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Program Guide Week 44 Sunday October 26th, 2014 5:00 am Korean News - News via satellite from YTN Korea, in Korean, no subtitles. 5:35 am Japanese News - News via satellite from NHK Tokyo in Japanese, no subtitles. 6:10 am Hong Kong News - News via satellite from TVB Hong Kong, in Cantonese, no subtitles. 6:30 am Chinese News - News via satellite from CCTV Beijing, in Mandarin, no subtitles. 7:00 am Hindi News - News via satellite from NDTV India, in Hindi, no subtitles. 7:25 am Italian News - News via satellite from RAI Rome in Italian, no subtitles. 8:05 am Filipino News - News via satellite from ABS-CBN Manila, in Tagalog, no subtitles. 8:40 am French News - News via satellite from FT2 Paris, in French, no subtitles. 9:30 am Greek News - News via satellite from CyBC Cyprus, in Greek, no subtitles. 10:30 am German News - News via satellite from DW Berlin, in German, no subtitles. 11:00 am Spanish News - News via satellite from RTVE Madrid, in Spanish, no subtitles. 12:00 pm Arabic News - News via satellite from DRTV Dubai, in Arabic, no subtitles. 12:30 pm Turkish News - News via satellite from TRT Turkey, in Turkish, no subtitles. 1:00 pm Al Jazeera News - News via satellite from Al Jazeera Satellite Network, Qatar, in English. CC 1:30 pm The Farm Fixer - David & Helen Harrison - Times are tough for small family farms; many are now in crisis and need help. In this series, businessman Nick Hewer provides the strategic planning expertise these farmers so desperately need. Nick begins his mission with the Harrisons, who have a 90-acre farm on the Ards Peninsula. They are planning to invest nearly half a million pounds to turn their small plant nursery into an eighty seat restaurant and farm shop. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC 2:00 pm Speedweek - A comprehensive motor sports program for speed enthusiasts. (Motor Sport) CC Sunday October 26th, 2014 4:00 pm 2014 Superbike World Championship - Round 11: Magny Cours, France - Highlights from Round 11 of the 2014 Superbike World Championships in Magny Cours, France. (Motorsport) CC 4:30 pm UEFA Champions League 2014-2015 Magazine - Highlights and news from the latest round of the UEFA Champions League. (From Switzerland, in English) (Football) CC 5:00 pm Subaru National Road Series - Highlights from the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, an iconic Victorian sporting event which sees cyclists racing 273km in the second oldest one day cycling event in the world and the longest in the Southern hemisphere. (Cycling) 5:30 pm Air Aces - Red Tails - They were young, gifted, and black but the US Army refused them key positions. Until intense pressure from African-American activist groups pushed President Roosevelt to initiate a Blacks-only fighter pilot training program in Tuskegee, Alabama. What began as a revolutionary experiment gave birth to a potent fighting force that would help take Nazi Germany out of the skies and, in the process, change the course of American history. (From the US) (Documentary) PG CC **New Episode** 6:30 pm SBS World News - Up-to-date reports and analysis of the major national and international news stories of the day in Australia's only world news service. (An SBS Production) CC 7:30 pm Greeks, Romans, Vikings - Romans: The Founders Of Europe - The Romans created one of the greatest empires in history, built with the help of an incredible army of professional legionnaires and a well-oiled political machinery. At its height, a few hundred men ruled over a fifth of mankind and an area stretching from Britain to Syria and from Gibraltar to the Euphrates. They undertook some of the most ambitious building-projects of their time: endless roads, gigantic bridges and imposing aqueducts formed a complex infrastructure and left a lasting legacy. This documentary is a revelatory and unique journey into the world of ancient Rome. (Part 2 of 3) (From Germany, in German & Italian) (Documentary) PG CC **New Episode** 8:30 pm Easter Island: Mysteries Of A Lost World - The Easter Island civilisation which came and went has become an example of “ecocide” – its demise a parable for our own globally warmed era. But Dr Jago Cooper believes this is a disastrous mis-reading of what happened on Easter Island. He believes new archaeological evidence shows the civilisation which flourished here was ingenious, advanced, and expertly attuned to its difficult environment. He believes the demise of Easter Island‟s civilisation is more complicated than the popular narrative of ecological collapse suggests. In this documentary, Dr Cooper presents a new history of one of the world‟s most enigmatic, and controversial civilisations, from birth to death. (From the UK) (Documentary) (Rpt) PG CC Sunday October 26th, 2014 10:10 pm Project Nim - Project Nim is the story of a radical 1970s experiment to break down the barrier between man and his closest animal relative. Nim the chimpanzee became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim‟s extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way. This documentary film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling. (From the UK) (Documentary) M(A,L) CC **Premiere** 11:55 pm Movie: Bellamy - As he does every year, chief inspector Paul Bellamy spends a few days with his wife, Françoise, in the family house in Nimes. Currently investigating a man who has 'disappeared' while suspected of insurance fraud and murder, he becomes distracted when his good-for-nothing stepbrother, Jacques, turns up unannounced. Directed by Claude Chabrol and stars Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac and Jacques Gamblin. (From France, in French) (Mystery) (2009) (Rpt) M (L) 1:55 am Movie: Captain Abu Raed - When an old airport janitor finds a captain's hat in the trash, he entertains the poor neighbourhood kids in his Jordanian village with fictional tales about his life as a pilot. One pragmatic boy, however, refuses to play along. Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema (Dramatic) at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Amin Matalqa and stars Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan, Hussein Al-Sous. (From Jordan, in Arabic, French and English) (Drama) (20008) (Rpt) M(A) 3:50 am How To Start A Revolution - Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp's 2003 handbook for non-violent protest 'From Dictatorship to Democracy' has been influential on the tactics of democratic protests internationally, including the 2011 Egyptian peaceful overthrow of the Mubarak dictatorship. This biographical documentary explores the events that shaped Sharp's life and his work on behalf of non-violent change. (From the UK, in English, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish and Ukrainian) (Documentary) (Rpt) PG CC 4:55 am Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita Bitesize - Acclaimed chef Peter Kuruvita weaves a passage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific. There he discovers the vibrant intricacies of island life and the tradition, passion and flair behind local cuisines and customs. (Commissioned by SBS) (Short) (Rpt) G CC Monday October 27th, 2014 5:00 am Korean News - News via satellite from YTN Korea, in Korean, no subtitles. 5:35 am Japanese News - News via satellite from NHK Tokyo in Japanese, no subtitles. 6:10 am Hong Kong News - News via satellite from TVB Hong Kong, in Cantonese, no subtitles. 6:30 am Chinese News - News via satellite from CCTV Beijing, in Mandarin, no subtitles. 7:00 am Hindi News - News via satellite from NDTV India, in Hindi, no subtitles. 7:25 am Italian News - News via satellite from RAI Rome in Italian, no subtitles. 8:05 am Filipino News - News via satellite from ABS-CBN Manila, in Tagalog, no subtitles. 8:40 am French News - News via satellite from FT2 Paris, in French, no subtitles. 9:30 am Greek News - News via satellite from CyBC Cyprus, in Greek, no subtitles. 10:30 am German News - News via satellite from DW Berlin, in German, no subtitles. 11:00 am Spanish News - News via satellite from RTVE Madrid, in Spanish, no subtitles. 12:00 pm Arabic News - News via satellite from DRTV Dubai, in Arabic, no subtitles. 12:30 pm Turkish News - News via satellite from TRT Turkey, in Turkish, no subtitles. 1:00 pm Luke Gamble's Vet Adventures - Nepal - Luke heads to the top of the world as he lands in Nepal's third largest city, Pokhara. On arrival, he is straight to work tackling the country's animal welfare issues, the most notable being the neglectful treatment of the working equine that traipse up and down the small mountain paths all day long. In town, he helps a fledgling animal charity by rescuing dogs and tracking down a cancer drug that can help save the lives of many street dogs. Later, he is excited by the opportunity to get his hands on some hairy yaks. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) PG CC 2:00 pm Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta - It's 1999 and Cabramatta's never had it so bad. Cabramatta train station is awash with junkies and dealers, many just teenagers. The police struggle to keep control. Asians and crime are indelibly linked in the minds of many, and political support for multiculturalism is now a distant memory. The only hope is that the community itself will somehow finds its own way to overcome the crisis.