Television Programs of Interest (Sat 27th June to Fri 3rd July 2009)

• PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER

This program explores the life and works of artist, Pieter Bruegel. The documentary reveals how for a long time he was called 'Bruegel the droll', as his paintings made people laugh.
Saturday 27 June 2009 3.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

• VEILED AMBITION

Frida is a young Australian-Lebanese woman with a dream of creating her own fashion empire. When she wins $4000 in a radio competition, Frida opens a shop in Sydney Road in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg. Her dream is to create a fashion Mecca for Islamic women. Business in burkas, however, is slow.
Monday 29 June 2009 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS: NEWPORT

This week Kevin meets Welsh couple, banker Dean Berry and his PR consultant wife, Sarah. Having moved away to London and carved out successful careers for themselves, they have now returned home 17 years later and bought an 18th century castle perched on a hilltop.
Tuesday 30 June 2009 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: (G)
Duration: 55 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas on how to make mulch retrieving easy; working on roofs safe; a water bottle that lasts with minimal impact on the environment.
Tuesday 30 June 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins

• DAN CRUICKSHANK'S ADVENTURES IN ARCHITECTURE: POWER - EP 6 OF 8

Dan Cruickshank focuses on buildings as gigantic statements of power. The fantasies of dictators, kings, sultans, warriors and the ruling classes are all exposed as he explores the world's palaces of power.
Thursday 2 July 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G)
Duration: 55 mins

• THINKING XXX

Acclaimed portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders presents a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his new book of adult film star portraits. This documentary includes footage of the photographer using a large format portrait camera to create the shots in his book, as well as conversations with the actors, who discuss how they began their careers, how being a porn star has changed their lives and how they feel about sex and the industry. In addition, authors, artists and cultural observers - such as Karen Finley, Nancy Friday, Richard Johnson, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Michael Musto, Whitley Strieber, Gore Vidal, John Waters and Faye Wattleton - offer far-ranging, provocative perspectives on porn today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Friday 3 July 2009 10.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: (MA, A, N, S, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins