TV Highlights

8.30pm tuesday/ NOVEMBER 18

The team investigates after a box arrives at the Navy facilities. Inside the box they discover a gruesome find – a sailor’s corpse.

20 Props from NCIS fans from the NCIS Wiki wished they owned:
1. Bert the farting hippo.
2. The red Ferrari bed that belongs to Kid Carson (from Lost and Found, series 5): Tony: “Does it come in a king size?”
3. Tony’s car (that got blown up) or the one that was stolen and crashed.
4. McGee’s manual typewriter
5. Abby’s Marilyn Monroe dress.
6. Abby’s poodle skirt for when she is bowling with nuns.
7. Ziva’s orange beanie (in case we get lost at sea)
8. The Director’s house.
9. Ducky’s house.
10. Abby’s mob cap (from Cover Story…and Marines call hats their ‘cover’…get it?)
11. Gibbs’ boat.
12. Gibbs’ grandfather’s pocket watch that horrible ex-wife Diane took in their divorce settlement.
13. McGee’s Armani jacket (before Abby cut a huge patch of leather off the arm)
14. Ziva’s long silver earrings from Corporal Punishment (which she was wearing to the medals ceremony except Mr Nasty PR Man cancelled it).
15. Agent Lee’s bra and pantie set in leopard print (but only if Palmer managed to find the matching set).
16. McGee’s i-Phone.
17. Otto the Robot car.
18. Fornell’s umbrella for park bench conversations in the rain with Gibbs (when he advises Gibbs to “Get out of the rain. Go watch a movie” – The Peacemaker, to be specific….).
19. Gibbs’ coffee cup and bladder (he never runs to the head/loo – except once when Tony used the men’s room as the location for the apology for keeping secrets from the Boss).
20. Ducky’s hat.

Tuesday, 25 November 2008
8.00pm

Billed as one of the greatest shows on earth, where else can you experience stories from every culture ever to inhabit the planet? All under one gigantic roof, it’s London’s history hot spot – the British Museum.

For the first time, led by the extraordinary people who work here, we go beyond the museum’s stately galleries to discover a labyrinth of millions of artefacts and to see new exhibitions in the making.

Narrated by Ian McMillan, The Museum takes a behind-the-scenes look at the British Museum.

In the first episode, take a behind-the-scenes look at the Museum’s busy Conservation Department as they treat the Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a youth, affectionately known as ‘Charlie’, and restore some of the finest ancient Egyptian wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun.

The Museum: Taking Care Of The Past will be repeated on ABC2 – Sunday, December 07 at 7:00pm

8.30pm sunday / NOVEMBER 16

Expect nothing less then a bang when Rove and the team come to you live from SYDNEY for the final episode for 2008.

And what a show it promises to be! James Bond himself, Daniel Craig joins an all-star line up including Ben Stiller and Chris Rock on the infamous Rove couch. Rocking it out on stage will be Snow Patrol performing their latest single ‘Take Back The City’.

Yes my friend, this is a double “oh my god” show to nicely round off yet another ridiculously great year of ROVE . This year special guests Jodie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., K.D. Lang, Mischa Barton, Ashton Kutcher, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Rowland, Jack Black, Michael Buble, Adam Sandler, Anne Hathaway, Steve Carrell, Will Smith, Seth Rogan, Mike Myers, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Sam Sparro, Miranda Kerr, Brendan Fraser, Snoop Dogg, Kylie Minogue, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, John Cena and Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd have all had a chat with Rove this year.

Join Carrie Bickmore for the last news bulletin, Pete Helliar for the last ‘petespace’, Dave Hughes for the last ‘Help me Hughesy’ and Ryan Shelton for the last ‘investigationing’ segment for 2008. And who knows what Hamish & Andy have up their sleeves!

Join the team for one last night of fun and games to sign off for 2008.

6.30pm weeknights

Bridget is convinced she has been wrongly expelled from Erinsborough High because she is pregnant. The Parkers seek legal advice from Toadie, who tries to talk Principal Andrew Simpson sown to a suspension. But Andrew plays hardball, maintaining Bridget is being made an example of her violent outburst and not because she’s pregnant. Despite her parent’s advice that she should avoid stress for the health of her unborn child, Bridget takes her story to the newspaper, determined to use controversy to sway public opinion against the school.

9.30pm tuesday / NOVEMBER 18

As the TR team mourns the loss of a squad member, Josh (Callan Mulvey) finds himself in the middle of a domestic dispute.

The dispute turns nasty and the husband flees the house leaving his wife unconscious and bleeding.

Tactical Response go after the man who is heavily armed and dangerous, a trained army sniper. Armed with a high-powered hunting rifle, the man is cornered on the roof of a high rise building. Lawson (Rodger Corser) knows it will be almost impossible to talk him down.

Guest stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Nell Feeney.

Tuesday, 25 November 2008
8.35pm

When the Spaniard Cortes and his men marched on the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, they hoped they would find Moctezuma’s gold and untold riches. But they had no idea what was in store for them. Following the meeting of Emperor Moctezuma and Cortes, they were housed in a splendid palace and lavished with gifts.

Cortes came to realise that the Aztecs lived in a strangely innocent world, a magical realm that was to be their undoing. He put his knowledge to good use and in a bold move, imprisoned the emperor in his own palace. The monarch fell, surrendering his power and wealth to become a puppet of the Spaniards.

On May 13, 1521, it is thought that Moctezuma died from a blow to the head from a rock thrown by one of his subjects. Overnight, his body, magical entourage and most spectacularly of all, his vast well-documented gold-laden treasure – disappeared. No trace of Moctezuma was ever found. Presenter and best-selling author DBC Pierre visited a location believed to hold the key to this mystery, but came away none the wiser.

10.00pm sunday / november 16

When the wives of two Marines are murdered, Gibbs and the team are called in to investigate. The team fear the murders are racially motivated and work together to find the killer and protect another woman and her newborn baby who they fear are the next targets.

6.30pm weeknights

Karl receives devastating results from Harold’s tests. After telling Harold, he struggles to deal with the news himself, as well as trying to support Harold, Harold reacts with denial and tells Karl no one is to know that he’s sick.

7.30pm WEDNESDAY / NOVEMBER 19

Can’t get enough of Hamish & Andy? Catch this wrap up of all the crazy antics the boys got up to on R throughout the year that was 2008.

Andy’s mum’s backyard will provide the backdrop for this very special event as Hamish & Andy take a look back on what was a VERY adventurous year.

They towed a caravan from Adelaide to Darwin, spread the ‘ghosting’ word around the world and conducted an epic party marathon. Not to mention the excruciating task of eating male animal anatomy while in Beijing for the Olympic Games!

Catch Hamish & Andy’s adventures and some never before seen moments in this one hour special.

Thursday, 27 November 2008
8.30pm

Over four entertaining episodes, psychologist Dr John Marsden, (Body Hits) exposes and analyses a wide variety of human actions and reactions.

Using the latest scientific research he examines how our behaviour and actions are often determined by our genetic make-up, hormones and upbringing, and not, as we may like to think, by our own free will.

The series draws on the contributions of a diverse group of participants from compulsive liars, and serial daters, to a hypnotist who can pull teeth without anaesthetic, and a woman who can spot 90% of lies.

In the first episode of Exposed, Dr John Marsden unravels some of the mysteries surrounding one of the most powerful of human instincts – lying.

Everybody’s done it and everyone will probably continue to do it, yet lying is a barely understood human trait. On average we lie 15 times a week – mostly about sex!

Exploring why we tell lies, he meets Donald Bickerstaff – a man who created an elaborate past to swindle 15 million dollars – and his victims tell what it’s like to have your life turned upside down by someone unable to feel guilt.

Learn how to protect against deceit and beat the most famous of lie detectors – the polygraph.

Are liars made or born? The secret lies within a portion of our brain no bigger than the size of an almond.