Television Programs of Interest (Sat 21 Aug to Fri 27th Aug 2010)

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 21 Aug to Fri 27th Aug 2010)

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.
Saturday 21 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: PG
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA - CLEVER COUNTRY
Pria Viswalingam turns his idiosyncratic gaze upon Australia. Unbeknownst to many, Australia is at the forefront of science and technology research.
Saturday 21 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

COOKING IN THE DANGER ZONE: TONGA AND FIJI - EP 4 OF 5
In tonight's episode Stefan finds some of the fattest people on Earth. In Tonga he discovers an alarmingly large percentage of Tongans are obese - literally eating themselves to death. In Fiji, he tries the local narcotic - cava - and slaughters a piglet for lunch.
Sunday 22 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: PGCC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA - WHEAT
A week in the flat golden paddocks and deep blue skies of a huge farm in the wheat belt of south-east Western Australia.
Sunday 22 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

COOKING IN THE DANGER ZONE: CHINA - EP 5 OF 5
In this final episode Stefan travels to China, to find out how the rapid pace of modernisation is changing the way people eat. He spends a day working at the Kung Fu fast food joint and samples the delights of a Beijing penis restaurant. He also attempts to shake off his Communist party minders to talk to one of Chinas poverty-stricken farmers.
Monday 23 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: PG *Final*
CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA - TOURISMPria travels to the Sunshine State to introduce us to some of the more unusual Queenslanders.
Monday 23 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN THE ROAD: CHICAGOPria Viswalingham takes a look at Chicago, the south-side, Naperville, Uptown Chicago and Milwaukee.
Tuesday 24 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GRpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: FRIENDS AND LOVERS
Pria ponders the sometimes ephemeral nature of friendships and relationships as he visits some of Sydney's prime spots, including a night cruise on the harbour, Centennial Park, the Botanical Gardens and Bondi.
Tuesday 24 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

CHEESE SLICES: WISCONSIN - SERIES 4, EP 6 OF 10
Will meets Willi Lehner to see how he ripens cheese in an underground cave. He then heads to Hidden Springs Creamery, where a new organic ewe's milk cheese is being made with the help of local Amish farmers.
Wednesday 25 August 2010 6.00pm
ABC1
Rating: G
Duration: 30 mins

POH'S KITCHEN: EP 27 OF 40
This week Poh has a Russian theme happening in her kitchen. During these colder months of the year, she is a sucker for a good winter soup and dumplings and is making her version of Pirozhki and Borscht. Poh's Pirozhki are baked and filled with a sensational filling of cabbage, mushroom, carrot, chicken and pork mince.
Wednesday 25 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC1
Rating: G
CC
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN THE ROAD: SICILY
In this episode, Pria visits Sicily - from a mountain village to the capital, Palermo.
Thursday 26 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GRpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: THE CRINGE
In Tasmania, Pria explores the cultural cringe whereby our talented classical musicians gain recognition only after having "made it" overseas.
Thursday 26 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A TASTE OF IRAN: EP 4 OF 4
BBC Journalist and native Iranian Sadeq Saba takes a personal journey around his country, exploring four of its regions, from Gilan in the north, to the Persian Gulf in the south. In a country suspicious of outside media, this is a rare opportunity to meet ordinary Iranians going about their daily lives and in each region the affable Sadeq finds an extraordinary variety of food as well as culture and history.
Thursday 26 August 2010 7.35pm
SBS ONE
Rating: G *Final*
CC WS
Duration: 55 mins

HESTON'S FEASTS: FAIRYTALE FEAST - SERIES 2, EP 2 OF 7
Tonight, Heston makes a fairytale meal featuring a Cinderella pumpkin, a stuffed boar's head inspired by Snow White, and an edible Hansel and Gretel house for pudding.
Thursday 26 August 2010 8.30pm
SBS ONE
Rating: M, A, LCC WS
Duration: 60 mins

A FORK IN THE ROAD: KERALA
Join Pria on a visit to Kerala in India. People have traded from its ancient port of Cochin for thousands of years. Pria talks to the locals, including a spice baron, and samples the delicious vegetarian cuisine in the south of Kerala and finally arrives at a beautiful retreat by the ocean.
Friday 27 August 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

A FORK IN AUSTRALIA: THE PILGRIMAGE
Pria visits Australian ex-pats in the London. He speaks with radio announcer Jonathan Coleman, human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson and Australian High Commissioner Philip Flood about their perceptions of "Australianisms".
Friday 27 August 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO
Rating: GRpt
Duration: 30 mins