Special

7:25pm – Sunday, January 20 on ABC3

ABC3′s sci-fi threeps will love this new double trouble line-up on Sundays from January 20. From super powers to super evil, fans can relive their fave episodes of Tower Prep and Demons on Sunday nights from 7.25pm.

Tower Prep: Episode One: New Kid: Sunday, January 20 at 7.25pm After getting into a fight at school, Ian Archer (Drew Van Acker) wakes up in a mysterious prep school with no idea how he got there. He is told by the school’s principal, Head Master, that he has been brought there to reach his unique potential through ‘The Program’ and that all the students at Tower Prep possess unique abilities.

Ian tries to adjust to his strange new life but after receiving an anonymous note in class saying, ‘I’m Scared Too’, he decides to escape. Making a break for the woods, Ian comes face to face with The Gnomes – mysterious beings who patrol the school grounds. While fleeing the Gnomes, Ian runs into three other students also looking for an escape – Gabe Forrest (Ryan Pinkston, Hannah Montana), CJ Ward (Elise Gatien, Smallville) and Suki Sato (Dyanna Liu, Rita Rocks).

Demons: Episode one: They Bite: Sunday, January 20 at 8.05pm Thrip (Mackenzie Crook) kidnaps the unsuspecting Ruby, Luke’s (Christian Cooke) best friend, and uses her as bait to lure the young Van Helsing to a disused warehouse. Once there Luke is set upon by a gang of hoodies, vicious hyena-like creatures, nicknamed Noisy Boys. He defeats the menacing half-lives only to come face to face with their master – Thrip. Despite Luke’s natural fighting ability, Thrip proves to be too powerful. Will Galvin (Philip Glenister) and Mina (Zoe Tapper) arrive in time to help Luke?

8:45am – Saturday, January 26 on ABC3

Australia Day is just around the corner and for the ABC3 presenters this can mean only one thing – it’s Smackdown time.

Beach Soccer is the sport for 2013 and this year it’s a surprise for everyone when they discover the teams are going to be boys versus girls. Nothing goes to plan – the girls have trouble playing as a team while the boys formulate an elaborate plan to cheat using a butterfly net, a gazebo and a magical meteor from outer space.

Featuring an all-star cast from popular ABC3 shows, Studio 3 (Kayne, Amberley, James, Liv, Kaled), Prank Patrol (Scotty Tweedie), Stay Tuned (Joel and Nicole) and Good Game SP (Hex and Bajo), the ABC3 Beach Soccer Smackdown will be the ultimate test of endurance, deceit and sandcastle building.

Will the girls figure out how to work together? Will the boys learn that cheating doesn’t pay? Who will be the better goalie between James and Liv? Will Amberley ever be able to tell Scotty that she likes him? Will Bajo trigger another ridiculously massive explosion? Find out during the ultimate battle of the sexes at the ABC3 Australia Day Beach Soccer Smackdown.

The ABC3 Beach Soccer Smackdown! will be repeated on Saturday, January 26 @ 1.45pm and 7.10pm.

The Smackdown will also be available on the ABC3 Watch Now website -

9:30pm – Wednesday, January 23 on ABC2

At age 31, presenter Cherry Healey has had a daughter and survived a year of sleepless nights. Now it’s time to get back on the roller coaster of modern life – but has she been left behind.

In episode two, Cherry sets out to discover why we have become a nation of pill-poppers. In a world where we can buy legal drugs online, how informed are the choices we make, and how much do we rely on the pills we take? Whether we are chasing a legal high or trying to cure a physical problem, are we all addicted to something these days.

She meets a range of young Brits, from thrill-seekers to self-confessed addicts, to discover why we’re all in love with the idea of the quick fix.

On the way, will Cherry be able to resist trying laughing gas and smoking salvia, and can she kick a lifetime’s habit of slimming aids?

6:00pm – Friday, January 25 on ABC1

The Australian Of The Year Awards 2013 celebrates the achievements and contributions of outstanding citizens throughout the last year. Prior to the Australia Celebrates Concert, ABC1 will be covering the official announcement by the Prime Minister live. Hosted by Stephanie Brantz, the 2013 Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Australia’s Local Hero will be presented with their awards at a public event in front of Parliament House. * AEDT 8:30pm Australia Celebrates 2013 Friday, 25 January 2013 Celebrate what’s great on Australia Day Eve, January 25, when ABC1 broadcasts Australia Celebrates, a live concert from the steps of Parliament House Canberra. Some of Australia’s favourite artists, a mix of internationally renowned and locally loved home-grown talent will perform on this prestigious occasion.

Artists and host tbc. *AEDT And on the morning of Australia Day itself, ABC1 will broadcast the National Australia Day Flag-Raising and Citizenship Ceremony 2013 live from the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Adam Spencer will commentate on this important Australia Day event, where new Australian citizens are welcomed by the Prime Minister and Governor General.

9:30pm – Monday, January 21 on ABC1

The Grammar Of Happiness follows the story of Daniel Everett amongst the extraordinary ‘unconvertible’ Amazonian Pirah� tribe, a group of indigenous hunter-gatherers whose culture and outlook on life has taken the world of linguistics by storm.

As a young ambitious missionary three decades ago, Dan, a red-bearded towering American, decamped to the Amazon rain forest to save indigenous souls. His assignment was to translate the book of Mark into the tongue of the Pirah�, a people whose puzzling speech seemed unrelated to any other on Earth. What he learned during his time with the Pirah� led him to question the very foundations of his own deep beliefs.

As a ‘born again’ atheist, Dan divorced his devout Christian wife and became estranged from his children.

Having lost faith and family, his new life is dominated by the desire to leave behind his legacy. Everett’s most controversial claim is that the Pirah� language lacks ‘recursion’ – the ability to build an infinite number of sentences within sentences, regarded by Chomsky-ists as perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of human language.

The Grammar Of Happiness interweaves the tale of Everett’s attempt to return to the Pirah� with the story of his personal journey since the sixties – from drug-taking musician to evangelical missionary to rabblerousing academic. It’s the adventurous tale of losing faith but finding happiness.

6:15pm – Friday, January 18 on ABC2

Cloudbabies is a 52 x 10 minute CG animated series following four enchanting, childlike characters – Baba Pink, Baba Blue, Baba Yellow and Baba Green – whose job is to look after the sky and their sky friends – Sun, Moon, Rainbow, Fuffa Cloud and Little Star.

They live together with Bobo White, a mischievous little imp, in a house on a big fluffy cloud. Every morning, they jump on their Skyhorsies and begin their day’s work of looking after the sky.

Episode 1: Fly Away Home: Friday, January 18 at 6.15pm on ABC4Kids The Skyhorsies are left in Bobo’s care – however when he tries to ride Bluehorsey, the horse throws him onto the gate of the corrall and all the Skyhorsies escape into the sky. Will Bobo be able to get all the Skyhorsies to return.

Episode 2: Right Colour To Be: Saturday, January 19 at 6.15pm on ABC4Kids Bobo is keen to help the Cloudbabies paint but they are busy looking for a raincloud to water the garden.

Bobo enlists Little Star and the two of them find Sun who is very willing to be painted purple. The more he paints Sun, the more violet the sky becomes.

The Cloudbabies return and need Sun to make the flowers grow, however Sun is painted all purple.

9:55pm – Thursday, January 17 on ABC2

Catherine Tate stars as Roopina Cral, the editor of ‘Glove Hygiene Monthly’.

Maven (Justin Chubb) is keen to appear on the cover and invites the meticulous Roopina to the tower to persuade her that his versatile hand is ready for island-wide stardom. Sporall (Chris Bran) is trying to find some recognition of his own by entering himself into the Beardboy contest.

The residents are out in force until a phantom beard nibbler strikes and places the whole competition in jeopardy. The prime suspect is the goat that’s been following Sporall around, which means that Sporall himself is implicated.

9:00pm – Thursday, January 17 on ABC2

Joel Creasey likes to speak his mind. Nothing is sacred. In The Acid Tongue Prince, Joel recounts his stories of run-ins with celebrities, politicians, football teams, regional towns and of course his parents – creating controversy wherever he goes. Armed with his razor-sharp wit and skin-tight jeans, nobody is safe.

Joel Creasey is one of Australia’s youngest, brightest and most sought after comedians. Appearing seemingly out of nowhere at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2010, Joel quickly became the talk of the town with his debut show ‘Slumber Party’, ultimately earning him a nomination for the prestigious Best Newcomer Award. At just 19 years of age, Joel was one of the youngest ever nominees.

Lovingly referred to as Australia’s ‘Acid Tongue Prince’, in only a short time Joel has built a cult following that is rapidly incorporating the wider Australian community. People everywhere have fallen in love with his intelligent observations, acerbic style and pop-culture expertise.

9:30pm – Wednesday, January 16 on ABC2

At age 31, presenter Cherry Healey has had a daughter and survived a year of sleepless nights. Now it’s time to get back on the rollercoaster of modern life – but has she been left behind.

In the first episode, Cherry sets out to find out what a modern relationship looks like in a world where anything goes.

Does single equal sad and lonely or is it free and sexy? Is coupledom the mark of success or is staying faithful to the same person forever now just plainly absurd? Cherry wonders, on meeting some serial daters, just how many one night stands is too many.

She also spends time with identical twins, one single and one married, teenagers who are into threesomes and a young man who is desperate to meet ‘the one’.

Can she get to the heart of things and find whether they all really prefer being single or settled?

10:05pm – Sunday, January 13 on ABC1

why people buy the things they do, wear the things they wear and what they are trying to say about themselves when they make those choices.

In this three-part series Perry will embed himself in the social classes of Britain to try to understand their taste. This most anthropological of artists is going to live with each of his ‘taste tribes’ in turn – first the working classes of Sunderland, then the middle classes of Tunbridge Wells, then the upper classes of the Cotswolds.

Originally from a working-class background Perry begins his investigation of taste in Sunderland, a city with strong working-class traditions. He discovers a culture of flamboyant display in Sunderland, as well as some surprising ancestral echoes of his own upbringing. He also confronts head-on the snobbery that surrounds many people’s view of working-class taste.

Finally, Perry invites all the people he meets in Sunderland down to London for an unveiling of the artwork inspired by his experiences in their city, prompting a fascinating debate about what he has chosen to reflect back to them about their taste.