neleus) and Damien Calvert (Northbrook).

This sparkling musical fantasy (three hours’ duration) with its worthwhile life messages including the importance of family values, is a great show for all ages.

Congratulations CLOC Musical Theatre.

Performance Season: Until May 30 Venue: National Theatre, 20 Carlisle St., St Kilda Tickets: $44/$50/$38 Bookings: www.cloc.org.au - Review by Cheryl Threadgold

Linfox must pay injured worker: Tribunal

■ Linfox Australia Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay compensation for medical treatment and incapacity payments to injured storeman Victor Bui. Regina Perton, Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, heard that Bui reported pain in his left lower leg, caused by his work which included manual handling and pushing of trolleys.

Linfox placed Bui on light duties. He produced doctors’ certificates, indicating that he was fit for restricted hours and modified duties.

The Tribunal, sitting in Melbourne, heard that Linfox accepted liability for lower back strain.

Linfox accepted later cdlaims and funded certain procedures including surgery.

Medical practitioners said that Bui was able to work for eight hours over five days. Doctors said Bui would benefit from a spinal operation, but the company revoked its previous determination that he could undertake work for a few hours per week.

In 2013, Linfox determined that its liabilityfor the aggravation of the

of the spinal condition should cease.

Bui’s general practitioner than diagnosed the storeman as suffering from depression, secondary to his back injury.

He was referred for counselling and eventually referred to Linfox’s nominated psychiatrist who said Bui wasw not suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder.

Ms Perton said that Bui was born in Vietnam, educated to Year 10 equivalent, fleeing that country in 1980, and accepted as a refugee in Australia.

Bui is married with two primary school age children as well as an adult child from a previous marriage.

Bui had worked for Nissan, then became a truckowner-driver, work-

Owns 13 units ■ The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has been told that Victor Bui (see report above) had a family trust with a number of properties including 13 units, one shop and four ofices.

Value of the properties was around $5 million, but he owed $3 million.

“The Tribunal is concerned that Mr Bui has not tried to undertake any return to work program in recent years,” Ms Perton said.

“Linfox appears to have been a responsible employer in preparing return to work programs for Mr Bui which he has only attempted for a very short time before giving up..

“The Tribunal finds that liability for Mr Bui’s spinal injury had not ceased on the dates determined

by Linfox and still continues.”

Ms Perton said that Linfox’s liability for Bui’s spinal condition remains.

The Tribunal accepted an opinion that Bui was exhibiting an understandable psychological reaction to his situation, but was not suffering a diagnosable mental disorder.

Costly lease breach ■ Failure to give 28 days’ notice of intention to vacate rented premises has meant a cost of $1995.65 to tenant Ann Carter.

VCAT Member Silvana Wilson also ordered that Carter pay $8 for replacement of a garage remote control to landlords P Sakkas and C Vlahos.

The monies are to be paid from a bond held by the Residential Tenancies Bond Authority.

Ms Carter had told the landlords that the property was “uninhabitable”. The claim about the premises was not accepted by the Tribunal.

Ms Carter said that she had suffered deep sleep deprivation because of noise from an electricy smart meter. No factual or scientific evidence existed to support Ms Carter’s claim, Ms Wilson said.

Citicorp tested the meter and found that it operated properly. “I found that to be highly persuasive evidence,” Ms Wilson said.

Ms Carter’s claim for $14,918 in respect of the noise was dismissed.

ing six days a week. He then worked for Mars Confectionery as a machine operator, then Mayne Nickless as a storeman.

“Mr Bui then worked for Linfox until he was injured,” said Ms Perton. “He has not undertaken work duties at Linfox since 2011.”

Bui was involved picking and packing cigarette orders onto trolleys in a shelving area. He would then load the orders into a van.

The Tribunal heard that Linfox solictors engaged PJS Investigations to undertake surveillance of Bui. He was seen driving, standing around after buying food at a stall, shopping, crossing a road, “seen to move in a normal and unrestructed manner”.

Whispers

Award

■ An award of damages has been made to former prisoner Soroush Saeedi in a claim against the State. The award money, excluding legal costs and medical expenses, has been paid into the Prisoner Compensation Quarantine Fund, where it will be held for a period of 12 months. Creditors and victims in relation to criminal acts of Soroush Saeedi are invited to seek further information from the Department of Justice and Regulation. .

Scrubbed

Rumour Mill

Hear It Here First

Power Without Glory ■ Pitches will be made to Australian television broadcasters for a remake of the Power Without Glory series, last seen on ABC Television in the 1970s.

The series starred actor Martin Vaughan as John West, portraying Melbourne businessman John Wren, in Frank Hary’s iconic Australian ● Martin Vaughan as John West book.

● Clive Palmer ■ It is not a move forward. Victorian Electoral Commission representative Warwick Gately has advertised in the Victoria Government Gazette of the deregistration of the ‘Palmer United Party’ as a political party.

In Court

‘Monies due’ claim ■ Yarra Glen Timber and Hardware Pty Ltd has requested a Dromana Magistrates’ Court registrars’ hearing on Monday (May 25) where it is due to allege a civil claim against Petyer Hindhaugh.

Attention deficit ■ Age readers are still shaking their heads over one journalist’s efforts to get their name into a news report, as well as a rare by-line of the same report.

E-Mail: Confidential@MelbourneObserver.com.au

■ The Hamilton and Alexandra College has requested a Melbourne Magistrates’ Court hearing this morning (Wed.) where it is due to allege a civil claim against Sharon Elizabeth Meader for “monies due”.

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Archery takes off in Ballarat $500 raised for research centre ■ Guiding Star Lodge in Ballarat hosted an Archery Day last month, inviting 35 members and their families from three district Lodges; Guiding Star, Sturt/Buninyong United and Prince of Wales to participate.

The day was supported by the WendoureeArchery Club, which provided a very important opening safety session to make sure no one ended up on the wrong end of an arrow.

This was followed by a practice session, when most took up a bow and arrow for the first time.

Club officials set the targets at 10 metres. A miss on the target usually meant the arrow went many more metres down the range, with a long

● Members of the Guiding Star Lodge, friends and family enjoy Archery Day, hosted by the Wendouree Archery Club, Ballarat.

walk by the archer at the end of the session to collect it.

Re-curve bows were used on the day as opposed to long bows, with archers surprised at how strong the line was to pull back before releasing it.

Glenn Brundell of Guiding Star Lodge caused some interest with his hunting bow, with its various gears and winches, as didn't look like a bow at all.

A far cry from when we would tie a piece of string onto a bent stick and aim at an apple as kids!

Lodges made up four teams of four with five shoots for each bowman.

Sturt/Buninyong Lodge won the day taking home a perpetual shield which will be played for each year.

Organiser and club member Frank Benney of Guiding Star Lodge said archery was becoming quite popular, with 'come and try sessions' run each Saturday morning.

"For the brethren who took part for the first time, it certainly provided a great interest away from the ball sports," Frank said.

The day also raised $500 towards the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Centre.

Funding for Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute

■ Guiding Star Lodge No. 922 continues to be a great supporter of the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute, and has donated $200 to the Institute, as part of a $1500 pledge for the years 2015-16.

Personally presenting the cheque to Gail Elsey, was Ron Broom (left) and Graeme Brown.

"The Lodge has made regular contributions to the Institute, assisted by the Freemasons Board of Benevolence, over the past 18 months," Graeme said.

The Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute was officially opened in 1998 by Gail Elsey, in the name of her daughter Fiona, after she lost her cancer fight in 1991.

Through world-class research the Institute aims to bring hope to those touched by cancer and to advance the understanding and treatment of cancer by making an internationally recognised contribution to cancer research.

For further information about the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute or how you can donate visit: www.fecri.org.au

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Foundation scholarships awarded Much needed relief in western suburbs

● Ross Butterworth, founder of the Western Emergency Relief Network, receives a cheque for $10,000 from Ted Finch, representing the Freemasons Foundation.

■ Those most in need in the 2estern suburbs will benefit from a $10,000 donation made by the Freemasons Foundation.

The Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN) supports those who experience family violence, house fires or homeless, and offers free material aid including furniture, white goods and other necessary house hold items.

The Network held the official opening of its storage facility on Friday May 8, guests including local councillors, the Rotary District Governor Murray Verso, and other support organisations.

Founded by Melton Valley Rotarian Ross Butterworth, the network will also help refugees and new arrived migrants.

"The Freemasons Foundation donation will assist our efforts in changing the lives for those marginalised in our society or suffering trauma through emergency circumstances," Ross said.

Ted Finch, representing the Freemasons Foundation, said that the $10,000 donation will supply the fuel for the delivery truck.

"The organisation will need to run a number of deliveries across the western suburbs each day, so our donation will help pay for fuel to keep the trucks running," Ted said.

"There will also be a sign with our logo on the back of the truck saying 'Fuelled by Freemasons Foundation Victoria Limited'".

WERN currently holds more than1500 items of furniture, electrical and white goods, bedding and kitchenware in support of other welfare and support agencies.

The Network is calling for volunteers to continue helping inspection of furniture, sometimes cleaning and conducting minor repairs.

If you would like to know more about WERN or you would like to lend a hand, please contact Ross Butterworth on 0411 228 311 or email butterworth.8@bigpond.com

● Ron Broom, Gail Elsey and Graeme Brown with the cheuqe presentation for the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute.

See report on Page 14.

■ More than 100 Victorian students are now $250,000 better off thanks to a Freemasons Foundation Scholarship, presented on Wednesday (May 13).

The scholarships, ranging from $400 to $7000 have been awarded to students who have shown potential in their schooling, sport or musical ambitions.

With parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters all in attendance to support the recipients, the Scholarships Presentation Evening was a great success with more than 400 guests in attendance.

Peter Henshall, Master of Ceremonies hosted the event, supported by Chair of Trustees Grand Master Hillel Benedykt, RoyAlderton, Freemasons Foundation Company Secretary and Chairman of the Scholarships Committee, George Streitberg.

An inspiring presentation launched the evening, with last year's Freemasons Victoria Scholarship (the larger of the funds) recipient Meg Stevenson detailing how the scholarship she received in 2014 has enabled her to continue with her sporting and academic activities.

"Running marathons takes a lot of time, energy and commitment, as well as financing trips to interstate, and paying for entry fees. The scholarship has helped me pursue my sporting interests for which I am so grateful," Meg said.

Along with a number of Middle School and Post-Secondary scholarships, this year's awards also included some new and unique scholarships including the Lodge Judah, Arch Moffitt Educational Fund ($400), awarded to Sophie Allen and Frances Daymond, the James Meldrum Scholarship ($1500) awarded to Jordan Sandler, and the Lodge of Tradition No. 746 Scholarship ($800) awarded to Tiffany Brodie.

A musical interlude was performed

by Christopher Davis, recipient of the Dr Robin Gray Scholarship ($4500), who played the French horn, accompanied by a pianist.

Christopher was interviewed by Peter Henshall shortly before performing, saying that he was going to play the trumpet initially but the French horn had greater appeal for him.

The final, and most sought after scholarship for the evening, the 2015 Freemasons Victoria Scholarship, was awarded to 18-year-old Harry Tibballs, who said that he would like to continue his studies in Bio Medicine at Melbourne University and would like to become a Doctor in Paediatrics.

"I've always wanted to help people, and better the lives of others," Harry said, "Quality of life is important".

Grand Master Hillel Benedykt concluded the evening with some words of wisdom, encouraging the students to cherish opportunities to study and travel, and never lose sight of the goal ahead.

● Recipient of the James Meldrum Scholarship, Jordan Sandler with George Streitberg.

● Recipient of the Dr Robin Gray Scholarship, Christopher Davis.

● Harry Tiobballs, recipient of the 2015 Freemasons Victoria Scholarship, with Grand Master Hillel Benedykt

● Recipients of the 2015 Freemasons Foundation Scholarships.

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■ Bill Haley had started ‘rock and roll’ with his song Rock Around The Clock in 1955.

As we moved towards the end of the decade there were a lot of handsome young men in the USA who became teen idols such as Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell and Fabian.

Fabiano Anthony Forte was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1943. His father was a policeman but when he suffered a heart attack Fabiano had to get a job to support the family.

He was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis, owners of Chancellor Records.

The record producers were searching for a "good looking" teenager to be groomed to be a rock and roll singer.

Over a period of two years he was given singing lessons, billed as ‘Fabian’ and began working in concert tours - the fans loved him.

He had some minor hits before getting a spot on Dick Clark's national television show Bandstand.

Fabian had top 10 hits with Turn Me Loose, Hound Dog Man and Tiger.

He won the Silver Award as The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958.

In 1959 Fabian toured Australia at the age of 16 on The Lee Gordon Big Show with some of our best local rock and roll singers.

Fabian was supported by Johnny O'Keefe, Col Joye, Johnny Rebb, Johnny Devlin and

Whatever Happened To ...

Fabian

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM The Delltones. When Fabian arrived at Essendon Airport two thousand teenagers turned up to welcome him and broke down the barriers to run onto the tarmac.

Fabian and his managers got off the plane and fled on top of a yellow forklift truck with the teenagers in pursuit.

He was transferred to a truck by police and driven away from the airport to make his getaway.

Sabrina, the English actress, was also on the plane and took refuge from the fans in the TAA ladies restroom. Boy - it was great publicity for the shows.

He was signed to a film contract with Twentieth Century Fox studios and made Hound Dog

● Fabian Man. He had a natural talent for acting. In 1960 Fabian was earning big money but continued his education and graduated from high school.

His next film was with Bing Crosby in High Time and in a radio interview Fabian told me that Bing was very quiet and kept to himself.

One of his best roles was in North To Alaska with John Wayne and Stewart Granger.

In 1962 he was in Mr Hobbs Takes A Vacation with James Stewart and then played a small

role in The Longest Day. Fabian was involved in a stock car crash during a charity event in 1978 but was not badly injured.

He has made more that 30 feature films during his career and has guest starred in television shows such as Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Daniel Boone and Rebel Highway.

Fabian has been married three times and has three children. These days Fabian and his wife Andrea live on a 20-acre ranch in Pennsylvania and Fabian still manages to do about 30 concerts each year.

They are both actively involved in the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association and have raised money for veterans with a celebrity golf tournament in North Carolina.

I recall setting up the radio interview with Fabian about 10 years ago and his wife said "Could you call back in about half an hour - he has gone out in the pick-up truck to collect an engine." Ah life goes on, even for a former teenage idol.

Kevin Trask The Time Tunnel - with Bruce & PhilSundays at 8.20pm on 3AW That's Entertainment - 96.5FM Sundays at 12Noon 96.5FM is streaming on the internet.

To listen, go to www.innerfm.org.au and follow the prompts.

Vigilantes gather in Alice Springs ■ In the 1990s there arose a situation in Coober Pedy whereby one section of the population was causing havoc in town with its anti-social behaviour.

Cars were being broken into and set alight and wrecked, and the windows of various businesses around town were being smashed, and miners were being harassed for money.

Some of the miners had a quiet

word in the ears of some of those who may be able to exercise some restraint on these malefactors, pointing out that there may be some really dire resultant consequences should this behaviour continue.

Mining picks and gelignite were mentioned. Coober Pedy miners have always been well known for taking certain matters into their own hands.

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The behaviour ceased. Now, it seems that there is a group of vigilantes which has formed in Alice Springs, eager to curb growing anti-social behaviour in this town.

The Alice Springs Volunteer Force, a paramilitary group, has sprung up.

Spokesman Gary Hall has admitted to paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland.

And of course they are on the web, with one particularly virulent recent post claiming that some harsh measures should be meted out to miscreants: "A good idea would be to declare an open season on them…naturally with a bag limit, possibly a bounty on matching pairs".

Them's fighting words.

■ I have many Chinese friends, and have had a long association with Chinese individuals from a business and personal perspective for many years.

And this continues to this day - I've been to Hong Kong many times for the International Jewellery Fair, and we still visit this exhibition twice a year.

The opal industry and Chinese buyers are intricately linked, and have been for decades.

However, I've never had much truck with the Chinese Government.

Some of their habits and policies and actions I find deplorable.

Especially the Tiannamen Square episode, and their treatment of Tibet and the Dalai Lama.

However, he never gives up, and continues to roam the world.

In fact, he's coming out to the Rock in June to spread his word.

The Rock has always had a certain degree of mystery and mysticism, and so has he, so they should get on just fine!

■ There's a war brewing in the NT. It's between two species of grass.

I have often noted with disdain a breed of grass called buffel, an enemy of native grasses in the Centre, which has literally taken over the countryside in many areas. It grew with gusto on my five acres.

It was introduced into Australia in the saddles of Afghan camelleers the seeds escaped and germinated, and smothered the local native grasses.

However it was tolerated because cattle would graze on it, albeit somewhat reluctantly.

The Outback Legend

with Nick Le Souef Lightning Ridge Opals 175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Phone 9654 4444 www.opals.net.au Now, however, a worse offender has been flexing its muscles. It's Eragrostis Cylindroflora, a type of love grass, and it's totally inedible by cattle.

Whilst having been around harmlessly for 50 years, it's recently experienced a genetic change, and is threatening to take over the whole place, smothering what native species the buffel hasn't decimated, and rendering land useless for grazing.

However, the buffel is fighting back. So, what was once the ecologist's enemy is now lending him a hand.

■ I was drinking in the Todd Tavern with Ozzie one Sunday afternoon, when a couple of individuals sauntered into the bar.

I thought I recognised one of them as being an ex-Monash student of my era. I hadn't known him at all then, but recognized his face, so introduced myself. Sure enough, he was indeed the individual I had suspected.

So of course he joined as. His name was Jacko, and he was a psychiatrist, and it turned out that he was

a regular visitor to the Territory, being involved in legal/psychiatric matters We cemented our friendship, and Ozzie and I would often get together with him whenever he came to town What interested me was his work with the police. I assumed that they were all stalwart confident and sturdy individuals, facing up to their adversaries and daily tasks with total confidence Not so.

He spent much of his time counselling them, because the job was so stressful.

And then, upon reflection, I realized why. I had often observed them handling drunken and violent locals to have a barrage of abuse directed a them.

But the worst behaviour I saw was that they were often spat upon, usually in the face - in one case one offender had the 'flu, and was wiping streams of mucus all over the arresting officer.

I reckon I'd need some counselling after that.

■ One territorial of note was Reg Harris - a true NT character. He wrote a book on such individuals, but he was also undoubtedly one himself.

And he ended up with two sons, Scotty and Roger, who became, and still are, characters in their own right.

Reg started the local radio station, 8HA, which Roger inherited while I was up there.

On one of Keith McGowan's visits to Alice, we had a meeting with Roger to try and arrange a week of The Overnighters to be broadcast from the local studios. It was a great idea, and would have thrived and prospered, but sadly didn't come to pass.

And then there was, and still is, Scotty, the more eccentric of the two.

He opened a pub next door to my shop - Scotty's - which was often my extended office.

Scotty hated a drink himself, and it was not unknown for him to be barred from his own hostelry by his diligent security staff.

He was a good mate, and one day he wandered over to me: "Dad's got his mate Slim with him - would you like to come over and have a drink with us?"

I wondered to myself: "Is that the Slim who accompanies me on most of my long drives from Melbourne to the NT, warbling his ditties about bushman and drovers and explorers, who I've idolised for decades as Australia's primary historian of the bush?"

It was.

"Oh, OK then."

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Melbourne Observer TV Guide ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q&A. (R) 11.10 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. (R) 12.00 News.

12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.30 Devil Island. (R) 2.00 Rake. (M) (R) 2.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 9.55 10.30 11.00 11.15 12.20 1.05 1.20 2.55 4.00 5.00 5.30

Wednesday, May 20

Antiques Roadshow. (R) News.

7.30.

QI. (PG) (R) The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M) Hosted by Charlie Pickering.

The Agony Of… (M) Narrated by Adam Zwar.

8MMM. (M) The station’s financial situation reaches crisis level.

Comedy Up Late. (M) Lateline. (R) The Business. (R) How To Grow A Planet. (R) Four Corners. (R) Media Watch. (PG) (R) Movie: The Thomas Crown Affair. (M) (R) (1968) Steve McQueen.

Movie: Criminal Court. (PG) (1946) Tom Conway.

How To Grow A Planet. (R) Best Of Collectors. (R) Eggheads. (R)

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: More Sex And The Single Mum. (M) (R) (2005) Gail O’Grady.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase.

News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Leah’s outbursts are getting worse.

7.30 House Rules. (PG) Team Victoria struggles to complete their bathroom.

8.45 Criminal Minds. (M) The team is called in to Boston, to investigate the disappearance of a successful lawyer.

10.40 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M) 11.35 Men At Work. (PG) Neal struggles over his marriage proposal.

12.00 Dual Suspects: Date With Death. (M) (R) A man is found dead behind the wheel of his convertible, engulfed in flames and shot in the head.

1.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 Sons And Daughters. (PG) (R) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Extra.

5.30 Early News.

NINE (CH9) 6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.40

9.40

10.40 11.40 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 5.00 5.30

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

Today.

Mornings. (PG) News.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

The Guardian. (M) (R) Nick helps a handicapped man.

Reno Rumble. (PG) (R) Michelle and Steve fail to impress the judges.

News Now. News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 12.15 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 Wonderland. (M) (R) 3.00 Judge Judy.

(PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 7.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 1.45 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.30

News.

A Current Affair.

Reno Rumble. (PG) Life On The Dole: Benefits Brits By The Sea. (M) Meet Brits who are claiming benefits in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth. With the majority of work in Yarmouth being seasonal, one in six people sign on to receive benefits.

The Amazing ’90s. (M) (Final) Take a look back at all the big events and personalities of the ’90s from Australia and around the world.

Forever. (M) (Final) Believe. (M) Ground Floor. (M) (R) Extra. (R) Danoz Direct.

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) Global Shop.

Good Morning America.

News.

Today.

6.00 Family Feud. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG) The chefs tackle a relay challenge.

8.30 Wonderland. (M) (Final) On the day of the wedding, Sasha is faced with the dilemma of a lifetime.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) (R) Benson and Stabler go undercover as a married couple, looking to spice up their love life, at a swingers’ club.

10.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M) Kono uncovers a criminal’s identity.

11.30 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG) 12.30 Movie Juice. (R) 1.00 The Project. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS Morning.

6.00 Food Safari. (R) 6.30 World News.

7.30 Orkney’s Stone Age Temple.

(R) A look at spirituality in the Stone Age. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency.

(M) (Series return) Charts the experiences of staff and patients at London’s King’s College Hospital Emergency Department.

9.30 The Legacy. (M) The family holds a meeting to discuss the future of Gronnegaard.

Frederik accuses Gro of forging Veronika’s signature.

10.30 World News.

11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. Forlì to Imola.

153km medium mountain stage. From Italy.

1.30 Movie: Whisky With Vodka.

(M) (R) (2009) Henry Hübchen.

3.20 Movie: Happy, Happy. (M) (R) (2010) Agnes Kittelsen.

5.00 WorldWatch.

Eurovision Song Contest. (PG) WorldWatch.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

Dateline. (R) France 24 International News.

The Journal.

PBS NewsHour.

Al Jazeera News.

Insight. (R) Monster Bug Wars: Deadly Duels. (Series return) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket.

5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 That ’70s Show. 8.40 Weight Loss Ward. 9.30 Tattoo Tales.

10.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

10.30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.10 The Real Hustle: New Recruits. 11.40 Kids Behind Bars.

12.40 Metal Evolution. 1.25 That ’70s Show. 1.45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 2.30 News Update. 2.35 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah.

5.05 Tilly And Friends. 5.15 Waybuloo.

5.35 The Magic Roundabout. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Man About The House.

9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. 11.00 Kingswood Country.

12.00 Taggart. 2.15 The Vicar Of Dibley. 3.00 Man About The House.

3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

10.45 To Be Advised.

11.45 Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Love Thy Neighbour. 1.30 Kingswood Country.

2.00 Shopping. 3.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Kingswood Country. 4.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 5.30 Shortland Street.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 Auction Hunters. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids. 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Regular Show. 6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 Big Bang.

8.30 The Last Ship.

9.30 Movie: Cliffhanger. (1993) 12.00 Supernatural: The Animated Series. 12.30 Adv Time. 1.00 Regular Show. 1.30 Rabbids. 2.00 TMZ Live.

3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 The Greatest Wildlife Show On Earth.

10.00 Stories From The Harbour.

11.00 Movie Juice. 11.30 Garage Gold.

12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Common Law. 2.00 The Living Room. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Super Rugby Extra Time.

5.00 Fishing Edge. 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Cops.

8.30 Hawaii Five-0.

9.30 Sons Of Anarchy.

11.00 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

12.00 The Glades.

1.00 Shopping.

2.00 Common Law. 3.00 Blokesworld. 3.30 Maxim TV. 4.00 Cops. 5.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Replay.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News.

1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus.

4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi.

5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Daily highlights. 6.35 If You Are The One. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Brooklyn NineNine. 8.30 Movie: The Thing. (1982) Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David. 10.30 Movie: Blood Glacier.

(2013) 12.20 @midnight. 12.50 The Feed. 1.20 Comedy Bang! Bang! 1.50 Movie: Three Colours: Red. (1994) 3.40 DW News In English From Berlin. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.05 Small Hands In A Big War. 11.30 Horrible Histories. 12.00 Heartland. 12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl.

1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur.

2.25 Pearlie. 2.40 Hairy Legs. 2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.40 News On 3.

4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.10 Doodles. 5.15 Endangered Species.

5.50 The Next Step. 6.15 Deadly 60.

6.50 News On 3. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. 7.45 Heartland. 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 8.55 Total Drama World Tour. 9.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition. 9.45 Rage.

10.45 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 NBC Today. 11.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Charlie’s Angels.

3.00 Starsky & Hutch. 4.00 Pimp My Ride. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother.

5.30 Seinfeld.

6.30 MythBusters.

7.30 Surveillance Oz. 8.30 Hardcore Pawn: Behind The Deal.

9.00 Hardcore Pawn.

9.30 Baggage Battles.

10.30 Pawn Stars.

11.30 Rude Tube. 12.00 Men At Work. 12.30 Men At Work. 1.00 Scare Tactics. 2.00 Shopping. 3.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Motor Mate.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 Movie: The Blue Lamp. (1950) 1.50 Alive And Cooking.

2.20 Secret Dealers.

3.20 Poirot.

4.30 Ellen.

5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 Spooks.

10.50 CSI. 11.50 Secret Dealers.

12.50 GEM Presents.

1.00 Gideon’s Way. 2.00 Danoz.

2.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 Dangerman.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Raymond.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 Futurama.

8.30 The Simpsons.

9.00 Futurama.

9.30 The Simpsons.

10.00 Cleveland. 10.30 Bob’s Burgers.

11.00 Tattoos After Dark. 11.30 Tattoos After Dark. 12.00 Raymond.

12.30 Frasier. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Touched By An Angel. 3.00 Medium.

4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News. 11.55 ABC Open. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.30 Capital Hill. 2.00 News.

5.55 ABC Open.

6.00 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC Global.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 Outside Source.

3.30 BBC Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC World.

5.30 Lateline.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Desperate Measures. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen.

11.00 On The Edge. 11.30 Living Black. 12.00 Football. NEAFL. 2.15 Cash Money. 2.20 Custodians.

2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Our Footprint. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News.

7.30 Harold. 8.30 Heritage Fight. 9.30 Awaken. 10.30 In The Frame. 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Our Footprint. 12.00 Volumz.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 Bumper 2 Bumper. 6.30 Oz Fish TV. 7.00 Futsal Town Show. 7.30 Piano Talk. 8.00 Euromaxx. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 Jumping Jellybeans. 9.15 Penguin TV. 9.30 Little Explorers. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Journal.

12.30 China Forbidden News. 1.00 Sri Lanka Today. 1.30 The Shtick. 2.00 ATVAA. 2.30 Dollars With Sense. 3.00 LawHelp Australia. 3.30 Our Time. 4.00 Rotunda In The West. 4.30 Arkabahce. 5.00 1700.

6.00 Chinese Weekly TV. 6.30 The Flying Show. 7.00 Mr Sink Show. 7.30 Vasili’s Garden To Kitchen.

8.30 Pet’s Practice With Dr Kevin. 9.00 Yappy Hour TV. 9.30 In Pit Lane. 10.00 Guitar Gods And Masterpieces. 10.30 Represent: Budget Night. 11.30 Spirit Of Life. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Melbourne Observer TV Guide ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.00 Save Your Life Tonight. (R) 11.30 QI. (PG) (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R) 2.00 Rake. (M) (R) 2.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 6.55 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.20 12.05 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.10 4.10 5.00 5.30

Thursday, May 21

Antiques Roadshow. (R) Clarke And Dawe.

News.

7.30.

The Checkout. (PG) An irreverent look at consumer affairs.

Our Girl. (M) (Final) Molly returns home from Afghanistan.

The Agony Of The Mind. (M) (R) Celebrities discuss their wellbeing.

Lateline. (R) The Business. (R) Scott & Bailey. (M) (R) twentysomething. (M) (R) The Librarians. (M) (R) William Yang: My Generation.

(M) (R) The Jonathan Ross Show.

(PG) (R) Our Girl. (M) (R) (Final) Scott & Bailey. (M) (R) Best Of Collectors. (R) Eggheads. (R)

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: Rivals. (M) (R) (2000) Jennifer Finnigan.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase. (R) Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Kat charges Matt with theft, as Leah and Nate argue over what’s best for him.

8.00 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam.

(PG) (New Series) Take a look at some of the footage from dash cameras which are located in cars across Australia.

9.00 Terror In The Skies: Pilot Error. (PG) (New Series) Investigates near misses and accidents caused by one of the greatest threats to airborne travel, human error.

10.00 Mr Selfridge. (PG) Harry applies for a bank loan.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (M) (R) (Final) A dinner party leads to a shocking murder.

1.00 Home Shopping.

3.30 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Extra. Highlights of Sunrise.

5.30 Early News.

NINE (CH9)

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

Today.

Mornings. (PG) News.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

The Guardian. (M) (R) Nick plays advocate for a girl.

Reno Rumble. (PG) (R) The Blue Tongues fight over the budget.

News Now. News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 12.15 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 The Doctors. (M) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 1.45 2.00 3.00 3.30

6.00 News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Top Gear. (PG) Richard road tests the new Lamborghini Huracán. The boys race across St Petersburg, Russia.

8.40 The AFL Footy Show. (M) Hosted by Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless, Shane Crawford and Dave Hughes.

10.40 Anger Management. (M) Charlie recruits Sean.

11.40 The NRL Footy Show. (M) Hosted by Paul Vautin.

1.30 Extra. (R) Entertainment news program.

2.00 Danoz Direct. Home shopping.

2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

(R) Sonny’s Aunt Evelyn pays a visit.

3.30 Good Morning America. News and talk show.

5.00 News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Family Feud. Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. Hosted

by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) The first masterclass of the season is given by British celebrity chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White.

10.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG) (Final) Join David Letterman and special guests for his Top 10 and more.

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

12.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) Religious program.

4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show.

6.00 Food Safari. (R) 6.30 World News.

7.30 Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan Cook. In Sweden, Rachel shows off her fishing skills.

8.00 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom. Luke Nguyen explores the cuisine of the UK. 8.30 Eurovision’s Greatest Hits.

(PG) Graham Norton and Petra Mede host a concert to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest.

10.10 The Feed. Hosted by Marc Fennell.

10.30 World News.

11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. Imola to Vicenza. 190km medium mountain stage. From Italy.

1.30 Movie: In The Beginning. (M) (R) (2009) Francois Cluzet.

3.50 Mao’s Great Famine. (PG) (R) 4.55 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Bitesize.

5.00 Eurovision Song Contest. (PG)

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.30

WorldWatch.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

Living Black. (R) France 24 International News.

The Journal.

PBS NewsHour.

Al Jazeera News.

Harlots, Housewives And Heroines: At Court. (PG) (R) 4.30 Persons Of Interest: Michael Hyde. (PG) (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Pingu.

4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town.

4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket.

5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 That ’70s Show. 8.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.05 The IT Crowd. 9.30 Comedy Up Late.

10.00 Portlandia. 10.25 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.05 Good Game. 11.35 Total Wipeout.

12.35 That ’70s Show. 1.00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

1.40 News Update. 1.45 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Tilly And Friends. 5.15 Waybuloo. 5.35 The Magic Roundabout. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Man About The House.

9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. 11.00 Kingswood Country.

12.00 Taggart.

2.15 Pie In The Sky. 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show.

4.30 60 Minute Makeover.

5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis.

10.30 Blue Murder.

11.45 Bargain Hunt.

12.45 Taggart.

3.00 Kingswood Country.

4.00 The Martha Stewart Show.

5.00 Shortland Street.

5.30 Shopping.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-GiOh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 The Middle. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids. 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Regular Show. 6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 8.45 Survivor. 11.40 Two And A Half Men. 12.10 Supernatural: The Animated Series. 12.30 Adv Time.

1.00 Regular Show. 1.30 Rabbids. 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli.

4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. French Grand Prix. Replay. 11.00 Motor Racing.

Targa Tasmania. Highlights. 12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Common Law. 2.00 The Living Room. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Fishing. 4.30 The Home Team. 5.00 Fishing Edge. 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Last Man Standing.

8.00 The Millers.

9.00 Movie: Beavis And Butt-Head Do America. (1996) Mike Judge, Robert Stack.

10.40 Fast Forward.

11.40 Blokesworld. 12.10 Shopping.

2.10 Common Law. 4.00 Temporary Australians. 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 All 4 Adventure.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus. 4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi.

5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Daily highlights. 6.35 If You Are The One. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 Dara O’Briain: School Of Hard Sums. 8.35 South Park.

9.00 Town Of The Living Dead. 9.30 On The Piste. 10.25 Orphan Black.

11.15 South Park. 11.45 @midnight.

12.15 The Feed. 12.45 Comedy Bang! Bang! 1.15 Movie: Crossed Tracks. (2007) 3.10 NHK World News In English From Tokyo. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.15 Same But Different. 11.25 MY:24. 11.50 RAWR. 11.55 Trop Jr. 12.00 Heartland.

12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl. 1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur. 2.25 Pearlie. 2.40 Hairy Legs.

2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.40 News On 3.

4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.10 Doodles. 5.20 Horrible Histories. 5.50 The Next Step. 6.15 Deadly 60. 6.50 News On 3. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. 7.45 Heartland. 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 8.55 Total Drama World Tour. 9.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition. 9.45 Rage.

10.45 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 NBC Today. 11.00 Grand Prix Legends. 12.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Charlie’s Angels. 3.00 Starsky & Hutch. 4.00 Pimp My Ride.

5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 5.30 Seinfeld.

6.30 MythBusters.

7.30 World’s Craziest Fools.

8.00 What Went Down.

8.30 Tattoo Nightmares.

9.00 Tattoo Nightmares Miami.

9.30 Kinne.

10.00 Family Guy. 10.30 American Dad! 11.00 Family Guy. 12.00 SportsFan Clubhouse. 1.00 South Beach Tow. 2.00 Pimp My Ride.

3.00 Motor Mate. 5.30 Shopping.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 Movie: Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) 1.50 Alive And Cooking.

2.20 Supernanny USA. 3.20 New Tricks. 4.30 Ellen.

5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 Tigers About The House.

8.30 New Tricks.

10.30 Movie: A Fistful Of Dollars.

(1964) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch.

12.30 Friends.

1.00 Gideon’s Way. 2.00 Danoz.

2.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 Gideon’s Way.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Scope.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Raymond.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

9.30 Movie: Sabrina. (1995) Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond.

12.10 Beauty And The Beast.

1.10 Judging Amy. 2.05 Touched By An Angel.

3.00 Medium. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News. 11.55 ABC Open. 12.00 News. 1.00 Capital Hill.

1.30 News.

5.55 ABC Open.

6.00 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC Global.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 Outside Source.

3.30 BBC Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC World.

5.30 Lateline.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Our Footprint. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen. 11.00 Awaken. 12.00 Harold. 1.00 In The Frame. 1.30 Yorta Yorta Youth. 2.15 Custodians. 2.30 Mugu Kids.

3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Around The Campfire. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News. 7.30 The Marngrook Footy Show. 9.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 9.30 Burned Bridge. 10.30 Mataku. 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Around The Campfire. 12.00 Volumz.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 My Garage Rules. 6.30 Australian Fishing Network. 7.00 Talking Fishing. 8.00 Euromaxx. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 Masterclass In Oils. 9.30 Art Studio. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Flying Show. 12.00 Journal. 12.30 Represent: Budget Night. 1.00 One World Sputnik. 1.30 Sutara TV. 2.00 Nat Chat. 2.30 Sweet And Sour. 3.00 Sacred Spaces. 3.15 Giant Steps. 3.30 Yappy Hour TV. 4.00 Be Positive. 4.15 Bernie Bear.

4.30 Active Babies Smart Kids. 5.00 1700. 6.00 Pulse Geelong. 6.30 News Geelong. 7.00 4WD TV. 7.30 That’s Good For Footy. 8.30 Bumper 2 Bumper. 9.00 Beyond The Divide. 9.30 My Garage Rules. 10.00 Outback Championship Wrestling. 11.00 Asylum. 11.30 Underground Sounds. 12.30 Late Programs.

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SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.30 12.00 1.00 1.55 2.50

ABC News Breakfast.

ABC News Mornings.

One Plus One. Life At 9. (R) Divine Women. (R) News.

Antiques Roadshow. (R) Rake. (M) (R) Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00

6.00 News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

Joh and Pete visit the iconic Seidler House in the Southern Highlands. Tara and Adam team up for two massive declutters.

Ed has healthy dishes packed with flavour. Dr Harry meets a miniature pig named Coco and a shadow-chasing border collie.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 8.

Geelong v Carlton. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

Commentary from Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.40 Movie: Milk. (M) (R) (2008) The turbulent life story of gay American activist, Harvey Milk, who became California’s first openly homosexual elected official. Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin.

3.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

8.30

9.30

10.30 11.00 11.30 5.00

2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Antiques Roadshow. (R) News.

7.30. Current affairs program.

Still Open All Hours. (PG) (Series return) Granville is forced into taking extra security precautions for the shop’s takings. Eric suffers a curious injury.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M) Phryne investigates the world of Italian restaurants, after old grudges are stirred up by the death of a matriarch.

Janet King. (M) (R) After her maternity leave, Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King returns to work, tackling two tough cases.

Lateline. (R) The Business. (R) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton.

Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

Rage. (PG)

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: Alone With A Stranger.

(M) (R) (2001) William R. Moses.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase. (R) Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

Friday, May 22 NINE (CH9)

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

6.00 Today. Presented by Karl Stefanovic.

9.00 Mornings. (PG) Topical issues and celebrity interviews.

11.30 News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

1.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries.

(M) (R) Part 4 of 4.

3.00 News Now. 4.00 News.

5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 The Doctors. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 7.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 1.45 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.25

6.00 News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight.

(PG) (R) Follows four newly married couples.

8.30 Movie: In Good Company.

(PG) (R) (2004) After a corporate takeover, a middleaged executive finds himself working for a much younger boss. Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace.

10.45 Movie: About Schmidt. (M) (R) (2002) A grumpy man entering retirement age has an epiphany during his daughter’s wedding and sets out to change his ways. Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis.

1.15 Movie: Dark City. (M) (R) (1998) A man loses his memory. Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly.

3.00 The Avengers. (PG) (R) 4.00 Global Shop.

4.30 Good Morning America.

6.00 Family Feud. Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

6.30 The Project. Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG) Miguel meets up with MasterChef Australia judge and chef George Calombaris.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Guests include Kylie Minogue, Simon Pegg, Michael McIntyre and Brandon Flowers.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Shark Tank. (PG) (R) A husband-and-wife team enter the shark tank, seeking investment from the entrepreneurs.

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

12.30 The Good Wife. (M) (R) 1.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Heston’s In Search Of Perfection. Hosted by Heston Blumenthal.

6.30 World News.

7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. (PG) Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang head to Vienna.

9.45 Movie: Moulin Rouge! (M) (R) (2001) A young wannabe bohemian poet, living in 1899 Paris, falls for a beautiful courtesan who is coveted by a jealous duke. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo.

12.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. Montecchio Maggiore to Jesolo. 147km flat stage. From Italy.

1.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (PG) (R) 1.55 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (PG) (R) (Final) 2.25 Movie: Secret Sunshine. (M) (R) (2007) Do-Yeon Jeon.

5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

Eurovision Song Contest. (PG) WorldWatch.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

NITV News Week In Review.

France 24 International News.

The Journal.

PBS NewsHour.

Al Jazeera News.

Inspector Rex. (PG) (R) Coast: The Riddle Of The Tides. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Pingu. 4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town. 4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket.

5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 That ’70s Show. 8.35 The Midwives. 9.35 The Mega Brothel.

10.25 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.10 Weight Loss Ward. 11.55 Daddy Daycare. 12.45 That ’70s Show. 1.10 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 1.50 News Update. 1.55 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Tilly And Friends. 5.15 Waybuloo. 5.35 The Magic Roundabout. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Man About The House.

9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. 11.00 Kingswood Country.

12.00 Taggart. 2.15 Pie In The Sky. 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Better Homes.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 House Wreck Rescue.

10.30 Make My Home Bigger.

11.00 Best Houses Australia.

11.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

12.30 Taggart.

3.00 Kingswood Country. 4.00 The Martha Stewart Show. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Shopping.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-GiOh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids Invasion. 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Movie: Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright. (2013) 7.30 Movie: Shrek. (2001) 9.20 Movie: The Green Hornet. (2011) 11.40 Two And A Half Men. 12.10 MAD. 12.30 Regular Show. 1.00 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. 1.30 Rabbids Invasion. 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli.

4.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Replay. 10.00 City Fringe. 11.00 Undercover Boss. 12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Rush. 2.00 Black Ops. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Fishing.

4.30 The Home Team.

5.00 Fishing Edge.

5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 World’s Toughest Trucker.

8.30 Cops: Adults Only.

9.30 Movie: A Certain Justice.

(2014) Dolph Lundgren, Cung Le, Vinnie Jones.

11.35 Bellator MMA. 1.35 Shopping.

2.05 Cops: Adults Only.

3.00 Ross Kemp: Middle East.

4.00 Sport Science.

6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 DW Global 3000. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News.

2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus. 4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi. 5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Daily highlights. 6.30 If You Are The One. 7.30 Friday Feed. 8.00 The Tim Ferriss Experiment. 8.30 Geeks.

9.30 Eurovision Song Contest. 11.45 Conchita’s Way To Eurovision. 1.05 Friday Feed. 1.40 PopAsia. 3.40 NHK World News In English From Tokyo.

5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 Lockie Leonard. 10.20 What I Wrote.

10.25 A Journey Through Asian Art. 10.35 The Art Of Australia. 11.35 Behind The News. 12.00 Heartland.

12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl. 1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur. 2.25 Pearlie. 2.40 Hairy Legs.

2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.40 News On 3.

4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.10 Doodles. 5.20 Operation Ouch! 5.50 The Next Step. 6.15 Deadly 60. 6.50 News On 3. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. 7.45 Heartland. 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 8.55 Kobushi.

9.00 Naruto. 9.20 Sword Art Online.

9.45 Deltora Quest. 10.10 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 NBC Today. 11.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Detroit Gang Squad.

2.00 Big Easy Justice. 3.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 4.00 Meat Men. 5.00 Turtleman.

6.00 MythBusters.

7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show.

7.30 Movie: Brave. (2012) Billy Connolly, Kelly Macdonald.

9.20 Movie: Remember The Titans.

(2000) Denzel Washington, Will Patton.

11.40 Movie: The General’s Daughter. (1999) John Travolta.

2.10 Detroit Gang Squad.

3.30 Big Easy Justice. 4.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 5.00 Meat Men.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends.

12.00 Movie: The Iron Maiden. (1962) 2.00 Alive And Cooking. 2.30 Secret Dealers. 3.30 Tigers About The House.

4.30 Ellen. 5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Parramatta Eels.

10.00 Movie: Hostage. (2005) Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak.

12.30 Friends.

1.00 Movie: Rasputin: The Mad Monk. (1966) Christopher Lee. 2.45 Movie: Victoria The Great.

(1937) Anna Neagle.

4.50 GEM Presents.

5.00 Secret Dealers.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Vic The Viking.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Raymond.

8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

8.30 New Girl.

9.00 The Crazy Ones.

9.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

10.10 Sex And The City.

11.10 Movie Juice.

11.40 Wonderland. 12.40 Frasier. 1.05 Judging Amy. 2.00 Touched By An Angel. 3.00 Medium. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Around The Campfire. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen.

11.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. 12.30 Burned Bridge. 1.30 Kings Seal. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou.

3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 The Medicine Line. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News. 7.30 Rose Against The Odds. 8.30 I Heart My People. 9.00 Go Girls. 10.00 By The Rapids. 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Flying Boomerangs.

12.00 Late Programs.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast.

9.00 ABC News Mornings.

12.00 News.

1.00 Capital Hill.

1.30 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

2.00 BBC World News.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 BBC World News.

3.30 BBC Focus On Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

5.00 BBC World News.

5.30 Lateline.

6.00 Bumper 2 Bumper. 6.30 Catch And Cook. 7.00 Fishin’ Trip. 7.30 Rotunda In The West. 8.00 Euromaxx. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 The Exchange. 9.30 In Good Shape. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.30 Regional Italian Cuisine. 12.00 Journal. 12.30 Arts 21. 1.00 Tom Padula TV. 1.30 At Home With The Baccalas. 2.00 Russian Kaleidoscope. 2.30 The Message. 3.00 Vasili’s Garden To Kitchen. 4.00 The Northern Footy Show. 4.30 3SSR. 5.00 1700. 6.00 Yappy Hour TV. 6.30 News Geelong. 7.00 The Local Footy Show.

8.30 The PI Law Show. 9.00 Tough Times. 9.30 Dollars With Sense. 10.00 Bent TV. 10.30 Sweet And Sour. 11.00 The Comic Box. 11.30 The Kink. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Saturday, May 23

ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 11.30 12.00 12.55 1.55 2.40 3.10

Rage. (PG) Spicks And Specks. (PG) (R) For The Love Of Cars. (PG) (R) Antiques Roadshow. (R) The Restaurant Inspector. (R) Nigellissima. (R) River Cottage Veg Every Day. (R) 4.00 Still Open All Hours. (PG) (R) 4.30 Saturday Landline. (R) 5.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG) (R) A teenager is attacked while eloping.

6.00 Saturday Disney. Includes children’s programs.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. Latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

(PG) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 Football. VFL. Round 5.

Northern Blues v Coburg. From Preston City Oval, Melbourne.

3.00 Football. AFL. Round 8. St Kilda v West Coast. From Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

6.00 PAW Patrol. (R) 6.30 Dora The Explorer. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today: Saturday. 10.00 Mornings: Saturday.

(PG) 12.00 Food CIA. (PG) 12.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG) (R) 1.30 The Making Of Woman In Gold. (PG) 2.00 Movie: Loch Ness. (R) (1996) 4.00 Australian Geographic Adventures. (New Series) 4.30 Deep Water. (PG) (Series return) 5.00 News. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

NINE (CH9)

6.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 6.30 Fishing Edge. (R) 7.00 ET’s Fishing Classics. (R) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday Extra. (PG) 11.00 The Living Room. (PG) (R) 12.00 Tour The World.

12.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 1.00 The Talk. (PG) 3.00 Car Torque. (PG) 3.30 iFish. (R) 4.00 What’s Up Down Under.

4.30 Escape With ET. 5.00 Eyewitness News.

TEN (CH10) 6.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.40 3.45

6.30 Gardening Australia. Provides advice for the home gardener.

7.00 News.

7.30 Father Brown. (PG) Father Brown investigates a 13-year-old case.

8.20 DCI Banks. (PG) After Annie discovers that Martin Harford’s confession is missing, Helen believes she has the evidence she needs.

9.05 Scott & Bailey. (M) (R) Scott and Bailey break their four suspects’ silence and discover the truth. Rachel swoons over Sean.

9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M) (R) Hosted by Charlie Pickering.

10.25 Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey. (PG) (R) Judith discovers the joys of yoga.

10.55 The Moodys. (M) (R) (Final) The wedding day arrives.

11.30 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos.

5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 News.

6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show.

Pre-game coverage of the big match.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 8.

Hawthorn v Sydney. From the MCG. 10.30 To Be Advised.

12.20 Dual Suspects: Hollywood Homicide. (M) (R) Documents the investigation into the murder of popular Swiss society photographer Roland Kuster, who was killed in his Hollywood home. Originally thought to be the victim of a robbery gone wrong, details of his tawdry social life had authorities searching for new suspects.

1.20 Movie: Time Served. (AV15+) (R) (1999) A woman makes a sacrifice. Catherine Oxenberg.

3.30 It Is Written. (PG) 4.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Dr Oz. (PG)

6.00 News.

7.00 Movie: The Bucket List. (PG) (R) (2007) Two terminally ill men bust out of a cancer ward and live their remaining days to the fullest. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes.

9.00 Movie: Man On Fire. (M) (R) (2004) A bodyguard seeks revenge against the gang who kidnapped the child he was hired to protect. Denzel Washington, Radha Mitchell, Dakota Fanning.

12.00 Movie: Pride And Glory.

(AV15+) (R) (2008) A family of New York City police officers have their dedication to their moral “code” tested. Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich.

2.30 Movie: Every Little Step. (M) (R) (2008) Bob Avian.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 Extra. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2.

(PG) (R) (2011) A panda and his friends fight a villainous peacock that intends to take over China with the aid of a secret weapon. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie.

7.45 Bondi Vet. (PG) Dr Chris travels to the Cook Islands.

8.45 Movie: The Internship. (M) (2013) Two salesmen try to prove they are not obsolete, by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Josh Gad. 11.10 To Be Advised.

12.10 48 Hours: The Millionaire, The Model And The Hitman.

(M) (R) The story of millionaire Dino Guglielmelli, who was imprisoned for attempting to hire a hit man to kill his wife.

1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 It Is Written. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.30 World News.

7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. (PG) (R) Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang head to Vienna, in Austria, to provide commentary on the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest.

9.45 Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (M) (R) (1975) An engaged couple seek refuge in a bizarre castle, owned by a mad doctor. Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick.

11.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 14. Treviso to Valdobbiadene. 59.4km individual time trial. From Italy.

1.30 Movie: About Her Brother.

(PG) (R) (2010) A woman is reunited with her estranged brother. Ryô Kase.

3.45 Wellington Bomber. (R) 4.55 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Bitesize. Shane explores Middle Eastern cuisine.

5.00 Eurovision Song Contest.

SBS 1 (CH3) WorldWatch.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

PBS NewsHour.

Summer Night Concert. (R) Hopper Stories. (R) Contact: Guy Le Querrec – Miles Davis. (PG) (R) 4.20 Tim Marlow’s Virtual Gallery: Michelangelo – David. (R) 4.25 The Century Of Le Courbusier.

5.25 Who Do You Think You Are? Alan Cumming. (PG) (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.50 Dinosaur Train. 3.20 Bert And Ernie’s Great Adventures. 3.30 Play School.

4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Pingu.

4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town.

4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket.

5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Total Wipeout. 8.25 Australian Encounters.

8.30 Build A New Life In The Country.

9.20 Live At The Apollo. 10.05 The IT Crowd. 10.30 Louie. 10.55 Louie.

11.15 Portlandia. 11.40 Archer. 2.05 News Update. 2.10 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Tilly And Friends. 5.20 Waybuloo. 5.40 The Magic Roundabout. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Saturday Disney. 9.00 Jessie.

9.30 Shake It Up. 10.00 Shopping.

11.00 Animal Academy. 11.30 Great South East. 12.00 Creek To Coast.

12.30 Sydney Weekender. 1.00 Qld Weekender. 1.30 WA Weekender. 2.00 Coxy’s Big Break. 2.30 SA Life. 3.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 3.30 Country Calendar. 4.00 The Kitchen Job. 5.00 Make My Home Bigger. 5.30 Four Rooms.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Life On The Edge.

8.30 Taggart.

10.00 Wire In The Blood.

12.00 Four Rooms.

1.00 Taggart. 2.30 Bargain Hunt.

3.30 The Kitchen Job. 4.30 Country Calendar. 5.00 Animal Academy. 5.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

6.00 Thunderbirds. 7.00 Kids’ WB Saturday. 7.05 Looney Tunes. 7.30 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 8.00 Teen Titans Go! 8.30 Scooby-Doo! 9.00 Tom And Jerry. 9.30 Adv Time. 10.00 The Batman. 10.30 Ben 10. 11.00 Heidi.

11.30 Move It. 12.00 Kitchen Whiz.

12.30 SpongeBob. 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 3.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3.30 Gumball. 4.30 Looney Tunes.

5.30 Scooby-Doo! 6.00 Movie: Yogi Bear. (2010) 7.40 Movie: Escape From Planet Earth. (2013) Brendan Fraser.

9.40 Movie: Rush Hour 2. (2001) Jackie Chan.

11.40 Two And A Half Men. 12.40 Movie: The Virginity Hit. (2010) 2.30 Gumball. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 12. Melbourne Vixens v West Coast Fever. Replay.

10.00 Garage Gold. 10.30 Big Fish, Small Boats. 11.00 4WD Touring Australia. 12.00 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E Championship. Replay. 1.00 World’s Toughest Trucker. 2.00 Motor Racing. Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.

Round 3. 3.00 Undercover Boss.

4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Extreme Fishing. 6.30 Monster Jam. 7.30 Cops.

8.30 Elementary.

9.30 Blue Bloods.

10.30 Ross Kemp: Middle East. 11.30 Blokesworld. 12.00 The Killing. 1.00 48 Hours. 2.00 NYC 22. 3.00 Cops.

4.00 GT Academy. 4.30 GT Academy.

5.00 GT Academy.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Hungarian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 2.00 Kung Fu Changed My Life. 3.00 American Ninja Warrior. 4.00 Monster Moves.

5.00 Departures. 6.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Daily highlights. 6.30 Heston’s Feasts. 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers: South Africa. 9.30 Eurovision Song Contest.

11.45 Movie: Lasting. (2013) 1.25 Movie: The Desert Within. (2008) 3.30 CCTV News In English From Beijing.

5.20 Latin American News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.40 Grojband. 8.00 SheZow. 8.15 Numb Chucks. 8.25 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 9.00 Good Game: SP. 9.25 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. 9.55 Slugterra. 10.35 Endangered Species.

10.50 Camp Lakebottom. 11.10 Dr Dimensionpants. 11.35 Lockie Leonard. 12.00 Mortified. 12.25 Shaun The Sheep. 12.30 Grojband.

2.20 Spectacular Spider-Man. 2.45 Deadly 60. 3.15 Wacky World Beaters.

3.40 Studio 3. 3.45 You’re Skitting Me. 4.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

4.40 Detentionaire. 5.30 Operation Ouch! 6.00 Mr Stink. 7.00 Heartland.

7.45 My Great Big Adventure. 8.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.30 Good Game: SP. 9.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.25 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.50 Close.

6.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 7.00 A Football Life. 8.00 Shopping. 9.00 Shannon’s Legends Of Motorsport. 10.00 Motor Racing.

AHG Sprintcar Series. Di Candilo Steel City Silver Cup. 11.00 Zoom TV. 11.30 Timbersports. 2014 World Championships. Team relay event.

Highlights. 12.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 1.00 North Woods Law. 2.00 Bush Pilots. 3.00 Swamp Men. 4.00 Turtleman. 5.00 Swamp People. 6.00 Gator Boys.

7.00 Movie: Jurassic Park. (1993) 9.30 Movie: Coming To America.

(1988) Eddie Murphy.

12.00 Movie: Gone Baby Gone. (2007) 2.30 Scare Tactics. 3.30 Motor Racing.

AHG Sprintcar Series. Di Candilo Steel City Silver Cup. 4.30 Athletics. Wings for Life World Run. 5.30 Shopping.

6.00 Movie: The Iron Maiden. (1962) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 Destination WA. 9.00 Movie: The Sound Barrier.

(1952) Ralph Richardson.

11.20 Movie: I’ll Take Sweden. (1965) Bob Hope.

1.20 Postcards.

1.50 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen.

2.20 Movie: Kim. (1950) Errol Flynn.

4.40 Movie: On The Beach. (1959) Gregory Peck.

7.30 Antiques Roadshow.

8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

10.30 The Mentalist.

11.20 Golden Boy. 12.20 Movie: Orders To Kill. (1958) Eddie Albert, Paul Massie.

2.25 Movie: Kim. (1950) Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell.

4.30 Gideon’s Way. 5.30 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Kriol Kitchen. 10.30 The Marngrook Footy Show. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 Football. NEAFL. 2.45 Surviving. 3.00 Desperate Measures. 3.30 Our Footprint. 4.00 Around The Campfire. 4.30 Unearthed. 5.00 Ngurra. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 7.00 Lurujarri Dreaming. 7.30 Roots Music. 8.30 NITV On The Road: Yabun. 9.30 Marley Africa Road Trip. 10.30 The Blues. 12.00 Volumz.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Scope.

9.05 The Loop.

12.00 Diagnosis Murder.

1.00 Diagnosis Murder.

2.00 Charmed.

3.00 Becker.

3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 The King Of Queens.

4.30 Laverne & Shirley.

5.00 Mork & Mindy.

5.30 Becker.

7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.30 Sex And The City.

10.30 The Graham Norton Show.

12.30 The Loop.

3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

4.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 Home Shopping.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 Press Club. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. 12.00 News. 12.30 Big Ideas.

1.00 Press Club. 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. 3.00 News. 3.30 Saturday Landline. 4.00 News. 4.30 World This Week. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. 6.00 News. 6.30 Foreign Corre. 7.00 News.

7.30 The Mix. 8.00 Four Corners.

8.45 The Quarters.

9.00 News.

9.30 Australia Wide.

10.00 News. 10.30 Landline. 11.00 News. 11.30 Big Ideas. 12.00 Big Ideas Arts. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World.

2.30 World This Week. 3.00 BBC World.

3.30 One Plus One. 4.00 BBC World.

4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 5.30 Aust Story.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Geelong District Netball League. 8.30 Geelong District Football League. 9.00 The Local Footy Show. 10.30 Oz Fish TV. 11.00 Australian Fishing Network. 11.30 That’s Fishing. 12.00 Catch And Cook. 12.30 Savage Seas Adventures. 1.00 The Flying Show. 1.30 Mr Sink Show. 2.00 Vasili’s Garden To Kitchen. 3.00 Pulse Geelong. 3.30 Drive It! 4.00 Your 4x4. 4.30 My Garage Rules. 5.00 Bumper 2 Bumper. 5.30 4WD TV. 6.00 Fishin’ Trip. 6.30 That’s Fishing. 7.00 Oz Fish TV. 7.30 Australian Fishing Network. 8.00 Regional Italian Cuisine. 8.30 FASX. 9.30 Speaker TV. 10.00 Facty Fact. 10.30 Nu Country TV. 11.00 Late Programs.

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‘Such Is Life’ by Joseph Furphy Chapter 3 - continues The details of a death-penalty, for instance, are revolting enough; and here you must judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. You must perceive that the white hands of the ultra-respectable judge are the hands which reeve the noose; which adjust the same round the neck of the man (or woman); which pull down the night-cap; which manipulate the lever; and which, if necessary, grip the other person’s ankles, and hang on till he is dead-deaddead and the Lord has mercy on his soul. It is as unreasonable to despise M. de Melbourne, or M. de Sydney, for his little share in a scragging operation as it would be to heap contumely on comp. or devil because of this somewhat offensive paragraph.

Having, in the present instance, no subordinate to carry out my details, I realised their unpleasantness, even whilst speciously justifying the enterprise as a whole. Further provocation was required to overcome my aversion to the dirty work; and this provocation was forthcoming in ample measure.

I had withdrawn from the corner of the stack into my nook, to lay a few plans, and to hastily review the ethics of the matter; now I crept back to feast my eyes once more on the — — before making my coup-de-clothesline. But another object met my sight first; and I nearly fainted.

When I recovered myself, a few minutes later, I was in the lagoon. I daren’t swim across, for I would have been in full view from the stack. A cluster of leafy reeds, growing in two feet of water, and the same depth of slimy, bubblecharged mud, was the nearest cover; and in the midst of this I cowered, hardening my heart against society, and watching Jim herself as she tripped blithely past the end of the stack, and looked into my recess. It seemed incredible; and yet, in spite of the cold and misery and difficulty of the situation, I could n’t wake up to find myself in my possum-rug.

I always make a point of believing the best where women are concerned, and I had been prepossessed in Jim’s favour; yet it now seemed to me that if she had been worthy of her high calling, she would have brought that pair of white —— off the line, with, perhaps, a supplementary garment or so, and modestly left them in the drain, instead of thus seeking further occasion against me. She looked under the culvert, across the paddock, and toward the lagoon, as Abraham had done, then walked round the stack, and finally returned home by the lower end of the garden, even pausing to look over the picket fence, and scanning right and left as she entered the whipstick scrub.

Enough, and to spare, thought I. These barbarians have given me the sign of their Order; now let me respond with the countersign. Not without practical protest shall I die a nude fugitive on their premises; and not if I can help it shall the post-mortem people find the word —— written on my heart.

The intervening garden and whipstick scrub effectually concealed my movements from the enemy as I recrossed the lagoon, and made my way with all speed to the unfurnished lodgings I had occupied on the preceding night. There I selected a piece of thick bark, about the size of your open hand, and solid fire for half its length.

I swam the lagoon with this in my teeth, and in a few minutes more had buried it in the broken, half-decayed straw at the base of the stack. Then I returned along the drain, but instead of crossing the lagoon, sneaked through the thick fringe of whipstick scrub to the lower end of the garden, and there waited for something to happen.

I had to wait a good while. The old straw-stack wasn’t in sight from my post; and I began to think I should have to get another piece of bark, when I heard a youngster’s voice squeak out, “Oo, Mam! th’ ole straw-stack’s a-fier!”

Then followed sundry little yelps of surprise from the women; and, after giving them a start of a minute or two, I went loping round the left-hand side of the garden, and into the back yard. Before the enemy’s vanguard reached the stack, I had captured the flag that braved a thousand years, and applied it to its proper use. I also made free with another banner, which I tucked into the former. I was like the man who wrapped

Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins) his colours round his breast, on a blood-red field of Spain.

Glancing into the combined kitchen and diningroom, I saw a row of wooden pegs along the wall, with several coats and hats hanging thereon I appropriated only an old wide-awake, shaped like a lamp-shade, even to the aperture at the top; and from three pairs of boots under the sofa, I chose the shabbiest. Astonished, like Clive, at my own moderation, I next rummaged all the most likely places in search of a pipe and tobacco, but without avail. I even extended my researches into the pantry, and thence into the sacred precincts of the front parlour. But the tobacco-famine raged equally everywhere. The place was a residence, but by no stretch of hyperbole could you call it a home.

The side window of the parlour looked toward the conflagration; and there I counted four women, one half-grown girl, and a little boy.

Three of the women, to judge by their gestures, were laughing and joking, whilst the fourth, and most matronly, was talking to the others over her shoulder as she turned her steps toward the house.

Then I bethought myself of Dugald Dalgetty’s excellent rule respecting the provant, and reentered the kitchen. Early though it was, the breakfast-things had been cleared away; so I took the lid off the boiler under the safe, in search of the cake which ought to be kept there. But the house was afflicted with cake-famine too.

However, having no time to fool-away, and being constitutionally anything but an epicure, I just helped myself to the major part of a dipper of milk which stood on the dresser, then secured a scone and a generous section of excellent potted head from the safe.

Eating these out of my hand, I departed without ostentation; reflecting that it was better to be at the latter end of a feast than the beginning of a quarrel; and pervaded by a spirit of thankfulness which can be conceived only by those who have undergone similar tribulation, and experienced similar relief. Relief! did I say? The word is much too light for the bore of the matter.

There is a story — bearing the unmistakable earmark of a lie, and evidently not a translation from any other language — to the effect that once a British subject, in a foreign land, was taken out to be shot, just for being too good.

Pinioned and blindfold, he stood with folded arms, looking with haughty unconcern down twelve rifle-barrels, all in radial alignment on his heart of oak. Twelve foreign eyes were drawing beads on the dauntless captive, and twelve foreign fingers were pressing with increasing force on the triggers, when a majestic form appeared on the scene, and, with the motion of a woman launching a quilt across a wide bed, the British Consul draped the prisoner from head to foot in the Union Jack! That’s all. The purpose of the lie is to convey the impression that it is a grand thing to be covered by the flag of Britain; but give me the forky pennon before referred to, and keep your Union Jack.

Cardinal Wolsey, you may remember, as a consequence of putting his trust in princes, found himself at last so badly treed that his robe and his integrity to heaven were all he dared now call his own. The effect was a peace above all earthly dignities. So with me, but in larger beatitude. Having my —— and my integrity to heaven, I found myself overflowing with the sunny self-reliance of the man that struck Buckley.

And before you join the hue-and-cry against the “barbarous incendiary” of the —— Express, just put yourself in my place, and you won’t fail to realise what a profitable transaction it was to get a puris naturalibus lunatic clothed and in his right mind by the sacrifice of a mere eyesore on a farm. The old straw-stack was n’t worth eighteen pence, but I would gladly have purchased its destruction with as many pounds — to be paid, say in nine monthly instalments. To be sure, it did n’t belong to me; but then, neither did the splitters’ bark. So there you are.

Crossing the dry place in the lagoon, I dived into the whipstick scrub and turned northward, intending to get across the river as soon as possible, and follow up the New South Wales side to my camp. I should have been — well, not exactly happy; having taken degrees in philosophy which place me above a state fit only for girls — I should have been without a ripple on my mirrored surface, but I was n’t. Serenely sufficient as I felt, and fit for anything, some ingredient seemed lacking in my fennelwreathed goblet. There was a vacant chair somewhere in my microcosm. I knew I was forgetting something — but how could that be, when, in the most restricted sense of the word, I had nothing to forget?

Thus musing, I had gone through half my provant; now I turned round to give the rest to — — Ah! where was Pup? I knew he had followed me on my first journey up the drain, but I had n’t seen him since, and had been too busy to notice his absence. He would probably be at the farmhouse. I must get my clothes changed, and look after him.

It was about a mile and a half northward to the river. Before reaching it, I saw, crossing the flat in the direction of the Victorian river road, a swagman whom I recognised in the distance as my friend Andy. In casual surprise — for, as you may remember, I had last seen him on the New South Wales side, eight or ten miles away, and going in the opposite direction — I went on without exchange of greeting. Shortly afterwards, I came plump upon Abraham, sitting on his horse, and talking to a young fellow with an axe on his shoulder. I respectfully swerved aside, not wishing, in this particular case, to come under the provisions of that unsound rule which judges a man by the clothes he wears.

Presently I became aware of the jingle of a horse-bell, and the smoke of a camp-fire; and, close to the river, I found a tilted spring-cart, near which an elderly man, with tattooed arms, sat on a log, enjoying his after-breakfast smoke.

Now, if I had only known this a couple of hours earlier!

After the usual civilities, I reinforced my provant by a pannikin of tea, some fried fish, and a slice off the edge of a damper which rivalled the nether millstone in more than one respect; thus assuring myself that I had attained Carlyle’s definition of a man: “An omnivorous biped that wears ——.” Meanwhile, in response to my host’s invitation to tell him what I was lagged for, I explained that I was travelling; my horses were on the other side of the river; I had come across to see a friend, had been bushed all night, and wanted to get back.

He could manage the river for me, he said. He followed fishing and duck-shooting for a living; but there was so many informers about these times that a man had to keep his weather-eye open if he wanted to use a net or a punt-gun.

People needn’t be so particular, for there was ole Q—— had been warning and threatening him yesterday, and here was the two young Q— —s out this morning at the skreek of daylight, falling red-gum spars to build a big shed, and the ole (man) out on horseback, picking the best saplings on the river. Ole Q—— was a J.P. His place was just across the flat, with a garden reaching down to the lagoon. Q—— himself was the two ends and the bight of a sanguinary dog.

After breakfast, the old fellow furnished me with smoking-tackle, and paddled me across the river.

During the passage, for want of something else to say, I mentioned to him that I had seen Andy crossing the flat, apparently from his camp. He explained that the swagman had been on his way to a new saw-mill, the day before, but had

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Observer Classic Books From Page 21 met one of the owners, who told him the mill would n’t start till after harvest, and promised him work on the farm in the meantime. So Andy, on his return journey, had seen the outlaw’s fire in the dusk; and, after some one-sided conversation across the river, the latter had ferried him over, and entertained him for the night. I mention this merely to show with what waste of energy the so-called sundowner often hunts for work, particularly if he happens to be the victim of any physical infirmity.

On reaching the north bank, I reminded the old fellow that I wanted to return by-and-by to look after a dog I had lost when I was bushed; and he promised to bring his skiff for me when I would sing-out.

In a couple of hours I was at my camp. In another fifteen minutes I was arrayed in my best and only. Shortly afterward, my horses were equipped, and Cleopatra being in fine trim, was bucking furiously in the sand-bed where I had mounted. In an hour and a half more, I had unsaddled and hobbled both horses on a patch of good grass, nearly opposite where the springcart stood. My persecuted acquaintance, in response to my coo-ee, appeared with his skiff, and ferried me over. Then I hurried across the flat, to the residence of Mr. Q——. A man loses no time when such a dog as Pup is at stake.

It could n’t have been later than half-past-one when I walked up along the garden fence, and approached the door of the kitchen. A modestlooking and singularly handsome girl had just filled a bucket of water at the water-slide, and was hammering the peg into the barrel with an old pole-pin. I recognised her as Jim, and forgave her on sight.

“Good day to you, ma’am,” said I affably. “Sultry weather is n’t it? I’m looking for a big blue kangaroo dog, with a red leather collar. Answers to the name of ‘Pup’.”

She hesitated a moment. “You better see my father. He’s at dinner. Will you come this way, please.”

I followed her into the parlour. In passing through the kitchen, I noticed that dinner was over, and a second young woman — apparently the original owner of my boots — was disposing the crockery on the dresser. In the parlour, Mr. Q— — a man of overpowering dignity, redolent of the Bench, and, as I think, his age some fifty, or by’r lady inclining to threescore, was dining in solitary grandeur, waited on by young woman number three. Lucullus was dining with Lucullus.

“Good day, sir,” said I, with a respectful salaam. “Have I the honour of addressing Mr. Q— —?”

“Your business, sir?” he replied, surveying me from head to foot.

“I’m looking for a dog I lost last night, or this morning; a big blue kangaroo dog, with a”— “Are you sure he’s your dog?”

“Perfectly sure, Mr. Q——.”

“How did you come in possession of him?”

“I bought him eight months ago. Am I right in assuming that he’s on your prem”—— “Steady, my good man. Who are you? What’s your name?”

“I must apologise for not having given my name at first. My name is Collins — of the New South Wales Civil Service. I’m Deputy–Assistant-Sub– Inspec”—— “And what leads you to imply that I’ve got your dog?”

“Information received.”

“Leave the apartment, Naomi,” said the magistrate loftily. “Now, Mr. Collins,” he continued, pouring out a glass of wine, and holding it between his eye and the light; “I want to ask you”— he drank half the wine, set the glass on the table, and leisurely wiped his mouth with his serviette —“I want to ask you”— he paused again, pursed his lips, and placed his forefinger against his temple —“I want to ask you how you come to imply that the dog is here? ‘Information received’ was your statement. Be precise this time, Mr. Collins. I’m waiting for your answer.”

“I had my information from a man who saw the dog on your premises, Mr. Q——.”

“Very good, indeed! At what time did he see the dog? Be punctual, Mr. Collins. Punctuality implies truth.”

“About sunrise, I think.”

“You think! Are you sure?”

“Well, yes; I’m sure.”

“Describe your informer, please.”

“Describe him! If I described him ever so accu-

rately, you would n’t know him from Adam,” I replied sharply, and withal truthfully. “Is my dog here, Mr. Q——? If he is, I’ll take him, and go.

I don’t want to be trying your patience after this fashion.”

“Steady, Mr. Connell. Was your informer a man about my height?”

“I have no idea of your height, Mr. Q——.”

“Was he a man about your own height? We’ll get at it presently.”

“You’ve got at it first try. I should say you’ve struck his height to about a sixteenth of an inch.”

“Sunburnt face? Skulking, fugitive appearance generally?”

“Your description’s wonderfully correct, Mr. Q— —. You might, without libel, call him a sansculotte.”

“I’m seldom far out in these matters. How was he dressed?”

“In a little brief authority, so far as I remember But is my dog ——” “Do you imply a sarcasm?” inquired the J,P. darkly. “I would n’t do so if I was you. I’m not thinking about your dog. You and your dog! I’m thinking about a valuable stack of hay I had burnt this morning; and you’ve give me a clue to the incendiary.” He paused, to let his words filter in.

“You done it without your knowledge, Mr. O’Connell,” he continued pompously, again holding up his glass to the light.

In the silence that ensued, I could hear the murmur of the girls’ voices about the house, and the irregular ticking of two clocks; while there dawned on my mind an impression that somebody had fallen in the fat.

“I’m sorry to hear of your loss, Mr. Q— — ” I remarked, at length.

“So far as the loss goes, that gives me no inconvenience, though it might break a poorer man. I been burnt out, r —— p and stump, by an incendiary, when I was at Ballarat”—— “Ah!” said I sympathetically, but my sympathy was with the other party —— “And then I could afford to offer a hundred notes for the apprehension of the offender, before the ashes was cold.”

“But mightn’t this last affair be an accident, Mr. Q——? A horse treading on a match for instance? I think you ought to make strict inquiries as to whether any horse, or cow, or anything, passed by the stack shortly before the fire was noticed.”

“I know my own business, Mr. O’Connor,” he replied severely. “I been the instigation of bringing more offenders, and vagabonds, and that class of people, to justice than anybody else in this district. If I’d my way, I’d stamp out the lawless elements of society.”

“I admire your principles, Mr. Q——; and you may count upon my assistance in this matter.

By-the-way, there are two illicit red-gummers down here”—— “I was talking to you about this stack-burning affair,” interposed the beak. “I’m annoyed over it. I been on the wrong lay, so to speak, all this morning; but that never lasts long with me. I got the perpetrator in my eye now, in his naked guilt; and, take my word for it, Mr. Connor, I’ll bring him to book. I’ll make an example of him. I’ll make him smoke for it. It was an open question this forenoon; but to show how circumstantial evidence sort of hems in a suspected party — why, here I can lay my hand on the very man; and, what’s more, he can’t get out of it. I can point out the very mark of his body, where he slep’ at a fire among the whipstick scrub, just across that lagoon. And a party I’m acquainted with seen him yesterday afternoon, some distance up the river, on the other side; and I seen him this morning, crossing the flat here, more or less about the time the fire was noticed. What do you think of that for circumstantial evidence, Mr. Connelly?And in addition to this, I can point out his incentive — which I prefer to hold in reserve for the present. He might think his incentive justifiable; but the Bench might differ with him.” And El Corregidor held me with his glittering eye while he sipped his wine.

“I beg your pardon, Mr. Q— — ” said I, clearing my throat. “I can’t help taking a certain interest in this matter. Would it be impertinent in me to ask who the person was that saw the suspected incendiary up the river on yesterday afternoon?”

“I’ve no objection to answer your question, Mr. Conway. I quite expect you to take a strong interest in the matter. In fact, I’ll require to know something of your whereabouts after you leave my premises. I think you’ll be wanted over this affair. The party that seen the incendiary yesterday was Mr. H— — of H—— Brothers.”

“Mr. Charles H——?” I inquired casually.

“No; Mr. Arthur H——. Very respectable man, having personal knowledge of the incendiary.”

Again the J.P. sipped his wine; and the girls’ voices murmured, and the clocks ticked, and the hens clucked in the yard; also, the magpies tootled beyond the lagoon, and a couple of axes sounded faintly across the flat; and I even heard, through the open window, the noise of some old back-delivery chattering through a crop of hay on an adjacent farm. “Give me your address,” continued Mephistopheles, replenishing his glass. “Writing-material on the side table.”

I wrote my name and official title, giving our departmental office in Sydney as a fine loose postal address, and laid the paper on the table beside the magnate. It reminded me of old times, when my Dad used to send me to bring him the strap. It was time to shake my faculties together, for ne’er had Alpine’s son such need.

“I’ve made a study of law, myself, Mr. Q— — ” I remarked thoughtfully. (This was perfectly true, though, in the urgency of the moment, I omitted to add that my researches had been confined to those interesting laws which govern the manifold operations of Nature). “I’ve made a special study of law; and I think you will agree with me that a successful criminal prosecution is a Pyrrhic victory at best. At worst — that is, if you fail to prove your case; and, mind you, it’s no easy matter to prove a case against a well-informed man by circumstantial evidence alone — if you fail to prove your case; then it’s his turn, for malicious prosecution; and you can’t expect any mercy from him. When you think your case is complete, you find the little hitch, the little legal point, that your opponent has been holding in reserve. Now, you ‘re a gentleman of substance, Mr. Q——.You’re a perfect target for a man that has studied law.” I paused, for I noticed the Moor already changing with my poison. “By heaven! I’d like to have a shot at you for a thousand!” I continued, eyeing him greedily.

“One of the obstacles in a position like mine is the thing you just implied, Mr. Connellan,” responded the waywode, almost deferentially.

“Same time, this case ought to be followed up, for the sake of the public weal. As valuable as the stack was, I don’t give that for it.” And he snapped his finger and thumb.

“You may be morally certain of the identity of the scoundrel, but your proofs require to be legally impregnable,” I continued, pressing home where he had disclosed weakness of guard. “I know a very respectable man — a Mr. Johnson — who dropped something over a thousand in a case similar to this. The scoundrel was a deep subject; and he got at Johnson for false imprisonment. These roving characters can always get up an alibi, if they’re clever. Excuse my meddling in this case, Mr. Q— — but you’ve interested me strongly. You have evidence that this suspected incendiary was seen somewhere down the river yesterday — or up the river was it? — and you saw him somewhere here, this morning. Very well. Would the two descriptions of dress and deportment tally exactly with each other, and with the appearance of the person whom, independently of that evidence, you know to be the perpetrator — I mean the scoundrel of the camp-fire? Consider the opening for an alibi there! You hold the incentive in reserve, I think you said? Pardon me — is it a sufficient one?”

“It don’t take much incentive to be sufficient for a vagabone without a shirt to his back” replied the ratepayer, suddenly boiling-over.

“True,” I conceded; “but, ‘Seek whom the crime profits,’ says Machiavelli. What profit would it be to such a scoundrel to do you an injury, Mr. Q——?”

“The propertied classes is at the mercy of the thriftless classes,” he remarked, with martyrpride.

“But incendiarism! Mr. Q— — ” I urged in modest protest. “Why, the whole country lives by the farmer: and I’m sure”—— “We won’t argy the matter, Mr. Collingwood,” replied my antagonist, lowering his point. “Possibly I won’t trouble you any further over this affair. Your business keeps you on the move,” he continued,\ looking at the paper beside him; “and it might be difficult to effect service. You want your dog. Go into the kitchen; inquire for Miss Jemima, and tell her I authorise her to give you the dog. And a very fine dog he is.”

“Thank you, Mr. Q——. Good day.”

“Good day,” replied the boyard, acknowledging my obeisance by a wave of his hand.

It was a near thing, but I had scored, after all.

You can’t beat the pocket-stroke. Passing

through the kitchen, I met the graceful Jim. “Are you Miss Jemima?” I asked, in the tone you should always use towards women.

A dimple stole into each beautiful cheek as she nodded assent.

“Well, Mr. Q—— authorises Miss Jemima to give me the kangaroo-dog.”

“Come this way, then, please.” There was a slight flush of vexation on the girl’s face now.

And, indeed, it was scarcely fair of Dogberry, when his own soft thing had fallen through, to make Jim cover his dignified retreat. With deepening colour, she led the way to the stable, and opened a loose-box, disclosing Pup, crouched, sphynx-like, with a large bone between his paws.

The red collar was gone; and he was chained to the manger by a hame-strap. Of course, I did n’t blame the franklin, nor do I blame him now; rather the reverse. There seems something touching and beautiful in the thought that respectability, at best, is merely poised — never hard home; and that our clay will assert itself when a dog like Pup throws himself into the other scale.

But I could feel the vicarious crimson spreading over Jim’s forehead and ears as I unbuckled the hame-strap, whilst vainly ransacking my mind for some expression of thanks that would n’t sound ironical. A terrible tie of sympathetic estrangement bound this sweet scapegoat and me asunder, or divided us together; and each felt that salvation awaited the one who spoke first, and to the point — or rather, from the point. All honour to Jim; she paced —— “You call him ‘Pup’,” observed the girl girlishly.

“He’s a big pup.”

“His proper name is ‘The Eton Boy’,” replied the wretch wretchedly. And neither of us could see anything in the other’s remark.

But the tension was relaxed; and, leaving the stable together, we gravely agreed that a thunderstorm seemed to be hanging about. Still a new embarrassment was growing in the girl’s face and voice, even in the uneasy movement of her hands. At last it broke out — “I s’pose you haven’t had any dinner?”

“Don’t let that trouble you, Miss Q——.”

“Father’s not himself today,” she continued hastily. “He blames us for burning an old strawstack; and I’m sure we never done it. Mother’s been at him to burn it out of the way this years back, for it was right between the house and the road; and it was ‘78 straw, rotten with rust. But I’m glad we did n’t take on us to burn it, for father’s vowing vengeance on whoever done it; and he’s awful at finding out things.”

“Mr. Q—— mentioned it to me,” I replied, with polite interest. “But don’t you think it seems a most unlikely thing for a stranger to do? Perhaps some of your own horses or cattle trod on a match that Mr. Q—— had accidentally dropped there himself?”

“That couldn’t be; for father never allows any matches about the place, only them safety ones that strikes on the box. And he hates smoking.

My brothers has to smoke on the sly.”

“Have you many Irish people about here, Miss Q——?”

“None only the Fogartys; and they’re the best neighbours we got.”

“And was nobody seen near the stack before the fire broke out?”

“Not a soul. I was past there myself, not twenty minutes before we seen the fire; but I was going middling smart, and I did n’t see anybody — nothing only Morgan’s big white pig, curled under the edge of the stack, that always jumps out of the sty, and comes over here, and breaks into our garden. Well, father’s always threatening to shoot that pig; and me, never thinking, I told him it was there; and he got his gun and went after it; and us in a fright for fear he would find it, but he did n’t. Then when we seen him well out of sight, I went over to the stack quietly, to shoo the pig home, but it was gone; and there was no sign of fire then, and nobody in sight. Then my sisters and me was just starting out to the milkingyard, and mother had begun to take the things off the line, when little Enoch seen the fire. We couldn’t make it out at all; and I examined up and down the drain for boot-marks, but there was none. And just before you come, I picked up the track of the horse I was riding, to see if his feet had struck fire on anything; but I was as wise as ever.”

“Ah! the horse was shod, Miss Q——?”

“No; he’s barefooted all round. Well, he trod on a piece of a brick, near the corner of the garden; but the fire never travelled from there. It’s very unaccountable.”

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■ From my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Hugh Jackman to star ■ The satars have been attached to the indie drama Collateral Beauty, which Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will direct from a script by Allan Loeb.

Anonymous Content's Michael Sugar and Bard Dorros are producing the film, which follows a New York advertising executive who suffers a tragedy and finds his life slipping into a deep, dark depression.

Jackman and Mara will soon be seen playing Blackbeard and Tiger Lily in Joe Wright's Pan, which Warner Bros. will release in October.

Mara also has the period picture Carol debuting at the Cannes Film Festival.

She plays a young woman who falls for Cate Blanchett in the film, which was directed by Todd Haynes.

Strong partnership

■ Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites Managing Director, Alan Johnson, and General Manager, Bill Karpiak, have been together for more than 20 years.

"Longer that some marriages," says Johnson.

With collectively over 80 years in the hotel business they make a dynamic team.

Alan Johnson has been an international professional hotelier for more than 50 years covering three continents and more than 10 countries.

As an acknowledged and recognised expert, he has contributed his experience to hotel and resort development including opening 16 prestigious hotels worldwide.

William Karpiak is a certified hotel administrator and has served as General Manager of Ramada Hotel and Suites since January 1994.

While under his direction, Ramada West Hollywood has been recognised with numerous awards and commendations.

The Johnson/Karpiak duo has successfully made the Ramada Plaza West Hollywood one of the number one destinations for more than 20 years, maintaining 100 per cent occupancy yearround.

They are active business leaders in the West Hollywood community participating and serving with several organisations and associations in West Hollywood including Visit West Hollywood Board of Directors, West Hollywood Chamber Commerce Leadership Council and the Santa Monica Boulevard BID Steering Committee.

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‘Not an easy decision’ ■ Co-Chairman and CEO Dana Walden says there's "a lot of enthusiasm" around former judges and contestants appearing on final season of American Idol.

Fox revealed that American Idol would be returning for one last gasp next year, concluding its run with a 15th season.

On a conference call with reporters, Fox TV Group cochairman and CEO Gary Newman said making the call was a tough one.

"It was not an easy decision," he said, calling Idol a "vital part" of Fox's success in the new millennium.

Because of how much the singing show means to the network, Newman is pleased with how it is coming to an end in advance, as opposed to a more sudden cancellation.

"We really wanted to do it in a way that felt special and celebratory," he explained, adding that they never really considered moving it back to summer.

"The right way to send this show out is in the time period it's had for the last few years."

Ryan Seacrest has host of all 15 years with current judges Harry Connick Jnr, Jennifer Lopez and Australia's own Keith Urban.

"Original judges we'd welcome any of them back," she said of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.

She and Newman are currently having conversations with producers about anything that would be "celebratory or nostalgic."

However, detailed conversations with production companies Fremantle and 19 Television about future of the brand and franchise have yet to take place.

"That story remains to be written," Newman said.

● Keith Urban

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Colbert takes over

■ CBS brought out its biggest gun at the network's upfront presentation at New York's famed Carnegie Hall last week.

Stephen Colbert is poised to take over The Late Show after David Letterman retires.

The former Colbert Report host cracked up advertisers as he joked about ditching his conservative persona and going on a voyage of self-discovery.

In a video spoofing his transition, Colbert declared that he's going to find himself, saying, "I leave but a boy, I return a myself."

Unfortunately, Colbert's trip was postponed when he discovered that there's a CSI: Cyber now on the air.

In the video, a time-lapse viewing binge ensued, which eventually saw both Colbert and his Labrador retriever watching with him sporting Hassidic-length beards.

After transitioning from the video to the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City, where the upfront presentation took place, Colbert continued to riff on his transition.

He joked that he had tried a number of personas in the path to finding his true self, including "a Russian strongman".

A picture of Colbert's head was superimposed on a barechested Vladimir Putin flashed on the screen behind him.

He also joked that he briefly became "a Kardashian”, as a picture depicting Colbert in Kim Kardashian's infamous "Internet-breaking" picture from her Paper photoshoot popped up.

"I can't tell you how much waxing I had to go through for that shot," Colbert told a cheering crowd.

Continuing on his theme of self-discovery, Colbert joked that he had taken a number of personality tests, including "the BuzzFeed 'Which One Direction Member Are You?'" test.

"Turns out that I'm a Harry," he said.

Colbert also took a shot at Fox boss Rupert Murdoch, telling the assembled advertisers that they "want young eyeballs, and not just the ones Rupert Murdoch buys on the black market."

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Axe swings on TV shows ■ American TV Shows that got the axe in 2015 (so far).

Cristela - ABC after one season Forever - ABC after one season Resurrection - ABC after two seasons Selfie - ABC after one season Manhattan Love Story - ABC after two seasons Revenge - ABC after four seasons Two and a Half Men - CBS after 12 seasons The Mentalist - CBS after seven seasons The Millars - CBS after two seasons Battle Creek - CBS after one season Heart of Dixie - CW after four seasons Mulaney - Fox after one season Red Band Society - Fox after one season Glee - Fox after six seasons The Mindy Report - Fox after three seasons The Following - Fox after three seasons American Idol - Fox after 15 seasons Bad Judge - NBC after one season Parks and Recreation - NBC after seven seasons Parenthood - NBC after six seasons State of Affairs - NBC after one season About a Boy - NBC after two seasons CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - CBS after 15 seasons.

West Hollywood

■ Some 16 hotels and two motels with a total of 2,045 rooms per night available for overnight visitors.

In 2013 the hotels finished at 82 per centoccupancy and $249 average daily rate for the year.

The London West Hollywood is currently undergoing a $25 million renovation with 21 new suites opening September 2014 with additional rooms and a screening room opening first quarter of 2015.

With these new rooms West Hollywood's total inventory will go up to 2,075 rooms per night available.

The James in West Hollywood currently under construction on Sunset Boulevard will open the second half of 2016.

Visitors spend $625 million dollars per year directly into the West Hollywood economy.

Visitors spend an average of $248 million per day with the top twp spending items being shopping and dining.

West Hollywood has three million visitors per year and is continuing to grow.

Tourism supports 436,700 jobs in LA County One in nine jobs in LA County are supported by tourism.

So what are you waiting for, beat the winter weather and come to sunny California.

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London’s travel ideas on track

■ A railway that ran for 76 years beneath the streets of London, twenty hours a day, seven days a week, is planned to become a major new tourist attraction for train buffs and the simply curios – even though it never carried a single passenger during a working lifetime that ended a dozen years ago.

With its own tunnels separate to London’s famous Tube, this railway was the brainchild of the Post Office to move mail between Whitechapel, in the city’s East End, and Paddington 10.5km away in the west, doing so much more speedily than it could along the already hopelessly congested city streets.

First mooted in the latter part of the 1800s, construction of the Post Office Railway – soon known simply as the Mail Rail – began in February of 1915, with its narrow 2.7m diameter tunnels being dug 21 metres below street level and lined with preassembled iron tubes.

Two tracks, one running east and one west, were then to be laid inside these, but with a shortage of manpower and materials due to the First World War, work stopped in 1917 just two years after commencement, and it was to be another seven before it was to resume.

But during this pause the tunnels were still able to be put to good use: the British Museum and the Tate and National Portrait Galleries used them

● Postal workers loading mail bags onto a remotely-controlled driverless train deep beneath the streets of London – at its peak the Mail Rail carried 4-billion parcels and letters a year.

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Rare red worth trying ■ When one-time doctor-cumvigneron, Larry Jacobs and journalist Marc Dobson migrated from South Africa in 1997 to pursue their passion for wine, they fell instantly in love with and bought the boutique Hahndorf Hill Winery in the Adelaide Hills, that was then on the market.

They were particularly fascinated with the number of Germanic and Austrian grape varieties that had been planted by the winery’s previous German owner in the early 1990s, with one of these being Blaufrankisch that’s an Austrian variety which thrives in the Adelaide Hills’ warm days and cold nights, and was being used to make Rosé.

In 2008, however, Larry and Marc took a bolder step, deciding to make a 100% varietal Blaufrankisch – and to this day are the only Australian makers doing so, although the variety has recently been planted in both Victoria and Tasmania.

The just-released 2013 Hahndorf Hill Blueblood Blaufrankisch is a stunner drop, and well worth ordering directly from the cellar door: if you are wondering about flavours, think along the lines of a blend of Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo and Shiraz, with elegant red berry fruit and a touch of spiciness, nicely cocooned in gentle tannin.

Certainly well recommended at $40 to enjoy with venison, lamb or duck; order online through cellardoor@hahndorfhillwinery.com.au or on (08) 8388 7512.

One to note ■ Cold, wet and windy conditions just as vines were flowering in the Yarra Valley last year, meant fruit production was markedly down – but conversely quality was “exceptional” thanks to a rapid change from those adverse conditions to “fantastic” during the subsequent growing season.

For Domaine Chandon, flavour intensity, freshness and abundant natural acidity in that fruit has resulted in a 2014 Chardonnay being a real stand-out, with upfront fresh pear and apple flavours, a lovely zesty acidity and great length of flavour. Pay $32 and enjoy with roast barramundi fillets and herbed roast potatoes.

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Pictured ■ You’ve probably never heard of this one, but it’s worth ordering online to enjoy with a roast leg of lamb, venison or duck.

■ A flavoursome drop with roast barramundi fillets and herbed roast potatoes.

to store irreplaceable treasures they feared could be lost in German bombing raids.

Finally in early December 1927 the line was opened for the world’s first driverless electric trains, initially carrying Christmas-rush parcels only, and from February 1928 letters as well.

And stations along the line – at Bird and Wimpole Streets and Rathbone Place in the west, New Oxford Street, Mount Pleasant in Islington for the principal Mail Sorting Centre, and then King Edward and Liverpool Streets in the East – were shallower than the main part of the line, so there was less distance for parcels and mailbags to be lifted to street-level.

As well, 1-in-20 gradients into and out of these stations assisted in slowing the remotely-controlled driverless trains on arrival, and in speeding them away on departure.

At the height of their service the little Mail Rail trains and the 220 staff who worked in the tunnels with them shifted 12-million parcels and letters a day… 84,000,000 a week, 4-billion a year, with some 70 of the driverless trains rattling along the narrow gauge (610mm) tracks at speeds of up to 35kph.

And in 1991 the tunnels and a train were mocked-up to represent a fictional railway beneath The Vatican in the Bruce Willis movie, “Hudson Hawk.”

Then in early 2003 the Post Office abruptly announced the end of the Mail Rail, saying it was five times more costly to maintain the service than to use road transport, and on May 31 2003 the trains made their last runs after 76 years.

A small staff was retained both to maintain the tunnels for safety reasons and to act in a security role stopping would-be vandals, graffiti sprayers and others trying to get into the tunnels, and the trains simply left where they’d made their last runs.

Train buffs, however, never gave up on bombarding London’s Islington Council with a constant flow of ideas to get the little Mail Rail running again, and finally it gave recent approval for a £5 million (AU$9.8m) redevelopment of the Mount Pleasant station and mail sorting centre, that will include a Postal Museum to open in 2016, and a kilometre of original Mail Rail track to be restored to carry tourists from 2020.

Those tourists will ride in converted original mail wagons that will be fitted with seats and roofs – the latter for safety reasons – and will hear the history of the Mail Rail as they travel through the kilometre of reopened narrow tunnels.

And the Museum to be developed by the British Postal Museum and Archive will feature 400 years of Britain’s mail services history.

Amongst highlights will include original telegrams from the Titanic, pistols used in 19th century stage-coach robberies, court evidence from The Great Train Robbery, mail service photos and posters, and historic pillar boxes in various shapes and sizes.

And for philatelists, a priceless stamp collection to drool over.

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Observer Classic Books From Page 22 “I don’t know, sir,” she replied reverently.

“Why, gold has been melted in four seconds, silver in three, and steel in ten, under the mere influence of the sun’s heat-rays, concentrated by a lens”— she shivered, and I magnanimously withheld my hand. “If this hypothesis should prove untenable,” I continued gently, “we may assume spontaneous ignition, produced by chemical combination. Nor are we confined to this supposition. Silex is an element which enters largely into the composition of wheaten straw; and it is worthy of remark that, in most cases where fire is purposely generated by the agency of thermo-dynamics, some form of silex is enlisted — flint, for instance, or the silicious covering of endogenous plants, such as bamboo, and so forth. A theory might be built on this.”

“It seems very reasonable, sir,” she murmured.

“Anyway, I’m glad the old stack’s out of the road. The place looks a lot cleaner.”

“Well, I won’t keep you out in the sun,” said I reluctantly. “Good bye, Miss Q——. And I’m very much obliged to you.”

“Oh, don’t mention it! I’m sure we’re very happy to”—— she hesitated, blushing desperately.

“Well, good-bye, Miss Jemima.”

“Good-bye,” she murmured, half-extending her hand.

“I might see you again, some time,” I remarked, almost unconsciously, as our fingers met.

“I hope so,” she faltered.

“Good-bye, Jim,” said I, slowly releasing her hand.

“Good-bye.” The word sounded like a breath of evening air, kissing the she-oak foliage.

Then the maiden with the meek brown eyes, and the pathetic evidence of Australian nationality on her upper lip, returned to her simple duties. And the remembrance of Mrs. Beaudesart came down on me like a thousand of bricks.

Such is life.

But my difficulties were over for the time being.

My loco. had jolted its way over the rough section, carrying away an obstruction labelled V.R., and had reached the next points. I was still two or three days ahead of my official work; and there had happened to be a stray half-crown in the pocket of the spare oriflamme I had unfurled at my camp. Should I push on to Hay on the strength of that half-crown, draw my £8 6s. 8d., and send my clothier a guileful letter, containing a money-order for, say, thirty shillings? This would test his awfulness at finding out things, besides giving myself, morally, a clean bill of health. Or should I first walk across to B——‘s and get Dick L—— to shift some of my inborn ignorance re Palestine?

I decided on the latter line of action, and followed it with — Well, at all events, I have the compensating consciousness of a dignity uncompromised, and a nonchalance unruffled, in the face of Dick’s really interesting descriptions of South-eastern Tasmania. Concerning my lapse of engagement on the previous evening, I merely remarked that the default was caused my circumstances over which &c.

I spent a couple of days, besides Sunday, at B— —‘s place; while the fisherman kept an eye on my horses. I helped B—— to work out a new and rotten idea of a wind-mill pump; Dick handing me things, and holding the other end. On the first afternoon, a couple of hours after my arrival, I drove into for some blacksmith work; and, whilst it was being done, I looked in at the Express office, and had a gossip with Archimedes on the topics of the day.

And now, whilst duly appreciating the rectitude of soul which has carried me through this trying disclosure, you will surely condone the obscurity in which I have been com Chapter iv SUN. DEC. 9. Dead Man’s Bend. Warrigal Alf down. Rescue twice. Enlisted Terrible Tommy.

Now what would your novelist rede you from that record, if he had possession of my diary?

Something mysterious and momentous, no doubt, and probably connected with buried treasure. Yet it is only the abstract and brief chronicle of a fair average day; a day happy in having no history worth mentioning; merely a drowsy morning, an idle mid-day, and a stirring afternoon.

Life is largely composed of such uneventful days; and these are therefore most worthy of careful analysis.

How easy it is to recall the scene! The Lachlan river, filled by summer rains far away among the mountains, to a width of something like thirty yards, flowing silently past, and going to waste-

Irregular areas of lignum, hundreds of acres in extent, and eight or ten feet in height, representing swamps; and long, serpentine reaches of the same, but higher in growth, indicating billabongs of the river. The river itself fringed, and the adjacent low ground dotted, with swamp box, river coolibah, and red-gum — the latter small and stunted in comparison with the giants of its species on the Murray and Lower Goulburn. On both sides of the river, far as the eye can command, extend the level plains of black or lightred soil, broken here and there by clumps and belts of swamp box, now cut off from the line of the horizon by the quivering, glassy stratum of the lower atmosphere.

And where the boundary fence of Mondunbarra and Avondale crosses the plain, is seen a fair example of the mirage — that phenomenon so vaguely apprehended in regions outside its domain, and so little noticed where repetition has made it familiar. But there it is; no smoky-looking film on the plain, no shimmering distortion of objects in middle-distance, but, to all appearance, a fine sheet of silvery water, two hundred yards distant, about the same in average width, and half-a-mile in length from right to left. Both banks are clearly defined; irregular promontories jut far out into the smooth water from each side; and the boundary fence crosses it, post after post, in diminishing perspective, like any fence standing in shallow, sunlit water. The most critical and deliberate examination can no more detect evidence of phantasy in the unreal water than in the real fence.

The mirage is one of Nature’s obscure and cheerless jokes; and in this instance, as in some few others, she is beyond Art. She even assists the illusion by a very slight depression of the plain in the right place. In fact, an artist’s picture of a mirage would be his picture of a level-brimmed, unruffled lake; also, the most skilful wordpainter, in attempting to contrast the appearance of water with that of its fac-simile, would become as confused and hazy as any clergyman taxed to differentiate his creed from that of the mollah running the opposition. And Nature, in taking this mirthless rise out of the spectator, never repeats herself in the particulars of distance, area or configuration of her simulacre; it may be a mere stripe across the road — the brown, sinuous track disappearing beneath its surface, to re-appear on the opposing shore — it may be no larger than a good gilgie; or it may be the counterfeit presentment of a sheet of water, miles in extent, though this last is rare.

A hot day is not an imperative condition of the true mirage; but the ground must be open plain, or nearly so; the atmosphere must be clear, and the ground thoroughly dry. It is worthy of notice that horses and cattle are entirely insusceptible to the illusion. Another fact, not so noteworthy in view of the general perversity of inanimate things, is, that you never see a mirage when you are watching for it to decide an argument. It always presents itself when you have no interest in it. In this quality of irredeemable cussedness it resembles the emu’s nest. No one ever found that when he was looking for it; no one ever found it except he was in a raging hurry, with a long stage to go, and no likelihood of coming back by the same route.

To complete the picture — which I want you to carry in your mind’s eye — you will imagine Cleopatra and Bunyip standing under a coolibah — standing heads and points, after the manner of equine mates; each switching the flies and mosquitos off his comrade’s face, and shivering them off such parts of his own body as possessed the requisite faculty. And in the centre of a clear place, a couple of hundred yards away, you may notice a bullock-wagon, apparently deserted; the heavy wool-tarpaulin, dark with dust and grease, thrown across the arched jigger, forming a tent on the body, and falling over the wheels nearly to the ground, yet displaying the outline of the Sydney pattern — which, as every schoolgirl knows, differs from that of Riverina.

In the foreground of this picture, you may fancy the present annalist lying — or, as lying is an ill phrase, and peculiarly inapplicable just here — we’ll say, reclining, pipe in mouth, on a patch of pennyroyal, trying to re-peruse one of Ouida’s novels, and thinking (ah! your worship’s a wanton) what a sweet, spicy, piquant thing it must be to be lured to destruction by a tawny-haired tigress with slumbrous dark eyes. No such romance for the annalist, poor man.

Such, then, was my benevolent and creditable allotment, such my unworthy vagary, at the time

this record opens. I had camped in the Dead Man’s Bend late on the previous evening, had wakened-up a little after sunrise, and turned out a little after eleven. Then a dip in the river, to clear away the cobwebs, and a breakfast which, if not high-toned in its accessories, was at least enjoyed at a fashionable hour, had made me feel as if I wanted a quiet smoke out of the gigantic meerschaum which I unpack only on special occasions, and something demoralising to read.

But the austere pipe resented this unworthy alliance so strongly that, for peace sake, I had to lay aside the literary Dead–Sea-apple. Then I remembered the official letter I had received on the previous day. I had merely glanced over it before acting on the orders it contained; now I re-opened the document, and pharisaically contemplated the child-like penmanship and Chaucer-like orthography of my superior officer:— Sydney 28/11/83 Mr T Collinspelled to envelop all names used herein.

Dr sir Haveing got 3 months leave of Abscence you are hereby requested to be extra atentive to the Interests of the Dept not haveing me to reffer to in Cases of difeculty or to recieve instructions from me which is not practicacable on account of me being in the other Colonys. I write this principaly to aquaint you Communication from Mr Donaldson Mr Strong Mr Jeffrey representives will meet you at Poondoo on monday 10 prox re matter in dispute. Keep this apointment without fail comunnicate with central Office pending further Orders from me.

Ynnnnnnnnly R Wmlnlnllnn I was now on my way to keep the “apointment.”

I was still about twenty miles from Poondoo; and the next day would be “monday 10 prox.” I intended to start again at about two o’clock; so I had still a couple of hours to spend in what civilians call rest, and soldiers, fatigue; whilst studying such problems as might present themselves for solution. Pup was safe by my side, and I had nothing to trouble myself about. A thought of the transitoriness and uncertainty of life did occur to me, as it has done to thinkers and non-thinkers of all ages; but I deftly applied the reflection to my superior officer, and so turned everything to commodity.

The unfortunate young fellow, I thought, is a confirmed invalid, sure enough. A trip round the colonies may liven him up a bit, or, on the other hand, it may not; and, if he returns, it is to be hoped that kind hands will soothe his pillow, and so forth; and when, with dirges due, in sad array, they have performed the last melancholy offices, I trust that some one will be found to dress, with simple hands, his rural tomb. I would do it myself, for, as the poet says, “Ah, surely nothing dies but something mourns.” A sweet fancy, but not so filling as the cognate reflection —— “Ha-a-ay!”

Somebody calling from the other side of the river; probably some forlorn and shipwreck’d brother, looking for his mates — The cognate reflection, namely, that nothing withdraws but it leaves room for a successor. And this successor — thus favoured by a Providence which has kindly supervised the fall of the antecedent sparrow — will be entitled to live in a four-roomed weatherboard house, with the water laid-on, and a flower-garden up to the footpath, and a few silver-pencilled Hamburgs in the back yard, and everything comfortable. Ah, me! it is the thought of the dove —— “Ha-a-a-ay!”

Peace! peace! Orestes — like, I breathe this prayer. Thy comrades are sleeping; go sleep thou with them. —— The thought of the dove that has suggested this fairy picture of the dovecote. And something tells me that Jim Quarterman is not likely to forget a certain cavalier who called one day about a dog. Doubtless her memory holds him enshrined as a person of scientific attainments and courtly address; offering a contrast, I trust, to the uninteresting hayseeds who have come under her purview.

And will he not come again? Yea, Jim, mystery and revelation as thou art! he will come again, to lay at thy shapely and substantial feet the trophy of an —— “Ha-a-a-a-ay!”

Ay, lay thee down and roar — Of an Assistant– Sub-Inspectorship. Ah, Jim! tentatively beloved (so to speak) by this solitary, but by no means desolate, heart! — setting aside the rises I would take out of thy artlessness, and the way I would

whip thy simplicity with my fine wit till thou wert as crestfallen as a dried pear — I confess a spontaneous thought associated with the mental carte-de-visite of thy wholesome avoirdupois.

No less, indeed, than the psychological recognition of an angel-influence —— “Ha-a-a-a-a-ay!”

In vain! in vain! strike other chords! You can call spirits from the vasty deep; but will they come when you do call for them? — An angelinfluence, tangible, visible, audible, which would make Jordan the easiest of all roads to travel by thy side. Peerless Jim! crowning triumph of Darwinian Evolution from the inert mineral, through countless hairy and uninviting types! how precious the inexplicable vital spark which, nevertheless, robs thy sculptured form of all cash Gallery-value; and how easy to read in that gentle personality a satisfying comment on the concluding lines of Faust: The Woman–Soul leadeth us Upward and on.

A double meaning there, by my faith! Alas! poor little Jim! go thy ways, die when thou wilt; for Maud Beaudesart comes —— “H a-a — a-a-a-a-a y!”

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit. By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, now wherefore stop’st thou me? — For Maud Beaudesart comes o’er my memory as doth the raven o’er the infected house. Get thee to a nunnery, Jim. The chalkmark is on my door; for Mrs. B. has no less than three consecutive husbands in heaven — so potently has her woman-soul proved its capacity for leading people upward and on. Methinks I perceive a new and sinister meaning in the Shakespearean love-song:— Come away, come away, death; And in sad cypress let me be laid.

Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair, cruel maid.

Nicely put, no doubt; but the importance of a departure depends very much on the —— “Ha-a-a-a-a-a-ay!”

No appearance, your worship. Call for Enobarbus; he will not hear thee, or, from Caesar’s camp, say ‘I am none of thine.’—— On the value of the departed. For instance, when a man of property departs, he leaves his possessions behind — a fact noticed by many poets — and the man himself is replaced without cost.

When a well-salaried official departs — such as a Royal Falconer, or a Master of the Buckhounds, or an Assistant–Sub-Inspector he perforce leaves his billet behind; and we wish him bon voyage to whichever port he may be bound. But when a philosopher departs in this untimely fashion, he leaves nothing —— “Ha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay!”

And echo answers, ‘Ha-a-a-a-ay!’ Authority melts from you, apparently. — Leaves nothing but a few rudimentary theories, of no use to anyone except the owner, inasmuch as no one else can develop them properly; just a few evanescent footprints on the sands of Time, which would require only a certain combination of age and facilities for cohesion to mature into Mammoth-tracks on the sandstone of Progress. Al on the debit side of Civilisation’s ledger, you observe. Consequently, he doesn’t long to leave these fading scenes, that glide so quickly by And when the poet holds it truth that men may rise on stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things, he is simply talking when he ought to be sleeping it off in seclusion. I understand how a man may rise on the stepping-stone of his defunct superior officer to higher things; but his dead self — it won’t do, Alfred; it won’t do. Bu hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more, as if the clouds its echo would repeat. —— “Ha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay!”

Who is he whose grief bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow makes the very lignum quiver in sympathy? It may not be amiss to look round and see.

So I turned my head, and saw, on the opposite side of the river, about eighty yards away, a man on a grey horse. I rose, and advanced toward the bank.

“Why, Mosey,” said I, “is that you? How does your honour for this many a day? Where are you camped?”

“Across here. Tell Warrigal Alf his carrion’s on the road for Yoongoolee yards, horse an’ all; an’ from there they’ll go to Booligal pound if he ain’t smart. I met them just now.”

“Where shall I find Alf?” “Ain’t his wagon bitin’ you — there in the clear?

You ain’t a bad hand at sleepin’— no, I ‘m

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Observer Classic Books From Page 35 beggared if you are. I bin bellerin’ at you for two hours, dash near.”

“Who has got the bullocks, Mosey?”

“Ole Sollicker.”

“Couldn’t you get them from him yourself?”

“I did n’t try. I was glad to see them goin’; on’y I begun to think after, thinks I, it ‘s a pity o’ the poor misforchunate carrion walkin’ all that way, free gracious for nothin’; an’ p’r’aps a trip to Booligal pound on top of it; an’ them none too fat. But I ‘m glad for Alf. I hate that beggar. I would n’t len’ him my knife to cut up a pipe o’ tobacker, not if his tongue was stickin’ out as long as yer arm. I was n’t goin’ to demean myself to tell him about his carrion, nyther; on’y I knowed your horses when I seen them; an’ by‘n’-by I spotted you where you was layin’ down, sleepin’ fit to break yer neck; an’ I bin hollerin’ at you till I ‘m black in the face. I begun to think you was drunk, or dead, or somethin’— bust you.” And with this address, which I give in bowdlerised form, the young fellow turned his horse, and disappeared through a belt of lignum.

I walked across to the bullock-wagon. The camp had a strangely desolate and deserted appearance. Three yokes lay around, with the bows and keys scattered about; and there was no sign of a camp-fire. Under the wagon lay a saddle and bridle, and beside them the swollen and distorted body of Alf’s black cattle-dog — probably the only thing on earth that had loved the gloomy misanthrope. I lifted the edge of the hot, greasy tarpaulin, and looked on the flooring of the wagon, partly covered with heavy coils of wool-rope, and the spare yokes and chains.

“A drink of water, for God’s sake!” said a scarcely intelligible whisper, from the suffocating gloom of the almost air-tight tent.

I threw the tarpaulin back off the end of the wagon, and ran to the river for a billy of water.

Then, vaulting on the platform, I saw Alf lying on his blankets, apparently helpless, and breathing heavily, his face drawn and haggard with pain. I raised his head, and held the billy to his lips; but, being in too great a hurry, I let his head slip off my hand, and most of the water spilled over his throat and chest. He shrank and shivered as the cool deluge seemed to fizz on his burning skin, but drank what was left, to the last drop.

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“Now turn me over on the other side, or I’ll go mad,” he whispered.

He shuddered and groaned as I touched him, but, with one hand under his shoulders, and the other under his bent and rigid knees, I slowly turned him on the other side.

“Would n’t you like to lie on your back for a change?” I asked.

“No, no,” he whispered excitedly; “my heels might slip, and straighten my knees. Another drink of water, please.”

I brought a second billy of water, but he turned from it with disgust.

“If you could make a sort of an effort, Alf,” I suggested.

He treated me to a half-angry, half-reproachful look, and turned away his face. I rose to my feet, and rolled back the tarpaulin half-way along the jigger, for the heat was still suffocating.

“Is there anything more I can do for you just now, Alf?” I asked presently.

“More water.” I gave him a drink out of a pannikin; and, as I laid his head down again, he continued, in the same painful whisper, and with frequent pauses, “Have you any idea where my bullocks are? — I was trying to keep them here — in this corner of Mondunbarra — and they’re reasonably safe unless — unless the Chinaman knows the state I’m in — but if they cross the boundary into Avondale — Tommy will hunt them over the river, and — Sollicker will get them.”

It must be remembered that Alf was camped at the junction of three runs; Yoongoolee lay along the opposite side of the river, whilst on our side, Mondunbarra and Avondale were separated by a boundary fence which ran into the water a few yards beyond where the wagon stood. The fence, much damaged by floods, was repaired merely to the sheep-proof standard. The wagon was in Mondunbarra.

“They’re across the river now, Alf. Mosey Price told me so, not twenty minutes ago.”

“Across the river!” hissed Alf, half-rising and then falling heavily back, whilst a low moan mingled with the furious grinding of his teeth.

“They ‘ve got into Avondale, and Tommy has hunted them across! May the holy”—&c., &c.

“Never mind. Let them go. I’ve had enough of it. If other people are satisfied, I’m sure I am.”

“Who is she?” I thought; and I was just lapsing into my Hamlet-mood —— “Collins!”

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“Yes, Alf.” “Would you be kind enough to lift my dog into the wagon? I have n’t been able to call him lately, but he won’t be far off.”

“Bad news for you, Alf. The poor fellow got a bait somewhere, and came home to die. He ‘s lying under the wagon, beside your saddle.”

The outlaw turned away his face. ‘Short of being Swift,’ says Taine; ‘one must love something.’ (Ay, and short of being too morally slow to catch grubs, one must hate something. See, then, that you hate prayerfully and judiciously).

While I was thinking that every minute’s delay would make my journey after the bullocks a little longer, Alf suddenly looked round.

“You need n’t stay here,” said he sharply — thin blades of articulation shooting here and there through his laboured whisper, as the water he had drunk took effect on his swollen tongue. “If you would come again in an hour, and give me another turn-over, you would be doing more for me than I would do for you. What day is this?”

“Sunday, December the ninth.”

He pondered awhile. “I ‘ve lost count of the days. What time is it?”

“Between one and two, I should think. My watch is at the bottom of the Murray.”

“Afternoon, of course. I think I ought to be dead by this time to-morrow. What’s keeping you here? I want to be alone.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Alf. I’ll pull you through, if I can only hit the complaint. Have you any symptoms?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know. I was gradually getting worse and worse for a week, or more; but still able to yoke up a few quiet bullocks to shift the wagon every day; till at last, one night, I just managed to climb in here, to get away from the mosquitos. I don’t know what night it was, or how the time has passed since then. Just look at my arms, if you have any curiosity; but don’t dare to prescribe for me. I had enough of your doctoring at the Yellow Tank — blast you!”

Without heeding his reminiscence, which has no connection with the present memoir, I untied an old boot-lace which fastened one of his wristbands, and drew up the sleeve. The long, sinewy arm, now wet and clammy from the effect of the water he had drunk, was helpless and shapeless, round and rigid; the elbow-joint set at a right-angle, and extremely sensitive to pain.

“There,” said he, with a quivering groan; “the other arm is just the same, and so are my knees and ankles; and my head’s fit to burst; and I’m one mass of pains all over. It’s all up with me, Collins. Now I only ask one favour of you — and that is to get out of my sight.”

“I’ll be back in two or three hours, Alf,” said I, rising. “Keep your mind as easy as possible, and see if you can doze off to sleep.”

So I returned to my own camp, and, with all speed, caught and equipped Cleopatra. Then, after chaining Pup in a shady place, I stowed some smoking-tackle in the crown of the soft hat I wore; then shed apparel till I was like the photo. of some champion athlete; finally, I stuck the spare clothes, with the rest of my riches, among the branches of a coolibah, out of the way of the wild pigs. The next moment, I was in the saddle, and Cleopatra, after perfunctorily illustrating Demosthenes’ three rules of oratory:— the first, Action; the second, ditto, the third, ibid.

— turned obediently toward the river, and was soon breasting the cool current, while, with one arm across the saddle, I steered him for the most promising landing-place on the opposite bank.

(Let me remark here, that the man who knows no better than to remain in the saddle after his horse has lost bottom, ought never to go out of sight of a bridge. He is the sort of adventurer that is brought to light, a week afterward, per medium of a grappling-hook in the hollow of his eye. Perhaps the best plan of all — though no hero of romance could do such a thing — is to hang on to the horse’s tail. Also, never wait for an emergency to make sure that your mount can swim.

Many a man has lost his life through the helpless floundering of a horse bewildered by first and sudden experience of deep water).

My landing-place happened to be none of the best. After clearing the water, it required all Cleopatra’s strength and activity to climb the bank. Having slipped into the saddle as he regained footing, I was lying flat against the side of his neck, to help his centre of gravity and give him a hold with his front feet, when he brushed under a low coolibah, and the spur of a broken branch or something started at the neck of the undergarment which I cannot bring myself to name, and ripped it to the very tail, nearly dragging me off the saddle.

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Melbourne Observer TV Guide

Sunday, May 24

ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 Australia Wide. (R) 11.00 The World This Week. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 Landline.

1.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 1.30 The Mix. (R) 2.00 Malala: Life After The Taliban. (PG) (R) 2.35 Norman Mailer: The American. (PG) (R) 4.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? (R) 4.30 Country House Rescue. (R) 5.15 Father Brown. (PG) (R)

6.00 Jake And The Never Land Pirates.

6.30 Sofia The First. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 AFL Game Day. (PG) 11.30 Man Up! (PG) (R) 12.00 To Be Advised.

1.00 Footy Flashbacks.

2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pregame coverage of the match.

3.00 Football. AFL. Round 8.

Melbourne v Western Bulldogs.

From the MCG.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00 11.00

NINE (CH9)

6.00 The Checkout. (PG) (R) An irreverent look at consumer affairs.

6.30 Compass: Whatever Happened To The Maharishi?

A look at ’60s guru Maharishi Yogi.

7.00 News.

7.40 Miniseries: Mapp & Lucia.

(PG) Part 1 of 3.

8.40 Poldark. (PG) Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.

9.40 Top Of The Lake. (M) The chief suspect is found dead.

10.40 Miniseries: Devil’s Dust. (M) (R) Part 1 of 2.

12.10 Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands. (M) (R) 1.10 Celebrity: Dominick Dunne.

(M) (R) The story of the late Dominick Dunne.

2.50 Poldark. (PG) (R) 3.50 Top Of The Lake. (M) (R) 5.00 Best Of Collectors. (R) 5.30 Eggheads. (R)

6.00 News.

7.00 House Rules. (PG) Judgement day arrives.

8.50 Miniseries: Catching Milat.

(M) Part 2 of 2. Charts the conclusion of the investigation into the 1990s New South Wales backpacker murders.

10.50 Castle. (M) (R) Beckett tackles a high-stakes investigation.

11.45 Cougar Town. (PG) Ellie helps Andy get revenge.

12.15 Eastbound & Down. (MA15+) (R) (Final) Kenny and Stevie return to their home town.

12.45 Do No Harm. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 Australia’s Deadliest Destinations 2. (R) Deathdefying stories of survival, from deadly crocodiles to the killer cassowaries of North Queensland.

4.00 Dr Oz. (PG) 5.00 Sunrise Extra.

5.30 Early News.

6.00 News.

7.00 Reno Rumble. (PG) The Red Backs continue to struggle.

8.30 60 Minutes. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher and Charles Wooley.

9.30 Movie: Horrible Bosses.

(MA15+) (R) (2011) Three friends conspire to murder their bosses, who they are convinced are standing in their way. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis.

11.30 The Following. (AV15+) Ryan and Max capture a suspect.

12.30 Almost Human. (M) 1.30 Anger Management. (M) 2.00 The Strip. (M) (R) 3.00 Global Shop.

3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday.

5.00 News.

5.30 Today.

12.30 1.30 5.00 5.30

PAW Patrol. (R) Dora The Explorer. (R) Weekend Today.

Wide World Of Sports.

The AFL Sunday Footy Show.

Comprehensive coverage and analysis of the AFL. TAC Cup: Future Stars. (PG) Hosted by Craig Hutchison.

Reno Rumble. (PG) Another week of renovating begins.

News.

Postcards.

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

6.00 Mass For You At Home. (R) 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. 7.30 Joel Osteen.

8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 8.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

10.00 The Bolt Report. 11.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) (R) 12.00 The Talk.

(PG) 1.00 Let’s Do Coffee. (PG) 1.30 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 2.00 iFish. (R) 3.00 The Bolt Report. (R) 4.00 RPM. 5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 8.45 11.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 4.00

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 Modern Family. (PG) (R) Gloria is furious with Jay. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Maggie Beer returns to the kitchen.

9.00 Shark Tank. (PG) A would-be entrepreneur hopes to make a fortune by selling Australian indigenous art in a unique way.

9.55 Motor Racing. Formula 1.

Race 6. Monaco Grand Prix.

From Circuit de Monaco.

Commentary from Matt White and Alan Jones.

12.00 48 Hours: Fall From Grace.

(M) (R) A look at the death of Bethany Deaton, whose family is convinced she was murdered by her husband, the alleged leader of a cult called The Community.

1.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS Morning.

6.30 World News.

7.30 Eurovision Song Contest. (R) Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang provide commentary on the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest.

11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 15.

Marostica to Madonna di Campiglio. 165km high mountain stage. From Italy.

1.30 Movie: Gomorrah. (AV15+) (R) (2008) The story of Italy’s modern-day crime families, as told through the eyes of five individuals. Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abruzzese, Toni Servillo.

3.55 Snow In Paradise. Short film.

4.05 Atanasoff: The Father Of The Computer. Documents the story of John Atanasoff.

5.00 Korean News. News from Seoul.

5.35 Japanese News. News from Tokyo.

Eurovision Song Contest.

WorldWatch.

Spanish News.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

The World Game.

Speedweek.

UEFA Champions League Magazine.

4.30 World Of Cycling.

5.00 The Bike Lane. (New Series) 5.30 The Hollywood War: The Case Of The Century. (PG)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Amazing Facts.

7.00 Tomorrow’s World. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Shopping. 9.30 Home And Away Catch-Up. 12.00 Downsize My Pet. 1.00 Travel Oz. 2.30 The Travel Bug. 3.30 Life Inside The Markets. 4.00 Neighbours At War. 4.30 Four Rooms.

5.30 Mighty Ships.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features.

10.30 Best Houses Australia.

11.00 Mighty Ships.

12.00 Four Rooms.

1.00 Neighbours At War. 1.30 The Travel Bug. 2.30 Travel Oz. 4.00 Downsize My Pet. 5.00 Escape To The Country.

6.00 Thunderbirds. 7.00 Kids’ WB. 7.05 Looney Tunes. 7.30 The Skinner Boys.

8.00 Teen Titans Go! 8.30 ScoobyDoo! 9.00 Looney Tunes. 9.30 Adv Time. 10.00 Young Justice. 10.30 The Batman. 11.00 Rabbids. 12.00 Tom And Jerry. 12.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. 1.30 Danoz. 2.00 Power Rangers. 3.00 Green Lantern. 4.00 Teen Titans Go! 4.30 The Batman. 5.30 Thunderbirds Are Go! 6.00 Movie: Cats & Dogs. (2001) Tobey Maguire.

7.40 Big Bang.

8.40 Gotham.

9.40 Arrow.

11.40 The Originals. 12.40 Nikita. 1.30 Beware The Batman. 2.30 The Batman.

3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Sport Science.

9.00 Escape With ET. 9.30 4WD Touring Australia. 10.30 Reel Action. 11.00 Sport Science. 12.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. Round 13. Adelaide Thunderbirds v West Coast Fever. 2.00 Car Torque. 2.30 Temporary Australians. 3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 The Greatest Wildlife Show On Earth. 5.00 What’s Up Downunder? 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Scorpion.

8.30 Gold Coast Cops.

9.00 Territory Cops.

9.30 Movie: The Patriot. (2000) Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger.

12.50 Sons Of Anarchy. 1.50 RPM. 2.55 NYC 22. 4.00 Black Ops. 5.00 48 Hours.

6.00 Urdu News. 6.20 Indonesian News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia.

11.00 Portuguese News. 11.30 Croatian News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 2.05 Foodie Planet.

3.00 Bunk. 3.30 Eurovision Quiz Contest 2014. 5.05 Vs Arashi. 6.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Daily highlights. 6.30 The Bike Lane.

7.05 Benidorm Bastards.

7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 South Park.

9.00 The Birthday Boys.

9.30 Housos.

10.00 Pizza. 10.30 The Perfect Vagina.

11.30 Eurovision Song Contest. 3.30 CCTV News In English From Beijing.

5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 8.00 SheZow. 8.15 Numb Chucks. 8.25 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 8.55 Operation Ouch! 9.25 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. 9.55 Slugterra.

10.15 Slugterra. 10.35 Endangered Species. 10.50 Camp Lakebottom.

11.10 Dr Dimensionpants. 11.35 Lockie Leonard. 12.00 Mortified.

12.20 Shaun The Sheep. 12.30 The Next Step. 2.20 Spectacular SpiderMan. 2.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 3.15 Wacky World Beaters. 3.45 Studio 3.

3.50 Endangered Species. 4.20 The Dukes Of Broxstonia. 4.30 Roy. 5.00 Studio 3. 5.05 Life With Boys. 5.30 Bushwhacked! 6.00 Gangsta Granny.

7.10 Heartland. 7.55 Deadly Pole To Pole. 8.25 Horrible Histories. 8.55 Splatalot. 9.20 Good Game: Pocket Edition. 9.25 Rage. 2.00 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. 7.30 Shopping. 9.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. 10.30 T.J. Hooker.

11.30 Lights Out. 12.00 Triathlon.

Ironman 70.3 Busselton. 1.00 Fifth Gear. 2.00 Plane Xtreme. 2.30 North Woods Law. 3.30 Hawaii Air Rescue.

5.00 Bid America!

6.00 Seinfeld.

7.00 Movie: Men In Black. (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith.

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

10.45 Movie: Cloverfield. (2008) Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas.

12.30 Movie: Arctic Predator. (2010) Erbi Ago, Velizar Binev.

2.30 Hawaii Air Rescue.

4.00 Fifth Gear.

5.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

6.00 TV Shop. 6.30 GEM Presents.

6.45 Movie: Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) 8.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Movie: Law And Disorder. (1958) 11.00 Movie: Our Miss Fred. (1972) 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. Canberra Raiders v Canterbury Bulldogs.

6.00 Customs.

6.30 River Cottage: Christmas Special.

7.30 World’s Most Pampered Pets.

8.30 Movie: Seven Pounds. (2008) Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson.

11.00 Cold Case.

12.00 Weekend Aristocrats.

1.00 Seaway.

2.00 Danoz. 2.30 Global Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 Seaway.

6.00 Toasted TV. 9.00 TMNT. 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. 10.30 Brady Bunch. 11.30 Becker. 12.00 ST: Next Gen. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Neighbours.

5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

6.30 The Simpsons.

7.00 Futurama.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 The Simpsons.

8.30 Movie: The Beautician And The Beast. (1997) Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice.

10.40 Californication.

11.20 Nurse Jackie.

12.00 James Corden.

1.00 Raymond.

1.30 ST: Next Gen. 2.30 Brady Bunch.

3.30 Becker. 4.00 Mork & Mindy. 4.30 TMNT. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Saturday Landline. 6.30 Australia Wide. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Weekend Breakfast.

11.00 News. 11.30 World This Week.

12.00 News. 12.30 Big Ideas. 1.00 News. 1.30 Saturday Landline. 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. 3.00 News.

3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 News. 5.30 News Update.

5.35 Australia Wide. 6.00 News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 News. 7.10 IQ2.

8.00 Insiders.

9.00 News.

9.30 One Plus One. 10.00 News. 10.30 The Mix. 11.00 News. 11.30 Big Ideas. 12.00 Landline.

1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World. 2.30 The Mix. 3.00 BBC World. 3.30 World This Week. 4.00 BBC World. 4.15 BBC Sport Today. 4.30 Australia Wide. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 5.30 One Plus One.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Pingu.

4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town.

4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 The Tale Of The Rabbit And Squirrel Great Adventure. 5.20 Octonauts And The Amazon Adventure. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Total Wipeout. 8.30 Movie: Bowling For Columbine. (2002) 10.25 The Mega Brothel. 11.15 Tattoo Tales. 11.45 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends.

12.35 Woody Allen: A Documentary.

1.55 The Real Hustle: New Recruits.

2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Louie. 5.15 Iconicles. 5.40 The Magic Roundabout. 5.50 Humf.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Go Lingo. 9.00 Bushwhacked! 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. A-League. Grand Final. Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. 12.00 NITV News Week In Review. 12.30 NITV On The Road: Saltwater Freshwater. 1.30 Fusion With Casey Donovan. 2.30 Unearthed. 2.45 Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. 3.45 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 4.45 The Black Olive. 4.50 Custodians. 5.00 Te Kaea 2014. 5.30 NITV News Week In Review. 6.00 Jess Mauboy’s Road To Eurovision. 7.00 Native Planet. 8.00 The Deerskins.

8.30 Born To Run. 9.30 Movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002) 11.00 Late Programs.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 The Pursuit Of Happiness. 6.30 La Voz Del Consolador.

7.30 The Lord’s Challenge. 8.00 Nusantara TV. 9.00 Arkabahce. 9.30 Zontas 100%. 10.00 Sri Lanka Morning Show. 11.00 Entre Todos. 11.30 Macedonians In The Aussie Land. 12.00 Tom Padula TV. 12.30 Sputnik. 1.00 Macedonian Horizons. 1.30 Dhoom Channel. 2.00 Desi Duniya Network. 2.30 Zhong Hua TV. 3.00 TV Sri Lanka. 3.30 Vietnamese TV. 4.00 Punjabi TV. 4.30 Hungarian TV. 5.00 Croatian TV. 5.30 The Pearl Of Lanka. 6.00 LawHelp Australia.

6.30 GR-TV. 7.00 ATVAA. 7.30 Sri Lanka Clip Show. 8.00 The Shtick. 8.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 At Home With The Baccalas. 11.00 3SSR. 11.30 The CEC Report. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Monday, May 25

ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Australia Wide. (R) 11.30 Compass. (R) 12.00 News.

1.00 Miniseries: Mapp & Lucia.

(PG) (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) Fiona Bruce heads to Scone Palace.

7.00 News.

7.30 7.30. Current affairs program.

8.00 Australian Story. (PG) Australians tell personal stories.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Q&A. Interactive public affairs program. Hosted by Tony Jones.

10.35 Lateline. (R) News analysis program.

11.05 The Business. (R) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton.

11.25 Shark Girl. (PG) (R) A look at the popular perception of sharks.

12.25 Recipe For Murder. (M) (R) 1.20 Parliament Question Time. (R) 2.20 Movie: The Big Heat. (PG) (R) (1953) Glenn Ford.

3.45 On Trial. (M) (R) 5.00 Best Of Collectors. (R) 5.30 Eggheads. (R)

6.00 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Matt struggles to come to grips with his crime. Alf rejects his therapy. Ricky returns home with her baby.

7.30 House Rules. (PG) The teams head to Queensland where they begin work on the toughest renovation yet.

8.45 Revenge. (M) Natalie reveals to Victoria the true reason behind her arrival in the Hamptons.

10.40 The Amazing Race. (PG) (Final) Hosted by Phil Keoghan.

11.35 Cougar Town. (PG) Tom becomes a “player”.

12.00 Talking Footy. (PG) (R) A review of the weekend’s AFL round.

1.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 Sons And Daughters. (PG) (R) Colin becomes embittered.

3.30 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Extra.

5.30 Early News.

2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: The Perfect Teacher.

(M) (2010) Megan Park.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

NINE (CH9)

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

Today.

Mornings. (PG) News.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

Extra. Entertainment news program.

Reno Rumble. (PG) (R) The Red Backs continue to struggle.

News Now. News.

Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted

by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 12.30 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 The Doctors. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00

6.00 News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Reno Rumble. (PG) Another renovation begins.

8.45 Married At First Sight. (M) Follows four couples who met for the first time at their wedding, as they honeymoon and begin life together.

9.45 Footy Classified. (M) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s burning issues. Hosted by Garry Lyon and Craig Hutchison.

10.45 Person Of Interest. (M) Reese attempts to solve a cold case.

11.45 Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities. (M) (R) 12.45 Nine Presents. (M) (R) Music special.

1.00 The Avengers. (PG) (R) 2.00 Danoz Direct.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 Extra. (R) 3.30 Good Morning America.

5.00 News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Family Feud. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

(PG) The judges reveal the pressure test has been set by a rising star of the dessert world, guest chef Anna.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) Five comedians compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted by Tom Gleisner.

9.30 Elementary. (M) As Kitty begins to unravel due to the threat to her safety, Sherlock and Joan intensify their efforts to help her.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Good Wife. (M) (R) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

6.00 Food Safari. (R) 6.30 World News.

7.30 Michael Mosley: Don’t Worry, Be Happy. (R) A look at how personalities are “created”.

8.30 Simon Reeve’s Caribbean.

(PG) Part 1 of 3. English journalist Simon Reeve travels across the Caribbean, beginning on the island of Hispaniola.

9.40 Defeating The Hackers. A look at the world of cyber-security.

10.35 World News.

11.05 Death: A Series About Life: Physical Death. (PG) 12.10 Movie: Chameleon. (MA15+) (R) (2008) Ervin Nagy.

2.05 Movie: My Afternoons With Margueritte. (M) (R) (2010) Gérard Depardieu.

3.30 The Palace. (M) 3.50 Family Dinner. (M) 4.05 One Born Every Minute. (M) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 1.30 3.00 4.00 5.30

3.00 3.30 4.30 5.00 5.30

WorldWatch.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

Visions Of Vienna.

Beethoven For All: The Documentary.

Al Jazeera News.

Cindy Crawford: Hospital In The Sky. (PG) The Dales With Ade Edmondson. (R) Living Black.

Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Pingu.

4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town.

4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket.

5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 That ’70s Show. 8.35 Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. 9.35 Ross Kemp: Extreme World. 10.20 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.05 Movie: Bowling For Columbine. (2002) 1.00 The Best Of River Monsters. 1.50 That ’70s Show. 2.15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Louie. 5.15 Iconicles. 5.35 The Magic Roundabout.

5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Man About The House. 9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 Bargain Hunt.

12.00 Taggart. 2.00 Original Features.

3.00 Man About The House. 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Cities Of The Underworld.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.45 Britain’s Underworld.

12.00 Bargain Hunt.

1.00 Taggart.

3.00 Britain’s Underworld.

4.00 Kingswood Country.

4.30 The Martha Stewart Show.

5.30 Shortland Street.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Thunderbirds Are Go! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz. 8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids Invasion. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 Super Fun Night. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Thunderbirds Are Go! 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes.

4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Regular Show.

6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 Big Bang. 8.00 Top Gear. 9.30 Movie: Lawless. (2012) 12.00 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome.

12.30 Adv Time. 1.00 Regular Show.

1.30 Rabbids. 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol.

4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds.

5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 World’s Toughest Trucker. 10.00 Cyclones. 11.00 RPM. 12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Rush. 2.00 The Living Room. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Fishing.

4.30 The Home Team.

5.00 Fishing Edge.

5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Undercover Boss.

9.30 Movie: Stand By Me. (1986) Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman.

11.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1.

Race 6. Monaco Grand Prix. Replay.

1.50 Shopping.

2.20 Awake.

3.25 Ross Kemp: Middle East.

4.30 Blokesworld.

5.00 All 4 Adventure.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News.

1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus.

4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi.

5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Daily highlights. 6.30 The Glitter And The Glory: The Feed’s Eurovision After Party. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 30 Rock.

8.30 Movie: Splice. (2009) Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chaneac.

10.30 Movie: Thale. (2012) 11.55 @ midnight. 12.50 The Feed. 1.20 Movie: A Girl Cut In Two. (2007) 3.20 RT News In English From Moscow. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Backyard Science.

10.25 Atoms Of Fire. 10.40 Inside Science. 10.55 I Maths. 11.00 First Footprints. 12.00 Heartland. 12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl.

1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur.

2.25 Pearlie. 2.40 Hairy Legs. 2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. 3.50 Dragons: Riders Of Berk.

4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

4.40 News On 3. 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.15 Numb Chucks. 5.25 Bushwhacked! 5.50 The Next Step.

6.15 Slugterra. 6.40 Kobushi. 6.50 News On 3. 7.00 Gangsta Granny. 8.10 Heartland. 8.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 9.15 Total Drama World Tour. 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition.

9.45 Rage. 10.45 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 Kickin’ It. 11.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Charlie’s Angels.

3.00 Starsky & Hutch.

4.00 Pimp My Ride.

5.00 How I Met Your Mother.

5.30 Seinfeld.

6.30 MythBusters.

7.30 Talking Footy.

8.30 Pawn Stars.

9.00 American Restoration.

10.00 American Pickers.

12.00 SportsFan Clubhouse.

1.00 Repo Games.

1.30 Repo Games.

2.00 Pimp My Ride.

3.00 Scare Tactics.

4.00 Motor Mate.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends.

12.00 Movie: Hell Is A City. (1960) 1.50 Tasty Conversations. 2.00 Alive And Cooking. 2.30 World’s Most Pampered Pets. 3.30 River Cottage: Christmas Special. 4.30 Ellen.

5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 Monarch Of The Glen.

8.40 Midsomer Murders.

10.50 Cold Case.

11.50 Episodes.

12.30 Footy Classified.

1.30 Friends.

2.00 Danoz.

2.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 Seaway.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Raymond.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 Futurama.

8.30 Supernatural.

9.30 Sleepy Hollow.

10.30 Dexter.

11.40 James Corden.

12.40 Empire.

1.40 Frasier.

2.05 Touched By An Angel. 3.00 Medium. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News. 11.55 ABC Open. 12.00 News. 1.00 Capital Hill. 1.30 News. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News.

5.55 ABC Open.

6.00 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC Global.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 Outside Source.

3.30 BBC Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC World. 5.30 Lateline.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Te Kaea 2014. 10.30 Ngurra. 11.00 Awaken.

12.00 The Deerskins. 12.30 Living Black. 1.00 Movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002) 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold.

5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Surviving. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News. 7.30 Tangaroa With Pio. 8.00 Love Patrol. 8.30 Blackstone. 9.30 Mana Mamau. 10.00 Mataku. 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Surviving.

12.00 Volumz.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 New Game Plus. 6.30 Savage Seas Adventures. 7.00 Regional Italian Cuisine. 7.30 Be Positive. 7.45 Bernie Bear.

8.00 Active Babies Smart Kids. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 Eastern Newsbeat. 9.30 Inside Imaginary Realism. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Journal. 12.30 Arts 21. 1.00 Mr Sink Show. 1.30 Bosnian TV. 2.00 CBN TV. 2.30 Nu Country TV. 3.00 Piano Talk. 3.30 The Exchange. 4.00 Masterclass In Oils. 4.30 Art Studio. 5.00 1700. 6.00 VNTV News. 6.30 The Mortgage Busters Show. 7.00 The Reel Thing. 7.30 Facty Fact. 8.00 Community Kitchen. 8.30 Live On Bowen. 9.30 About Tonight. 10.30 New Game Plus.

11.00 Worldwide Gaming. 11.30 FASX. 12.30 Late Programs.

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SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners.

(R) 10.45 Media Watch. (PG) (R) 11.00 Boomtown. (PG) (R) (Final) 11.30 The Mix. (R) 12.00 News.

1.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.20 10.05 10.35 11.05 11.25 12.55 1.55 3.05 4.05 5.00 5.30

Tuesday, May 26

Antiques Roadshow. (R) News.

7.30.

Foreign Correspondent.

Stories from international correspondents.

Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones: Namibia. Part 4 of 5.

Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Modern Individuals. (M) Part 1 of 3.

Utopia. (R) Lateline. (R) The Business. (R) Wallander. (M) (R) Parliament Question Time. (R) Movie: Destination Murder.

(PG) (R) (1950) Joyce MacKenzie.

Accentuate The Positive.

(PG) (R) Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (M) (R) Best Of Collectors. (R) Eggheads. (R)

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: Demons From Her Past. (M) (2007) Alexandra Paul.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase. (R) News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Ricky and Brax struggle with Brax’s incarceration.

7.30 House Rules. (PG) The teams race against the clock as the Queensland renovation continues.

8.45 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. (M) (R) Gordon Ramsay visits Sheffield, England, hoping to save a struggling tapas bar and nightclub.

9.45 How To Get Away With Murder. (M) After Sam’s body is discovered in a landfill, the authorities turn their attention to Annalise.

10.45 Grey’s Anatomy. (M) 11.40 The Mindy Project. (PG) 12.05 Smash. (M) (R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Extra.

5.30 Early News.

NINE (CH9) 6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 1.30 3.00 4.00 5.30

Today.

Mornings. (PG) News.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

Extra. (R) Entertainment news program.

Reno Rumble. (PG) (R) Another renovation begins.

News Now. News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Reno Rumble. (PG) Scott Cam pays a visit to check on progress.

8.40 Love Child. (M) Joan finds herself in the middle of a violent custody battle over Gail’s baby.

9.40 Movie: The Lake House. (PG) (R) (2006) Two long-distance lovers discover they are separated by more than just distance. Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, Dylan Walsh.

11.40 20/20.

12.30 Anger Management. (M) (R) Charlie upsets his neighbours.

1.00 Extra. (R) 1.30 Danoz Direct.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 3.30 Good Morning America.

5.00 News.

5.30 Today.

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 12.15 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 The Doctors. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 12.30 1.00 1.25 1.30 1.45 2.00 3.00 3.30

6.00 Family Feud. Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) A guest mentor leads the challenge.

8.30 NCIS. (M) A terrorist group, that recruits children through the internet, tries to purchase bombs on the black market.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) The team pursues a former sniper who escaped from a veterans hospital.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 The Good Wife. (M) (R) Alicia and Will represent two women.

1.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show.

6.00 Food Safari. (R) Dishes with a Mauritian flavour.

6.30 World News.

7.30 Henry & Anne: Lovers Who Changed History: Their Extraordinary Courtship.

(PG) Part 1 of 2. Documents the true story behind the love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

8.30 Insight. Australian current affairs forum program.

Presented by Jenny Brockie.

9.30 Dateline. International current affairs.

10.00 World News.

10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 16.

Pinzolo to Aprica. 174km high mountain stage. From Italy.

1.30 Hunger. (M) Short film.

1.40 Movie: The Sea Inside. (M) (R) (2004) Javier Bardem.

4.00 The Unemployables. (M) (R) 5.00 Korean News.

5.35 Japanese News.

WorldWatch.

Turkish News.

Massive Moves. (R) Chopper.

France 24 International News.

The Journal.

PBS NewsHour.

Al Jazeera News.

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. (PG) (R) 4.30 Bears Of The Last Frontier: The Road North. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

ONE (CH1)

SBS 2 (CH32)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.30 Play School. 4.00 Bananas In Pyjamas.

4.10 Pingu. 4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town. 4.40 The Furchester Hotel.

5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket. 5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia. 5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.25 Doctor Who. 8.35 Good Game.

9.05 The Checkout. 9.35 Unsafe Sex In The City. 10.35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.15 Ross Kemp: Extreme World. 12.00 Build A New Life In The Country. 12.50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

1.30 News Update. 1.35 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Louie.

5.15 Iconicles. 5.40 Rastamouse. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Man About The House. 9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. 11.00 Kingswood Country. 12.00 Taggart. 2.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.00 Man About The House. 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley.

8.10 Keeping Up Appearances.

8.40 Endeavour.

10.40 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes.

12.00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive. 1.00 Bargain Hunt. 2.00 Taggart. 4.00 Kingswood Country. 4.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 5.30 Shortland Street.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ Live.

1.30 Top Gear. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids. 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Regular Show. 6.30 Adv Time.

7.00 Big Bang.

7.30 Auction Hunters.

8.30 Movie: Troy. (2004) Brad Pitt, Eric Bana.

12.00 MAD. 12.30 Adv Time. 1.00 Regular Show. 1.30 Rabbids. 2.00 TMZ Live. 3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Monster Jam. 10.00 Future Living.

11.00 4WD Touring Australia. 12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Rush. 2.00 The Living Room. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Reel Action. 4.30 The Home Team. 5.00 Big Fish, Small Boats. 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Nature’s Great Events.

8.30 Black Ops. 9.30 Shark Tank.

10.30 Movie Juice.

11.00 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

12.00 Super Rugby Extra Time.

1.00 Shopping.

2.00 Tyrant.

3.00 Bellator MMA. 5.00 Temporary Australians.

5.30 The Home Team.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News. 2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus. 4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi. 5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Daily highlights. 6.30 If You Are The One. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 The Office.

8.30 Don’t Tell My Mother… 9.00 Unplanned America. 9.30 Orphan Black. 10.20 Payday. 11.15 South Park.

12.15 @midnight. 12.45 The Feed.

1.15 Comedy Bang! Bang! 1.45 Movie: In Mum’s Head. (2007) 3.30 France 24 News In English From Paris. 5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 Movie: The Man Who Loved Redheads.

(1955) 1.50 Alive And Cooking. 2.20 Supernanny USA. 3.20 Monarch Of The Glen. 4.30 Ellen. 5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 Poirot.

8.40 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.

10.45 Prime Suspect.

11.40 Friends.

12.10 Supernanny USA. 1.00 Dangerman.

2.00 Danoz.

2.30 Global Shop.

4.00 Danoz.

4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 Dangerman.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Raymond.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

8.30 Tattoos After Dark.

9.30 Movie: Cheech And Chong’s Animated Movie. (2013) Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong.

11.30 James Corden. 12.30 Emily Owens M.D. 1.30 Frasier. 2.00 Touched By An Angel. 3.00 Medium.

4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News. 11.55 ABC Open. 12.00 News. 1.00 Capital Hill. 1.30 News. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News.

5.55 ABC Open.

6.00 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC Global.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 Outside Source.

3.30 BBC Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC World. 5.30 Lateline.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.25 Oggy And The Cockroaches. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Behind The News.

10.25 Same But Different. 10.35 Being French. 11.05 First Australians.

12.00 Heartland. 12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl. 1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur. 2.25 Pearlie.

2.40 Hairy Legs. 2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals.

3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

4.40 News On 3. 4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.20 Roy. 5.50 The Next Step. 6.15 Slugterra. 6.40 Kobushi.

6.50 News On 3. 7.00 Mr Stink. 8.00 Heartland. 8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 9.05 Total Drama World Tour. 9.30 Good Game: Pocket Edition.

9.35 Rage. 10.35 Close.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 NBC Today. 11.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Charlie’s Angels.

3.00 Starsky & Hutch. 4.00 Pimp My Ride. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother.

5.30 Seinfeld.

6.30 MythBusters.

7.30 Highway Patrol.

8.00 Motorway Patrol.

8.30 Outback Truckers.

9.30 Prospectors.

10.00 Klondike Gold Fever.

11.00 Outback Truckers.

12.00 WWE Afterburn.

1.00 All Worked Up. 2.00 Pimp My Ride.

3.00 Scare Tactics.

4.00 Motor Mate.

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Surviving. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen. 11.00 Colour Theory. 11.30 The Brush Sings. 12.00 Kimberley, The Land Of The Wandjina. 1.00 Tangaroa With Pio. 1.30 Love Patrol. 2.00 Ella 7’s 2009 Documentary. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked!

4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Desperate Measures. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News. 7.30 Dark Science. 8.30 On The Edge. 9.00 Living Black. 9.30 Australian Biography. 10.00 Football. NEAFL. 12.15 Late Programs.

CH31 (CH44)

6.00 Your 4x4. 6.30 That’s Fishing. 7.00 Pulse Geelong. 7.30 The Mortgage Busters Show. 8.00 Euromaxx. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 Magical Fresh Ideas. 9.30 Light And Life. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Journal. 12.30 Tomorrow Today. 1.00 Russian News Time. 1.30 Buone Notizie. 2.00 Entre Todos. 2.30 Chinese Weekly TV. 3.00 Regional Italian Cuisine. 3.30 Coffee Break. 4.00 Piano Talk. 4.30 World From Below. 5.00 1700. 6.00 Pet’s Practice With Dr Kevin. 6.30 Futsal Town Show. 7.00 Sacred Spaces. 7.15 Giant Steps.

7.30 Your 4x4. 8.00 Australian Fishing Network. 8.30 Talking Fishing. 9.30 Catch And Cook. 10.00 Savage Seas Adventures. 10.30 KO Boxing. 11.00 Late Programs.

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Melbourne Observer TV Guide ABC1 (CH2)

SEVEN (CH7)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q&A. (R) 11.10 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. (R) 12.00 News.

12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.30 Devil Island. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

(PG) (R) 4.30 Eggheads. (R) 5.00 News: Early Edition.

5.30 The Drum.

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.20 12.20 1.05 1.20 2.20 4.00 5.00 5.30

Wednesday, May 27

Antiques Roadshow. (R) News.

7.30. Current affairs program.

QI. (R) Hosted by Stephen Fry. The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (M) Hosted by Charlie Pickering.

The Agony Of… (M) (Final) Narrated by Adam Zwar.

8MMM. (M) Jake and Lola run an anti-grog campaign.

Comedy Up Late. (MA15+) A selection of comedy performances.

Lateline. (R) The Business. (R) How To Grow A Planet. (R) Four Corners. (R) Media Watch. (PG) (R) Parliament Question Time. (R) Movie: Night Of The Living Dead. (M) (R) (1968) Duane Jones.

How To Grow A Planet. (R) Best Of Collectors. (R) Eggheads. (R)

6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Sunrise.

The Morning Show. (PG) Morning News.

Movie: Helen West: A Clear Conscience. (M) (R) (2002) Amanda Burton.

The Daily Edition.

The Chase.

News At 4.

Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

Million Dollar Minute.

Hosted by Simon Reeve.

6.00 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Billie makes peace with Phoebe.

7.30 House Rules. (PG) The clock is ticking down on Ben and Danielle’s home renovation as the teams scramble to get their zones finished.

8.45 Criminal Minds. (M) The team pursues a conflicted killer who appears to be responsible for a series of crimes in Virginia.

10.40 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M) 11.35 Men At Work. (PG) Gibbs agrees to marry his girlfriend.

12.00 Motive. (M) (R) Detectives investigate a murder.

1.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 Sons And Daughters. (PG) (R) Wayne sets out to ruin Stephen’s big day.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Extra.

5.30 Early News.

NINE (CH9) 6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.30

Today.

Mornings. (PG) News.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

(PG) Variety show.

The Guardian. (M) (R) Barbara’s son is arrested.

Reno Rumble. (PG) (R) Scott Cam pays a visit to check on progress.

News Now. News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. State of Origin.

Game 1. NSW v Queensland.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

10.30 Movie: Mad Max. (AV15+) (R) (1979) In a dystopian future, a cop seeks revenge on the gang who killed his wife and son.

Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley.

12.30 Ground Floor. (M) (R) Brody tries to buy Jenny the “perfect” gift.

1.00 Extra. (R) Entertainment news program.

1.30 Danoz Direct. Home shopping.

2.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

(R) A stranger arrives at the park.

3.00 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.30 Good Morning America.

News and talk show.

5.00 News.

5.30 Today. Presented by Karl Stefanovic.

TEN (CH10)

SBS 1 (CH3)

6.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 6.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 7.00 Huey’s Kitchen. (R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 Family Feud. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) (R) 12.15 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight. 2.00 Wonderland. (M) (R) 3.00 Judge Judy.

(PG) 3.30 Ben’s Menu. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 Eyewitness News.

6.00 11.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 1.45 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.30

6.00 Family Feud. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) The contestants take over a bakery.

8.30 Madam Secretary. (M) (Series return) Elizabeth’s plans to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary with Henry are disrupted.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) (R) Detectives Benson and Stabler are assigned to investigate a challenging sexual assault and murder case.

10.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M) A journalist is killed.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 Movie Juice. (R) 1.00 The Good Wife. (M) (R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

6.00 Food Safari. (R) Maeve learns about South American cuisine.

6.30 World News.

7.30 Neil Oliver: The Vikings. (PG) Part 1 of 3.

8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) Charts the experiences of staff and patients at London’s King’s College Hospital Emergency Department.

9.30 The Legacy. (M) Signe prepares for a possible trial against her siblings. However, she is missing a key piece of evidence.

10.35 World News.

11.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 17. Tirano to Lugano. 134km flat stage. From Italy and Switzerland.

1.30 Movie: Wild Blood. (M) (R) (2008) Luca Zingaretti.

4.10 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Turkey Bitesize.

4.15 Soccer. UEFA Europa League.

Final.

WorldWatch.

Spanish News.

Arabic News.

Turkish News.

Dateline. (R) France 24 International News.

The Journal.

PBS NewsHour.

Al Jazeera News.

Insight. (R) Monster Bug Wars: Blood On The Forest Floor.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Classifications: (P) Preschoolers (C) Children (G) General (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat.

Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

ABC2 (CH22)

7TWO (CH72)

GO! (CH99)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Pingu.

4.20 Mister Maker Comes To Town.

4.40 The Furchester Hotel. 5.00 Sarah And Duck. 5.10 Grandpa In My Pocket. 5.25 Peppa Pig. 5.30 Olivia.

5.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom.

6.00 Peter Rabbit. 6.15 Tree Fu Tom. 6.35 Octonauts. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Doctor Who. 8.15 That ’70s Show.

8.40 Weight Loss Ward. 9.30 My Tattoo Addiction. 10.15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 11.00 The Real Hustle: New Recruits. 11.30 The Best Of River Monsters. 12.20 My Big Fat Operation. 1.05 That ’70s Show. 1.30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 2.10 News Update.

2.15 Close. 5.00 This Is Scarlett And Isaiah. 5.05 Louie. 5.15 Iconicles. 5.40 Rastamouse. 5.50 Humf.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. 7.30 DaVincibles. 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. 8.30 Love Thy Neighbour.

9.00 Home And Away. 9.30 Shortland Street. 10.00 Homes Under The Hammer. 11.00 Kingswood Country.

12.00 Taggart. 2.15 The Vicar Of Dibley. 3.00 Animal Academy. 3.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 4.30 60 Minute Makeover. 5.30 Homes Under The Hammer.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

10.45 Suspects.

11.45 Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Love Thy Neighbour. 1.30 Kingswood Country.

2.00 Shopping. 3.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Kingswood Country. 4.30 The Martha Stewart Show. 5.30 Shortland Street.

6.00 Robocar Poli. 6.30 PAW Patrol.

7.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! 7.30 Kitchen Whiz.

8.00 Pyramid. 8.30 Rabbids. 9.00 Magical Tales. 9.30 SpongeBob. 10.00 Green Lantern. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 11.00 Power Rangers. 11.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic. 12.00 Extra. 12.30 TMZ. 1.00 TMZ Live. 2.00 Auction Hunters. 3.00 SpongeBob. 3.30 Rabbids. 4.00 Kids’ WB. 4.05 Looney Tunes. 4.30 Tom And Jerry. 5.00 Ben 10. 5.30 Teen Titans Go! 6.00 Regular Show. 6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 Big Bang.

8.30 The Last Ship.

9.30 Movie: Deep Impact. (1998) 12.00 Supernatural: The Animated Series. 12.30 Adv Time. 1.00 Regular Show. 1.30 Rabbids. 2.00 TMZ Live.

3.00 TMZ. 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 4.00 PAW Patrol. 4.30 Robocar Poli. 4.50 Thunderbirds. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

ABC3 (CH23)

7MATE (CH73)

GEM (CH90)

ELEVEN (CH11)

ABC24 (CH24)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.05 Small Hands In A Big War. 11.30 Horrible Histories. 12.00 Heartland. 12.45 Round The Twist. 1.10 Ocean Girl.

1.35 Bindi’s Bootcamp. 2.00 Arthur.

2.25 Pearlie. 2.40 Hairy Legs. 2.50 Tashi. 3.05 SheZow. 3.15 The Day My Butt Went Psycho. 3.40 Almost Naked Animals. 3.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 4.15 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.40 News On 3.

4.45 Studio 3. 4.50 Grojband. 5.15 Endangered Species. 5.50 The Next Step. 6.15 Slugterra. 6.40 Kobushi.

6.50 News On 3. 7.00 The Adventures Of Merlin. 7.45 Heartland. 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 8.55 Total Drama World Tour. 9.15 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition. 9.45 Rage.

10.50 Close.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Shopping.

7.00 Handy Manny. 7.30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates. 8.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 8.30 Doc McStuffins. 9.00 NBC Today. 11.00 Motor Mate. 1.00 Charlie’s Angels.

3.00 Starsky & Hutch. 4.00 Pimp My Ride. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother.

5.30 Seinfeld.

6.30 MythBusters.

7.30 Surveillance Oz. 8.00 Nabbed.

8.30 Hardcore Pawn: Behind The Deal.

9.00 Hardcore Pawn.

9.30 Baggage Battles.

10.30 Pawn Stars.

11.30 Rude Tube. 12.00 Men At Work.

1.00 Scare Tactics. 2.00 Shopping.

3.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Motor Mate.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Skippy. 7.00 TV Shop. 7.30 Danoz. 8.00 Gilmore Girls.

9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Alive And Cooking. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 Movie: The Happiest Days Of Your Life.

(1950) 1.40 Tasty Conversations. 1.50 Alive And Cooking.

2.20 Secret Dealers.

3.20 Poirot.

4.30 Ellen.

5.30 Gilmore Girls.

6.30 Friends.

7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 Spooks.

11.50 Secret Dealers.

12.50 GEM Presents.

1.00 Gideon’s Way. 2.00 Danoz.

2.30 Global Shop.

4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 Dangerman.

6.00 Toasted TV. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Toasted TV. 9.30 Wurrawhy.

10.00 Touched By An Angel. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Taxi. 12.00 Medium.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Judging Amy. 3.00 Frasier. 3.30 Cheers. 4.00 King Of Queens. 4.30 Laverne & Shirley. 5.00 Mork & Mindy. 5.30 Becker. 6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Raymond.

7.30 The Simpsons.

8.00 Futurama.

8.30 The Simpsons.

9.00 Futurama.

9.30 The Simpsons.

10.00 Cleveland. 10.30 Bob’s Burgers.

11.00 Tattoos After Dark. 11.30 James Corden. 12.30 Tattoos After Dark. 1.00 Raymond. 1.30 Frasier. 2.00 Touched

By An Angel. 3.00 Medium. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News. 11.55 ABC Open. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.30 Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News.

5.55 ABC Open.

6.00 News.

6.30 The Drum.

7.00 News.

9.30 Lateline.

10.00 The World.

11.00 News.

11.30 7.30.

12.00 News.

12.30 The Drum.

1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 BBC Global.

2.30 7.30.

3.00 Outside Source.

3.30 BBC Africa.

4.00 Al Jazeera.

5.00 BBC World. 5.30 Lateline.

NITV (CH34)

6.00 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 6.30 Bizou. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Waabiny Time. 9.00 Go Lingo. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Desperate Measures. 10.30 Kriol Kitchen.

11.00 On The Edge. 11.30 Living Black. 12.00 Football. NEAFL. 2.15 Cash Money. 2.20 Custodians.

2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Go Lingo. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 5.30 NITV News. 6.00 Our Footprint. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News.

7.30 From The Western Frontier. 8.30 Heritage Fight. 9.30 Harold. 10.30 In The Frame. 11.00 NITV News. 11.30 Our Footprint. 12.00 Volumz.

ONE (CH1) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Nature’s Great Events. 10.00 Saving Seals. 11.00 Movie Juice. 11.30 Car Torque. 12.00 The Glades. 1.00 Rush.

2.00 The Living Room. 3.00 Totally Wild. 4.00 Super Rugby Extra Time.

5.00 Big Fish, Small Boats. 5.30 iFish.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Cops.

8.30 Hawaii Five-0.

9.30 Sons Of Anarchy.

10.35 Cops.

11.05 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

12.05 The Glades.

1.00 Shopping.

2.00 Common Law. 4.00 Maxim TV. 4.30 Cops.

5.00 RPM.

CH31 (CH44)

SBS 2 (CH32) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Ukrainian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.05 Japanese News. 11.40 Hong Kong News. 12.00 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Italian News. 1.35 German News.

2.05 Spanish News. 3.05 Greek News From Cyprus. 4.00 Iron Chef. 4.45 Vs Arashi. 5.35 Massive Moves. 6.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Daily highlights. 6.30 If You Are The One. 7.30 The Feed. 8.00 The Office.

8.30 Movie: Evil Dead II. (1987) Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks.

10.00 Movie: Army Of Darkness.

(1992) 11.45 @midnight. 12.15 The Feed. 12.45 Movie: Crows: 0. (2007) 3.10 DW News In English From Berlin.

5.00 French News. 5.50 Urdu News.

6.00 Bumper 2 Bumper. 6.30 Oz Fish TV. 7.00 Futsal Town Show. 7.30 Piano Talk. 8.00 Euromaxx. 8.30 Move It Or Lose It. 9.00 Jumping Jellybeans. 9.15 Penguin TV. 9.30 Little Explorers. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Journal.

12.30 China Forbidden News. 1.00 Sri Lanka Today. 1.30 The Shtick. 2.00 ATVAA. 2.30 Dollars With Sense. 3.00 LawHelp Australia. 3.30 Our Time. 4.00 Rotunda In The West. 4.30 Arkabahce. 5.00 1700.

6.00 Chinese Weekly TV. 6.30 The Flying Show. 7.00 Mr Sink Show. 7.30 Vasili’s Garden To Kitchen.

8.30 Pet’s Practice With Dr Kevin. 9.00 Yappy Hour TV. 9.30 In Pit Lane. 10.00 Guitar Gods And Masterpieces. 10.30 Represent: Budget Night. 11.30 Spirit Of Life. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Radio: Victoria’s new station opens ...................... Page 42 Theatre: Early Burly at Butterfly Club ...................... Page 43 Country Music: Beccy Cole to perform at Hallam .. Page 42 Jim and Aar on: Top 10 lists, movies and DVDs ............. Page 44 Aaron: Cheryl Threadgold: Local theatre shows, auditions ......... Page 45 PL US THE LLO OVATT”S MEGA CRO PLUS CROSSSWORD

RISING STARS A bit of Shush

● Richard Keown ■ Peridot Theatre presents Elaine Murphy’s comedy Shush from June 12-27 in Mt Waverley, under the direction of Richard Keown.

Richard has been directing productions in Melbourne for more than 35 years, including about 30 plays, and has won numerous awards.

Describing his passion for directing, Richard says to him a play is like a painting, the script is his easel, and his cast are the colours..

“My imagination is the blocking and concept, the depth of the painting is the music and lighting, and the final canvas painting is the production,” he says.

Richard has adjudicated at many theatre groups in Melbourne as in-house adjudicator, a judge for the Lyrebirds Theatre Awards, sole adjudicator at many One Act Play Festivals, Drama Adjudicator at the Booroondara Eisteddfod, and in July will be adjudicating at the Gemco One Act Play Festival.

Richard has also been appointed to the Theatre Advisory Board Panel of Arts Victoria for a three-year period.

When asked what criteria and special skills he looks for when adjudicating eisteddfods and festivals, Richard points out all adjudicators are different.

“My mantra has always been that I am only a member of the audience, maybe with more finite eyes and experience, and I see what they see – or more importantly, they see what I see.”.

Richard says he impresses on all the groups involved that his adjudication is only one pair of eyes at one moment in time.

“I always give feedback after every session so that the actors, directors and audience hear what I saw,” says Richard.

“If I couch my remarks correctly, then when adjudication time comes along, there may not be too many surprises.

“Finally, I learnt a long time ago that my adjudications and awards are not going to please everyone, so just do the best you can.”

Peridot Theatre’s production of Shush opens next month, and director Richard says this is a world amateur premiere of this Irish play, written about five friends who get together to celebrate a birthday, and after much merriment and drinking, home truths come out.

“Elaine Murphy, the author, was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to write a follow up to her earlier play, Little Gem, which coincidentally I am also directing later this year,” Richard says.

“Because Shush has not been done before in Australia and nobody has seen it, we can put our own take on the journey of the show into the production.”

Performance Season of Shush : June 12 – 27 Venue: Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley.

Bookings: 1300 138 645 or www.peridot.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

By CHERYL THREADGOLD

● Comedian Jono Mastrippolito will entertain in Melbourne Comedy’s Rising Stars on May 30.

■ After selling out its first ever show, Melbourne’s hottest lineup of up-and-coming comedians is returning for a night of sidesplitting mayhem on May 30 at 10.30pm at The Butterfly Club.

In March, local comedian Michael Shafar (Footy Couch, 3 Little Gigs, Round Squares) put together a comedy bill that sold out well before the comics took to the stage, and is now proud to be returning with a new line-up of Melbourne’s finest comedians.

The secret to the show’s success lies in its curation. Melbourne Comedy’s Rising Stars is dedicated to introducing comedians who are on their way up.

These are comics who have performed all over the country and sold out shows at the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

With Shafar at the helm, the line-up will feature performances from Jono Mastrippolito, Danielle Walker, Jess Perkins, Jay Morrissey, Jemry Robin, David Rose, Sam Taunton and Will Brain.

These young comics have written for Cracked.com, appeared on Channel 31’s Live on Bowen and About Tonight, presented for Channel [V], performed on ABC’s Comedy Up Late and been RAW Comedy national finalists.

Date and Time: Saturday, May 30 Time: 10.30pm-11.30pm Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne (off Little Collins St.) Tickets: $20/$17 Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com

Showbiz Briefs

■ Daniel Pizarro is moving to 2QN/Classic Rock FM in Deniliquin for a five-week trial as a journalist, following a week’s training at 3NE/The Edge at Wangaratta.

■ Radio and recording industry veterans are planning the first of their twice-yearly ‘Survivors’ luncheons at South Melbourne next week.

■ A number of commercials featuring the voices of Sydney radio personalities Alan Jones and Ray Hadley are now being heard on Melbourne radio station 3AW. ■ Prominent lawyer Julian Burnside was an on-air guest at the weekend on 3MBS-FM as part of its radiothon broadcasts.

■ 3AW afternoon presenter Denis Walter was missing for a show last week due to illness. His position was filled by weekend presenter Darren James.

■ Community Broadcasting Association of Australia President, Adrian Basso says more than 440 community radio stations will have tighten their belts to cope with further chipping away at funding in last week’s Federal Budget.

■ Anthony Laughton has left Light FM where he has been a casual announcer. He is floating on 96five Brisbane and casually in the newsroom on 102.9 Hot Tomato Gold Coast.

Greek tragedy

● The Bacchae director Sam Browne (front), with from left, Lui Moreno, Karl Sarsfield, Kyle Roberts, Kate Barford, Lindsay Marriott, Louisa Reid, Chloe Barbopoulos and Victoria Haslam.

■ Moreland Theatre Company presents The Bacchae from June 4-13 at the Metanoia Theatre, The Mechanics Institute, Brunswick.

This modern take on Euripides’ classic tragedy from a translation by Ian Johnston and adaptation by John Kelly and Matt O’Reilly, is directed by Sam Browne.

The Bacchae unfolds the tale of Pentheus and his interactions with the god Dionysus.

Dionysus has come to Thebes (disguised in human form) with her revellers, the Bacchae, in tow, causing the townspeople to run wild in frenzied parties high on Mt Cithaeron.

The current king of Thebes, Pentheus, refuses to see any benefit in Dionysus’ ways, and refuses to acknowledge that she is a god. Their clash of egos leads to tragic consequences for themselves, their family members, and the entire city of Thebes.

In this adaptation, director Sam Browne has sought to explore party and drug culture, and the way it interacts with the play’s key themes.

“I’ve always found rave culture particularly interesting, with festivals like Earthcore and Burning Man having run for many years,” he says.

“For me they represent a modern day Bacchanalia, complete with mind-altering substances, ecstatic highs and devastating lows. They provide the perfect context for a modern adaptation of the play’s timeless and placeless themes.”

Sam was inspired to direct The Bacchae after majoring in the classics, with a particular focus on classical Greek and Roman theatre, at Melbourne University, where he was also heavily involved with multiple theatre groups including the university’s classical theatre company, Omniprop.

This involvement developed his passion for classical productions, touring them across schools as part of theatre in education programs, and performing in The Bacchae itself. These experiences have inspired Sam to take on this classic Euripides play.

“I’m particularly interested in the themes Euripides tackles in the play,” he explains, “especially the themes that explore the idea of duality in one’s mind.

“At its essence, the play explores the duality that exists within all of us and that is at the centre of many political and personal debates, thus making it still as relevant to our society now as it was to the Greeks many years ago.”

Performance Season: June 4 -13 at 8pm, June 6 at 2.pm Venue: Metanoia Theatre at The Mechanics Institute, 270 Sydney Rd., Brunswick Tickets: www.trubooking or cash at the door www.moreland.org.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Rob Foenander

Casey Country

■ Casey community radio 97.7FM offers a great variety of country music to a large listenership throughout Melbourne.

Veteran presenter Roger Lloyd, along with Bill McMartin, share the Friday night 6pm - 8pm timelsot with Rebels Rednecks and Rock & Roll, a two-hour mix of both local and international favourites.

On Saturdays, from 11am-1pm, station President Adrian Morton, and Ron Mayne, host the Other Side Of Country request show. www.3ser.org.au

New for Jasmine

■ Melbourne singer Jasmine Rae has released her new CD Heartbeat.

It is the fourth album from the ARIA nominated artist.

Jasmine will perform at Revolvers Bandroom in Prahran on Friday (May 22) as part of a national tour with her band that will also feature special guest Matt Cornell.

Beccy at Hallam

■ Country music favourite Beccy Cole will perform at the Hallam Hotel on Thursday, May 28.

The Sweet Rebecca tour is part of a three-series list of concerts Beccy will be performing in Victoria.

Other shows include the Gateway Hotel Corio on May 29 and York on Lilydale on May 30. Tickets at Ticketmaster.

- Rob Foenander

Media Flashes

■ Scott McIntyre, who was fired by SBS after tweets on ANZAC Day, is pursuing an unfair dismissal case.

■ Some 1.39 million viewers tuned in for Seven’s Ivan Milat mini-series on Sunday night.

■ Marco Pierre White has returned to the Ten Network’s MasterChef series.

■ The Seven Network’s long-running Good Friday Appeal raised $17 million for the Royal Children’s Hospital. The station has taken the Melbourne idea to Sydney, where its first telethon was held last weekend. 10,500,128 was raised on Saturday.

r Obser vbeiz On This Day Show

Wednesday Thursday May 21 May 20 ■ Actor Jimmy Stewart was born in 1908. He died aged 89 in 1997.

The late musician Joe Cocker was born in Sheffield, England, in 1944.

Cher (Cherilyn Le Pierre) was born in California in 1946. The singer and actresss is 71.

Radio Confidential News from stations from around Victoria

New station

Country Crossroads Big Breakfast Show. Southern FM 88.3.

Tues. 6am-9am.

www.MelbourneObserver.com.au

■ Jazz pianist and composer Fats Waller was born in 1904.

He died aged 39 in 1943.

Perry Mason’s Raymond Burr was born in Canada in 1917. He died aged 76 in 1993.

Singer and musician Joe Camilleri was born in Malta in 1948 (67). His band was Jo Jo Zep.

■ A new radio station will open in Melbourne on Sunday (May 24).

The advanced students of the Radio Training Institute will launch of their temporary radio station, RTI FM, to be live streamed from Sunday until the May 30..

RTI FM will be hosted by the students with a wide array of shows and content, from special interest shows (travel, lifestyle, games, and genre specific music shows) to news and current affairs.

The students say they will present personality-driven breakfast and drive shows, showcasing their talents and providing experience in a real radio broadcasting setting.

Operations Manager Darcy Thomson says: “We're making a fully fledged commercial radio station, from scratch, in two weeks.

“It's a lot of work but I'm confident it's going to sound great.”

The station will be targeting a regional Victorian audience and content has been chosen and researched in accordance with that demographic.

Listeners can go to the website rtifmau.wordpress. com to live stream, and find show schedules, student bios, and social media links.

The students will be graduating from RTI in July and will be on the job market from then on.

AMT Pty Ltd's Steve Ahern, who wrote the sixmonth course, and guest lectures several units, said: “This simulation will allow them to showcase both their on air talents and their other skills including music directing, website skills, sales, copy, voiceovers, and production.

Program Manager Ti Butler said: “I'm already so proud of how far everyone's come since the start of the course, and our team have some great stuff lined up for the week.

Wendy on air

Briefs

■ Rumours are being published at the RadioInfo website that James Warburton will replace Rhys Holleran as Southern Cross Austereo CEO. ■ Greg Newman of Jocks Journal reports that Southern Cross Austereo has appointed Wade Kingsley to a new national leadership role as Head of Ideas and Integration.

He will lead the Promotions, Response and Creative teams and will work alongside SCA Head of Content, Craig Bruce and National Sales Director, Andrea Ingham.

● Wendy Smith-Brune ■ Wendy Smith-Brune, one of the soloist singers in the The Glenn Miller Orchestra Show, will be a special interview guest on That's Entertainment on 96.5FM at 12 Noon this Sunday (May 24).

Wendy performed in a concert at Carnegie Hall which featured Frank Sinatra in 1988 and has worked with many of the legendary entertainers including Ray Charles.

This concert spectacular is returning to Australia to Honour the Year of the ANZAC Centenary featuring the great wartime songs and all the favourite Glenn Miller hits.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra will feature 25 musicians, singers and dancers at Hamer Hall on Friday, June 5 at 7.30pm and Saturday, JUne 13 at 2.30pm.

Bookings can be made by telephone on 1300 182 183 .

- Kevin Trask

Passing of Jim Woods ■ Jim Woods, who spent many years at 3TR, 3SH and ABC 3GI Gippsland has passed away.

Alan Clement made this comment on social media: “Jim Woods was the voice of 3TR for many years, he was Chief Announcer, Assistant Manager and later Manager at 3SH Swan Hill.

“Jim also presented news on GLV-10 and became a long tome casual announcer for ABC Radio 3GI.”

Racing ■ Triple M and Fox FM will now be the official VRC Radio Partner. This means the stations will broadcast the Melbourne Cup and a number of racing events for the next year.

Content will be shared on the Triple M, Hit and regional networks and their digital channels.

VRC Chairman Michael Burn said: “This will be a 365 day a year partnership that will deliver mutual benefit."

Training

● A unique building design ... the studios of 2BH Broken Hill appear as a over-size ‘wireless’ set.

■ Triple R, independent Melbourne broadcaster, is offering free training to 12 people aged 16-25.

The station is looking for a dozen people from culturally diverse backgrounds to fill the classes, which will take place at Triple R studios in Brunswick East from 6.30pm-9pm for eight Mondays over nine weeks.

Participants will have to commit to the full eight Monday evenings.

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Friday May 22

Saturday May 23

■ Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. He died aged 71 in 1930.

US-born radio and TV host Bob Dyer (Dies) was born in 1909. He died aged 74 in 1984.

Singer Linda Goerge was born in England in 1949 (66).

■ American singer Rosemary Clooney was born in 1928, and died aged 74 in 2002.

British actress Joan Collins was born in London in 1933 (82).

She starred in Dynasty.

US comedian Drew Carey is 57.

Australian playwright Ray Lawler was born in 1921.

Sunday May 24 ■ Australian operatic singer Dame Joan Hammond was born in New Zealand in 1912.

She died aged 84 in 1996.

Australian bushman R M (Reginald Murray) Williams was born in 1908.

Priscilla Presley (nee Wagner) was born in New York in 1945.

Monday May 25

■ Comedian Syd Heylen was born in Renmark, SA, in 1923.

He died aged 73 in 1996.

Country singer Tom T Hall was born in 1936 (79).

Actor Andrew Clarke was born in Adelaide in 1954 (61).

Actor Mike Myers was born in 1963 (52).

Tuesday May 26 ■ English music hall performer George Formby was born in Lancashire in 1904.

He died aged 55 in 1961.

Actor John Wayne (Marion Morrison) was born in 1907. He died aged 72 in 1979.

Actor Robert Morley was born in Wiltshire, UK, in 1908.

Thanks to GREG NEWMAN of Jocks Journal for assistance with birthday and anniversary dates.

Jocks Journal is Australia’s longest running radio industry publication.

Find out more at www.jocksjournal.com

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Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - Page 43

Observer Showbiz

Review: Pescado

● Hamish Norris performing rope in Pescado.

Photo: Aaron Walker ■ Pescado,which means fish or fished in Spanish, is a slick and mesmerising piece of cabaret-infused circus.

Performed by the second-year students at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Prahran, the show is reminiscent of Spiegeltent productions such as Empire and Absinthe - albeit in family-friendly form - rich in dynamic acrobatics, energy and humour, its unique setting making Pescado ripper entertainment.

Themed around the sea and all things in it, the show cleverly showcases the skills of the performers entwined with the ocean.

OK, maybe the Skate Park routine was a bit off topic, but who cares – it was highly skilled and entertaining antics with a real sense of theatre.

The opening routine was captivating with extraordinary use of light and sound that transformed the space with its floating scuba divers into an underwater wonderland.

The ensemble impersonating a school of fish was hysterical.

I loved the way everyone kept the theme and characters going, especially the Prawn Stars. These three divas in their ridiculous heels and glitter, who constantly sneered and pouted, stole the show.

The mirror routine to Lakme’s beautiful Flower Duet, while irreverent, was great comedy. They also didn’t disappoint on the trapeze swing with a performance that took fumbling incompetence to new heights (deliberate of course).

There were other stand-outs including an impressive balancing act by Ryan Darwin, superb acrobatics from Lachlan Harper, chest-thumping thrills from Korean Plankers, Lachlan Sukroo, Issac Salter and Jordan O’Brien, and some nifty network from Jordan Revell.

There was also some impressive musical talent, though the quality varied. Overall an incredible display of talent -and they are only second-year students.

My only criticism is that one particular routine, featuring an aerial ring, had too much going on in the foreground, which distracted from the performance.

Directors Carita and Hayden Spencer should be congratulated for masterly putting together of this wonderfully stylised and choreographed work.

- Review by Beth Klein

THEATRE AUDITIONS

■ Eltham Little Theatre: Lost in Yonkers (by Neil Simon) May 31 and June 2 at 7.30pm at Eltham Performing Arts Centre, Rehearsal Room (downstairs), 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Terese MauriciRyan. Full details available at www.elthamlittle theatre.org.au/productions/auditions ■ Studio Sorrento Players:Travelling North (by David Williamson) May 29 and June 1 at the Sorrento Arts Centre, Cnr. Melbourne/Queens Rds., Sorrento. Director: Ngaire Johansen. Audition bookings: 0419 574 971.

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EARLY BURLY

● Caterina Vit, Adelaide Everheart and Petra Dish in Miss Everheart Presents: Early Burly on May 29.

■ Adelaide Everheart's Early Burly is a comedy and variety show featuring burlesque production returns for another burlesque, circus and cabaret artists, libperformance at The Butterfly Club on erally sprinkled with songs and satire.

Performance Date: Friday, May 29 May 29, featuring new award-winning Time: 6pm burlesque performers.

Cost: $32 Full $28 concession Presented by Badass Productions, Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson this vaudevillian variety show harks back to the stripped back, lewd and brassy days Place, Melbourne Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com of prohibition era dance halls.

- Cheryl Threadgold Miss Everheart Presents: Early Burly

Retro premiere ■ Anni and Maude Davey join creative forces with Anna Lumb (Pocket Rocket) and Gabi Barton (The Town Bikes) to present the premiere of Retro Futurismus: new, future-focussed vaudeville with a retro twist: post-burlesque, anti internet, completely live.

In this cabaretic prognostication being presented from June 10 -28 at fortyfivedownstairs, the Davey twins, both legends of the early 21st century Melbourne cabaret and circus milieu, channel the visions of the cultural prophets who led us into this century - Fritz Lang, David Bowie, Stanley Kubrick, Bjork and Barbarella Each night will feature interruptions from guest artists including Stella Angelico, Leah Shelton (Polytoxic), Joseph Chetty, Glitter and Snatch, James Andrews and Benjamin Hancock, Simone Page-Jones and Teresa Blake.

An immersive variety show crammed with nostalgia for the present, Retro Futurismus features anger-gendered dance artists, gravity-less circus acts, siren songs, boutique burlesque, and ‘breathtaking performance art.’

Describing their inspiration for the show, Anni and Maude say in the 1990s they called what they were doing, cabaret.

● Anni (left) and Maude Davey in Retro Futurisums. Photo: Jo Duck “Then cabaret became Year Without Sex by Saone woman shows about rah Watts, Noise by MatEva Cassidy, or stand up thew Saville and The Slap with songs. In the 2000s, (Matchbox/ABC). we called it burlesque, She collaborates frethen burlesque became quently with Finucane strip tease in vintage and Smith, performing frocks. nationally and internation“If we call it variety in ally in The Burlesque the twenty teens, variety Hour. will probably morph into Retro Futurismus is an some other form of immersive performance narcotising consumerist extravaganza presenting spectacle. an alternative nostalgic “But for the few years vision of the present – in which this new variety now never looked more is soft and alive, explod- like the future. ing and mutating, discovDates: Wednesday ering itself, it will be the June 10-Sunday June 28 most exciting thing Preview: Wednesday around."

June 10 at 7.30pm Anni Davey ran away Times: Wednesday – to join the circus – Circus Saturday at 7.30pm, SunOz – 25 years ago and day at 6pm most recently directed sisVenue: fortyfiveter Maude Davey’s retro- downstairs, 45 Flinders spective My Life in the Lane, Melbourne Nude.

Prices: $40/$35/$20.

Maude Davey has writ- Bookings: www.fortyfive ten and performed many downstairs.com or 9662 works for theatre, radio 9966 and film, including My - Cheryl Threadgold

At The Lawler

● Peta Brady, Sarah Ward and Nicci Wilks in Shit by Patricia Cornelius.

Photo: Sebastian Bourges ■ Long-time collaborators Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius present Shit, a new play about women and girls who defy gender demarcations and transgress the boundaries and restraints of social order and expectation.

Starring Peta Brady, Sarah Ward and Nicci Wilks, Shit opens at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler on Friday, June 26 at 7.30pm.

Out of control girls, angry, nasty girls are a sight to behold. They’re terrifying, electrifying, they’re everything girls shouldn’t be, and we hate them and want to lock them up and throw away the key..

This is a work about these girls. Their names are Billy, Bobby and Sam. There’s not a single moment when the three young women transcend their ugliness. There’s no indication of a better, or in fact any, inner life.

Dee and Cornelius say a team of 10 female theatre makers have come together to create a work about women that are rarely seen on the stage.

“We want to empower these women with a vitality and drive and allow them the chance to come back at a world which despises them.’

Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius have made work together for about 30 years. Susie has directed Patricia’s plays: Max, Taxi, The Berry Man and Savages.

They first worked together as actors in Cornelius’ Lilly and May which toured nationally and overseas.

They both come from a very visceral and physical approach to a theatre which is equally rigorous and vital in the language it uses and in what it has to say about the world.

Season: June 25-July 5 Opening night :Friday June 26 at 7.30pm Venue: Southbank Theatre, The Lawler Tickets: $25 each Bookings: 8688 0800 or mtc.com.au

Showbiz Briefs ■ The free lunchtime Opening Celebration Concert for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival will be held at Federation Square at 12.30pm2.30pm on Friday, May 29. Hosted by Fem Belling, artists include The Bad Plus (USA), Eric Harland (USA) with his band Voyager, and Melbourne ‘punk trad’ sextet The Hoodangers. melbournejazz.com ■ Circus Oz says it has has “significant concerns about the broad potential impact” of a Federal Budget decision to transfer $104.7 million from theAustralia Council to a new ‘National Program for Excellence in theArts’, to be administered by the FederalArts Ministry.

■ From June 29, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image will screen The Falling (2014), a drama from British director Carol Morley starring Maisie Williams (Arya, Game of Thrones) that charts the outbreak of mass hysteria at an all-girls school in 1960s Britain.

■ Brian Cadd will be guest speaker at the Australian Marquee Entertainment Luncehon Clubevent to be held in Toorak on Wednesday, May 27, advises convenor Jeff Joseph.

■ Jason Momoa, best known for his role as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, as well as in Stargate: Atlantis and for his upcoming titular role in DC’s Aquaman, is the latest star to be added to the guest list for Oz Comic-Con Melbourne on June 27-28.

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Movies, DVDs

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What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs

● Jack O'Connell is superb in Angelina Jolie's triumph of the spirit World War II drama, Unbroken.

FILM: UNBROKEN: Genre: Drama/War/Sport/Biography.

Cast: Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara.

Year: 2014.

Rating: M. Length: 137 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian runner Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of- war camp. Director Angelina Jolie's biographical 'triumph of the spirit' POW drama is a well executed effort that is compelling throughout due to solid direction, convincing authenticity, emotional drive and strong performances. Not without its flaws, nevertheless, this is a genuinely captivating and touching story that was conceived and executed with genuine compassion, a celebration of the human spirit that casts a strong shadow of a powerful and gripping journey.

FILM: TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT: Genre: Drama.

Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne.

Year: 2014.

Rating: M. Length: 95 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: A young Belgian mother and factory worker discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal, so over one weekend she has to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Though the plot may seem simple, this is a methodically executed, deep rooted and compelling story of desperation, family and the fear of loss. Following her standout performances in Rust and Bone and The Immigrant, Marion Cotillard delivers another mesmerizing performance delicately balancing a wide range of emotions with extraordinary depth, conviction and realism, and a special mention must also go to Fabrizio Rongione as the supportive husband. With strong echoes of Guy Green's 1960 British classic The Angry Silence and even Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, Two Days One Night is a rich, deeply moving and highly rewarding experience.

FILM: THE "MAD MAX" TRILOGY COLLECTION: Genre: Action/Drama/Adventure.

Cast: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Bruce Spence, Tina Turner, Hugh Keays-Byrne.

Year: 1979, 1981, 1985.

Rating: R18+, M, M. Stars: **** Verdict: To coincide with the release of "Mad Max: Fury Road" filmmaker George Miller's post apocalyptic trilogy that made Mel Gibson a superstar is now available in a single three disc trilogy collection on DVD and Blu-ray. From the original Mad Max, as we are introduced to a doomed society and the vengeful cop, the dark adventure continues with "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" and "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome."

This striking odyssey through the apocalyptic wasteland of Australia is filled with unique and colourful characters, tragedy, nail-biting thrills and jaw-dropping action. The lone figure of Max is as old as cinema itself, but George Miller and Mel Gibson have created a unique stamp on the mythological cinematic hero, as did Clint Eastwood as "The Man With No Name," and the result is a journey you will never forget.

Mad Max: Fury Road

● Max (Tom Hardy) changes lanes in the high-octane action spectacular Mad Max: Fury Road.

■ (MA). 120 minutes. Now showing location jump off the screen. in cinemas everywhere, including Production designer Colin Gibson, IMAX 3D. art directors Shira Hockmen and If you are thinking of seeing Mad Jacinta Leong, and costume designer Max: Fury Road, then a word of warn- Jenny Beavan all deserve incredible ing first. praise for their work here, brilliant If you suffer from a weak heart or creations that are as landmark as those have a delicate sensibility, then it created in the original Max films. would be wise to stay well-clear of The appropriately loud music score what will definitely be the most by Junkie XL keeps the blood pumpexhilerating, adrenaline-pumping, and ing, and the perfect, split-second editinsanely inventive action film of the ing by Jason Ballantine and Margayear. ret Sixel is extraordinary.

The first Mad Max film in 30 years Veteran Oscar-winner John Seale (has it really been that long?), series (Witness / The Hitcher / Lorenzo's Oil creator George Miller returns to the / The English Patient) continues to apocalyptic outback, and not only does show why he is one of the best cinhe bring the franchise back to furious ematographers working today, and life, but also gives the now-maligned gives us an ideal lesson in how much big-budget blockbuster a much-needed better action scenes can be when the shot-in-the-arm. isn't incessantly shaking.

Miller shows that expensive, camera Tom Hardy (Bronson / Locke) is much-hyped entertainment can still physically convincing as Max, but in deliver the goods. what is probably the film's only real Set in an unforgiving, barren weakness, he is not given a unique wasteland, we see Max Rockatansky foundation that then allows Hardy to (Tom Hardy), a broken ex-cop whose truly make the character his own. only goal is to survive.

The film really belongs to Theron Haunted by the death of his wife and daughter, he is a rather unhinged (Monster / The Italian Job), who is individual who will stop at nothing to excellent as Furiosa, and she is the strong human thread that holds the remain above ground.

Things change for the worse when chaotic story together.

What about the action? If you Max is captured by a group of pale warriors known as War Boys, and is thought the car stunts looked dangerous in Mad Max 2, then wait until you taken to the cavernous Citadel.

This oppressive Metropolis-style see what George Miller has in store place is ruled by the egomaniacal (is for you this time.

Thinking how Miller even manthere any other kind?) Immortal Joe, aged to film all these hair-raising seand is played by someone that will please the legion of Mad Max fans quences (over 80 per cent of the action were done via practical effects out there.

When Citadel's regular supply trip and stunt work) boggles the mind, and to Gastown; the formidable truck there are images that just seem utdriven by head Imperator Furiosa terly impossible.

There is some CGI work, but your (Charlize Theron) veers off-course due to Furiosa having plans of her jaw will drop at how much of the mayown, all hell breaks loose, as Immor- hem is real. In 3D it is even more tal Joe uses all his resources to bring immersive.

Mad Max: Fury Road raises the back his precious cargo.

Max, initially a reluctant passen- bar for large-scale action films, and ger, eventually becomes Furiosa's displays the kind of wild imagination one doesn't usually associate with bigpartner.

Max Max : Fury Road, to put it budget film-making.

This is big-screen entertainment at simply, is a cinematic tour-de-force.

With so many complaints from au- its best (even better if you see it at diences citing the waste of money and IMAX), and all I can say to George talent used to bring otherwise second- Miller and company is a very big thank rate projects to life, here we have a you. What a lovely day indeed. film where one can see not only where RATING - ****½. the money was spent, but more im- Aaron Rourke portantly, delighting in how the cast DVDs and Blu-Rays kindly supplied and crew's abilities have been fully

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Top 10 Lists

THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. PITCH PERFECT 2.

2. THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. 3. UNFRIENDED. 4. FAST AND FURIOUS 7.

5. COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK. 6. CINDERELLA. 7. THE AGE OF ADALINE. 8. THE LONGEST RIDE. 9. PIKU. 10. WHILE WE'RE YOUNG. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: MAY 14: A ROYAL NIGHT OUT, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE. MAY 21: POLTERGEIST, SPY, WILD TALES, WOMAN IN GOLD. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. THE IMITATION GAME [Drama/ Historical/Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley].

2. UNBROKEN [Drama/Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson].

3. INTERSTELLAR [Sci-Fi/Adventure/Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain].

4. DUMB AND DUMBER TO [Comedy/Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels].

5. PADDINGTON [Family/Comedy/ Adventure/Hugh Bonneville, Nicole Kidman].

6. BLACKHAT [Crime/Mystery/ Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis].

7. INTO THE WOODS [Fantasy/ Music/Adventure/James Corden, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt].

8. HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 [Comedy/Jason Bateman, Jennifer Anistion, Jamie Foxx].

9. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 Secret of the Tomb [Adventure/ Ben Stiller, Robin Williams].

10. EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS [Action/Drama/Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton].

Also: PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, ST. VINCENT, MR. TURNER, ANNIE, THE HOBBIT: The Battle of the Five Armies, ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY, THE DROP, THE HUNGER GAMES: Mockingjay - Part 1, THE WATER DIVINER, BIG HERO 6.

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY [Drama/ Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson).

HOME SWEET HELL [Comedy/ Drama/Katherine Heigl, Bryce Johnson).

TURKEY SHOOT [Action/Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor].

MALADIES [Drama/James Franco, Catherine Keener].

WE'LL NEVER HAVE PARIS [Comedy/Romance/Simon Helberg, Maggie Grace].

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON BLURAY THIS WEEK: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY [Drama/ Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson).

HOME SWEET HELL [Comedy/ Drama/Katherine Heigl, Bryce Johnson).

TURKEY SHOOT [Action/Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor].

MALADIES [Drama/James Franco, Catherine Keener].

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Local Theatre With Cheryl Threadgold

‘My Fair Lady’ at Bairnsdale Caught In The Net

● Holly Pretorius and Jeff Saliba in Brighton Theatre Company’s Caught In The Net. Photo: Brenda Wheelahan ■ Brighton Theatre Company presents Ray Cooney’s comedy Caught In The Net from May 21-June 6 at the Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre.

Directed by Gaetano Santo, Caught In The Net tells of bigamist taxi driver John Smith keeping his two families in different parts of London, both happy and blissfully unaware of each other.

However, his teenage children, a girl from one family and a boy from the other, have met on the internet and are anxious to meet in person, since they have so much in common in name, surname and a taxi driving dad.

John is plunged into a hellhole of his own making by his desperate need to keep them apart. The situation spirals out of control as John struggles outrageously with the truth.

Performances: May 21-June 6 Times: Wed – Sat at 8.00pm; 2.15pm matinees on May 24, 30, 31 Tickets: $23/$21 Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com

SHOWS

■ Wonthaggi Theatre Group: Pippin May 23 - June 7 at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, 96 Graham St., Wonthaggi. Bookings: www.wtg.org.au ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company Inc: Secret Bridesmaids' Business (by Elizabeth Coleman) May 27 - June 13 at 3941 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Catherine Carr. Tickets: $25/ $23. Bookings: 9735 1777 or www.lilydaleatc.com ■ StageArt: Dreamgirls May 28 - June 14 at Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St., Prahran. Bookings: 8290 7000 www.chapeloffchapel.com.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: The Book of Everything (by Richard Tulloch) May 28 - June 20 at The 1812 Theatre, 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter. Tickets; $27/$20.

Bookings: 9758 3964 www.1812theatre.com.au ■ Melbourne International Jazz Festival: May 28 - June 7.

For full details visit www.melbournejazz.com ■ Babirra Music Theatre: The King and I May 29 - June 7 at the Whitehorse Theatre, Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading. Director: Alan burrows; Musical Director: Ben Hudson; Choreographer: Di Crough. Bookings: 9262 6555 or www.babirra.org.au ■ Beaumaris Theatre Inc: Une Belle Farce (by Eugene Scribe) May 29 - June 13 at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Maggie Morrison. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: 9583 6896 www.beaumaristheatre.com.au ■ Phoenix Theatre Company Inc: Working: the Musical May 29 - June 6 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Craig Maloney; Musical Director: John Clancy. Bookings: 9012 5897 or www.phoenixtheatrecompany.org

AUDITIONS ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): The Wisdom of Eve (by Mary Orr) May 23 at 12.00noon and May 24 at 6.00pm at the Strathmore Community Theatre, cnr Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Robert Harsley. Audition bookings and enquiries: robertharsley47@gmail.com ■ Beaumaris Theatre: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (by Christopher Bond) May 30 1.00pm - 3.00pm, May 31 1.00pm-3.00pm, June 1 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Fred Pezzimenti.

Audition bookings: 0438 587 055.

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SHOWS ■ Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre Co: My Fair Lady Until May 24 at the Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, 80 McKean St., Bairnsdale. Director: Beverley Campbell. Tickets: $30/$25/$15.

Bookings: 5152 1482.

■ Have You Seen It Productions: One Slight Hitch (by Lewis Black) Until May 23 at Stageworx, Factory3, 21 Stud Rd., Bayswater. Tickets: $25/$22.. Bookings: 9729 8368 www.trybooking.com ■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: Driving Miss Daisy (by Alfred Uhry) Until May 23 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster: Director: Horrie Leek. Tickets: $25/ $23. Bookings: 1300 650209.

■ The Owl and Cat: Aaist (by Duncan McLean) Until May17 at 34 Swan St., Richmond. Director: David Collins. Bookings: www.owlandcat.com.au 9421 3020.

■ SLAMS: Totally Tangled Until May16 at the Knox Community Arts Centre, Cnr Scoresby Rd. and Mountain Hway, Bayswater. Director and Musical Director: Julia Roper; Choreographer: Hayley Wood. Tabled seating. BYO food. Drinks from bar. Tickets: $25/$15. Bookings: 9720 3205. www.slams.org.au ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: The Witches of Eastwick May 21, 22, 23 at 8.00 pm at 2.00pm at the Williamstown Mechanics Institute, Cnr. Melbourne Rd. and Electra St., Williamstown. Director: Karl McNamara; Musical Director: Jonty Smith; Choreographer: Steve Rostron. Bookings: www.wmtc.org.au or 1300 881 545.

■ Nova Music Theatre: Evita Until May 23 at the Whitehorse Centre, Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading. Director: Noel Brown; Musical Director: Phil Osborne; Choreographer: Wayne Robinson.

Bookings: 1300 304 433.

■ The Basin Theatre Company: Nobody's Perfect (by Simon Williams) Until June 6 at Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Bob Bramble. Tickets: $25/$20. Bookings: 1300 784 668 www.thebasintheatre.org.au .

■ CLOC Musical Theatre: Mary Poppins Until May 30 at the National Theatre, 20 Carlisle St., St Kilda. Directors: Chris White and Lynette White; Musical Director: Danny Forward. Tickets: $55/$50/$38. Bookings: www.cloc.org.au ■ Playhouse Players Inc: Rusty Bugles (by Sumner Locke Elliott) Until May 30 at the Richmond Theatrette, 415 Church St., Richmond. Director: John Gauci. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: Email admin@playhouseplayers.org.au or call 0468 917 450 www.playhouseplayers.org.au ■ The Owl and Cat: Breed (by Lou Ramsden) Until May 30 at 34 Swan St., Richmond. Director: James Ness. Bookings: www.owlandcat.com.au 9421 3020.

■ La Mama Theatre: Two Short Works by Lloyd Jones and Ensemble (created by Lloyd Jones) May 20 - 24 at La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St., Carlton. Tickets: $25/$15 Bookings: 9347 6142 or www.lamama.com.au ■ Theatre Works: The Rivers of China (by Alma de Groen) May 20 - 30 at Theatre Works, 14 Acland St., St Kilda. Bookings: 9534 3388 www.theatreworks.org.au ■ Sol III Theatre Company: The Exonerated May 20 - June 7 at Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St., Prahran. Tickets: $37.50/$32.50 Bookings: 8290 7000 www.chapeloffchapel.com.au ■ Stage Masters: Bring It On: The Musical May 20 - 24 at the Alex Theatre, St Kilda. Bookings: Ticketek or stagemasters.com.au ■ Strathmore TheatricalArts Group (STAG): Theft (by Eric Chappell) May 21 - 31 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Cnr Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Mel de Bono.

Tickets: $20/$15. Bookings: 9382 6284 www.trybooking.com/ HKKF ■ Latrobe Theatre Company: Legally Blonde Until May 23 at the Latrobe Performing Arts Centre, Cnr Breed and Grey Sts., Traralgon. Bookings: 03 517 63333 ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Caught in the Net (by Ray Cooney) May 21 - June 6 at the Brighton Clocktower Theatre, Cnr. Carpenter and Wilson Sts., Brighton. Director: Gaetano Santo.

Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com ■ Camperdown Theatre Company: The Addams Family May 22 - 30 at 8.00pm, May 30 at 2.00pm at the Camperdown College Auditorium, Wilson St., Camperdown. Bookings: 5593 1469.

■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company Inc: Secret Bridesmaids' Business (by Elizabeth Coleman) May 27 - June 13 at 3941 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Catherine Carr. Tickets: $25/ $23. Bookings: 9735 1777 or www.lilydaleatc.com ■ Let's Dance Big Band : Sunday, June 7 from 1.00pm - 4.00pm at the Mentone RSL, Palermo St., Mentone (9583 2841). The band plays from original charts of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Sinatra etc … plus Latin. Swing and Rock 'n Roll dancers can enjoy the big band sound while doing their own thing. Lunch available but must be booked with RSL beforehand. Three hours of dancing to great music for $15, or $12 if RSLmember.. Band enquiries: 95517363. swingband.alphalink.com.au

● Anna (Megan Coe) and The King (Ju-Han Soon) in The King and I at the Whitehorse Centre Photo: Gavin D Andrew.

■ Babirra Music Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s immortal classic The King and I from May 29 to June 7 at the Whitehorse Centre, Nunawading.

The King and I, has been one of the world’s most popular musicals since it opened on Broadway in 1951, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1952.

The story of Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam became a world-wide hit with the movie version in 1956, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.

With sumptuous sets and costumes, the delightful children of the King, and a succession of wonderful songs, this is a show for the whole family to enjoy.

Well-known and much-loved songs include I Whistle a Happy Tune, Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You, We Kiss In AShadow, Something Wonderfuland Shall We Dance.

Babirra Music Theatre’s show is directed by Alan Burrows, with musical direction by Ben Hudson and choreography by Di Crough.

Performance Season: May 29-June 7 Times: May 29, 30, June 3, 4, 5, 6 at 8pm; May 30, 31, June 6, 7 at 2pm Venue: Whitehorse Centre, Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading.

Bookings: 9262 6555 or www.babirra.org.au

MIKELANGELO

● Mikelangelo in Cavewaits-Cohen at Hawthorn Arts Centre on June 5.

■ Award-winning singer and composer Mikelangelo will take centre stage at the Hawthorn Arts Centre on Friday, June 5, launching a national tour of his highly acclaimed solo show Cavewaits-Cohen.

This funny, charismatic performer will pay homage to three iconic musicians – Nick Cave, Tom Waitsand Leonard Cohen – who stole his heart and soul as a young man and set him on his musical path.

The 90-minute one-man show sees Mikelangelo bring together a collection of the artists' songs, showing off his amazingly deep voice and talents as a multi-instrumentalist, including piano, guitar, accordion, clarinet and percussion.

With an entertaining and engaging personality on stage and off, he sprinkles the songs with personal stories and intriguing anecdotes, exploring themes of love and desire, life and death, the soul and the spirit.

Melbourne-based Mikelangelo has performed sold-out shows around the world, and is said to be recognised as Australia’s next rising star.

Performance Date: Friday, June 5 at 7.30pm. Venue: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd., Hawthorn. Tickets: $33 full, $29 concession. Bookings: www.hawthornartscentre. com.au/event/cave-waits-cohen/

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Sam to host Sandown night

■ Sandown Park takes the spotlight with the rich Sandown Cup Final to be staged tomorrow night, Thursday May 21.

A top class field will assemble for the 715-metre event, one of the great staying races on the Australian calendar.

Defending champion Sweet It Is looks likely to be a leading chance of victory again this year on the back of a strong win in a qualifying heat last week.

The most impressive heat winner, however, was Space Star, which recorded the second fastest time ever over 715 metres, winning by 12 lengths. His time was almost 10 lengths quicker than the next fastest heat winner.

Another highlight on the Cup night card will be the appearance of outstanding sprinter Fernando Bale, who will run in the Bill Collins Memorial.

Fernando Bale again set the track alight at Sandown Park last week, winning the Group One HarrisonDawson event in easy fashion.

This dog could be the one to generate some positive publicity again for the greyhound sport. Social media lit up when the dog raced last Thursday night, with fans expected to jump on board again this week.

A big crowd is expected at Sandown this Thursday night. A host of activities are planned on-course, including the popular promotion The Dog, The Money Or The Box, conducted by Sam Kekovich.

Changes ■ Significant changes will occur in

Greyhounds

with Kyle Galley New South Wales greyhound racing from July 1 in response to the live baiting scandal.

Prizemoney for some of the state's biggest racing events will be slashed, and an integrity levy will added to greyhound registration fees.

The state's Blue Paws breeders and owners bonus payments scheme will be suspended, with these changes allowing funds to be redirected into animal welfare strategies.

Areas being considered for extra funding include further investment into greyhound rehoming programs, bolstering of compliance measures, and employment of extra compliance officers and a new Chief Veterinary Officer.

These changes, which also include the axing of the popular Dogs TV internet promotional vehicle, are expected to prove unpopular with participants, but it is believed prizemoney cuts will not be as savage as first thought.

Although Greens MP John Kaye introduced a bill to State Parliament to ban the sport in NSW, Greyhound

Racing NSW interim CEO Paul Newson said it would be premature to speculate on "the future and shape of the greyhound racing industry in NSW." For the moment, it is business as usual for greyhound racing in NSW, with feature Cup races at Wagga, Casino and Bulli to be decided over the next couple of weeks.

Large boost

■ Greyhound racing in Western Australia is set for a big boost, with plans unveiled for a new $14 million racing facility at Cannington.

A new track and facilities will be built adjacent to the current track - the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Authority has been forced into the move because of high rents on the existing property.

Racing will cease at the old facility after 40 years on June 27.

Stage 1 of the redevelopment will be funded by Racing and Wagering Western Australia.

Temporary grandstands shipped in from Germany will form part of the development, with permanent stands to be built as part of Stage 2.

The new facility will open at the end of August, with extra meetings to be held at Northam and Mandurah during the changeover period.

Greyhounds WA CEO David Hobbs said the existing Cannington facility had served the industry well, but change was needed.

“The current Cannington greyhound racing facility has admirably serviced the needs of greyhound racing in Western Australia for more than

40 years but consumer habits have changed very significantly since it first opened in 1974," Hobbs said.

“Many memorable events have been held at Cannington with none better than New Year’s Eve and the Perth Cup where crowds reach in excess of 7000 on course patrons at a time.

“The public will get the chance to say farewell to Cannington at ‘The Last Hurrah’ event on June 27 and join in the celebration as this iconic landmark finally closes to make way for our new stadium.”

Guilty

● Sam Kekovich highest payout to an individual in ■ Gippsland trainer Tony Vass has for defamation at that time. been found guilty of two breaches of Victoria Vass also a 12-month ban Greyhounds Australasia rules after in 2008 after received being found guilty of adan unsuccessful appeal toVCAT. Vass appealed an original sentence ministering morphine to one of his imposed by the RacingAppeals and greyhounds.

Disciplinary Board, relating to a prohibited substance being administered to his greyhound Sick Money.

On review, VCAT has confirmed the RADB's decision to convict Vass ■ Wednesday: The Meadows on two charges, and has disqualified (Day), Bendigo (Twilight), him for three years with a fine of Cranbourne (Night), Ballarat (N); $1000. The penalty commenced on Thursday: Warragul (D), Tuesday, May 12.

Shepparton (T), Sandown Park (N), Vass himself has been in the head- Warrnambool (N); Friday: Bendigo lines more than his dogs over the last (T), Geelong (N), Saturday: decade.

Cranbourne (T), The Meadows (N); In 2004 he was found guilty of de- Sunday: Lang Lang (D), Sandown faming then Greyhound Racing Park (D), Healesville (D), Horsham Victoria CEO John Stephens in an (T), Sale (T); Monday: Ballarat article in Vass' Greyhound Hotline (D), Geelong (T), Shepparton (N); newsletter.

Tuesday: Horsham (T), Warragul Stephens took the matter to the Su- (N). preme Court, and received an - Kyle Galley $850,000 payout, believed to be the

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Another chance for ‘Our Boy’ ■ We came undone a bit last week, when I thought the talented galloper, Our Boy Malachi, could take the Doomben BTC Cup home, but he was found wanting in the last 100 metres.

His jockey, Tommy Berry, said after the race that he felt lethargic going to the barrier and raced like it.

Although he did finish a strong third behind, surprise winner, Hot Snitzel, and Knoydart.

This took Our Boy Malachi's record to 17 wins with two placings from only 20 starts.

I am giving the six year-old another chance this Saturday.

The main dangers appear to be the unlucky Victorian mare, Skirandi, who missed the start, and finished seven lengths from Hot Snitzel.

Trained by you Victorian Ciaron Maher, the mare has outstanding ability and will be hard to beat.

Of the others in the 10,000, Lucky Hussler and Knoydart, are chances.

Charlie Boy was impressive in winning the Darley Sprint over 1350 metres and has come right into, calculations.

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Ted Ryan

The jet setting trophy which travels internationally on its own passport, was trackside at Happy Valley recently for an exclusive reception and the running of the Victoria Racing Club Trophy, a race born out of the strategic alliance with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Hong Kong based French jockey, Gerald Mosse, winner of the historic 150th Melbourne Cup on Americain in 2010, was the special guest at the event attended by tourism and racing officials, and prominent horse owners and ■ The world's most trainers. iconic racing trophyThe visit forms a the $175,000 Emir- part of the VRC's ates Melbourne Cup Asian strategy, which has been taking in the saw Melbourne Cup sights of Hong Kong attended travelling and rubbing shoulders from Asia increase by with racing royalty on 133 per cent in 2014.

Mr Ramsden said its latest adventure in the lead up to the first it is a trend the VRC, is Tuesday in Novem- dedicated to maintaining. ber.

Hong Kong is a The iconic Victoria Peak, Avenue of Stars, key market for the Symphony of Lights VRC, and our strateand track work at Sha gic alliance within the Tin are amongst the Hong Kong Jockey sights the well-trav- Club leverages our reelled 18 carat gold spective international Cup has taken in during the visit, led by VRC Director, Michael Ramsden.

The world's best jockey, Brazilian Joao Moreira, described his experience of riding in his first Emirates Melbourne Cup last year, when coming face to face with the 2015 trophy at Sha Tin. "The opportunity came up last year to go over, and I got there the best experience in horse racing I've had in my life,” Moriera said.

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racing events to grow visitation, wagering and horse participation," Mr Ramsden said.

In additions to the annual three-month Emirates Melbourne Cup Tourof Australia, New Zealand, the trophy will visit Japan and China this year.

For sale

■ Top class mare, Arabian Gold, is the latest star mare to join other great mares for the Southern Hemisphere number one breeding stock sale with the Magic Millions Company.

A four-year old grey mare by Dubawi from the Irish mare, Coablo Vettori, has won just under $1 million having won nine races with three seconds from her 24 starts.

At her last start in the Lord Mayors Cup at Rosehill she failed to flatter and finished well back in tenth spot.

A winner at two, three and four, Arabian Gold has been racing in the top echelon and always gives

● Tommy Berry Photo by SLICKPIX, phone 9354 5754 of her best. Arabian Gold joins a supplementary catalogue which will include seven group winners, including star Sydney galloper, Sweet Idea and top Kiwis, Ruud Awakening and Fix.

Ready to roll

■ The Pakenham Racing Club is looking forward to the official opening of their new synthetic track at their new track at Tynong next Tuesday, May 26.

The Club has conducted special trials over the new track over the past few weeks with rave notices from both jockeys and trainers.

This will the fifth

● Joao Moreira in Hong Kong official race meetings the overall attendance at the track having had of 25,000 over the their official opening three days of their reon March 26 on the cent Carnival. grass track.

Given the very inAfter their meeting clement weather the on the grass track on Club did well to attract May 17, the course racegoers to the faproper will be given a mous jumps track. spell.

In addition holdings Officials are de- were up 7 per cent lighted with the way across the Carnival. things are going at The crowd figures their new venture, and were up 21.35 per cent looking forward to en- on last year. ticing bigger crowds in The Club also saw the near future. growth of more than 10 per cent across hospitality packages compared to last year and ■ The Warrnam- local businesses rebool Racing Club was ported a significant more than happy with boost in sales activity.

Happy

● Sweet Idea Photo by SLICKPIX, phone 9354 5754

■ Wednesday trots were held at Stawell and as per usual, there were plenty of winners from the Western District during the afternoon including a training/driving double for Terang's Marg Lee and reinsman son Jason, plus nephew Matty Craven also providing a winner.

First starter Jilliby Jay Mac, a gelded son of Art Major and Jilliby Flame was victorious in the Trackside Bar & Bistro 2-Y-0 Pace over 1780 metres.

Beginning fast to lead from gate three, Jilliby Jay Mac was pressured by Kerobokan (gate six), with Jason allowing him to stride past, before immediately coming away from the inside to again assume control.

Appearing a little new, Jilliby Jay Mac fought on gamely to score by two metres over a death-seating Streetside Classic and Thepresidentsladt (three back the markers) in a mile rate of 2-02.9.

Smart 4-Y-0 Art Official/Boorcan Queen gelding Jilliby Royal brought up two wins in succession by taking the Hygain Feeds Pace for C4 & C5 class over 1780 metres in a rate of 1-59.6.

Settling one/one from gate two with the polemarker Tabanan driven with aggression

by Chris Alford to lead, Jilliby Royal left the prime spot racing for the bell to park outside the leader for the final circuit.

Taking a narrow lead on the home turn, Jilliby Royal, was untroubled to record a 2.4 metre margin on the wire over stablemate Keayang Storm (one/two) which finished strongly, with Tabanan 1.6 mares back in third place.

Matt Craven's Jeremes Jet/Perfect Reason filly Bellas Jet toyed with her rivals in the Judith McLeod Memorial Pace for C0 class over 2175 metres and is getting better with every run.

Starting from gate two on the second line, Bellas Jet was sent forward with a rush shortly after the start to park outside the polemarker Eyesrroamin, before striding clear prior to the bell.

Careering right away in the last lap, Bellas Jet scored by 7.9 metres untouched in advance of Showem Shifty (three back the markers) and Sheza Party Doll (four back the markers) in a mile rate of 2-02.7.

■ No doubt the luckiest winner of the day was Hamilton trainer David Lewis when 4Y-0 It Is I/Picnic In The Park mare So Demnding scored in the James McLeod Memorial Pace for C1 class over 2175 metres.

Settling four back the markers from an inside second line draw with Courtney Slater's Goodtime Rusty leading from outside the front row. With her chances looking remote approaching the final bend, Goodtime Rusty veered out checking several runners allowing John Caldow to sieze the opportunity and use the sprint lane to gain the day.

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Buried four back

■ On a night that belonged to Swan Hill, Des Hilton would have been all smiles after his Live Or Die/ Sokin Wet gelding Itmademyday broke his maiden status at start number six when greeting the judge in the J.E. Simmonds 3-Y-0 Pace over 2240 metres.

Bred and raced by Des and club stalwart Arthur Graham (Des being a current committeeman), Itmademyday driven by Damian Wilson starting from inside the second row became buried four back along the markers, with Ears No Trouble (gate two) striding straight to the front as the mobile gate pulled away.

Never going round a runner, Itmademyday motored home along the sprint lane at 100 miles an hour to blouse a game death-seating Abetta Tiny Dancer by a head in a rate of 2-01.2, with Ears No Trouble holding down third.

Brilliant start

■ Bolinda's Kari Males snared the Springvale Stud Vicbred Trotters Handicap for T0 & T1 class over 2150 metres at Lord's Raceway Bendigo on Tuesday May 12 with 5-Y-0 Sundon/Vicki Vale gelding Sunnyvale Comet.

Beginning brilliantly from 10 metres to lead, Sunnyvale Comet ran his rivals ragged to score by 10 metres from Girls Go First (one/three - three wide last lap) and Tella Tall Tale which faced the breeze from the bell. The mile rate 2-04.3.

Safe step from barrier

■ Another Macedon Ranges winner during the week was Brent Lilley, when Kiwi bred 5-Y-0 Majestic Son/Inda Bank gelding Jimbo Johnson put his best foot forward to land the De Bortoli Trotters Handicap for T1 or better class over 2150 metres at Yarra Valley on Monday.

With Anthony Butt in the sulky, Jimbo Johnson stepped safely from barrier three to lob outside Slancio inside him, before pressuring the leader and striding clear in the back straight on the first occasion.

Rated to perfection all through the race, Jimbo Johnson defied all challengers to record a 5.4 metre victory over Slancio and Opia in a mile rate of 205.3.

Enough in hand

■ At Shepparton on Wednesday, Monegeetta's David Miles was responsible for the "drive of the night" after winning the Shepparton Renault Pace for C2 class over 2190 metres with 5-Y-0 Art Major/ Dual Castle mare Jewel Castle in a mile rate of 200.6.

Starting from gate two Jewel Castle was given the run of the race one/one trailing Kissed Flush, with Vikenti (gate four) leading. Angling to be on the back of the leader approaching the final bend, David extricated Jewel Castle to the outside on turning to open a margin on those wide on the track.

Having enough in hand on the wire, Jewel Castle scored by 2 metres in advance of Magic Moment Lombo (one/two) which gained a late split halfway up the running, with the heavily supported favourite Chumlee (four wide home turn off a three wide double trail last lap) third.

Aspiring young fellow

■ Glen Park teenager Zac Steenhuis an aspiring young fellow going places, was victorious for Junortoun trainer Danny Beriman to land the Worlds Best Hoof Oil Concessional Drivers Pace for C0 class over 1650 metres at Bendigo aboard Anna Blue, a Santanna Blue Chip/Polo One 4-Y-0 mare which broke her maiden status at start number 32.

Leading out from gate two before handing over to a running Gunbalunya (gate three), Anna Blue finished best along the sprint lane to record a 4.5 metre victory in 1-57.8 over Gunbalunya and Space Keeper which raced in the open.

Jack’s top night at Bendigo ■ Freelance Shepparton reinsman Nathan Jack enjoyed a great night at Tuesday's Bendigo fixture, finishing the night with four winners on the eight event card, including two for partner Amanda Turnbull, one for father Russell and another for Flora Hill trainer Dylan Marshall.

Artistic Fella/Seductress gelding Mylightningfella trained at the family complex at Lemnos by Russell, opened the nights proceedings by taking the Hip Pocket Workwear 3-Y-0 Vicbred Pace over 1650 metres.

A winner on debut at Echuca on August 14 last year, Mylightningfella hadn't appeared since.

Beginning swiftly from gate five to lead, Mylightningfella was restrained to take a trail on Jetstar Lombo (gate three) shortly after the start, before receiving the run of the race.

Using the sprint lane, Mylightningfella ($7.00) was able to gain the day over the pacemaker in a slick 1-56.4, with Part Time Paradise (three back the markers - four wide home turn) third.

Next to arrive was Dylan Marshall's Kiwi bred six year old Christian Cullen/Countess Caroline mare Mrs Devine in the Dunlop & Pitson Earthmoving Pace Final for C1 class over 1650 metres.

An eye catching second to Flying McPocket in her heat on May 3, Mrs Devine ($15.40) was sent forward from gate six to park outside Flying McPocket on this occasion, outstaying her rivals to register a 2.6 metre victory over another heat winner Antiquities (one/ one) and the weakening Flying McPocket in a rate of 1-56.4.

There were huge wraps on Amanda Turnbull's Mach Three/ Maikona colt Oh Jonny B Good in the All Seasons Hotel Pace (1st division) for C1 class over 2150 metres which was justified by a most impressive victory in a sizzling mile rate of 1-54.9.

First up since March after crossing The Tasman, Oh Jonny B Good ($1.30) raced by some high profile Goulburn Valley residents along with Amanda's mum Jenny, led virtually throughout from gate four to treat his rivals with contempt, winning by 23.5 metres untouched from Times A Bonus which did plenty of work in the breeze after going forward from the extreme draw,

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with Tennaya third after trailing the winner Former NSW Oaks winner Shes A Runner ($1.30) a four year old daughter of Jeremes Jet and Runacullen first up since May last year and first up for the Amanda Turnbull stable, had nothing more than a "stroll in the park" to land the Evolve Accounting Pace for C2 & C3 class over 1650 metres.

Taking a mares concession, Shes A Runner starting from the extreme draw settled three back in the moving line, with polemarker Master Mach Manus leading for veteran Bendigonian Brian Gath.

Going forward in the last lap, Shes A Runner showing a brilliant burst of speed led on the final bend, before racing away to score by 10.1 metres in advance of Master Mach Manus and Our Leo from last in a rate of 1-55.9.

Outside ■ Mitchell Park (Ballarat) part-owner/ trainer Craig Knowles was successful with five year old Aces N Sevens/ Cornelia Lombo gelding Seven And A Half who chalked up his 10th victory in 51 outings when greeting the judge in the Scoe Pace for C4 & C5 class over 2150 metres at Bendigo.

Taken back to the tail of the field from outside the front line with Cardon Merger flying away from gate five to lead, Seven And A Half was set alight

by Neil McCallum midrace to park outside the pacemaker for the final circuit.

In a strong staying performance, Seven And A Half strode clear halfway up the running and just lasted in a tight photo to stall off Melita Bromac (one/one) in a tricky finish, with the heavily supported polemarker Qtown Rip Roaring using the sprint lane off the back of the leader to finish third 1.9 metres away.

Trauma

■ Local Woorinen trainer Joe Costa has endured a traumatic week, but was a relieved man at the Swan Hill Trotting Club fixture held on Thursday after landing a stable double - track specialist Beachstar taking the O'Brien Glass Pace for C5 or better class over 1750 metres and Riley James the Swan Hill Windscreens Repair Centre Pace for C0 class over the same journey, both handled to perfection by Michael Bellman who had a "night of nights".

Dream Away/Royal Beach Girl 5-Y-0 gelding Beachstar was given the run of the race one/one from gate five trailing the hot favourite Classy Guy (gate four), with Mildura hope Givsirabone a surprise leader from the pole.

Taken three wide on the final bend, Beachstar ran home stylishly to defeat the ever reliable Centonic which followed him throughout by 1.2 metres in a slick rate of 1-57.1, with Classy Guy 3.3 metres away in third place.

Three year old Million Dollar Cam/What About Now gelding Riley James chalked up his third win for the season and sixth overall from 18 outings in his event.

Beginning brilliantly from gate three, Riley James led throughout, registering a 5.8 metre margin in advance of a game Nicky Maguire which raced outside him, with Bad Boy Hughie third after following the pair.

The mile rate 1-59.2.

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■ Royal Safari, Girls Go First, Kotare York, Thepresidentslady, Princess Phoenix, Tabanan, Olympis, Jay Bee Flex, Last Issue, Hooper Road, Popthebubbles, Mike Titan.

Swift from outset ■ Muckleford trainer Chris Angove took the honours at Maryborough on Thursday after snaring a stable double in two of the six trotting events on the program.

Lawman/Yankee Truscott fillyTruscott Law was successful in the Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Two Year Old Fillies (Heat 2) over 1690 metres with local reinsman Ash Matthews aboard.

Beginning swiftly from gate six, Truscott Law led throughout to register a 4 metre victory in a rate of 2-06.5 over Princess Phoenix (one/two at bell) on debut and Princess Venom which raced in the open.

Sundon/Truscott Photo colt Sundons Courage (Haydon Gray) chalked up his third victory in four outings by taking Heat 1 of the Vicbred Series for Two Year Old Colts & Geldings over 1690 metres.

Despite racing in the open from gate six, Sundons Courage was too strong for his rivals at the finish, scoring by 2.1 metres in advance of first starters Charlie Runkle (three back the markers - one/one home turn) and Skyflyer which trailed the weakening leader Zamba Deville. The mile rate 2-03.6.

3.2 metre margin ■ At Yarra Valley on Monday, Melton co-trainers Maree and John Caldow's very honest Somebeachsomewhere/Art Lover 4-Y-0 gelding Lost In Bangkok recorded his sixth victory in 29 race appearances by taking the Yarra Glen Quality Meats Pace for C3 & C4 class over 1650 metres.

Despite being worried in the lead from the pole for the entire race, Lost In Bangkok driven by John, fought on tenaciously to register a 3.2 metre margin on the wire over Rainless which trailed and Four Smart Aces (one/one at bell) in a mile rate of 156.2.

Home grown success ■ At Maryborough on Thursday, Hoptoun Park duo Ross and Greg Sugars were successful with Majestic Son/Illawong Blush filly Illawong Bliss in Heat 1 of the Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Two Year Old Trotters Series for Fillies over 1690 metres.

Given a sweet trip one/one from inside the second line, Illawong Bliss ran home nicely to score from first starters Popthebubbles which trailed the weakening leader Miss Little and Jay Bee Flex which galloped away. The mile rate 2-06.2.

Top night at Shepp.

■ Avenel reinsman Josh Aiken enjoyed a great night at the Shepparton trots on Wednesday, chalking up four winners on the eight event card, including three for father David.

Four year old Eilean Donon/Countessa Hest gelding Aldebaran Hest first up for the stable led throughout in the Betta Home Living Trotters Mobile for T0 class over 2190 metres to account for Antilogy and Olympis in 2-06.

Stablemate Aldebaran Southland (Sundon/Big O E) was ultra impressive in the Saddleworld Trotters Handicap for T1 or better class over 2190 metres, leading for the majority of the trip from 10 metres to easily defeat Im Stately and Robbie Zuve in 2-03.3.

Four Year Old Somebeachsomewhere/Arty Alice mare Beach Shack brought up the third stable runner to greet the judge by impressively winning the Shepparton BMW Pace for C1 class over 1690 metres.

- Len Baker

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Preston Nostalgic Photos Collection

● Preston and Northcote Community Hospital. 1959.

● Preston Municipal Cricket Club. Circa 1928-29

● South Preston State School. Grade 1B. 1927.

● Preston State School. 5th Grade. 1921.

● Gowerville Hotel. 1964.

● Olympic Hotel. 1956.

● St Mary’s Anglican Church, Cnr Tyler St and Plenty Rd. 1969.

● Murray Rd, Preston, at HIgh St corner, looking east. 1949.

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