Marngrook Footy Show

7:30pm – Thursday, September 29 on ABC2

Marngrook Footy Show’s family-friendly Grand Final program on Thursday night (September 29th at 7.30pm on ABC2) will feature a stellar line-up of football guests and musical acts to match the biggest day in the AFL calendar.

Saturday’s Grand Final between two of the AFL’s most proficient teams will give Marngrook hosts Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam, and the assigned panel, plenty to dissect.

Joining the discussion will be an array of prominent AFL coaches and players and live crosses to players involved on the big day.

Marngrook’s spectacular 90-minute Grand Final show will also feature some great live music from some of the biggest acts in the Australian music industry; including Dan Sultan, the Bull Sisters and legendary Aussie rockers Doc Neeson and Buzz Bidstrup from The Angels.

Football guests include: Hawthorn’s illustrious former back pocket powerhouse Gary Ayres; former Sydney Swans premiership player, Michael O’Loughlin; and former Port Adelaide and Essendon champion, Gavin Wanganeen.

Marngrook Footy Show’s Grant Hansen says 2011 has been a great season for the AFL and a fantastic year for the Marngrook Footy Show.

“Moving to the ABC has brought some exciting opportunities and we’re planning further developments next year.

“Everyone on the show is looking forward to the Grand Final so there’s no better place to get all your team news, entertaining analysis from panellists Ronnie Burns, Alan Thorpe and Chris Johnson and the latest tips from Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware.”

Celebrate Australia’s national game with the best footy finals show in town – Marngrook.

This Thursday (Sept 22nd) at 7.30pm, on ABC2, Marngrook Footy Show includes a  live cross to Geelong young gun, Allen Christensen, as he prepares to tackle the West Coast Eagles in the big Preliminary Final on Saturday.

Plus they’ll be some great live music from Weddings Parties Anything.

Marngrook Footy Show co-hosts:  Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam

Regular panel members: Ronnie Burns, Alan Thorpe and Chris Johnson

Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware with Tiddas Tips and all the latest AFL news, views and semi-finals previews.

As we count down to one of the most enthralling AFL finals series in years, footy legend Wayne Carey is the special guest panellist on ABC TV’s Marngrook Footy Show this Thursday, September 8th at 7.30pm on ABC2.

Special guests include former Carlton premiership player, Mark Maclure; former Collingwood star David Twomey; and St Kilda’s Raphael Clarke.

Plus some great live music from The Bowers.

Marngrook Footy Show co-hosts:  Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam

Regular panel members Ronnie Burns and Alan Thorpe

Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware with Tiddas Tips and all the latest AFL news, views and game previews.

Mangrook Footy Show, ABC2, 7.30pm
A family-friendly footy show with an engaging mix of personalities, humour, analysis and information with an emphasis on Indigenous players, history and culture. Includes news and analysis of footy issues and match previews.

Rush, Ten, 8.30pm
Tonights series return is a double episode. After the assassination of the Victorian police minister, Kerry appoints a new taskforce, Cicero, in order to find those responsible. How will Lawson and the team react to new boss, Charlie Lewis?

The Footy Show – NRL, Nine, Varies state by state – Check your local guide.
Join Fatty, The Falcon, Freddy, The Big Marn, Big Benji, Sterlo as they talk about the brawl between Melbourne Storm and the Manly seaeagles last Friday night, plus all the weeks games.

Mistresses, 7TWO, 9.30pm
Having moved on from her lesbian lover, Jessica has been swept off her feet and the ultimate commitment-phobe is getting married. But, as ever with Jessica, things are not straightforward.

The Crimson Petal and White, UKTV, 9.30pm
The first episode of this drama follows William Rackham, a man tormented by debt and an unstable wife, who finds solace when he seeks out renowned young prostitute named Sugar.

This week’s guests on ABC TV’s Marngrook Footy Show – Thursday, September 1^st at 7.30pm on ABC2 are:

Guest panellist is former Sydney Swan and Carlton player David Rhys-Jones – 1987 premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist.

Special guests include Carlton midfielder Andrew Carrazzo, St Kilda coach Ross Lyon, and former Footscray and Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan (Quinlan played a total of 366 AFL games and won the Brownlow Medal in 1981.)

And LIVE music courtesy of Dave Larkin, the lead singer of  Melbourne band Dallas Crane.

Marngrook Footy Show co-hosts:  Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam

Regular panel members Ronnie Burns and Alan Thorpe

Marngrook Footy Show airs at 7.30pm, Thursdays on ABC2

September on ABC2 is bigger, better and brighter than ever.
 

“We’re pleased as punch to launch three new Australian series next month”, says channel controller Stuart Menzies.  “Each was commissioned especially for ABC2 and reflects our commitment to deliver quality Australian content to our audience.”

“As a channel ABC2 is, and should be defined by the programs we commission. twenty something, The Bazura Project and triple j Presents, do more than talk about where we want to go as a channel – they scream it,” he continues.

As well there’s the launch of Sunday Best, a new documentary slot featuring a curated collection of intelligent must-see docos hosted by ABC2’s newest face, Kristy Best, more Good Game, more of the Marngrook Footy Show, the return of the intrepid documentary maker Louis Theroux and the Emmy-award-winning drama, Breaking Bad.

TWENTYSOMETHING

TUESDAYS AT 9PM STARTS 6^TH SEPTEMBER

Jess (Jess Harris) and Josh (Josh Schmidt) are best friends, housemates and twentysomething. While their friends finish uni degrees, climb the corporate ladder and settle down, Jess and Josh live for the weekend. Then comes unemployment, eviction and dodging the dreaded question, “So what are you going to do with your lives?” Becoming their own bosses, they set out in search of the big break. Is it an erotic house cleaning service? Guided tours showing backpackers Melbourne in a new light? An elite babysitters’ agency? Bounty hunting for lost dogs? This hilarious and at times moving six-part comedy series will leave you smiling and wondering where these two have been hiding until now.

The series also stars Hamish Blake (Hamish and Andy’s Gap Year) as Billy, Jess’ on again/off again ex-boyfriend; Simon Russell (Thank God You’re Here) as Nick, Josh’s older and more successful brother; and Leah de Niese (Offspring) as Abby, the back-up friend. 6 X 30’

SUNDAY BEST

SUNDAYS AT 8.30PM – STARTS 25TH SEPTEMBER

Sunday nights on ABC2 is the home of Sunday Best, an outstanding collection of game-changing and thought-provoking feature length documentaries. We’ve done the work to bring you the best must-see intelligent docos that are just 2 good to miss. Doco enthusiast and emerging filmmaker, Kristy Best is on hand to introduce the films and get the conversation rolling. The line-up of critical viewing docos includes the chilling Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room; the current festival favourite, Lesson Plan; new film by HBO Entourage star Adrian Grenier, Teenage Paparazzo; Hoop Dreams; the Academy Award-winning films Born Into Brothels and The Most Dangerous Man in America; the controversial Jesus Camp; and the fabulous ‘fish out of water’ story of the Afghan Cricket team, Out of the Ashes. Put on your Sunday Best.

THE BAZURA PROJECT

MONDAYS AT 9.30PM – STARTS 19TH SEPTEMBER

THE BAZURA PROJECT is a six-part comedy series about Australia’s number one, non-sports-related pastime – the movies. To ensure complete public outrage and therefore maximum publicity, hosts Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah present their “Guide to Sinema”, exploring the six incorrigible ingredients that make movies the enjoyable scourge on society they are today: Sex, Violence, Money, Profanity, Drugs and Fame.

SEE! – a selectively salacious history of film cinema – the best kind of cinema. HEAR! – this also. WONDER! – as they instruct you on how to create your very own sinful scene, with more graphic pointers than anyone could possibly hope for. CHEER! – when they unearth the obscure films perhaps better left earthed, and award the unawardable to films perhaps better left warded. TREMBLE! – as you delve into their subconscious and travel to the future all in the name of cinematic “enlightenment”.PLUS! – some other things probably. Time permitting! It’s the best and filthiest film school you never went to. THE BAZURA PROJECT – the name says it all! 6 X 30’

TRIPLE J PRESENTS

TUESDAYS AT 10.20PM – STARTS 13^TH SEPTEMBER

Triple J does live music better than anyone else in the country. They’ve been broadcasting live gigs across the airwaves on Live At The Wireless for as long as anyone can remember, providing front-row seats to some of the hottest gigs in the country by bringing them direct to the telly. TRIPLE J PRESENTS returns to ABC2 with another huge concert series. Acts include Cut Copy, The Jezebels, Queens of the Stone Age, Seeker Lover Keeper, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Architecture in Helsinki, Foster The People, Art vs. Science plus loads more. 12 X 30’

LOUIS THEROUX SPECIALS

WEDNESDAYS AT 8.30PM – STARTS 7TH SEPTEMBER

Intrepid documentary maker Louis Theroux comes to ABC2 with a series of his critically acclaimed gonzostyle documentaries. After starting his career with Michael Moore’s TV Nation, Theroux has developed an international cult following for his exploration of off-beat cultural subjects including Avon ladies in the Amazon and the attempts by the Ku Klux Klan to rebrand itself as a civil rights group for white people.

In this series, Theroux goes under the knife in a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon’s office, moves in to America’s largest brothel, gains access to California’s Coalinga mental hospital which houses more than 500 convicted paedophiles, and meets America’s most hated family – the Phelps’ from The Westbro Baptist Church.

BREAKING BAD – SERIES 3

THURSDAYS AT 9PM – STARTS 29TH SEPTEMBER

This Emmy award-winning drama returns with the darkest and most dangerous season yet. It continues the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who discovered he was dying of lung cancer. Desperate to pay for his cancer treatments and to secure his family’s financial security, he teamed up with former student, now drug dealer Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and used his scientific knowledge for financial gain. Instead it trapped him in a sinister world of drugs and crime. This time round, even though his cancer’s in remission, he still can’t catch a break. His wife (Anna Gunn) has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law (Dean Norris) is out to bust him and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family’s future still at stake Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune; a scheme with a terrible price.

GOOD GAME

TUESDAYS AT 8.30PM

GOOD GAME is the show for gamers by gamers. Gaming is already a bigger entertainment sector than movies or music and the back half of 2011 looks set to be the biggest for the industry yet with the launch of such titles as Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, and Mass Effect 3. Not only will Bajo and Hex bring gamers comprehensive reviews of these games and many more, they’ll also take viewers behind the scenes for analysis of the gaming industry and the culture that surrounds it.

GOOD GAME – making sure that all your games are good ones.

MARNGROOK FOOTY SHOW

THURSDAYS AT 7.30PM

With the pointy end of the AFL finals series rapidly approaching there’s no better place to get all your Thursday night fix of teams, tips, interviews and analysis than the Marngrook Footy Show. Hosts Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam, and panellists Ronnie Burns, Alan Thorpe and Chris Johnson, are always upbeat and entertaining, providing plenty of insight and good humour without being crude or over blokey. Marngrook Footy Show also stars reporters Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware who hit the grounds each week to bring viewers exclusive interviews with past and present greats of the game; Tiddas Tips; as well as all the latest AFL news and injury updates. The family-friendly footy show also features live music each Thursday from some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry.

Don’t miss the best footy show in town – Marngrook!

Thursday, August 18th at 7.30pm on ABC2

Former Richmond, Geelong, and St Kilda player and legendary AFL commentator, Rex Hunt

North Melbourne forward, Aaron Edwards

Live cross to Sydney Swans defender, Nick Smith

And great Aussie music from Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons

Co-hosts  Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam

Regular panel members Ronnie Burns and Alan Thorpe

Thursday, August 4th at 7.30pm on ABC2

Guest panellist – former Melbourne and Nth Melbourne player, and ex-St Kilda coach, Stan Alves

Special guests are:

Carlton’s Andrew Walker and Fremantle coach Mark Harvey

And AFL legend Kevin Sheedy helps out on Tidas Tips with Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware

With LIVE music from Benny Walker

Thursday, July 28th at 7.30pm on ABC2

Guest panellist – Wayne Carey – former Nth Melb captain and Adelaide Crows player. Led the Kangaroos to two premierships in 1996 and 1999; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame last year.

Special guests are:

Paul Salmon – former Essendon and Hawthorn star – played over 300 AFL games including Essendon’s 1985 and 1993 premiership teams.

Liam Jones – Western Bulldogs player

And LIVE music from McSweeney

7:30pm – Thursday, July 7 on ABC2

Marngrook Footy Show celebrates NAIDOC week in sensational style on Thursday, July 7th with a fun-filled show packed with insight, intelligence and cheerful commentary on all the latest AFL news.

Founded to recognise the distinct cultural histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples, the national theme for NAIDOC week (from 3 – 10 July) in 2011 is about taking responsibility about the future and controlling the change needed to plan and make it happen.

Marngrook Footy Show co-host Grant Hansen says his family-friendly footy program may be a fresh face on the TV screen but it has a rich history.

“Football is a huge part of Indigenous culture and NAIDOC week is a great opportunity to celebrate the culture, history and achievements of Indigenous people.

“Over 90,000 Indigenous people participate in Aussie Rules every weekend right around Australia which includes trainers, officials, fans and players.” Grant says the original motivation behind the Marngrook Footy Show was his disappointment about the lack of Indigenous people involved in AFL media.

“Then, there were no former or current Indigenous people on any of the many AFL footy shows, so I went to 3CR community radio and pitched my idea of a radio show to them. It was always my dream to start off as a radio show then hit the TV screens!” he says.

Tonight’s entertainment includes young indigenous singer/ songwriter Illana Atkinson and her grandfather – gum leaf player Herb Patten (former Australia’s Got Talent 2007 finalist).