MONARCHY

Documentary Series

Every year, the Royal Family perform around 4,000 official engagements between them and meet hundreds of thousands of people. But it's not all ribbon-cutting and plaque-unveiling. Months - even years - of careful preparation go into these events and The Queen keeps an eye on it all.

In the case of a Palace garden party, every single invitation must be written out by hand and treble-checked by the team of 'Garden Party Ladies', a meticulous part-time workforce based at Buckingham Palace. Given that up to 40,000 people are invited to garden parties in London and Edinburgh every year, the ladies are busy for months. See the results of their efforts as people from all over Britain and the world descend on the Palace lawns.

MONARCHY, Saturday 23rd January 8.35pm

AGAINST ALL ODDS

Documentary Series

This series tells amazing stories of remarkable human survival that seem to defy all known physical laws. These tales are all true and extraordinary but explainable by science.

EPISODE FOUR: A climber somehow manages to push with the strength of four men and move a titanic 500-pound boulder just enough to be able to roll free; incredibly, a mother summons up the strength to lift a car for five minutes to free her trapped son underneath; and a fire fighter who finds himself trapped under a huge beam and suffering multiple injuries including his legs on fire, his skull fractured and his right hip shattered, amazingly throws the beam off his body to escape a burning building.

AGAINST ALL ODDS, Saturday 23rd January 9.40pm

SUNDAY 24th January

GET GROWING WITH NEW ZEALAND GARDENER

Lifestyle

The Coles family are three weeks into their self-sufficiency push and Lynda Hallinan is on-hand to help them navigate those gardening pot-holes - is the good life all plain sailing?

This week, Lynda introduces the Coles to the art of foraging and free crops. Pay close attention and you to could dine for free! There is an abundance of edible produce available in your neighbourhood if you know where to look!

GET GROWING - WITH NEW ZEALAND GARDENER, Sunday 24th January 7.00pm

ESCAPE TO THE LEGION

Reality Series

Thirty-six hours into Legionnaire life and the 11 recruits are wishing that they'd never been born. The officers are determined to break the volunteers both physically and mentally before rebuilding them as fighting machines. There is no room for weak links and Sergeant Ferguson is gunning for malingerer Lee Gibbs after he's rushed to hospital with a fake back injury. Ex-drug and drink addict Stephen Malloy is also high on the hit list for his constant moaning and even adventurer explorer Bear Grylls is buried up to his neck in sand for a minor misdemeanour.

ESCAPE TO THE LEGION, Sunday 24th January 8.30pm

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Drama THE ONE TO WATCH FINAL EPISODE

Connie tells Don that since ad agency McCann Erickson is buying Puttnam, Powell, and Lowe - and Sterling Cooper along with it - he's terminating his arrangement with Don. After informing Cooper about the sale, Don proposes that they buy Sterling Cooper themselves. But will Cooper agree to the arrangement and will they be willing to include Roger due to the agency's biggest account, Lucky Strike? Meanwhile, on the home-front Don is caught up in another splitting of assets.

MAD MEN, Sunday 24th January 9.40pm

SPORT BOX - 24th January, 10.30am OFF THE ROPES - 24th January, 1.30pm BLACK MAGIC FISHING NZ - 24th January, 2.55pm ALL IN THE GAMES - 24th January, 3:25pm

PRIME SPORT SUNDAY

MONDAY 25th January

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MEET THE HASSELHOFFS

Reality

David Hasselhoff and family have escaped the intensity of London paparazzi and hit the road in a rented Winnebago. Heading North towards Leicestershire, the skyline of London gives way to the incredible English countryside - immediately the stress starts to lift. Arriving in a beautiful hotel set in the small village of Stapleford, David is determined to immerse himself in every aspect of country life.

Along with good friend Scott Mills, they come face-to-face with the local wildlife, get to know the locals, navigate the Winnebago cross-country and even have a crack at pig-herding in the local agricultural fair. It's family's first brush with the real British countryside and a chance to spend some quality time together over a surprise Father's Day breakfast.

MEET THE HASSELHOFFS, Monday 25th January 7.30pm

THE LISTENER

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Toby and Oz respond to a man suffering from a head injury. As the man, Ron Wallace, loses consciousness and dies, Toby flashes on an image of a young woman. As they place him on a stretcher, a handgun falls from his coat with a photo of the woman from Toby's vision.

With Oz's help, Toby tracks down the woman, who turns out to be the victim's daughter, Lindsay. Lindsay asks if her father's death had anything to do with the four million dollars he embezzled. Toby shares what he knows with Detective Charlie Marks - did Ron commit the crime?

THE LISTENER, Monday 25th January 9.30pm

TUESDAY 26th January

PROPERTY LADDER

Entertainment Series

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In the past, British developers have hoped that the tried and tested trick of converting houses into flats will be the key to making their fortune. However, the buy to let market fuelled a massive explosion in one and two bedroom apartments and with the market flooded and property prices starting to look jittery, this isn't the time to be adding more.

When Sarah first meets twins Natasha and Loretta, and Loretta's husband David, they are banking every single penny on splitting a three-storey end of terrace house in Brentford, Middlesex into two flats. Sarah persuades them to shelve their plans and create two small cottages instead. But will this be enough to save their bacon in a dramatically falling market?

Meanwhile in Newport, South Wales, Sean and Nicola Horler hope to squeeze even more flats out of their terraced house but Sarah thinks they should spread their risk by creating a three-bed maisonette and flat instead. Will they make the right decisions? And will those decisions save them as they navigate the most uncertain property market in living memory?

PROPERTY LADDER, Tuesday 26th January 7.30pm

TOP GEAR AUSTRALIA

Entertainment

How hard can it be to convert a car into an amphibious car? The UK hosts had a couple of goes and now its Australia's turn. To find out, the boys set off to the heart of the Whitsunday's for Hamilton Island's prestigious Audi Race Week.

And Australia's favourite Idol, Shannon Noll (What About Me, Drive), is the "Celebrity in a Bog Standard Car".

TOP GEAR AUSTRALIA, Tuesday 26th January 8.30pm

FINAL EPISODELEVERAGE

Drama

In this episode, Nate comes out of hiding to directly challenge Sterling and Blackpoole. This time he's going to steal both David statuettes right out from under their noses. But Nate's bigger challenge is to get his fractured team to work together again. The stakes have never been higher. Either Nate gets his vengeance, or his friends go to jail for the rest of their lives.

LEVERAGE, Tuesday 26th January 9.35pm

WEDNESDAY 27th January

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Entertainment Series

The final three Eamon, Rachael and Kirk battle it out in a three-round showdown. Round one is a taste test - they each enter the kitchen individually to try and guess the ingredients of paella, getting one point for each correct guess. In round two they must create a dessert using chocolate or strawberries. The final round is the pressure test, they must recreate an Andrew McConnell dish - salt baked chicken with hay.

CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA, Wednesday 27th January 8.30pm

SOLD

Drama

Danny's troubled childhood comes back to haunt him when he shows a couple around his old family home and then discovers that developers are digging up his father's grave. Matt sees this as an opportunity to make a fast buck, but his scheming backfires on him when Mel sides with Danny. Meanwhile, selling off an old gothic house ripe for redevelopment, Phoebe and Jonty are haunted by a different kind of ghost

SOLD, Wednesday 27th January 10.30pm

THURSDAY 28th January

CUSTOMS

Documentary Series

In Bristol, eagle-eyed officer Russ spots a passenger dressed in a suspiciously smart suit making a swift exit. A bag search discovers three kilos of cocaine hidden in the fabric of the case. In Dover, 300,000 cigarettes are found in a shipment of resin granules. And in Cornwall, the customs officers aboard Searcher rummage a massive Polish cargo vessel looking for potential smugglers and discover a stash of 10,000 cigarettes.

CUSTOMS, Thursday 28th January 7.30pm

HORNBLOWER

Drama

Hornblower (Ioan Gruffuld) is called to take a company of British troops and a company of French nationalists to France to fight in the revolution. But Hornblower is horrified by the brutality of the French commander (who is particularly fond of Madame Guillotine) and his unwillingness to take part in the actual battles.

However, when the commander and his men set out to rape and brutalize a young school teacher, Hornblower vows to protect her.

HORNBLOWER, Thursday 28th January 8.30pm

FRIDAY 29th January

ROBIN HOOD

Drama

Robin breaks into Isabella's chamber at night to strike a deal. If she will keep him informed about the Prince's plans, he'll protect her when the King returns. She calls for her guards but Robin manages to escape.

Isabella presides over the trial of Meg, a young woman charged with disobeying her father and refusing marriage-suitors. Isabella likes Meg's attitude and frees her. Isabella is determined to win the people's respect. Robin is hopeful for Nottingham's future but her rule is brought to an abrupt end when her husband, Squire Thornton, arrives and announces he's taking over as Sheriff. What lies ahead for both Robin and Isabella? And, could Robin be due some romance?

ROBIN HOOD, Friday 29th January 8.30pm

SINGING WITH THE ENEMY

Reality

This week sees top music producer Tommy D match a wild, electro-rock collective with a manufactured boy band. Two bands from opposite ends of the music spectrum, but Tommy hopes that K-Tron's experimental sound and anarchic attitudes combined with Code 5's mainstream harmonies will create an interesting new sound.

But will ultra-hip K-Tron be willing to work with a bunch of musicians who sing Lionel Richie covers? And will the weirdness of K-Tron's world send the straight-laced boy band over the edge?

SINGING WITH THE ENEMY, Friday 29th January 9.30pm