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3:50pm – Tuesday, June 14 on ABC2

Rastamouse, Scratchy and Zoomer are from ‘Da Easy Crew’ – a mystery-solving, reggae-playing band who live by their motto ‘redemption, not retribution’. With Rastamouse as their leader they are often called upon by President Wensley Dale to help solve mysteries, catch teefin’ criminals and generally making life better for the inhabitants of Mouseland.

Da Crucial Plan – Tuesday June 14 at 3.50pm on ABC 4 Kids on ABC2 All the cheese in Mouseland has disappeared leaving the baby mice at the orphanage hungry. The ‘teefing’ must be stopped and President Wensley Dale knows exactly who to call – Rastamouse, Scratchy and Zoomer. Da Easy Crew work together devising a clever plan to lure the cheeky cheese ‘teef’.

Once apprehended, Rastamouse gives the culprit a chance to ‘make good’ by becoming the orphanage MC (dats ‘Master Chef’ by the way) and consequently transforming his life and the lives of those around him.

Double Crossin’ Diva – Wednesday June 15 at 3.50pm on ABC 4 Kids Da Easy Crew are preparing to judge a talent show competition when the orphans’ mini-bus goes missing. Bagga T’s embarrassed ‘cos it was him who handed over the keys to a sweet-talking mouse who offered to give it a clean.

10:20pm – Monday, June 13 on ABC2

November 22, 1963. JFK is in Fort Worth, Texas to mend fences between the liberal and conservative wings of the state’s Democratic Party prior to beginning his re-election campaign. Lee Harvey Oswald is at home in Dallas, assembling a rifle.

Flashback to August 1963. Jackie goes into labour. But there are complications, and the newborn dies. Jack and Jackie begin to bond in a way they never have before – united by mutual grief.

Meanwhile, Bobby is informed of evidence romantically linking Jack to Marilyn Monroe.

November 22, 1963. Jack and Jackie land in Dallas. In Hyannis Port, at Rose’s urging, Joe – who has been improving slightly from the effects of his stroke – is able to lift himself out of his wheelchair. In Dallas, Oswald is perched, rifle at the ready. As the motorcade passes, the deadly shots ring out.

At his Hickory Hill home, Bobby receives a call first from FBI Director Hoover, who tells him in less-than-sympathetic terms that the President is dead; then from Lyndon Johnson, who wants to be immediately sworn in as President. November 3, 1964. Johnson is elected President in his own right. In New York, Bobby wins the Senate race. Johnson is upset by Bobby’s win, and predicts that Bobby will challenge him for re-election in 1968.

LBJ is right. With war raging in Vietnam, Johnson’s popularity hits an all-time low. Bobby sees an opportunity for change. He’s being urged to run for President – especially by Ethel. But it’s Jackie’s approval that he really seeks. She supports him, but instinctively worries for his safety.

Johnson knows he can’t beat a Kennedy, and so chooses not to seek nomination.

June 4, 1968. Aristotle Onassis proposes to Jackie. Bobby is speaking in Los Angeles after his win in the California primary. After the speech and during his exit, he is shot and killed.

Standing in Arlington, Jackie remembers better days when the family was inseparable. In Hyannis Port, Joe and Rose are alone, forced to live in a house full of memories. That they are able to carry on after such immense tragedy is their family’s greatest triumph. ABC2 Program Guide: National: Week 25 Watch Out For

9:30pm – Monday, June 13 1 on ABC2

appearance and poetically obscene in language Deadwood is really a camp hoping to be a town hoping to be part of the United States. So vivid are the characters and so rich the texture it is defiantly and noisily unlike anything else on television – a Western even for people who avoid Westerns.

Tonight, Trixie (Paula Malcomson) accuses Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) of becoming a recluse as he convalesces from his meeting with Hearst (Gerald McRaney).

She can’t understand why Al seems to be caving in to Hearst but their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a stage coach from San Francisco carrying a dandified Mr Wu (Keone Young), as well as Hearst’s cook, Aunt Lou (Cleo King). A second wagon arrives with flamboyant Jack Langrishe (Brian Cox) and his theatrical troupe.

Meanwhile, Mrs Elsworth (Molly Parker) visits Doc Cochran (Brad Dourif) who rebukes her for not resting longer, though he admits she seems fully recovered from her complications with her pregnancy.

At the Gem saloon Wu meets with Swearengen to illustrate his trip but all Al wants to know is when Hearst’s new chink employees are due in Deadwood.

In the jail Sheriff Seth Bullock (Timothy Oliphant) wants vengeance for Hearst’s murdering of unionised miners and puts the mining magnatw on notice but Hearst reminds him that two of his guards had their throats slashed at the Gem while others looked on.

8:00pm – Sunday, June 12 on ABC2

Sunday,12 June 2011 With two more students sent home, including a very surprised Nebil, and Mike winning a reprieve, the eight remaining students are beginning to feel the pressure.

The majority of them failed to impress international designer Philippe Starck and his team at the last challenge, only Polly seemed to fully grasp the project idea. At the next meeting, Philippe encourages the students to change their attitudes and makes it clear that laziness will not be tolerated.

For the next challenge, Philippe encourages the students to step out of their comfort zone, think ethically, democratically and ecologically to come up with a useful product that can be developed into a sellable item.

He’s not asking them to re-design a product already on the market; instead their goal is to invent a useful product. They have a week to present their design ideas and prototype to Philippe.

After a group discussion, the students branch off to pursue their ideas. A day before presentations are due, Eugeni Quitlet, Philippe Starck’s head designer, checks on their progress and reminds them that they should have some sort of prototype to show. Realising that many of them fall short, the students work through the night to finish their projects. However presentation day is a disaster, with all students failing to fulfil the brief.

Philippe is unimpressed and is ready to pull the plug on the whole project.

7:30pm – Saturday, June 11 on ABC2

Across America, chefs are taking to the streets in mobile truck kitchens.

They’re parking on corners and in front of office buildings to serve some of the most unique, delicious dishes around.

In The Great Food Truck Race, seven teams representing America’s most outrageous and best food truck providores compete to cook their way around the nation from LA to New York.

Each week, the teams that make the most money race to the next destination while the least successful drive the long haul home. In the end, one food truck remains and the team behind the wheel win $50,000.

Featuring business school graduates to culinary school dropouts, traditional family recipes to heart-stopping burgers and an ever-changing view out the kitchen window, this is a hilarious ride around America.

Host, Tyler Florence greets the teams in Southern California but he throws in a ‘truck stop’ twist that leaves the teams scrambling early on. They think they are starting in LA, but quickly learn that the first city they must conquer is over 100 miles away in San Diego.

How will they handle this switch.

After a frenetic weekend, who will be sent home … could it be ‘Banana Man’.

Will San Diego get into escargot? Ragin’ Cajuns?

9:30pm – Friday, June 10 on ABC2

The threat of the Royal Army intervening hasn’t quelled an uprising in Yorkshire, and 300 of the King’s soldiers, as well as local gentry and the Archbishop of York, are under siege from rebels calling themselves ‘Pilgrims’.

Meanwhile, Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is in pain with his ulcerated leg and is being attended by Lady Ursula Misseldon (Charlotte Salt). When he proposes comforting of a more intimate nature, she is happy to oblige.

As the Archbishop of York and other nobles meet with Robert Aske (Gerard McSorley), they are assured his people only wish to petition the King for the re-instatement of the monasteries and abbeys, and that their quarrel lies not with the King, but Cromwell and Cranmer.

Meanwhile, Brandon (Henry Cavill) travels to the north in compliance with the King’s orders to put down the rebellion. He meets with the rebellion leaders who again state that they are loyal to the King, but demand the restoration of the abbeys and their religious beliefs. They also request that they might address their grievances to the Court.

Cunningly, Henry sends them back to their co-conspirators with a hand-written letter promising that their grievances will be listened to and dealt with fairly. This is the bait to seal surrender.

Brandon travels north once again to meet the rebels, but before he leaves, he makes clear to Henry – as his friend – that the source of the rebellion lies not with the generally-loved King but with Cromwell’s actions and tactics.

9:15pm – Friday, June 10 on ABC2

Riese uses her extensive hunting experience to infiltrate the warehouse in Helmkin where the babies are being kept. The building is stuffed to the gills with infants and though she’s made a promise to Hannah, Riese knows she’ll never find the young woman’s child like this.

She finds an office, and in it, discovers a ledger detailing where the infants are being sent. Riese tucks it into her cloak and steals away.

However, henchmen are waiting just outside the door, and though she and the newly arrived Fenrir dispatch them quickly, it seems another team lurks around every corner, demanding a fight with the still-convalescent princess.

In a back room she discovers she is not alone: a girl, about 8, is hiding in the shadows.

And half a kingdom away, Amara is scared of the repercussions of Riese’s continued survival.

8:30pm – Friday, June 10 on ABC2

Nikola Tesla (Jonathon Young) resurfaces, sending Helen an SOS from deep within the Colombian Highlands. However, Will doesn’t believe he can be trusted – and he may be right.

Sanctuary follows the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping), her new recruit, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne) and her fearless daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup). Together they track down, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world and live among us.

8:00pm – Friday, June 10 on ABC2

For Buddy’s next challenge he finds himself in India at the start line of the Rickshaw Run, the most dangerous adventure rally in the world on three wheels.

Teams from around the world have descended upon the southern Indian city of Cochin to ready themselves for a 4500km dash to Nepal and the finish line in what is essentially a tin-can death-trap powered by a lawnmower.

Buddy soon realises that this endurance challenge isn’t all elephants, spice and all things nice, as travelling India’s roads can be a life-threatening experience.

9:30pm – Wednesday, June 8 on ABC2

How far are you willing to go to change the way you look? How are our young people responding to the pressure to conform to what society now insists is the new normality when it comes to appearance.

Dr Byron asks why some of us are willing to starve ourselves, cut our flesh, and even break our bones to re-shape our bodies and meet social pressures about what is normal when it comes to body image.

She explores how some young and vulnerable people develop genuine psychiatric disorders based on a misperception about their body image that bring them near death. She also meets body dissidents who are prepared to break every social taboo in order to challenge our ideas of normality.