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| Details for AFL and NRL finals matches will be available on the Tuesday morning of each round. | |
| Schedule for Saturday, 6 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 02:00 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 02:30 | Egypt Decoded - Much has been written as 'how' the Egyptians might have aligned their monuments with such high precision, but the question that has always remained unanswered is 'why' |
| 03:30 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece - Klimt*s 'The Kiss' is one of the iconic images of 20th century art. In posters and postcards, it is his best-selling image. Klimt*s pictures, in all, sell more in these forms than those of any other artist, Van Gogh, Monet and others |
| 04:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 05:00 | On A Wind And A Prayer - In November of 1944, Japan released the first of more than nine thousand Fugo Balloon Bombs into the Pacific Jet Stream, launching a long-range aerial attack on the North American Continent. |
| 06:00 | The Closet Tales of Australian Fashion - Take a 'behind-the-scenes' look at four Australian fashion designers and just what it takes to make it in the often fickle world of fashion. |
| 06:30 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 07:00 | Growing Up Online - Viewers are taken inside the very public private worlds that kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming childhood. |
| 08:00 | Rage - RAGE features two hours of music clips including Australia's latest releases. |
| 10:00 | NRL - Rnd 26: Roosters v Dragons |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Growing Up Online - Viewers are taken inside the very public private worlds that kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming childhood. |
| 13:00 | The Closet Tales of Australian Fashion - Take a 'behind-the-scenes' look at four Australian fashion designers and just what it takes to make it in the often fickle world of fashion. |
| 13:30 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 14:00 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece - Klimt*s 'The Kiss' is one of the iconic images of 20th century art. In posters and postcards, it is his best-selling image. Klimt*s pictures, in all, sell more in these forms than those of any other artist, Van Gogh, Monet and others |
| 15:00 | On A Wind And A Prayer - In November of 1944, Japan released the first of more than nine thousand Fugo Balloon Bombs into the Pacific Jet Stream, launching a long-range aerial attack on the North American Continent. |
| 16:00 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 17:00 | Asia Pacific Focus - Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines. |
| 17:30 | AFL Premiership Season - Elimination Final 1 - Adelaide v Collingwood |
| Evening Programs | |
| 20:30 | Niagara Falls - Visited by more than 20 million tourists each year, Niagara Falls is study in contrast - a violent, powerful, uncontrollable force whose sheer beauty has a calming, almost meditative effect on visitors. |
| 21:30 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | Asia Pacific Focus - Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines. |
| 23:00 | AFL Premiership Season - Elimination Final 2 - Sydney Swans v Kangaroos |
| Schedule for Sunday, 7 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 02:00 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 02:30 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 03:00 | Policing The Pacific - Australian Federal Police find adventure and challenges in the region as they join the multinational police force known as the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands and embark on a tour of duty to East Timor |
| 03:30 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 04:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 04:30 | Women Of The Sun - This series has given one of the world*s most oppressed minorities a first-time opportunity to tell a part of their history in their own words, through their own experiences. |
| 05:30 | Short Stories - In this unforgettable four part documentary series, we meet four extraordinary characters living with the challenge of being short statured. |
| 06:00 | Rage - RAGE features two hours of music clips including Australia's latest releases. |
| 08:00 | Policing The Pacific - Australian Federal Police find adventure and challenges in the region as they join the multinational police force known as the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands and embark on a tour of duty to East Timor |
| 08:30 | Niagara Falls - Visited by more than 20 million tourists each year, Niagara Falls is study in contrast - a violent, powerful, uncontrollable force whose sheer beauty has a calming, almost meditative effect on visitors. |
| 09:30 | Asia Pacific Focus - Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines. |
| 10:00 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 10:30 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 11:00 | Niagara Falls - Visited by more than 20 million tourists each year, Niagara Falls is study in contrast - a violent, powerful, uncontrollable force whose sheer beauty has a calming, almost meditative effect on visitors. |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | The Insiders - Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. |
| 13:00 | Inside Business - Alan Kohler with analysis and comment on the events and issues driving investors, entrepreneurs and big business. |
| 13:30 | Nexus - Weekend Edition - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program. |
| 14:00 | Niagara Falls - Visited by more than 20 million tourists each year, Niagara Falls is study in contrast - a violent, powerful, uncontrollable force whose sheer beauty has a calming, almost meditative effect on visitors. |
| 15:00 | Policing The Pacific - Australian Federal Police find adventure and challenges in the region as they join the multinational police force known as the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands and embark on a tour of duty to East Timor |
| 15:30 | The Insiders - Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. |
| 16:30 | Inside Business - Alan Kohler with analysis and comment on the events and issues driving investors, entrepreneurs and big business. |
| 17:00 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 17:30 | AFL Premiership Season - Qualifying Final 1 - Geelong v St. Kilda |
| Evening Programs | |
| 20:30 | NRL - Rnd 26: Titans v Wests Tigers |
| 22:30 | Star Struck - Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Teenage cousins Angus (Ross O*Donovan) and Jackie Mullens (Jo Kennedy) live in the Harbour View Hotel, beneath the Harbour Bridge in Sydney*s Rocks. |
| Schedule for Monday, 8 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 00:30 | Here Comes The Neighbourhood - Have a look over the fence, have a chat with a mate and take pleasure in the colourful events that celebrate living in multicultural Australia. |
| 01:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 01:30 | Star Struck - Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Teenage cousins Angus (Ross O*Donovan) and Jackie Mullens (Jo Kennedy) live in the Harbour View Hotel, beneath the Harbour Bridge in Sydney*s Rocks. |
| 03:30 | Policing The Pacific - Australian Federal Police find adventure and challenges in the region as they join the multinational police force known as the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands and embark on a tour of duty to East Timor |
| 04:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 04:30 | The Insiders - Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. |
| 05:30 | Last Days of Yasser Arafat - The Last Days of Yasser Arafat tells the final chapter in the story of one of the most controversial public figures of our time. |
| 06:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 07:00 | Asia Pacific Focus - Asia Pacific Focus covers world events with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Interviews and analysis on the broader issues underscoring the headlines. |
| 07:30 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 08:00 | The Insiders - Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Insiders is a fast-moving treatment of Australian national affairs with interviews, discussion, and analysis. |
| 09:00 | Last Days of Yasser Arafat - The Last Days of Yasser Arafat tells the final chapter in the story of one of the most controversial public figures of our time. |
| 10:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 10:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 11:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 11:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 12:30 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 12:37 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 13:00 | Home and Away - Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 13:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| 14:00 | Last Days of Yasser Arafat - The Last Days of Yasser Arafat tells the final chapter in the story of one of the most controversial public figures of our time. |
| 15:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 15:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 16:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 17:00 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 17:07 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 17:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| Evening Programs | |
| 18:00 | Here Comes The Neighbourhood - Have a look over the fence, have a chat with a mate and take pleasure in the colourful events that celebrate living in multicultural Australia. |
| 18:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 19:00 | The New Inventors - Join The New Inventors in a fascinating search for Australia's most amazing inventions and trend-setting designs. |
| 19:30 | Crime and Justice - In an Australian first, Crime and Justice features unprecedented access to the officers of the Victoria Police and the rulings from inside the Magistrates' Court. |
| 20:00 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 20:30 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire - By 1400 B.C. the Egyptian empire stretches from Northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa. Led by Amenhotep III, it is a golden age of wealth, power, and prosperity. |
| 21:30 | The New Inventors - Join The New Inventors in a fascinating search for Australia's most amazing inventions and trend-setting designs. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | 7.30 Report - The 7.30 Report is the ABC's national flagship current affairs program presented by Kerry O'Brien. |
| 23:00 | Outrageous Fortune - Van tries to buy a dream home and Pascalle finds her dream job. Meanwhile Munter*s middle name is Iago; Judd feels like Judas; and Jethro does a Hamlet. |
| Schedule for Tuesday, 9 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 00:00 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire - By 1400 B.C. the Egyptian empire stretches from Northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa. Led by Amenhotep III, it is a golden age of wealth, power, and prosperity. |
| 01:00 | Crime and Justice - In an Australian first, Crime and Justice features unprecedented access to the officers of the Victoria Police and the rulings from inside the Magistrates' Court. |
| 01:30 | Outrageous Fortune - Van tries to buy a dream home and Pascalle finds her dream job. Meanwhile Munter*s middle name is Iago; Judd feels like Judas; and Jethro does a Hamlet. |
| 02:30 | The New Inventors - Join The New Inventors in a fascinating search for Australia's most amazing inventions and trend-setting designs. |
| 03:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 04:00 | Crime and Justice - In an Australian first, Crime and Justice features unprecedented access to the officers of the Victoria Police and the rulings from inside the Magistrates' Court. |
| 04:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 05:00 | The New Inventors - Join The New Inventors in a fascinating search for Australia's most amazing inventions and trend-setting designs. |
| 05:30 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 06:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 07:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 08:00 | Lateline and Lateline Business - A nightly news and business analysis program bringing you the latest events from Australian and international news and coverage of investment and business news, including keynote interviews. |
| 09:00 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire - By 1400 B.C. the Egyptian empire stretches from Northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa. Led by Amenhotep III, it is a golden age of wealth, power, and prosperity. |
| 10:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 10:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 11:00 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 11:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 12:30 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 12:40 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 13:00 | Home and Away - Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 13:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| 14:00 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire - By 1400 B.C. the Egyptian empire stretches from Northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa. Led by Amenhotep III, it is a golden age of wealth, power, and prosperity. |
| 15:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 15:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 16:00 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 17:00 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 17:10 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 17:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| Evening Programs | |
| 18:00 | Crime and Justice - In an Australian first, Crime and Justice features unprecedented access to the officers of the Victoria Police and the rulings from inside the Magistrates' Court. |
| 18:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 19:00 | Roar of the Wild - An epic voyage of animal discoveries hosted by Australia*s Lin Sutherland. For 13 weeks, Lin will take you on an incredible journey, travelling to exotic locations. |
| 19:30 | Medical Emergency - A real-life medical series, which follows the demanding lives of the staff at a busy hospital emergency ward. |
| 20:00 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 20:30 | The Medicated Child - In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. |
| 21:30 | Roar of the Wild - An epic voyage of animal discoveries hosted by Australia*s Lin Sutherland. For 13 weeks, Lin will take you on an incredible journey, travelling to exotic locations. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | 7.30 Report - The 7.30 Report is the ABC's national flagship current affairs program presented by Kerry O'Brien. |
| 23:00 | All Saints - All Saints is centred on the drama of life in an emergency department seen through the eyes of the people who carry the most responsibility for it - the men and women of the nursing staff. |
| Schedule for Wednesday, 10 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 00:00 | The Medicated Child - In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. |
| 01:00 | Medical Emergency - A real-life medical series, which follows the demanding lives of the staff at a busy hospital emergency ward. |
| 01:30 | All Saints - All Saints is centred on the drama of life in an emergency department seen through the eyes of the people who carry the most responsibility for it - the men and women of the nursing staff. |
| 02:30 | Roar of the Wild - An epic voyage of animal discoveries hosted by Australia*s Lin Sutherland. For 13 weeks, Lin will take you on an incredible journey, travelling to exotic locations. |
| 03:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 04:00 | Medical Emergency - A real-life medical series, which follows the demanding lives of the staff at a busy hospital emergency ward. |
| 04:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 05:00 | Roar of the Wild - An epic voyage of animal discoveries hosted by Australia*s Lin Sutherland. For 13 weeks, Lin will take you on an incredible journey, travelling to exotic locations. |
| 05:30 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 06:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 07:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 08:00 | Lateline and Lateline Business - A nightly news and business analysis program bringing you the latest events from Australian and international news and coverage of investment and business news, including keynote interviews. |
| 09:00 | The Medicated Child - In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. |
| 10:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 10:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 11:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 11:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 12:30 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 12:39 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 13:00 | Home and Away - Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 13:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| 14:00 | The Medicated Child - In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. |
| 15:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 15:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 16:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 17:00 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 17:09 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 17:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| Evening Programs | |
| 18:00 | Medical Emergency - A real-life medical series, which follows the demanding lives of the staff at a busy hospital emergency ward. |
| 18:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 19:00 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 19:30 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 20:00 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 20:30 | The Best of Australia - Explore the timeless country, sacred mysteries and teeming animal life of Australia's wild northern frontier - Kakadu World Heritage Area and Arnhem Land. |
| 21:30 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | 7.30 Report - The 7.30 Report is the ABC's national flagship current affairs program presented by Kerry O'Brien. |
| 23:00 | The Circuit - It*s festival time in Broome, the biggest event on the town*s calendar as Chinese lanterns swing in the breeze and there*s an event for every type of taste. The dry is coming to an end - the wet is on its way. |
| Schedule for Thursday, 11 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 00:00 | The Best of Australia - Explore the timeless country, sacred mysteries and teeming animal life of Australia's wild northern frontier - Kakadu World Heritage Area and Arnhem Land. |
| 01:00 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 01:30 | The Circuit - It*s festival time in Broome, the biggest event on the town*s calendar as Chinese lanterns swing in the breeze and there*s an event for every type of taste. The dry is coming to an end - the wet is on its way. |
| 02:30 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 03:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 04:00 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 04:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 05:00 | Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors is all about perfect escapes . . . a picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in The Great Outdoors. |
| 05:30 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 06:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 07:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 08:00 | Lateline and Lateline Business - A nightly news and business analysis program bringing you the latest events from Australian and international news and coverage of investment and business news, including keynote interviews. |
| 09:00 | The Best of Australia - Explore the timeless country, sacred mysteries and teeming animal life of Australia's wild northern frontier - Kakadu World Heritage Area and Arnhem Land. |
| 10:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 10:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 11:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 11:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 12:30 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 12:37 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 13:00 | Home and Away - Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 13:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| 14:00 | The Best of Australia - Explore the timeless country, sacred mysteries and teeming animal life of Australia's wild northern frontier - Kakadu World Heritage Area and Arnhem Land. |
| 15:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 15:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 16:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 17:00 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 17:07 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 17:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| Evening Programs | |
| 18:00 | Foreign Correspondent - Foreign Correspondent, presented by Mark Corcoran, is award-winning current affairs. The program draws on the ABC's extensive network of local and international correspondents who go where the news takes them. |
| 18:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 19:00 | The Einstein Factor - The David and Goliath of game shows where ordinary people with a deep knowledge of one subject are pitted against intellectuals with formidable credentials. |
| 19:30 | Opal Fever - Precious opals don't just come out of mines in Coober Pedy. They can be found almost anywhere in town. Lucky residents share their stories of amazing finds. |
| 20:00 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 20:30 | Inside the Great Magazines - Part III investigates the work of impassioned individual editors, writers and photographers within the new market realities. A new frontier is opening up, a place where money and size are often the defining factor in a magazine's influence. |
| 21:30 | The Einstein Factor - The David and Goliath of game shows where ordinary people with a deep knowledge of one subject are pitted against intellectuals with formidable credentials. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | 7.30 Report - The 7.30 Report is the ABC's national flagship current affairs program presented by Kerry O'Brien. |
| 23:00 | McLeod's Daughters - Love is in the air over Drovers Run. When Alberto, an itinerant, good looking young Italian rescues Jodi from a rampant steer she falls hopelessly in love with him. At first Meg isn't too worried as Alberto will be moving on. |
| Schedule for Friday, 12 September 2008 | |
| Morning Programs | |
| 00:00 | Inside the Great Magazines - Part III investigates the work of impassioned individual editors, writers and photographers within the new market realities. A new frontier is opening up, a place where money and size are often the defining factor in a magazine's influence. |
| 01:00 | Opal Fever - Precious opals don't just come out of mines in Coober Pedy. They can be found almost anywhere in town. Lucky residents share their stories of amazing finds. |
| 01:30 | McLeod's Daughters - Love is in the air over Drovers Run. When Alberto, an itinerant, good looking young Italian rescues Jodi from a rampant steer she falls hopelessly in love with him. At first Meg isn't too worried as Alberto will be moving on. |
| 02:30 | The Einstein Factor - The David and Goliath of game shows where ordinary people with a deep knowledge of one subject are pitted against intellectuals with formidable credentials. |
| 03:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 04:00 | Opal Fever - Precious opals don't just come out of mines in Coober Pedy. They can be found almost anywhere in town. Lucky residents share their stories of amazing finds. |
| 04:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 05:00 | The Einstein Factor - The David and Goliath of game shows where ordinary people with a deep knowledge of one subject are pitted against intellectuals with formidable credentials. |
| 05:30 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 06:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 07:00 | Newshour With Jim Middleton - A one-hour news, issues and current affairs program. Hosted by Jim Middleton it is a news show with personality. Featuring interviews, news, and insights into issues affecting the region, it is the only one of its kind out there |
| 08:00 | Lateline and Lateline Business - A nightly news and business analysis program bringing you the latest events from Australian and international news and coverage of investment and business news, including keynote interviews. |
| 09:00 | Inside the Great Magazines - Part III investigates the work of impassioned individual editors, writers and photographers within the new market realities. A new frontier is opening up, a place where money and size are often the defining factor in a magazine's influence. |
| 10:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 10:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 11:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 11:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| Afternoon Programs | |
| 12:00 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 12:30 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 12:37 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 13:00 | Home and Away - Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 13:30 | Business Today - Business news from Australia and Asia |
| 14:00 | Inside the Great Magazines - Part III investigates the work of impassioned individual editors, writers and photographers within the new market realities. A new frontier is opening up, a place where money and size are often the defining factor in a magazine's influence. |
| 15:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 15:30 | Bananas in Pyjamas - Come play with B1 and B2, the mischievous Rat-in-A-Hat, and the three teddy bears: Amy, Lulu and Morgan |
| 16:03 | Play School - Play School is a regular television program for pre-school children encouraging them to wonder, think, feel and imagine. |
| 16:30 | Nexus - Learn about people and their ideas and improve your English language skills by watching this unique educational program |
| 17:00 | English Bites - English Bites is an informative and entertaining way to improve your knowledge of the English language. |
| 17:07 | Living English - Living English is for the English language learner at a beginner, or near beginner level. It is especially for people who wish to learn or revise their basic English skills. |
| 17:30 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| Evening Programs | |
| 18:00 | The Einstein Factor - The David and Goliath of game shows where ordinary people with a deep knowledge of one subject are pitted against intellectuals with formidable credentials. |
| 18:30 | Home and Away - A new season of Home and Away focuses on the community in the beachside town of Summer Bay. |
| 19:00 | Opal Fever - Precious opals don't just come out of mines in Coober Pedy. They can be found almost anywhere in town. Lucky residents share their stories of amazing finds. |
| 19:30 | Here Comes The Neighbourhood - Have a look over the fence, have a chat with a mate and take pleasure in the colourful events that celebrate living in multicultural Australia. |
| 20:00 | Totally Wild - Explore the natural beauty of flora and fauna with the Totally Wild team. |
| 20:30 | Bible Mysteries - Reopen the files on the trial of Jesus Christ and his horrific death by crucifixion, and examine what really happened in the style of a murder investigation. |
| 21:30 | Bondi Rescue - Bondi Rescue follows the work of the elite lifeguards in charge of safety at the world*s busiest beach. The full-time council lifeguards - the boys in blue - patrol Bondi seven days a week, 365 days a year. |
| 22:00 | News - News from Australia, Pacific, Asia, and India including local reports from Australia Network News reporters in the region. |
| 22:30 | Here Comes The Neighbourhood - Have a look over the fence, have a chat with a mate and take pleasure in the colourful events that celebrate living in multicultural Australia. |
| 23:00 | The Boy In The Bubble - When David Vetter died at the age of 12, he was already world famous - the boy in the plastic bubble. Mythologized as the plucky, handsome child who had defied the odds, his life story is in fact even more dramatic. |