Television Programs of Interest (Sat 2nd October to Fri 8th October 2010)

• THE SCULPTURE DIARIES: EP 1 OF 3

A quirky and at times dark journey through sculptures with leading British art critic Waldemar Januszczak, is a fascinating look at inspiring and remarkable pieces all around the world. The three-part series travels from a remote Nigerian village to the legendary Easter Island where sombre mysterious structures dominate from a previous civilisation. He also visits a Lithuanian theme park featuring old Communist statues of Lenin, Stalin and Marx.
Sunday 3 October 2010 10.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at 'art+soul', the Indigenous contemporary art exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW; 'Guilty Pleasures' features Moira Finucane; and songstress Mama Kin performs her latest release 'To My Table'.
Sunday 3 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: BEEFED UP ART - EP 5 OF 10

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 4 October 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: BLUEPRINT FOR WAR - EP 3 OF 5

This episode examines what happened when design was conscripted into the Second World War, and looks at the rival war machines designed and built by Germany, Britain, the USSR and the USA.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins

• SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF MONEY - EP 5 OF 7

This week it is the turn of the 18th century, a time when the triumph of commerce led to the emergence of a new 'middle' class: a group of people who craved pleasure and novelty, and developed their own tastes in art. The result was a golden age in painting with Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough re-inventing the British style. The story ends in 1805 with the burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the heart of St Paul's: the supremacy of the middle class assured.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 65 mins

• IMAGES OF CONFLICT: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WAR ZONE

Photojournalists tell their stories of life in war zones, trying to make photo stories with one eye on survival and another eye on producing strong, truthful images with a narrative.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PG, V, LWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ART + SOUL: HOME AND AWAY - EP 1 OF 3

In this three-part documentary series, Hetti Perkins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Aboriginal art. art + soul, directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), is the powerful and emotionally engaging television series about contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and the artists who create it.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 60 mins