Television Programs of Interest (Sat 27th February to Fri 5th March 2010)

• EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR TULP - EP 8 OF 8

Presenter Waldemar Januszczak asks why is Rembrandt's painting, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp, so great. In the 17th century, the Dutch developed a passion for public dismemberment. Dissections became a public event that would last from three to five days. Born in 1609 and moving to Amsterdam in 1631, Dr Tulp was an ambitious man who commissioned the newly arrived Rembrandt to paint this picture of one of his anatomy lessons mounted in 1632 by the Surgeons' Guild. The painting made Rembrandt's reputation and he went on to paint some of Amsterdam's finest people.
Saturday 27 February 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: G *Final*WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• SAM DILLEMANS: THE MADNESS IN THE DETAIL

Sam Dillemans is considered the most important contemporary artist in Belgium. He has an ongoing relationship with the Old Masters of European painting and sets the bar for his own work alongside theirs.
Saturday 27 February 2010 3.05pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• THE GENIUS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE - EP 3 OF 6

A series exploring the history of photography and all photography's manifestations, from journalism to advertising, through art and portraiture.
Sunday 28 February 2010 11.40pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this series available for loan.

• SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART: REMBRANDT - EP 2 OF 8

In The Night Watch and his portraits of the richest merchants of Amsterdam, Rembrandt has done the impossible: made something heroic, dramatic and grand out of a world of merchants and money.
Sunday 28 February 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: MCC WS
Duration: 60 mins

• ART NATION: EDGE OF ELSEWHERE/THE DYA SINGH WORLD MUSIC GROUP/FLYING ARTS QLD

This week on Art Nation, Fenella Kernebone looks at the multicultural art project Edge of Elsewhere exhibited at Campbelltown Art Centre. Namila Benson explores the world of Sikh music with the Dya Singh World Music Group. Daniel Marsden braves the skies and visits the remote Queensland town of Hughenden with three visual artists to discover what 'Flying Arts' is all about.
Sunday 28 February 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DESIGNERS: TIMBER FURNITURE - EP 3 OF 10

A timber furniture designer shows how a bench and a screen are made: from the selection of the right timbers to construction using traditional joinery and woodworking machines.
Monday 1 March 2010 10.30am
ABC1 CC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins

• TALKING HEADS: COLLETTE DINNIGAN

This week on Talking Heads, Peter Thompson has an intimate chat with one of Australia's best known fashion designers, Collette Dinnigan. While talking to Peter about her early influences, career choices, highlights and future aspirations, Collette reveals that a significant error underpins her worldwide success.
Monday 1 March 2010 3.30am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ANCIENT MEGASTRUCTURES: ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

In 1666 a great fire engulfed the city of London destroying the magnificent cathedral of Old St Paul's. Architect, Christopher Wren, set out to raise a new cathedral from the ashes which soon became an iconic landmark of London.
Tuesday 2 March 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas on how to relieve stress from a shearer's spine; draw an accurate parallel line when constructing a building; and significantly reduce the risk of injury when using temporary panel braces.
Wednesday 3 March 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DESIGNER PEOPLE: KENJI EKUAN - EP 13 OF 13

Presented by Lee Lin Chin, this program looks at leading designers from around the world, and from a diverse range of disciplines. Tonight Lee Lin meets Kenji Ekuan, chairman of the internationally renowned Japanese consultancy GK Design.
Thursday 4 March 2010 9.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: *Final*CC WS
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: WALES

Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian Phillips and his fiancee Corinna Wigglesworth, who decided their first home together was to be a 300-year-old ruin that has been in Adrian's family for three generations.
Thursday 4 March 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins