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Wed Jan 24

[ABC/8:35pm] Monster By Dylan Moran is a 90 minute stand-up comedy special from the star of Black Books, Dylan Moran. Recorded in Dublin, Moran’s musings cover the way we live, the amount of time we spend eating and the virtues of living well. He discusses all manner of issues – from getting older to the meaning of life – all with his unique brand of dry humour. At the age of 24, Dylan Moran was the youngest person ever to receive the Perrier Award for Comedy. He’s since written and starred in his own BAFTA award-winning TV sitcom Black Books, and starred in the critically acclaimed films The Actors with Michael Caine, and Notting Hill with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.

[ABC/9:55pm] Tunnel of Love. The film is set in and around a fairground:in a free-wheeling community, underpinned by illegality, brutality and dark deeds – The Sopranos meets That’ll Be The Day. Is this, as Roy argues, “The last great free, magical frontier in a Britain of air-conditioned sterility and shopping malls”? Or is it, as he also argues, “A muddy shit-hole”? Roy (Jack Dee) is the fairground’s fixer, never far from a scam but basically trying to have a good time and some decent sex in his luxuriously appointed caravan. Roy’s comfortable world is threatened however when two accidents occur in close succession and he is sued for substantial damages. Is this a wind-up or is the fairground’s future seriously in jeopardy? Aided and abetted by babe-magnet Sean (Cristian Solimeno), Roy becomes an unlikely and yet curiously inventive detective.

[ABC/11:20pm] India’s Ladyboys. (CC) Follows a group of Hirjas – those who were born hermaphrodites and those who were born men and have since been castrated – who, until now, have been misunderstood and are still considered outsiders in their own country.
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[Nine/8;30pm] Close to Home. Sex, Toys and Videotape. A bride-to-be is murdered the night before her wedding in what appears to be a violent sex crime, and the investigation reveals that she was not the chaste person she pretended to be. Stars Jennifer Finnigan and Kimberly Elise.

[Nine/9:30pm] Men in Trees. Ladies First. The town of Elmo throws Marin a huge birthday celebration, but the unexpected arrival of her fun-loving younger sister conjures up some unexpected insecurities for Marin. Stars Anne Heche and John Amos.

[Ten/7:30pm] Australian Princess. Finale.
[Ten/8:30pm] Medium. “Knowing Her” Rpt.
[Ten/9:30pm] Numb3rs. Backscatter.

[SBS/8:30pm] Living With Refugees – This is the latest documentary by award-winning journalist Sorious Samura who is increasingly developing a reputation for creating ‘real’ reality TV – stories that offer a unique perspective into the lives of people facing terrible situations. In this documentary, Sorious sets out to become, for all intents and purposes, a refugee. He travels to Chad to live with a family in a refugee camp for one month, living under exactly the same conditions, eating what they ate and drinking what they drank. Sorious builds close intimate relationships with the other refugees, sharing their hopes and fears, so that this documentary provides a unique insight into what life is really like for them. Sorious meets Adam – a refugee who has 2 wives, 8 children, no money and all of whose friends have been murdered – at the Chad/Sudan border where he has been living on handouts. But he has outstayed his welcome. Even though he doesn’t know how far it is, he’s heading for a UN refugee camp further to the west in Chad, and agrees Sorious can follow his family on this journey. (From the UK, in English and Arabic, English subtitles) (Documentary) CC WS

[SBS/10:00pm] Festival Movie: Dogville – Winner of 13 international awards and nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, this film stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and was written and directed by Lars von Trier (Dancer In The Dark). The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth. Also stars Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, James Caan, Patricia Clarkson and Philip Baker Hall. (From Denmark, in English) (Drama) (2003) MA (S,V,A) CC WS

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