SBS 2 May 17

Program Guide

Week 21 Sunday May 17th, 2015

5:20 am Latin American News - News via satellite from Television National de Chile, in Spanish, no subtitles.

5:50 am Urdu News - News via satellite from PTV Pakistan in Islamabad, in Urdu, no subtitles.

6:20 am Weatherwatch And Music - A continuously updated weather report, bringing viewers the latest weather conditions from around Australia, and featuring a selection of quality music.

6:30 am Tour of California 2015 - Stage 7: Ontario to Mt. Baldy - Live coverage of the Amgen Tour of California, a cycling road race created and presented by AEG that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course that traverses hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medallists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions. Riders will begin in Sacramento and make their way across the Californian terrain over 8 stages to the finish line in Pasadena. (Cycling) **Live Eastern States Only**

8:30 am Macedonian News - News via satellite from public broadcaster MRT in Skopje, in Macedonian, no subtitles.

9:00 am PopAsia - Features back-to-back videos from artists across Asia and all the latest news and interviews from the Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese pop scenes. Hosted by Jamaica dela Cruz and Andy Trieu. (An SBS Production) (Entertainment Series) PG

11:00 am Portuguese News - News via satellite from RTP Portugal (Lisbon), in Portuguese, no subtitles.

11:30 am Croatian News - News via satellite from HRT Croatia, in Croatian, no subtitles.

12:00 pm Hindi News - News via satellite from NDTV India, in Hindi, no subtitles.

12:30 pm Dutch News - News via satellite from BVN, in Dutch, no subtitles.

1:00 pm Be Your Own Boss - Britain's hottest young entrepreneur, Richard Reed, is on the hunt for the next generation of start-up superstars and he has set aside a million pounds to invest in their ideas. From the five hundred hopefuls who have pitched concepts ranging from bubble gum-flavoured chicken to state-of-the-art drink dispensers, Richard selects the first three bright ideas he is willing to risk big money on. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Final) (Rpt) G

SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Sunday May 17th, 2015

2:05 pm Foodie Planet - Destination Northern Italy - Globetrotting French gourmet Julie Andrieu takes a culinary tour of some of the world's most interesting and scenic places. In this episode, Julie travels to Northern Italy for a gourmet epic, full of spices and surprises. She explores the region of Emilia-Romagna, where the cuisine reflects the contrasts in landscape. Then it’s time for Bologna and Parma, towns whose names alone evoke good-tasting food. (From France, in French, English and Italian) (Food Series) (Rpt) G

3:05 pm Bunk - Alex Borstein, Ethan T Berlin And Jordan Klepper - A game show spoof featuring a rotation of comedian contestants performing comedy challenges. (From the US) (Comedy Series) (Rpt) PG(L)

3:30 pm Bunk - Matt Oberg, Michael Che And Alison Rich - A game show spoof featuring a rotation of comedian contestants performing comedy challenges. (From the US) (Comedy Series) (Rpt) PG(L)

4:00 pm The Eurovision Quiz Contest 2014 - In the lead up to the Eurovision song contest, this new five-part quiz show will help to celebrate Australia’s love affair with the world’s biggest song festival. The quiz will be hosted by Toby Truslove , with Julia Zemiro and Casey Bennetto as team captains with some hilarious ‘live crosses’ to our Eastern European Eurovision Correspondent Bronya (who bears a strong resemblance to Julia). The quiz will be a smorgasbord of flashbacks and games as they trawl through the Eurovision archives to test Julia, Casey and their teams of celebrity guests on some of Eurovision’s greatest and most memorable costumes, songs, and performances. (Commissioned by SBS) (Entertainment) (Rpt) G **Double Episode**

5:05 pm Jess Mauboy's Road To Eurovision - This documentary charts ARIA Award winning Jessica Mauboy as she prepares for the biggest performance of her life - The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. With 180 million viewers internationally the whole world will be watching as Jess performs a song she has co-written with acclaimed songwriters Stuart Crichton and Ilan Kidron specifically for the contest. This intimate portrait includes exclusive access to the Mauboy family and follows Jess backstage at Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen. Standing in the wings will be her friend and Eurovision mentor Julia Zemiro to show Jess the sights of Denmark and get her prepped for the spectacle that is Eurovision. (An SBS Production) (Documentary/Entertainment) (Rpt) PG CC

6:00 pm Giro d'Italia 2015 Daily Highlights - Highlights from the 2015 Giro d'Italia. The 98th edition of the tour of Italy covers 3,489 kilometres over 21 thrilling stages of racing through picturesque Italian terrain to the finish line in Milan. (Cycling) CC

6:35 pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Terry Wagon Obe, Carol Vorderman & Jimmy Carr - Duck Quacks Don’t Echo is a comedy entertainment show about amazing facts and trivia. In this week’s show our host, Lee Mack is joined by, Jimmy Car, Carol Vorderman, and Sir Terry Wogan, who bring with them an incredible fact each. The point of the show is simple: Who has the best fact? They all believe that their fact is absolutely true and they’ll all argue passionately for why it should win. The winner of the show is ultimately the person who has the best true fact. (From the UK) (Entertainment Series) (Rpt) M(L) CC SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Sunday May 17th, 2015

7:30 pm If You Are The One - With a viewing audience of up to 50 million per episode, this popular Chinese dating show is a cultural phenomenon. A lone male suitor has to impress a panel of 24 single women, who can then register their interest or disinterest in the man through the use of their podium lights. Popular host Meng Fei oversees the action in front of a large studio audience. (From China, in Mandarin) (Entertainment Series) G **New Episode**

8:30 pm South Park - Ginger Cow - Cartman's latest prank has brought about the necessary spiritual conditions for world peace. Religious leaders descend upon South Park to witness a Biblical prophecy that has been fulfilled. Cartman and Kyle are the only two at odds as the world embarks upon a thousand years of peace and harmony. (From the US) (Animated Comedy Series) (Rpt) M(A,L) CC

9:00 pm The Birthday Boys - All Your Favourites are Back - The Boys are booked on a comedy event proclaiming that "All Your Favourites Are Back!" The line-up goes on and on and on...leaving the boys in green room limbo. Also, a restaurant owner who puts more care into advertising the price of the food than the meal itself; you'll get what you pay for, but more importantly, "you'll pay for what you get." (S.1,Ep.8) (From the US) (Comedy/Sketch Series) PG(L) **New Episode**

9:30 pm Housos - Foxtel - When the Sunnyvale Assassins start selling dodgy pay TV boxes, Shazza and Kylie want one so desperately that they force Dazza and Franky to get jobs. After a string of failed money making attempts the boys find out how hard real work can be. Franky decides he would sell his cousin to get hold of free Foxtel. And so he does. Stars Paul Fenech, Jason Davis and Elle Dawe. (Commissioned by SBS) (Comedy Series) (Rpt) MA (A,D,S,L) CC

10:00 pm Pizza - Cracker - In response to a new Government ban on fire crackers and new working for tips laws, the pizza shop workers suffer more grief than usual. Habib sets off all his old crackers before the ban is enforced, Davo is arrested for robbing a service station to pay for pizzas and Pauly drives to Canberra to buy crackers. Stars Paul Fenech, Tahir Bilgic and Johnny Boxer. (Commissioned by SBS) (Comedy Series) M (L,N,V) (Rpt) CC

10:30 pm Toast Of London - Fool in Love - An old flame of Toast’s, Lorna Wynde, turns up in London. He hasn’t seen her since they starred in an American soap opera in the 80s. It ended badly; Toast, broken-hearted, ‘shat himself in Oddbins’. (S.2,Ep.6) (From the UK) (Comedy Series) M(S,V,L) **New Episode**

11:00 pm In Her Skin - Mystery, love, scandal, a psychic dog called Pacho, two murdered souls fighting for the control of one body, plus an attractive Spanish man called Deigo. New series In Her Skin is one of USA Spanish language network Telemundo’s most addictive, action packed telenovelas. (From USA, in Spanish) (Drama Series) M(S,A,V)

SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Sunday May 17th, 2015

11:50 pm In Her Skin - Mystery, love, scandal, a psychic dog called Pacho, two murdered souls fighting for the control of one body, plus an attractive Spanish man called Deigo. New series In Her Skin is one of USA Spanish language network Telemundo’s most addictive, action packed telenovelas. (From USA, in Spanish) (Drama Series) M(S,A,V)

12:40 am 24 Hours In Emergency - No Regrets - Step inside one of Britain's busiest emergency departments as this series offers unprecedented access to the ED at King's College Hospital in London. Single father Gary, 47, is put in a medically induced coma at King's College Hospital to reduce the risk of brain damage following a serious motorcycle accident, and 69-year-old Steve confronts his fear of needles when a nurse has to remove a fishbone stuck in his finger. Meanwhile, 58-year-old lung cancer patient Terry is in A&E with his carer Sandy, a year after being given two weeks to live.(From the UK) (Documentary) (Rpt) M(A,L) CC

1:35 am Movie: To Live - Mikhail is a pudgy, decent, middle-aged man who wanders innocently into the woods one afternoon to go hunting. But shortly after he comes across a man fleeing three heavily armed gangsters. The young man hijacks his car, and Mikhail suddenly finds himself being hunted as an accomplice. The two are forced to work out how to survive together, despite their vast differences. (From Russia, in Russian) (Movie) (Drama) (2010) (Rpt) M(V,L)

3:00 am Tour of California 2015 - Stage 8: LA to Pasadena - Live coverage of the Amgen Tour of California, a cycling road race created and presented by AEG that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course that traverses hundreds of miles of California’s iconic highways, byways and coastlines each spring. The teams chosen to participate have included Olympic medallists, Tour de France contenders and World Champions. Riders will begin in Sacramento and make their way across the Californian terrain over 8 stages to the finish line in Pasadena. (Cycling) **Live Eastern States Only**

SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Monday May 18th, 2015

5:00 am French News - News via satellite from FT2 Paris, in French, no subtitles.

5:50 am Urdu News - News via satellite from PTV Pakistan in Islamabad, in Urdu, no subtitles.

6:20 am Indonesian News - News via satellite from TVRI Jakarta, in Indonesian, no subtitles.

7:00 am Russian News - News via satellite from NTV Moscow, in Russian, no subtitles.

7:30 am Polish News - Wydarzenia from Polsat in Warsaw via satellite, in Polish, no subtitles.

8:00 am Latin American News - News via satellite from Television National de Chile, in Spanish, no subtitles.

8:30 am Macedonian News - News via satellite from public broadcaster MRT in Skopje, in Macedonian, no subtitles.

9:05 am Croatian News - News via satellite from HRT Croatia, in Croatian, no subtitles.

9:40 am Serbian News - News via satellite from Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, in Serbian, no subtitles.

10:20 am Portuguese News - News via satellite from RTP Portugal (Lisbon), in Portuguese, no subtitles.

11:05 am Japanese News - News via satellite from NHK Tokyo in Japanese, no subtitles.

11:40 am Hong Kong News - News via satellite from TVB Hong Kong, in Cantonese, no subtitles.

12:00 pm Hindi News - News via satellite from NDTV India, in Hindi, no subtitles.

12:30 pm Dutch News - News via satellite from BVN, in Dutch, no subtitles.

1:00 pm Italian News - News via satellite from RAI Rome in Italian, no subtitles.

1:35 pm German News - News via satellite from DW Berlin, in German, no subtitles.

2:05 pm Spanish News - News via satellite from RTVE Madrid, in Spanish, no subtitles.

3:05 pm Greek News From Cyprus - News via satellite from CyBC Cyprus, in Greek, no subtitles.

4:00 pm Hyundai A-League - Live coverage of the A League Grand Final. Details TBA.

SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Monday May 18th, 2015

6:35 pm If You Are The One - With a viewing audience of up to 50 million per episode, this popular Chinese dating show is a cultural phenomenon. A lone male suitor has to impress a panel of 24 single women, who can then register their interest or disinterest in the man through the use of their podium lights. Popular host Meng Fei oversees the action in front of a large studio audience. (From China, in Mandarin) (Entertainment Series) (Rpt) G

7:30 pm The Feed - Marc Fennell, Patrick Abboud, Jeanette Francis and Andy Park discuss the latest in news, technology and culture, adding a fresh perspective on the latest local and international headlines. (An SBS Production)

8:00 pm 30 Rock - Hogcock! - In this one-hour series finale, Liz has difficulty adjusting to being a stay-at-home mum while Jack takes stock of his life. Tracy struggles without constant attention from Kenneth as the former page settles into his new job as president of NBC. Jenna prepares an emotional farewell song as the cast and crew reunite for one final “TGS”. (S.7,Ep.12) (From the US) (Comedy Series) (Rpt) PG

8:30 pm Movie: Pan's Labyrinth - In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. A richly imagined and exquisitely violent fantasy from writer-director Guillermo del Toro. Winner of multiple prestigious awards such as the 2007 Oscars for Best Achievement in Art, Cinematography and Makeup, and the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language. Stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López and Maribel Verdú. (From Spain, in Spanish) (Fantasy) (2006) (Rpt) MAV (V)

10:40 pm Movie: Milocrorze - A Love Story - Three separate stories are interspersed with a series of irreverent sketches based on the anxieties of young men in love: Ovreneli Vreneligare’s young world is rocked by a mysterious woman; Kumagai Besson is an unorthodox youth counsellor who offers idiosyncratic advice to young men about romance; and Tamon is a one-eyed ronin who falls in love with a florist and is drawn into a quest to recover her when she is kidnapped. (From Japan, in Japanese) (Movie) (2011) MA(V) **Premiere**

12:15 am @midnight - A rotating line-up of today's top comedians will battle nightly to determine who has the funniest take on the day's social media and pop culture happenings and wear the crown of funniest person on Earth. (From the USA) (Comedy) M(S)

12:45 am The Feed - Marc Fennell, Patrick Abboud, Jeanette Francis and Andy Park discuss the latest in news, technology and culture, adding a fresh perspective on the latest local and international headlines. (An SBS Production)

SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Monday May 18th, 2015

1:15 am Movie: Three Colours: Blue - Julie's life is shattered after a horrific car accident kills her husband a famous composer and her five-year-old daughter. She sells all her belongings moves away and makes a decision to do absolutely nothing from then on. She wants no friends no memories nothing that might hurt her. But life catches on and she's slowly drawn to Oliver, a friend and colleague of her dead husband and she helps him finish the masterpiece her husband started. (From France, in French) (Movie) (Drama) (1993) (Rpt) M(A)

3:00 am RT News In English From Moscow - RT from Moscow delivers the latest news and current affairs from around the world including special reports and entertainment news. SBS 2 Program Guide – Week 21

Tuesday May 19th, 2015

5:00 am French News - News via satellite from FT2 Paris, in French, no subtitles.

5:50 am Urdu News - News via satellite from PTV Pakistan in Islamabad, in Urdu, no subtitles.

6:20 am Indonesian News - News via satellite from TVRI Jakarta, in Indonesian, no subtitles.

7:00 am Russian News - News via satellite from NTV Moscow, in Russian, no subtitles.

7:30 am Polish News - Wydarzenia from Polsat in Warsaw via satellite, in Polish, no subtitles.

8:00 am Ukrainian News - Ukrainian News from the National Television Company of Ukraine in Kyiv, no subtitles.