MOTHER’S DAY 2011

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ZUMBO

Has Mum got a sweet tooth? Join MASTERCHEF star Adriano Zumbo as he takes us on a behind-the- scenes tour of his delicious pastry empire. This series is a delectable mix of tense kitchen reality, mouth-watering dessert ogling and face to face time with Zumbo himself, as well as many of his colourful and talented colleagues – all the while charging towards a stunning end-of-show gastronomic extravaganza.

Release Date: 4th May, 2011

KINGS OF PASTRY

And your Mum reckons she has it tough in the kitchen? Witness firsthand the nerve-shattering competition that the finest pastry chefs in France will go through in the hope of being crowned Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (the Best Craftsman in France) by President Nicolas Sarkozy himself. Mon dieu! The pressure!

Release Date: 6th April, 2011

MOTHER OF ROCK

Lillian Roxon is pretty much the coolest ‘Mum’ in the world (sorry Mum, your stories about seeing Billy Thorpe live just don’t really stack up). Brisbane-born and eventually moving to the U.S. to become a journalist for Rolling Stone, Lillian was a visionary who understood before anyone how important rock music would be in shaping popular culture to come. Her legacy, THE ROCK ENCYCLOPEDIA is considered gospel to this day.

Release Date: Available Now

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? – SERIES 3

Are you trying to figure out how you could possibly be related to cousin Leo? Well so were “our” Madga Szubanski, Tina Arena, Georgie Parker, Paul Mercurio, Rodney Marsh and Shane Bourne – so they set out to find out more about their family history in the third series of WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Join them on this six-part journey as the each delve into the secrets of their past.

Also available, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Series 1 (feat. Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Robertson, Ita Buttrose, Cathy Freeman, Kate Ceberano and Dennis Cometti) and WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Series 2 (feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Christine Anu, John Butler, Ron Barassi, Sigrid Thornton and Maggie Beer).

Release Date: Available Now

LUKE NGUYEN’S VIETNAM – SERIES 2

If Mum can’t get to Vietnam this May, why not bring Vietnam to her? Combining travel and cooking – acclaimed chef Luke Nguyen takes us on another delightful culinary journey of Vietnam, from Ha Long to Sapa and Hanoi in-between. Along the way he prepares dishes in locations that represent the authentic Vietnam experience, in all its chaotic vibrancy. Series 1 also available.

Release Date: Available Now

THE KILLING – THE COMPLETE SERIES ONE

Sit Mum down with the complete first series of this epic Danish crime drama and you can guarantee she won’t be seen for the entire weekend. Over the course of 20 gripping days we follow leads and observe the consequences of a heinous crime that seems to ramify throughout Copenhagen. As the investigation unfolds, Copenhagen opens up like a Chinese box, full of secrets and power struggles. As the investigation intensifies, the consequences are wide-ranging and with wide-spread effect.

Release Date: Available Now

ESCAPE TO RIVER COTTAGE

Give Mum the keys to the country life for a few hours. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s dream of escaping the city sprawl with all its stresses and downshifting into rural Dorset is finally realised when he arrives at River Cottage. His year-long experiment, living off the fat of the land, and the sweat of his brow, involves a steep learning curve… and a lot of fun!

Release Date: 20th April, 2011

RETURN TO RIVER COTTAGE

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shares more advice from his new-found country life at River Cottage. In an attempt to generate some cash, Hugh rents the field over the river, installs a poly-tunnel to grow vegetables and buys a cow and sheep to join his pigs and chickens. But his aim of self-sufficiency is knocked when his hay crop is devastated by rain and the tomatoes in the poly-tunnel are threatened by blight. But ingenuity is his touchstone as he finds other ways to raise the cash by turning bunnies into burgers!

Release Date: 20th April, 2011

MIDSOMER MURDERS SEASON 13 (PART 1)

Why not brighten up Mum’s day with a quaint bit of murder? In the first half of his very last season of this top rating mystery series, John Nettles returns to investigate the latest batch deadly deeds and gruesome goings-on. Unflappable detectives DCI Tom Barnaby and DS Ben Jones uncover affairs, tragedy and long-held family secrets as mystery, murder and mayhem shatter the peaceful and picturesque surroundings of the Midsomer villages once again.

Release Date: Available Now

OFFSPRING

If Mum wants to see Don Hany with his shirt off, well who are we to argue? Nina Proudman’s (Asher Keddie) career as an obstetrician is full of surprises; her ex-husband is an explosives expert who detonates to demonstrate his undying love for her; her family life is never short of emergencies; and Nina is the person everyone turns to for help in the midst of their crises. Charting her way through the Proudman maelstrom, Nina is totally thrown off course when she meets dreamy new workmate Chris Havel (Don Hany).

Release Date: Available Now