ABC: summer 2018 / 19 highlights

ABC has revealed its summer highlights including Christmas and New Year specials variously including The Weekly, Doctor Who, Call the Midwife, Father Brown, Victoria, Gardening Australia and the Royal Variety Performance.

ABC C0medy will also feature the Free to Air debut of The Good Place from January 7.

ABC:

Compass Christmas Special: Ho! Ho! Ho! Telling Christmas Tales – Tuesday 18th December, 9pm on ABC and iview
The Yearly with Charlie Pickering – Wednesday 19th December, 8pm on ABC and iview
Gardening Australia Christmas Special – Friday 21st December, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
Father Brown Christmas Special: The Tree of Truth – Monday 24th December, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
Royal Variety Performance 2018 – Tuesday 25th December, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
Call the Midwife Christmas Special – Thursday 27th December, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
Victoria Christmas Special: Comfort and Joy – Tuesday 29th December, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
NYE: The Night Is Yours – Monday 31st December from 8.30pm on ABC and iview
Doctor Who Festive Special (Wednesday 2nd January, 7.30pm on ABC. iview premiere 7am AEDT
Escape From The City – Thursday 3rd January, 7.30pm (regular time 8pm) on ABC and iview
Little Women – Saturday 5th January, 7.30pm on ABC and iview
Fake or Fortune (Series 7) – Tuesday 15th January, 9.30pm on ABC and iview
Australia Day events include Australian of the Year Awards on Friday 25th January at 7.30pm and the Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony on Saturday 26th January at 9am on ABC and iview.
Gardening Australia 30th Year returns Friday 1st February, 7.30pm on ABC and iview

ABC Comedy:

Sammy J: The Twelve J’s of Christmas – Thursday 13th December, 9.30pm on ABC COMEDY and iview
The Best of When TV Was Awesome – Two parts; Tuesday 11th and Tuesday 18th December, 10pm on ABC COMEDY and iview
The Good Place (Series 1) – Mondays 9.30pm from Monday 7th January on ABC COMEDY & iview
Upstart Crow (Series 3) – Fridays 10pm from Friday 4th January on ABC COMEDY & iview
W1A (Series 3) – Fridays 10.30pm from Friday 4th January on ABC COMEDY & iview
In the Long Run – Tuesdays 9.45pm from Tuesday 15th January on ABC COMEDY & iview
Timewasters – Tuesdays 10.10pm from Tuesday 8th January on ABC COMEDY & iview
All Aussie Stand-up Sundays – from Sunday 30th December to Sunday 24th February on ABC COMEDY and iview. Including; Randy Writes A Novel, Adam Hills: Happyism and Kitty Flanagan: Charming and Alarming.

ABC News & Current Affairs:

The Summer Drum – Series Return, Wednesday 2nd January, 5.30pm on ABC and iview
Foreign Correspondent – Series Return, Tuesday 8th January, 8pm on ABC and iview

ABC ME:

Mustangs FC (Series 2) – Tuesday 1st January, 5pm on ABC ME, and the complete series in the ABC ME app and on iview from 6pm
The Next Step (Series 6) – complete series available in the ABC ME app and on iview from Monday December 31st. Then daily ABC ME from Monday 14th January at 5pm
Massive Monster Mayhem – Thursday 27th December daily at 4pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
All Hail King Julien – Thursday 27th December daily at 5.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Officially Amazing (Series 7) – Thursday 27th December daily at 6.25pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Make It Pop Summer Special – Saturday 22nd December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir double episode special – Monday 25th December at 5.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
News to ME Christmas Special and New Years To ME – Monday 24th December at 8am and Monday 31st December at 4pm respectively, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Wishfart – Christmas episode – Sunday 23rd December at 4.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Oddbods Christmas Special – Saturday 22nd December at 7am, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed – Christmas episode – Sunday 23rd December at 6pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview

Daily Family Movies at 6:30pm every day from Thursday 20th December on ABC ME, the ABC ME app and iview

Dance Academy: The Movie – Thursday 20th December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Special – Friday 21st December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Make It Pop: Summer Special – Saturday 22nd December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Billionaire Boy – Sunday 23rd December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Mr Stink – Monday 24th December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Ratburger – Tuesday 25th December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes – Wednesday 26th December at 6.30pm, and in the ABC ME app and on iview

ABC KIDS:

Rita and Crocodile – Monday 3rd December at 8.40am on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview
Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie – Monday 24th December at 2pm, on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview
Thomas and Friends, “The Christmas Coffee Pot” – Sunday 9th December at 5.40pm on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview
Thomas and Friends, “Daisy’s Perfect Christmas” – Sunday 16th December at 5.40pm on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview
Pingu in the City, “Pingu Saves Christmas” – Sunday 9th December at 5.55pm on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview
Lily’s Driftwood Bay: Christmas Crashed (Special) – Sunday 16th December at 5.50pm on ABC KIDS, the ABC KIDS app and iview