Television Programs of Interest (Sat 19th June to Fri 25th June 2010)

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 19th June to Fri 25th June 2010)

PLANET FOOD: BARCELONA
Our journey begins with host Angela May in Mediterranean Barcelona, historic capital of Catalonia and a vibrant metropolis, brimming with culture and infused with the history of Greek, Romans and Arab civilisations.
Saturday 19 June 2010 6.00pm
ABC1
CC
Duration: 30 mins

COOKING IN THE DANGER ZONE: UGANDA - EP 3 OF 5
In tonight's episode Stefan visits a camp for internally displaced people in war-torn Northern Uganda, to find out how people survive on meagre UN food rations. The UN gives them just 60% of their daily needs, so where do they find the rest? With rebels patrolling the nearby countryside, finding food is a matter of life and death.
Sunday 20 June 2010 10.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: PG
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

PLANET FOOD: CARIBBEAN
Merrilees Parker travels to the Caribbean - a collection of islands with a very varied history providing an interesting backdrop to a world cuisine.
Sunday 20 June 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: G
CC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

TREKS IN A WILD WORLD: TREKKING IN ALBANIA
Zoe Palmer travels to one of the least known nations in Europe - Albania. Although located on the Adriatic Sea, close to many popular destinations, very few travellers make it to this spectacular and fascinating country.
Sunday 20 June 2010 6.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G
CC
Duration: 30 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES - EP 1 OF 10
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman met on the set of Serpent's Kiss, where they instantly became mates. Not long afterwards the pair set off on their first incredible adventure, travelling 20000 miles on motorcycles - from London to New York. Their epic journey was captured on the television series Long Way Round. Now, Ewan and Charley are back on their motorcycles and ready to take the Long Way Down. Long Way Down is a ten part series which follows the pair on an intrepid motorcycle journey from the northern-most tip of Scotland, down to the southern-most tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas.
Tuesday 22 June 2010 10.00pm (8pm in WA)
SBS TWO Rating: PG
CC
WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

GREATEST CITIES OF THE WORLD WITH GRIFF RHYS JONES: LONDON - EP 2 OF 6
In the second of this six-part series Griff Rhys Jones sets off on a journey of discovery into the secret life of London. Within the space of 24 hours he reveals the surprising, quirky and sometimes humorous stories behind some of the city's most familiar places.
Tuesday 22 June 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G
CC
Duration: 60 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: JOHN O'GROATS - SCOTLAND TO ROME, ITALY: EP 2 OF 10
Ewan and Charley begin their journey in John O'Groats, Scotland and make an emotional pit-stop at a charity they are raising money for with their ride. As they travel through England, France and finally into Italy the crew feels rushed to make the ferry into Africa.
Wednesday 23 June 2010 10.00pm (8pm in WA)
SBS TWO
Rating: PG
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

CHEESE SLICES: SEASONAL CHEESES OF THE ALPS - SERIES 3, EP 5 OF 8
Will learns how the local spruce forests of the Alps and Savoi play an essential role in ripening the soft and unctuous Mont D'Or before visiting a farm that makes the deliciously creamy Reblochon.
Wednesday 23 June 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: G
CC
Duration: 30 mins

POH'S KITCHEN: EP 18 OF 40
One of Australia's largest food festivals, attracting top chefs, is held annually in Poh's home state of South Australia. This year Poh is part of the festival and takes the opportunity to invite one of its main attractions, Italian food legend, Antonio Carluccio, into her kitchen.
Wednesday 23 June 2010 6.30pm
ABC1
Rating: G
CC
Duration: 30 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: ROME - ITALY TO TOBRUK, LIBYA : EP 3 OF 10
As the clock works against them, Ewan and Charley spend some time in Italy, riding from Sienna, through Rome, and finally into Sicily where they must catch a ferry to Africa. It doesn't take long for them to notice the changes in climate once in Tunisia.
Thursday 24 June 2010 10.00pm (8pm in WA)
SBS TWO Rating: PG
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

MY FAMILY FEAST: THE INDIANS - EP 8 OF 13
Award-winning chef Sean Connolly is back with new episodes of this popular series: a celebration of food, family and stories of life. Tonight, Sean is invited to the wedding of Bengali bride Shrabastee and her Punjabi groom Ankit, from two traditional Indian families in the heart of Australia. The wedding culminates in a colourful and opulent vegetarian feast. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE)
Thursday 24 June 2010 7.30pm (7pm WA)
SBS ONE Rating: G
CC WS
Duration: 30 mins

OZ AND JAMES DRINK TO BRITAIN: EP 1 OF 6Oz
Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks on offer for the delectation of a wine ponce and an incorrigible scruffbag. They start their journey on top of the magnificent and enigmatic White Cliffs and travel north to Yorkshire in a 1982 Rolls Royce Corniche.
Thursday 24 June 2010 8.00pm (7.30pm WA)
SBS ONE Rating: PG
CC WS
Duration: 30 mins

THE SUPERSIZERS EAT: WARTIME - EP 1 OF 7
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. Tonight, they grab their ration books for one week and chomp their way through the food of 1940s WWII Britain. During blackouts and air raids they eat spam and dried egg, have some GIs round for tea and see what Churchill was eating in his Cabinet War Rooms.
Thursday 24 June 2010 8.30pm (not screening WA)
SBS ONE
CC WS
Duration: 60 mins

THE LONG WAY DOWN: TOBRUK - LIBYA TO KHATOUM, SUDAN: EP 4 OF 10
On leaving Libya, the guys travel through Egypt and, after a few mishaps in Cairo, put their bikes on a ferry to take them down river. With a few days to spare they take a flight out to Kenya to learn about an organisation of motorcyclists that assists in getting doctors to the sick.
Friday 25 June 2010 10.00pm (8pm in WA)
SBS TWO Rating: PG
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins