The Planets

Sundays at 7.30pm from December 8th BBC Earth Channel 074

Welcome to the greatest story that’s never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we’ll be telling the story of the planets as never before. Alongside the most accurate and detailed imagery ever produced The Planets will use the latest planetary science research to piece together the gripping history of each world. These are stories of beauty and creation, violence and destruction that reveal the solar system and our place within it to be far more dramatic then we could ever have imagined.

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The World According to Jeff Goldblum

Fridays from 15 November at 6.30pm National Geographic Channel 072

Through the prism of Jeff Goldblum's always inquisitive and highly entertaining mind, nothing is as it seems.

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Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Sundays from 1 December at 7.30pm National Geographic Channel 072

World-renowned survivalist Bear Grylls is joined by some of the most entertaining superstars who will push themselves beyond their limits by leaving civilisation behind for a no-holds barred journey through the most extreme environments on the planet.

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Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip

Sundays from 1 December at 8:30pm Living Channel Channel 017

Join celebrity chef Paul Hollywood as he journeys through France, Italy, and Germany to experience some of the finer things in life.

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The Aquarium

Saturdays at 7.30pm Animal Planet Channel 076

Georgia Aquarium plays a crucial role in aquatic conservation throughout the world, and in The Aquarium, viewers have unprecedented access to the aquatic animals and inner-workings of the Western Hemisphere’s largest aquarium.

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Lost Cities with Albert Lin

Mondays from 4 November at 8.30pm National Geographic Channel 072

New Six-Part Global Series Follows Host and National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin on a High-Tech, Archaeological Adventure to Unearth Some of History’s Most Mysterious Civilisations.

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Sea of Shadows

Available On Demand National Geographic Channel 072

Called “heroic and heartrending” and “a stirring adventure” by The Hollywood Reporter after its Sundance premiere, and winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary, Sea of Shadows is a tense thriller that spotlights a rescue mission to save a collapsing ecosystem and with it, the vaquita - the most endangered and elusive whale on earth.

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Gold Rush

Thursdays at 7.30pm Discovery Channel Channel 070

Discovery’s intrepid gold miners are back for a monster new season of Gold Rush, and it’s every man for himself, as new mining restrictions in the Klondike change everything! Maverick Tony Beets is forced to abandon his expensive dredges and find new ground to mine with his family.

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Aussie Lobster Men

Wednesdays at 8.30pm Discovery Channel Channel 070

Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world’s most prized seafood delicacy in the Southern Ocean - Australia’s deadliest stretch of ocean.

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London Kills

Mondays from 18 November at 9.30pm UKTV Channel 007

Brand new crime drama starring Hugo Speer from The Full Monty and Sharon Small of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

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Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet

Saturdays at 7.30pm Animal Planet Channel 076

There's no such thing as "a regular day" at Denver's Planned Pethood Plus veterinary clinic. For 80,000-plus clients and their pets, the clinic and its maverick vet Dr. Jeff Young represent one last hope and possibly the difference between life and death.

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Towies

Mondays at 9.25pm Discovery Channel Channel 070

Queensland’s beautiful coast is lined with stunning beaches, but the highway that takes you there is Australia’s deadliest.

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Moonshiners: Whiskey Business

Wednesdays at 10.15pm Discovery Channel Channel 070

Moonshine legend Tim Smith built an illegal moonshine empire in the backwoods of Virginia, then gave up his outlaw ways to bring his family recipes out of the mountains… and into America’s liquor stores.

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WWII: The Price Of Empire

Tuesdays from 17 September - 7.30pm History Channel 073

Often the story of WWII is told from 1 September 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland. However, empires had been in conflict since Japan's invasion of China in 1937. The war encompassed the world in 1941 when the Japanese attacked the American airbase at Pearl Harbor, only to end with a new weapon for a new age. Interviews with eyewitnesses from all major theatres of war interlace images of events captured in the British Movietone Archive, providing living testimony to those moments in time.

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Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole

Wednesdays from 4 September - 8.30pm Crime + Investigation Channel 071

“Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole” tells the individual stories of eight previously convicted child offenders sentenced to mandatory life terms, without parole, who are now seeking resentencing on the heels of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling. While some may be resentenced to life, others could be immediately released or given a new sentence that makes them eligible for parole.
The new series chronicles the chilling crimes and the painful and emotional impact on the victims’ family and friends as they grapple with the uncertain reality that these convicted offenders could possibly be released back into their communities. Additionally, each episode will include exclusive commentary from the convicted offenders directly from prison as well as leading psychologists, law enforcement and reporters closest to each case as they provide their own unique perspective on the Supreme Court ruling and how it’s impacting each individual case.

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Stephen King Season (MVL)

Thursdays 8.30pm JONES! too Channel 208

Timed to coincide with the release of Stephen King’s It: Chapter 2 on September 6, we’re delving into four of the hit writers’ most successful forays onto television.

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Restoration Garage

Saturdays from 10 August at 7.30pm Discovery Turbo Channel 075

Rev up your engines for a new season of Restoration Garage starring the world’s hottest rides and wildest cars. Car restoration and customisation is a multibillion-dollar industry worldwide.

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Murder In Mind (MVLSC)

Mondays 8.25pm Vibe Channel 006

Murder is on the menu in this seven-part anthology series!

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December 2019

Golf down under highlights December on SKY Sport. The Presidents Cup featuring the United States lead by Tiger Woods and the International Team compete at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from December 12.

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January 2020

SKY Sport serves up “The Summer of Tennis” in January with the ASB Classic taking centre court in Auckland.

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February 2020

Catch every game of Super Rugby LIVE on Sky Sport along with cricket, football, golf and, of course, so much more.

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March 2020

What promises to be another blockbusting NRL season kicks off in March. Once again the Auckland based Warriors will carry the hopes of their fans into the 24 game competition. Will this be their year?

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April 2020

It’s massive month on Sky Sport with two events – ‘The Masters’ from Augusta National Golf Club and the Supercars at Pukekohe Raceway with the ITM Auckland SuperSprint - headlining the action.

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May 2020

“The Beautiful Game” is showcased on Sky Sport in May by two of football’s iconic events – the Emirates FA Cup final and the UEFA Champions League final.

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The L Word: Generation Q (18LS)

WEDNESDAYS 9.30PM FROM DECEMBER 11 SoHo2 Channel 210

The ground-breaking drama series, The L Word®, revolutionised a generation and this year the highly anticipated sequel The L Word: Generation Q debuts.

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Brassic

Sunday 1 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

This original comedy follows a group of working class friends who find unconventional ways to win at life. Vinnie, a Lancashire lad with bipolar disorder, and Dylan, his razor smart best mate, are inseparable and utterly co-dependent.

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45 Years

Friday 6 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

Becky Something (Elizabeth Moss) is a '90s punk rock superstar who once filled arenas with her grungy all-female trio ‘Something She’. Now she plays smaller venues while grappling with motherhood, exhausted bandmates and nervous record company executives.

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The Neon Demon

Friday 13 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has.

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Galveston

Saturday 14 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

Roy (Ben Foster) is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hitman who is framed by his boss in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky (Elle Fanning), a young woman being held captive.

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Aga

Monday 16 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

In a yurt on the snow-covered fields of Siberia, Nanook and Sedna, follow the traditions of their ancestors. Alone in the wilderness, they look like the last people on Earth, until their traditional way of life starts changing, slowly but inevitably.

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Commander Arian

Thursday 19 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

On the barren plains of the Syrian countryside, 30-year-old Military Commander Arian leads her battalion of women as they fight ISIS. For her, the armed struggle is the only path to emancipation from a deeply patriarchal society.

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Marjorie Prime

Saturday 21 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

In the near future, 86-year-old Marjorie spends her final, ailing days with a computerised version of her deceased husband. Marjorie relies on her memories and information from her family to develop a more complex understanding of their time together.

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On Body And Soul

Monday 23 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

On Body And Soul examines the lives of two slaughterhouse workers, Endre and Mária, whose paths converge when they realise they’ve both been dreaming the same idyllic dream. Each one is struggling with being differently abled.

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Broken

Saturday 28 December 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

Inspired by a true New Zealand story of a young girl murdered in the 1800’ amidst tribal warfare. Highly religious, she always carried the Gospel of Luke with her. Her father, equally religious, decided not to seek revenge.

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Work in Progress (16LS)

THURSDAYS 9.00PM FROM DECEMBER 12 SoHo2 Channel 210

A funny and uniquely human comedy, Work In Progress features Abby McEnany as a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke from Chicago whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.

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Suits: Jessica Pearson (ML)

TUESDAYS 9.30PM FROM SEPTEMBER 24 SoHo2 Channel 210

Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson leaves New York behind to take on the city of Chicago in this unique spinoff of the long-running hit legal drama Suits.

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Mrs. Fletcher (18LSC)

THURSDAYS 8.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 28 SoHo2 Channel 210

Mrs. Fletcher, a dual coming-of-age comedy, exploring the impact of internet porn and social media on the lives of empty nest divorcée Eve Fletcher and her college freshman son Brendan.

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The Righteous Gemstones (16VLSC)

THURSDAYS 8.00PM FROM NOVEMBER 21 SoHo2 Channel 210

Well into the second generation of a grand televangelist tradition, the renowned Gemstone family is living proof that worship pays dividends in all sizes, including their megachurch.

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New Amsterdam S2 (M)

WEDNESDAYS 8.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 6 SoHo2 Channel 210

Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution's newest medical director, who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care.

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His Dark Materials (PGV)

TUESDAYS 3.00PM (SAME TIME AS THE U.S.) ON SOHO & 8.30PM ON SOHO2 FROM NOVEMBER 5 SoHo2 Channel 210

Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the first season follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world.

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Pose S2 (16LS)

FRIDAYS 8.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 1 SoHo2 Channel 210

Pose is a drama spotlighting the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York’s underground ball culture, a movement that first gained notice in the late 1980s.

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Silicon Valley S6 (ML)

MONDAYS 8.00PM FROM OCTOBER 28 SoHo2 Channel 210

Richard Hendricks and his team of socially awkward underdogs continue to claw their way towards tech fame and fortune.

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Ray Donovan S7 (18VLSC)

TUESDAYS 9.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 12 SoHo Channel 010

Ray Donovan has seen it all, handled it all and buried all of LA’s shady little secrets. Now the west coast’s preeminent fixer has surfaced in New York, bringing his own brand of problem solving to the down and dirty world of Big Apple power politics.

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Dublin Murders (16VLS)

SUNDAYS 8.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 17 SoHo Channel 010

When a young girl is found murdered in a dense wood on the fringes of Dublin, Rob Reilly – a smart-suited cop whose English accent marks him as an outsider is dispatched with his partner Cassie Maddox to investigate.

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Shameless S10 (18VLSC)

WEDNESDAYS 8.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 13 SoHo Channel 010

In Season 10, Fiona may be gone, but Debbie's taking on more responsibility in keeping the family afloat.

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Britannia S2 (18VLSC)

TUESDAYS 9.30PM FROM NOVEMBER 12 SoHo Channel 010

The Romans are here and set to stay. Two years on from his invasion of Britannia, General Aulus is romanising cooperative Celt tribes and crushing those who try to resist, with the help of his new ally, Celt Queen Amena.

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Ballers S5 (16VLS)

THURSDAYS 8.30PM FROM OCTOBER 3 SoHo2 Channel 210

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson returns in the latest season of the hit HBO comedy that examines the world of pro football, as seen through the eyes of current and former players.

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Mr Inbetween S2 (16VLS)

THURSDAYS 7.30PM FROM OCTOBER 17 SoHo2 Channel 210

Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it’s particularly difficult when you’re a criminal for hire.

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Older Than Ireland

Wednesday 27 November 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

Directed by Alex Fegan, Older Than Ireland is a landmark documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of a life as seen through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians. The film explores each centenarian’s journey.

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How To Talk To Girls At Parties

Saturday 30 November 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

London, 1997. Enn (Alex Sharp) is a shy suburban teenager, sneaking out with his best friends to afterhours punk parties. One night they stumble upon a bizarre gathering of sexy teenagers who seem like they are from another planet.

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The Insult

Monday 25 November 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

Present day Beirut… a civilian dispute blown out of proportion finds Tony, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasse, a Palestinian refugee, facing off in court. The media circus surrounding the case threatens a social explosion in divided Lebanon.

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Killing Patient Zero

Thursday 28 November 8.30pm Rialto Channel 039

'Killing Patient Zero', follows the story behind the supposed first patient of AIDS in the Western world. Used by the media and blamed as a scapegoat, Gaëtan Dugas was a gay man, essentially blamed for the spread of AIDS.

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Watchmen (18VLS)

MONDAYS 2.00PM (SAME TIME AS THE U.S.) & 9.30PM FROM OCTOBER 21 SoHo Channel 010

From Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) and set in an alternate history where masked superheroes are treated as outlaws.

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Get Shorty S3 (16VLSC)

THURSDAYS 8.30PM FROM OCTOBER 10 SoHo Channel 010

Get Shorty returns as Miles Daly continues to struggle to reconcile his ambitions as a filmmaker, and as a family man, with his skill set as a career criminal.

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A Million Little Things S2 (MLSC)

TUESDAYS 8.30PM FROM OCTOBER 1 SoHo Channel 010

Season 2 returns to a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances.

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Frayed (MLS)

SUNDAYS 8.30PM FROM OCTOBER 20 SoHo2 Channel 210

London, 1988. Simone Burbeck's life appears perfect. She lives in a mansion with her perfect husband and children, and her life is a merry-go-round of expensive renovations, dinner parties and school fundraisers. There's just one problem: it's all lies.

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Room 104, S3 (16VLSC)

THURSDAYS 9.00PM FROM SEPTEMBER 19 SoHo2 Channel 210

A third season of hotel room hijinks from the Duplass Brothers.

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American Horror Story: 1984 (18VLSC)

SATURDAYS 8.30PM FROM SEPTEMBER 21 SoHo2 Channel 210

The ninth instalment of the anthology horror drama series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

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