Friday, December 6
With its final outing for the year, Neighbours racks up its 6790th episode.
Saturday, December 7
![Nordic wild TV series: wolverine](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/29/4967723/pd-tv-th-20131129190950229443-90x60.jpg)
Louise Rugendyke Although life in the wastelands of Ikea isn't easy, the animals have developed brilliant strategies for survival.
Sunday, December 8
![Rock 'n' roll singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/29/4967724/pd-tv-th-20131129190800293085-90x60.jpg)
Lennon NYC is a richly detailed picture of the former Beatle as he shucked off the UK's cloying hysteria and embraced life as a grown-up.
Friday, November 29
![Serangoon Road](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/22/4947467/pd-Tvth2-20131122183542379903-90x60.jpg)
Tonight is the final episode of highly popular ABC/HBO Asia-produced detective series Serangoon Road.
Networking
![Jacki Weaver.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/22/4947465/pd-Tvth-20131122184509648401-90x60.jpg)
Michael Idato Australian acting legend Jacki Weaver has been cast in the US remake of the hit British television drama Broadchurch.
Saturday, November 30
![Tom Weston](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/22/4947469/pd-Tvth-20131122183847201812-90x60.jpg)
It feels like The Paradise will remain a beautifully designed (each episode reportedly cost £1 million) but unchallenging romantic melodrama.
Thursday, November 28
![Psych](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/22/4947466/pd-Tvth2-20131122183047953031-90x60.jpg)
LARISSA DUBECKI Malcolm McDowell guest stars as the sinister British ambassador in Psych's series return.
Sunday, December 1
![Bones](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/22/4947470/pd-Tvth-20131122184244751084-90x60.jpg)
The honeymoon is over for Dr Temperance 'Bones' Brennan and special agent Seeley Booth in Bones.
Pay TV show of the week
![Fwd: Pic of Tom Weston Jones in Copper for Show of the Week
Copper for SHow Of The Week](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/03/4891740/pd-TVth-20131103161147831532-90x60.jpg)
They're front-loading this second season of Copper with gratuitous sex and graphic violence.
Friday, November 8
![Artie in Glee as Lady Gaga](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/03/4891737/pd-Tvth2-20131103161841114512-90x60.jpg)
KYLIE NORTHOVER After the recent moving Corey Monteith tribute episode, Glee's regular upbeat mood has returned.
Saturday, November 9
![Whitechapel ep 5 episodic](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/03/4891739/pd-Tvth2-20131103162037525921-90x60.jpg)
LARISSA DUBECKI The Whitechapel writers are getting rather meta with the devoted and highly zombie-aware audience.
Sunday, November 10
![Estaurine Crocodile](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/03/4891736/pd-Tvth2-20131103162307833329-90x60.jpg)
BRIDGET MCMANUS Tiny Crab Island off Cape York is the picturesque scene for an expose of the nocturnal behaviour of reptiles.
Thursday, October 31
![Masters of Sex Episodic](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/25/4861573/pd-tv-th-sex-20131025184749679084-90x60.jpg)
KYLIE NORTHOVER It could have just been Mad Men with nudity, but Masters of Sex is proving to be a compelling drama, as much as a sharply written (and beautifully shot) portrait of 1950s American society.
Networking
![Michelle and Jo Troy](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/25/4861360/pd-tv-th-20131025181644712363-90x60.jpg)
Seven has put out a call for globe-trotters and thrill-seekers prepared to do almost anything to get their faces.
Saturday, November 2
![Life Unexpected Britt](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/25/4861395/pd-tv-th-20131025183310460712-90x60.jpg)
BRIDGET MCMANUS If Home and Away had a Hollywood budget it might look something like this soapy American series, Life Unexpected.
Sunday, November 3
![Rhys Ifans as Captain Hook in Neverland](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/25/4861361/pd-tv-th-20131025184002988490-90x60.jpg)
Neverland aims to answer questions such as how Peter and the Lost Boys end up in Neverland, and why Captain Hook such a massive meanie.
Thursday, October 10
![Tim Winton and Jennifer Byrne](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/04/4805123/pd-tv-th_20131004181546572163-90x60.jpg)
Tonight Tim Winton sits down with Jennifer Byrne and proves he's just as eloquent - yet spare - in person as he is on the page.
Friday, October 11
![Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/04/4805121/pd-tv-th-20131004181916777161-90x60.jpg)
ANNABEL ROSS There are far more convoluted shows out there, admittedly, but Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries are still rarely easy to follow.
Saturday, October 12
![Carnival Film & Television](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/04/4805122/pd-tth_20131004182650343947-90x60.jpg)
One of Whitechapel's pleasures is the way it takes very contemporary characters, and imbues them with an otherworldly vibe. Add super performances from Rupert Penry-Jones and Phil Davis and you have not just one of the picks of the night, but of the week.
Sunday, October 13
![Serangoon Road with Don Hany.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/10/04/4805120/pd-tvth-20131004182108965437-90x60.jpg)
GILES HARDIE Sam Callaghan, played by the magnetic Don Hany, is turning into the perfect noir detective, with quick fists, a sharp tongue and constantly in and out of trouble, in Serangoon Road.
Thursday, October 3
![Upper Middle Bogan](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/27/4784177/pd-tv-th_20130927175058883978-90x60.jpg)
GILES HARDIE The hysterical class comedy Upper Middle Bogan lifts its game further for tonight's finale.
Friday, October 4
![Scott and Bailey](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/27/4784175/pd-tv-th-20130927175435416456-90x60.jpg)
BRIDGET MCMANUS A lack of fresh gore in Scott & Bailey does not make the killings any less heinous or the clinically dispensed evidence any less stomach churning.
Networking
![Claire Danes](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/27/4784176/pd-TV-th_20130927153908669175-90x60.jpg)
Michael Idato The Ten Network is pushing its fast-tracking of US programs up a notch, streaming the series premiere of Homeland live, alongside its US broadcast.
Saturday, October 5
![The Neighbours aliens](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/27/4784178/pd-tv-th_20130927175559684033-90x60.jpg)
ANNABEL ROSS The Neighbors creator and writer Dan Fogelman gives his capable cast the occasional zinger, but this already feels like a one-trick pony.
Thursday, September 26
![Travis Fimmell in Vikings](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/21/4767615/ts-thu-thumb-20130921181101698731-90x60.jpg)
Gordon Farrer Ragnar Lothbrok is sent by King Horik to settle a land dispute in Vikings.
Networking
![Jacki Weaver](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/21/4767621/ts-networking-thumb-20130921180316853596-90x60.jpg)
Michael Idato Australian actor Jacki Weaver is joining the cast of Rebel Wilson's new US comedy, Super Fun Night.
Friday, September 27
![The Baby Bomb](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/21/4767573/ts-fri-thumb-20130921181325478242-90x60.jpg)
ANNABEL ROSS Four young couples and one single mum move into the same block of flats in The Baby Bomb.
Saturday, September 28
![Penguins: Spy In The Huddle](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/21/4767609/ts-sat-thumb-20130921181802346836-90x60.jpg)
BRIDGET MCMANUS It is impossible not to be moved by some of the spectacular images in Penguins: Spy in the Huddle.
Sunday, September 29
![Roman Polanski](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/21/4767612/ts-sun-thumb-20130921182009316873-90x60.jpg)
NICK GALVIN Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out covers events following the filmmaker's re-arrest in 2009 in Zurich.
Thursday, September 19
![Remy Hii from Neighbours](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/13/4746117/pd-tv-th_20130913123806695392-90x60.jpg)
BRIDGET MCMANUS Neighbours takes a daring turn with this week's storyline involving a gay Asian budding swimming star.
Melting pot boils over
![Serangoon Road](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/14/4748298/pd-tvs-th_20130914195543428718-90x60.jpg)
GILES HARDIE Tough days on set reflect the turbulent times depicted in Serangoon Road.
Networking
![Kylie Minogue](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/13/4745769/pd-tv-th_20130913120157760754-90x60.jpg)
MIichael Idato Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue has been named one of the judges for the British version of global talent franchise The Voice.
Friday, September 20
![Scott and Baily.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/13/4745770/pd-tv-th_20130913124041983478-90x60.jpg)
It's clear part of Scott and Bailey's brief was to give women strong lead roles.
Sunday, September 22
![Serangoon Road](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/13/4745766/pd-tv-th_20130913160421634602-90x60.jpg)
Serangoon Road is full of surprises, from its concept to its plotting and characters.
Lambs to the slaughter
![An Accidental Soldier](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/07/4727368/ts-soldier-thumb-20130907123529126415-90x60.jpg)
ANDREW MURFETT A new film looks at the fate of young Australian deserters in World War I.
Networking
![Charlie Hunnam.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/06/4725635/PD-STVth_20130906154231301026-90x60.jpg)
Michael Idato Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam will play Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.
Pay TV show of the week: Sons of Anarchy
![Sons of
Anarchy](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/07/4727363/ts-pay-thumb-20130907123802779624-90x60.jpg)
Brad Newsome Jax Teller finds once more that it's one step forward, two steps back and a dozen sideways.
Thursday, September 12
![Upper Middle Bogan.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/06/4725581/PD-TV-th_20130906164028885057-90x60.jpg)
JAMES W MANNING Michala Banas is hilariously convincing as a bogan with brains and a foul mouth in need of a serious attitude adjustment.
Friday, September 13
![Fishy: <i>Mako, Island of Secrets</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/11/4737456/HP-Greenguide-th_20130911102617367479-90x60.jpg)
Mako, Island of Secrets: Even an inner 12-year-old can be a cynic who can't bear bad acting.
Saturday, September 14
![On the run: <i>Mandela Marathons</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/11/4737470/HP-Greenguide-th-20130911103200972186-90x60.jpg)
An unlikely combination of wit and athleticism forms the basis of Eddie Izzard's Mandela Marathons.
Power Games
Land of the rising sons
![The Packers TV series](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/08/30/4707632/ts-packer-thumb-20130830201354198942-90x60.jpg)
GILES HARDIE The Packers' internal battles are as absorbing as any with Murdoch in Power Games.
Sunday, September 8
![02-64. ANDREW RYAN as ANGUS MURRAY, CAMILLE KEENAN as DOLLY GREY, JARED DAPEIS as SQUIZZY TAYLOR, MATT BOESENBERG as SNOWY CUTMORE & FLETCHER HUMPHRYS as EDWARD JENKINS.jpg](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/01/4710351/ts-sun-thumb-20130901162632577950-90x60.jpg)
NICK GALVIN Why are we so endlessly fascinated by the killing and cruelty of the criminal underclass?
Thursday, September 5
![Upper Middle Bogan](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/08/30/4707192/PD-TVth_20130830172115820507-90x60.jpg)
Debi Enker Upper Middle Bogan bounces along with well-crafted scripts, a snappy pace and a cleverly chosen ensemble cast.
Friday, September 6
![Paul Kalina](http://web.archive.org./web/20140114193555im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2013/08/30/4707210/PD-TVth-fri_20130830181711837415-90x60.jpg)
ANNABEL ROSS The Secret History of Our Streets charts 125 years of social progression in London.