Friday at noon on Viceland - The Woman Of My Dreams
Longtime Italian cinema star Stefania Sandrelli (The First Beautiful Thing) 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, Eat Pray Love) 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.
Friday at 6.30pm on Viceland - Rex In Rome
Inspector Fabbri suspects that a rich businessman is involved in a double murder, but the man has powerful friends and Fabbri is given a hard time while he tries to gather evidence. Stars Kaspar Capparoni, Fabio Ferri, Augusto Zucchi and Remo Girone.
Friday at 8.30pm on SBS - Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Semi Final
Music buff Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey will be at the helm of SBS’s Eurovision coverage, on the ground from Expo Tel Aviv in Israel, to bring Australians every angle of the contest as they explore the razzmatazz, kitsch, political voting, showbiz, cultural displays, and heart of Eurovision - the artists and songs.
Saturday at 8.30pm on Viceland - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Based loosely on Homer's Odyssey this Coen brothers gem follows the misadventures of escaped con Ulysses Everett McGill (Academy Award winner George Clooney) and his none-too-bright sidekicks Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). The trio tries to make its way back to Ulysses' Penelope (Oscar-winner Holly Hunter) before she can marry again. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey full of crazy experiences and colourful characters.
Saturday at 10.10pm on SBS - SBS World News 2019 - Federal Election
SBS World News presents comprehensive coverage of the 2019 Federal Election.
Sunday at 5.00am on SBS - Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Final
Music buff Myf Warhurst and comedian Joel Creasey will be at the helm of SBS’s Eurovision coverage, on the ground from Expo Tel Aviv in Israel, to bring Australians every angle of the contest as they explore the razzmatazz, kitsch, political voting, showbiz, cultural displays, and heart of Eurovision - the artists and songs. Repeated at 8.30 PM.
Monday at 2pm on SBS - Rome: Empire Without Limit
Travelling from Spain to Iran, Egypt to Scotland, Tunisia to Greece, historian and classicist Mary Beard answers the big questions that have fascinated people for centuries: what caused the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Examining its creations, successes, failures and the legacy it left behind, this documentary looks at the ancient and modern, the big battles and the stories of whose who made it work, many of whom have left their own imprints alongside the Pompeys and Caesars, Hadrians and Constantine the Greats.
Tuesday at 7.30pm on SBS - Who Do You Think You Are? Karl Kruszelnicki
Australia’s favourite scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, is a qualified medical doctor, engineer, and physicist whose media career began in 1981. His weekly talkback hour has become a national institution, and he’s authored more than 40 books. Karl was two years old when he came to Australia with his family as refugees in 1950. He knows very little about his parents’ life before this, only that they met in a refugee camp in Sweden after World War Two. While Karl’s father told him many elaborate stories, his mother was very secretive.
Wednesday at 7.30pm on SBS Food - Two Greedy Italians
Chef Antonio Carluccio returns to his home town of Borgofranco, in the Italian Piedmont region, to look at whether the rivalry between north and south is as strong as ever. He and Gennaro Contaldo take part in traditional celebrations in Asti, where tension reaches boiling point during a horse race, and discover the new array of ingredients brought in by immigrants at the Turin vegetable market.
