Throng

the BOX - Sundays from 3 January, 8.30pm

10,000 loads in 60 Days, -50° temperatures and one highly treacherous road.

Fancy yourself as a bit of an adrenaline junkie? Main hobbies are bungee jumping, white-water rafting and skydiving? You may find your thrills in the unlikeliest of places this January.

Ice Road Truckers, exposes the lives of truckers who drive one of the world's most dangerous routes - a 350 mile ice highway.

But the highway, situated in northern Canada, is no ordinary transport road. It costs $10 million a year to build and lasts only 60 days! In this short window of time, dozens of 18-wheelers make numerous trips to Canada's remote diamond mines carrying 10,000 loads of provisions which supply the mines and their workers for the entire year.

LIVING CHANNEL - Sundays from 3 January, 8.30pm

Join Michael Palin on his new adventure, through a Europe reborn - countries to the east of the continent, full of unexpected and forgotten delights... Michael starts his journey high in the Julian Alps on the border between Slovenia and Italy before travelling through the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Baltic States, he explores countries which may be newly formed but have rich and deep histories. In Poland, unknown to the paying commuters, Michael drives the 8.58am steam locomotive from Poznan to Wolsztyn. He joins the gathering of the 'White Brotherhood' in Bulgaria, finds out how to wrestle a camel in Turkey and discovers, in Estonia, exactly what it takes to walk across hot coals. By road, rail, river, sailboat and donkey through some of Eastern Europe's most mouth-watering locations, from Albania in the south to Latvia in the north, Michael meets new Europe's movers and shakers.

SKY MOVIES - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm (Second Chance Thursday, 7 January)

Crime/Drama

A young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbour, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighbourhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.

SKY MOVIES GREATS - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm

Action

Alien 3 takes place on Fiorina 161, a former maximum-security correctional facility inhabited by a community of ex-prisoners. Onto this prison world, crashes Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley once again played by Sigourney Weaver.
Ripley soon finds that she has brought along one of the deadly extraterrestrials that she battled before. Once the alien is discovered, the inhabitants of Fiorina 161, who have no advanced technology or modern weapons, fight back with Ripley's help.

MGM - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm

Dillon stars as a popular high school guidance counselor who is accused of sexually violating two of his students in the erotic thriller.

Director: John McNaughton (Mad Dog And Glory; Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer).

Starring: Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner.

"A sleazy, seamy, flashy, steamy, vulgar exploitation thriller that revels in every minute of its own trashiness." - TV Guide (USA)

"this is as glossy and flashy and fun as they come." - E! Online

"A slick, steamy tale of nonstop treachery." - New York Times

TCM - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm

Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret star in this fast, fun and sexy story of a race car driver, who chases hot cars and beautiful girls... until he meets the woman he loves in Las Vegas, loses her and must search the glittering desert Mecca to find her.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm

Mars is a planet that's been freeze-dried and bathed in ultraviolet radiation for billions of years. The average temperature is 63C below zero. The carbon dioxide atmosphere is as thin as it would be on a mountain three times the height of Mount Everest, yet NASA scientist Chris McKay thinks humans may one day be living on a Mars with blue skies, oceans, rivers, and pine forests. Although that day may be hundreds of years in the future, if money were no object he believes we could do it now, with present day technology. Award winning writer/producer Mark Davis and legendary Mars animator Dan Maas collaborate with McKay on the first in-depth visualisation of what it would take to turn a cold, dead red planet into a green, living world.

ARTS CHANNEL - Sunday 3 January, 8.30pm

One of the true originals in rock and roll. Chuck Berry plays his finest at the intimate AVO Sessions Festival in Basel, Switzerland.