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Big Trouble In Thailand on One

September 16th, 2010

9:30pm Thursday, September 16 on TV One

Big Trouble In Thailand is an action packed fly-on-the-wall series that follows a group of specially recruited British ex-pats who have joined the formidable Thai Tourist Police force, to aid them in their difficult job policing fellow Westerners unaware and oblivious to Thailand's unfamiliar traditions, culture and rules.

Many Brits view Thailand as the new Ibiza - a safe place to party hard. However, last year nearly 288 Brits were killed and over 40 ended up in prison.

In tonight's episode, Micha, the 19-year-old girl from Cumbria who was arrested at last week's party for drug possession faces her big day in court; if found guilty she could be sent to one of Thailand's notorious prisons.

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This Is Not My Life on One

September 16th, 2010

8:30pm Thursday, September 16 on TV One

From the creators of Go Girls and Outrageous Fortune , new local series This Is Not My Life is an absorbing new mystery drama starring Charles Mesure, Tandi Wright, and Miriama McDowell.

A new television production company was created to make This Is Not Your Life, one that has a host of New Zealand film and television luminaries behind it.

GRST is a company headed up by series writers and creators Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang, and executive producers Steven O'Meagher and Tim White.

O'Meagher explains how the company came to be, "after the release of Out Of The Blue, Tim and I were looking to get into high end television, to do something that was different from what we'd seen before, coincidentally Gavin and Tim had lunch together and Gavin suggested there was a project he and Rachel had been working on for some time. So one thing lead to another."

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Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds on One

September 13th, 2010

8:30pm Monday, September 13 on TV One

Richard Hammond presents a unique new series (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE) which unveils new worlds to viewers, including lightning strikes and shockwaves, to heater bees and spiders' webs, Invisible Worlds uses cutting-edge camera technology - some specially adapted for the series - to reveal the full glory of these secret forces and hidden powers. Combining scientific insights and stunning footage, the series is packed with surprising facts as well as phenomena never seen before on television.

Hammond explains what is meant by an invisible world, "the human eye, one of the most powerful instruments on earth. On a clear day we can spot the smallest detail in the widest view. But what the eye sees is not the full picture. Our eyes are too slow to see everything that's really going on. The world is full of things that happen too fast for us to notice."

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Our World: Yellowstone on One

September 12th, 2010

4:55pm Sunday, September 12 on TV One

Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it's a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds and realm of the wolf. It is also the most extensive thermal area on Earth.

In a land of beauty and peril, the dramatic lives and fortunes of its animals are inexorably bound together. Epic and engaging, viewers will see its animals struggle to survive over the course of three vividly changing seasons in this Our World three-part series tonight at 5pm on TV ONE.

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Coronation Street on One

September 10th, 2010

7:30pm Friday, September 10 on TV One

Luke is stunned when he sees Michelle leave Peter's flat and realises they spent the night together. Luke tells Michelle that he's fallen for her but quickly realises she's not interested. Later, Peter pleads with Michelle to stay but she tells him neither of them are over their last partners and leaves.

David continues with his revenge plan against Gary, and realises Audrey's house will be empty while she's away and then steals Joe's bottle of pills. Gary tells David he wants to be in on the job he's planning and Len becomes suspicious of the two.

Hayley discovers that Eddie impersonated Roy at the wholesalers as the one millionth customer. Anna is humiliated and worried she may lose her job and Eddie quickly tries to apologise.

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Coronation Street on One

September 9th, 2010

7:30pm Thursday, September 9 on TV One

Sian's dad, Vinnie, comes looking for Ryan and attacks him, claiming he attacked Sian. Peter comes to help Ryan and makes Vinnie realise that Ryan is innocent. Sian explains to Ryan the reason her dad thought they'd had sex was because he found some condoms, but Ryan reassures her they don't need to have sex. Meanwhile, Michelle is grateful Peter helped Ryan and admits to Maria she fancies Peter and not Luke. She then cancels her date with Luke and goes round to Peter's to thank him and they kiss.

David and Graeme pretend they're planning a burglary in front of Gary, and Gary is intrigued. Later, Tina agrees to a date with Gary but only as a friend and Gary tells David he wants in on the burglary. David's secretly delighted his plan is coming together and resolves to get his revenge.

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Real Life: Extreme Male Beauty on One

September 8th, 2010

9:30pm Wednesday, September 8 on TV One

Journalist and 'skinny fat bloke', Tim Shaw, continues his battle with the bulge as he attempts to transform himself from Mr Blobby to Mr Buff. Having already attempted to increase the size of his pecs, and his penis, in tonight's episode he tries to acquire tighter abs.

Shaw sits in on the very latest abdominal liposculpture procedure in which the fat is literally whisked up inside before being sucked out. The aim; to give you an instant six-pack. However, Shaw nearly vomits in the operating theatre and decides to try less radical means, so for two weeks he tries out an electro stimulator with literally shocking results.

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Real Crime: The Missing on One

September 7th, 2010

9:30pm Tuesday, September 7 on TV One

In the early hours of the December 19, 1984 a car left the road and plunged to the bottom of a cliff on the rocky Kaikoura coast. The vehicle belonged to one of New Zealand's most notorious criminals, Ronald Jorgensen; famous for his role in the 1963 Basset Road machine gun murders.

Tonight at 9.30pm on TV ONE Real Crime: The Missing will re-explore the case of Ronald Jorgensen, and pick up a trail that leads them across the Tasman.

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