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Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - Page 27
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TV Times
7-DAY TV GUIDE LIFTOUT
Wednesday, July 4 - Tuesday, July 10
Cyclops
Tour de France TV winner
● Tour de France nightly on SBS One
■ The Tour de France is winning a substantial audience for SBS One. Michael Tomalaris is being joined by cycling analyst David McKenzie and former champion cyclist Kate Bates, on the nightly SBS broadcasts. Commentary is also provided byt Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Matthew Keenan. Tonight (Wed.) sees the four-hour coverage start at 10pm, with Stage 4 from Abbeville ro Rouen, a 214-km flat stage. A morning update is presented in a 30-minute presentation at 7.30am, and a highlights packagegoes to air at 6pm.
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Howzat! Weird or What?
TV REPORTER TO FACE COURT ● William Shatner ■ Science fiction legend William Shatner investigates all that is weird in the world and attempts to find a logical scientific explanation in Weird Or What? (1.30pm, Thurs., SBS One). In tomorrow’s episode, a woman survives a shot in the chest, a woung man saves the life of a woman and discovers that she saved his life seven years previously. And did you know that most of the world’s cows are facing in the same direction?
● Lachy Hulme as Packer ■ The Nine Network has already started on-air promotions for the Howzat telemovie, with Lachy Hulme portraying media giant Kerry Packer in the formation of World Series Cricket. The two-part series will screen in the weeks after the Olympics.
State Of Origin
Edna’s TV blitz
■ Seven Network journalist Rahni Sadler will face court next month accused of illegally communicating with Bradley John Murdoch, convicted of the 2001 Northern Territory murder of Peter Falconio. News Limited papers report the charges follow an interview on Sunday Night last year which aired a phone conversation between Murdoch and his friend, lawyer Andrew Fraser. Prosecutors in the Northern Territory this week agreed to drop charges against Seven, but will press ahead with those against Sadler. It is illegal to communicate with a prisoner in the North-
● Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin ■ Eyes will be glued to TV sets tonight (7.30pm, Wed, Nine) for the State Of Origin when Queensland meet NSW for the third game. Nine’s coverage will be headed by Ray Warren, Phil Gould, Peter Stirling, Andrew Johns, Wally Lewis, Paul Vautin and Darren Lockyer.
‘Prosecutors in the Northern Territory this week agreed to drop charges against Seven, but will press ahead with those against Sadler’ ern Territory without permission. Sadler is to face court on August 23 and 24 in Darwin Magistrates’ Court. Andrew Fraser is the subject of the Pay TV mini-series Killing Time starring David Wenham. The Seven Network is set to screen the series later this year.
TV Briefs
Don Grady dies
Media Flashes
■ There is sadness this week with the news of the passing of Don Grady, probably best known as ‘Robbie Douglas’ in My Three Sons. He died of cancer at age 68. Grady had a brief stint singing and dancing on The Mickey Mouse Club starting at age 13. But he was best known by far as one of Fred MacMurray’s My Three Sons on the series that ran from 1960 to 1972. It was a late afternoon favourite on Channel 9. In later decades he worked primarily as a musician and composer
■ Billy Connolly’s Route 66 airs this Sunday (July 9) on Seven at 7.30pm. He continues on the legendary American highway, starting his day at a cattle ranch. ■ Songs Of Praise (11.30am, Sunday, ABC-1) traces a Belfast to Dublin route. Eamonn Holmes journeys by train, retracing a route steeped in history. ■ The classicx movie Easy Rider, starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nocholson is scheduled for 11pm this Sunday (ABC1). The 1969 film was directed by Hopper.
● Don Grady
● Dame Edna Everage ■ Expect a bliz of Dame Edna appearances in the lead-up to the Eat, Pray, Laugh shows, including the Melbourne shows at Her Majesty’s Theatre (Thursday, July 19 - Sunday, July 22).
■ We have experienced some teething problems with our TV Times guide. Some listings are incorrect. We expect the problems to be rectified by our July 11 edition. Thank you for your patience.
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Scott Cam and Jamie Durie join with The Block couples for a heartwarming Domestic Blitz (6.30pm, Sunday, Nine), to stage a houseand garden-makeover for the family of community hero Michael Wilson. Don’t miss Life’s Too Short (9pm, Wed., ABC1), starring Warwick Davis, and created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. One of the funniest shows on Australian television. Seven’s coverage of Wimbledon continues, starting most nights about 10.50pm, with Todd Wodbridge, John Newcombe, Ronnie Stubbs, Sam Smith and Geoff Masters. Are you a fan of The Last Night Of The Proms? Part One goes to air at 12.30pm this Friday (July 6) on ABC1 for 90 minutes.