Friday at 1.55am on SBS - The Young Pope
Lenny Belardo is Pius XIII, the youngest Pope in history but also the first American pontiff. His radical ideas could change the Roman Catholic Church, but underlying many of his choices is an ancient sorrow and a tormented relationship with his faith.
Saturday at 1pm on Viceland - The Mosque Next Door
For many non-Muslim Australians, the mosque is shrouded in mystery, and for some, controversy. But how many Australians have ever stepped inside one? For the first time in Australia, television cameras were given unprecedented 24-hour access into one of Australia's oldest mosques - Holland Park Mosque in Brisbane - to join a community rarely seen from the inside. This year, the mosque finds itself in the firing line as never before, as it faces increasing hostility from the wider Australian public and spiralling pressures from within.
Saturday at 8.30pm on Viceland - Children Of Men
This stunning sci-fi epic envisages a future world that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population that has made humankind face the likelihood of its own extinction. Set against a backdrop of London torn apart by violence, 'Children of Men' follows an unlikely champion of Earth's survival: Theo (Clive Owen), a disillusioned ex-activist turned bureaucrat, who is forced to face his own demons and protect the planet's last remaining hope for a future generation. Also starring Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and Academy Award winner Michael Caine and directed by the accomplished Alfonso Cuaron.
Saturday at 9.40pm on SBS - Frost/Nixon
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. Directed by Ron Howard and stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen.
Sunday at 8.30pm on Viceland - Still Alice
Alice Howland is a renowned linguistics professor happily married with three grown children. All that begins to change when she strangely starts to forget words and then more. When her doctor diagnoses her with Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family's lives face a harrowing challenge as this terminal degenerative neurological ailment slowly progresses to an inevitable conclusion they all dread. Along the way, Alice struggles to not only to fight the inner decay, but to make the most of her remaining time to find the love and peace to make simply living worthwhile.
Monday at 8.30pm on SBS - Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I'm A Doctor
Michael Mosley investigates whether diet or exercise is a more effective way to keep calories in check, and Dr Saleyha Ahsan runs an experiment to find out whether probiotic products really can improve health. Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers whether red wine lives up to its healthy reputation, Zoe Williams looks at how sleep duration affects how much people eat, and Gabriel Weston witnesses the first operation of its kind in the UK - fitting a sternum implant made using 3D printing.
Tuesday ay noon on Viceland - The Woman Of My Dreams
Longtime Italian cinema star Stefania Sandrelli is Alba, the mother of two very different adult sons. While Giorgio (Alessandro Gassman) is a playboy who constantly cheats on his wife, Leonardo (Luca Argentero) is always unlucky in love. When Leonardo finally meets the woman of his dreams, Sara (Valentina Lodovini), he brings her home to meet the family, but it appears this is not the first time that Sara has met Giorgio.
Wednesday at 8.30pm on SBS - Australia In Colour
The public supports Australia joining the Vietnam War - but not conscription - until the toll becomes apparent. Awareness grows about discrimination and the extent of everyday racism against Indigenous people - and about land rights. Gender inequality in the workforce and elsewhere also becomes an issue in the 1960s.
Thursday at 3pm on SBS - Riddle of Petra
The 2,000-year old ruins of the ancient city of Petra have captured the global imagination. Now, thanks to startling new evidence, experts are finally about to solve an enduring mystery: what led such a grand and elaborate city to be abandoned?
