ABC Program Highlights Week 12

Compass: By Compass And Quran
Sunday, 15 March 2015 Series Return
6:30pm
150 years ago when the nation was still forming its identity, Australia gained a small but vital Muslim population when camels were proposed as the best way to explore and service the outback. In 1866, the first large shipment of camels arrived in Port Augusta accompanied by 31 camel handlers. This was the beginning of a great adventure for these men and those that followed them. Their lives were full of hardship, unpredictability, segregation and alienation. Despite this some stayed and went on to marry and have families.

Life On The Reef
Sunday, 15 March 2015 Final
7:40pm
It's summer in North Queensland - the time when the tropics heave with energy and runoff from rainforests pumps nutrients into this supercharged marine ecosystem. Large predators such as sailfish come in from all over the Pacific to feed in the waters. The attack then comes from the sky, where a flock of hungry seabirds wait for their opportunity to strike.

Broadchurch
Sunday, 15 March 2015
8:40pm
New information forces Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller to re-evaluate what they believe. Is it possible that they've been wrong about everything so far?

Fortitude
Sunday, 15 March 2015
9:30pm
Dan (Richard Dormer) tells Henry (Michael Gambon) he attacked Frank (Nicholas Pinnock) because of his feelings for Elena (Verónica Echegui). Morton (Stanley Tucci) uses Dan's behaviour to sideline him from the investigation.

Catalyst: Powering The Mind
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
8:00pm
Powering the Mind
What is memory? It is our capacity to learn, it is the part of our past that makes us who we are. But it is also a whole lot more. In this episode of Catalyst, Anja Taylor investigates how our memories change from childhood to adulthood and how we can build up greater brain reserves to power our mind into old age.

Making Australia Great: Inside Our Longest Boom: Bad Hair Decades
Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Series Premiere

8:30pm
We have enjoyed the longest economic winning streak in world history, and were the only rich nation to avoid the great global crash of 2008. This three-part series asks the important questions of our time: How did we become the last rich nation standing?

Judith Lucy Is All Woman
Wednesday, 18 March 2015 Final
9:00pm
With women generally outliving men, Judith Lucy tries to get an idea of what her life might be like in 20 year's time. She takes to the streets as an elderly woman and soon realises she needs some advice on becoming a senior, so she catches up with 91-year-old actor and friend Lois Ramsey for some advice on how to grow old gracefully.

Outback ER
Thursday, 19 March 2015
8:00pm
Joseph is struggling to breathe, but attempts to help him send him into a further panic. Ex-miner Ron takes a nasty fall when his prosthetic leg gives way. A skate park stunt goes terribly wrong for a drunken man and Fay's simple hospital procedure takes a dramatic turn after she falls over in the hospital toilet.

Hiding
Thursday, 19 March 2015
8:30pm
Lincoln (James Stewart) is missing and Bec (Kate Jenkinson) is terrified he has been murdered. But she knows she has to keep herself together for Mitchell (Lincoln Younes) and Tara (Olivia DeJonge). She works with Detective Pinder (Stephen Curry) trying to piece together what could have happened to Lincoln.

The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Friday, 20 March 2015
8:30pm
When a surgeon is found dead on the operating table at Ballarat Hospital, Blake is drawn into a maze of sexual politics and revenge. But as the clues mount up, Blake finds himself undermined by Chief Superintendent Munro, who has an agenda of his own.