Television Programs of Interest (Sat 12th June to Fri 18th June 2010)

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 12th June to Fri 18th June 2010)

THE LONG WAY DOWN: KHARTOUM - SUDAN TO SHASHEMENE, ETHIOPIA: EP 5 OF 10
Ewan and Charley are 31 days into their trip and encounter some roadblocks while trying to enter Ethiopia. Once in the country they see some of the devastation brought on by the war-torn nation. All the while, the long hours begin to take their toll on the guys as the terrain continues to make for a difficult ride.
Saturday 26 June 2010 10.00pm (8pm in WA)
SBS TWO
Rating: M, L
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

PLANET FOOD: SOUTHERN CHINACelebrated New Zealand chef, Peter Gordon, discovers the roots of one of the world's great cuisines, Cantonese.
Saturday 26 June 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: G
CC
Duration: 30 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: SHASHEMENE - ETHIOPIA TO LAISAMIS, KENYA: EP 6 OF 10
Ewan, Charley and their team make it to Addis Ababa for their well-earned break. With morale at an all-time low, the boys do some soul searching to decide if their trip is worth continuing. They decide that it is - but in Kenya, Claudio's bike breaks down in bandit country. As hunger sets in, and terrified at the thought of another packet dinner, the team makes the difficult decision to slay a goat for supper.
Sunday 27 June 2010 10.00pm
SBS
TWO Rating: M, A, L
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

TREKS IN A WILD WORLD: CLIMBING MOUNT TRIKORA/ DIVING IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Trekker Zay Harding attempts to climb one of Asia's highest peaks - Mount Trikora, and Megan McCormick visits the Turks and Caicos Islands for some of the top diving in the Caribbean.
Sunday 27 June 2010 6.30pm
ABC1
CC
Duration: 30 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: LALSAMIS - KENYA TO KIGALI, RWANDA: EP 7 OF 10
The guys have a lot of trouble crossing a muddy river-bed in Kenya, but they ride on into Uganda and explore more of the local communities. While there Ewan and Charley take a trip to UNICEF in Northern Uganda to visit some children who had been abducted and forced into armies. Later they move on to Rwanda.
Monday 28 June 2010 10.00pm
SBS TWO Rating: M, A, L
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: KING - RWANDA TO CHINTECHE, MALAWI: EP 8 OF 10
A coffee house chat leads to an incredible opportunity after Ewan and Charley meet Rwanda's Minister of Tourism. She invites them to her brother's wedding where they meet the president of Rwanda. The president requests a visit the next day, and the boys go on a frantic search for proper suits, leading to some questionable design choices. With mixed emotions, the team meets President Kagame, who shares his story as a Rwandan refugee in Uganda, and his efforts to help Rwanda restore itself after genocide.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 10.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: M, A, L
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

GREATEST CITIES OF THE WORLD WITH GRIFF RHYS JONES: PARIS - EP 3 OF 6
This week Griff Rhys Jones explores the city that everyone loves, Paris. Small but perfectly formed, Paris is a remarkable city and Griff gets under its skin to find out what makes it so special.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 8.30pm
ABC1
Rating: G
CC Duration: 60 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: CHINTECHE - MALAWI TO MAUN, BOTSWANA: EP 9 OF 10
While in Malawi, Ewan and Charley spend a lot of time learning about the community from visiting shops and meeting villagers. They also take some time to fix up the bikes and Ewan says goodbye to his wife as they head to Botswana.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 10.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: M, A, L
CC WS Rpt Duration: 60 mins

CHEESE SLICES: AOC CHEESES OF SWITZERLAND - SERIES 3, EP 6 OF 8
Will samples raclette and learns how it's made. He also visits the town of Gruyere to look at the origins of a gruyere cheese. Then it's time to meet the king of Swiss cheese and find out how it gets its holes.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 6.05pm
ABC1
CC
Duration: 25 mins

POH'S KITCHEN: EP 19 OF 40
This week Poh moves out of her kitchen and heads off overseas - to Malaysia, the country where she was born. She is on a three-week trip to find out more about her heritage and about the traditional dishes that come from Malaysia.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 6.30pm
ABC1
Rating: G
CC Duration: 30 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: MAUN - BOTSWANA TO CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: EP 10 OF 10
The last leg of the trip begins with a safari in Botswana, and Ewan and Charley come face to face with some extraordinary animals. From there, they cross into Namibia but it doesn't take long for the guys to run into trouble as they enter South Africa.
Thursday 1 July 2010 10.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: M, L *Final*
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

FEAST GREECE: ZAGORIA - BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS, EP 7 OF 9
Chef Barry Vera visits the isolated stone villages of Zagoria in Central Greece which are reminiscent of another time and place. Steeped in history and tradition, the area is known for its amazing stone architecture, its iconic bridges and some of the most breathtaking natural scenery in Europe.
Thursday 1 July 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: G
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

MY FAMILY FEAST: THE ARGENTINEANS - EP 9 OF 13
Sean Connolly meets Graciela Yoia at the flamenco dance school she has been running for 27 years with her husband Ricardo. The school has become not only a family business, but a community hub through which they have formed many close friendships. Every Sunday the Yoia family invite their friends around for a famous Argentinean barbeque known as an ASADO - combining the two great Argentinean loves: dance and meat. It's a colourful occasion that Sean will never forget.
Thursday 1 July 2010 7.30pm
SBS ONE
CC WS
Duration: 30 mins

OZ AND JAMES DRINK TO BRITAIN: EP 2 OF 6
Oz Clarke and James May travel to Wigan, home to probably the smallest commercial brewery in the world, run by Patsy Slevin out of her mother-in-law's garage. Oz gets down to the dirty business of beer making, while James concentrates on what he does best: beer drinking. The thirsty pair also visits the famous home of Newcastle Brown Ale. Surrounded by so much beer, James is inspired to create his own brewery, and challenges Oz to a home brewing competition - in their tiny caravan.
Thursday 1 July 2010 8.00pm
SBS ONE
Rating: PG
CC WS
Duration: 30 mins

THE SUPERSIZERS GO: RESTORATION - EP 2 OF 7
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660s. They snack on coxcombs, eel pie and copious amounts of beer. Sue tries her hand at learning to dance and Giles goes on a hot date with some lobster. With a plague picnic and a gall bladder operation to survive, we see what it was really like to experience the food of Samuel Pepys. But how healthy are all those pies and beers? Sue and Giles find out when they visit the doctors at the end of the week.
Thursday 1 July 2010 8.30pm
SBS ONE
CC WS
Duration: 60 mins

CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS: VIENNA - EP 10 OF 13
This episode looks at the last difficult years of Mozart's short life, Beethoven's tragic deafness and the glamorous but turbulent life of the great 'Waltz King', Johann Strauss the Younger. Niki exchanges her violin bow for a baton to conduct the Blue Danube with a virtual orchestra in the House of Music.
Friday 2 July 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE
Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins