Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday at 8pm. Phone 9633 6976 to contact the producers or make a donation.
Drop the Dead Donkey — The return of Britain's answer to Frontline. The Globelink news team will "kick ass" with seven new episodes of the hit comedy. SBS, beginning Saturday, November 14, 8.30pm.
Operation Good Guys — From the makers of Drop the Dead Donkey, this is an innovative and irreverent comedy present in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary, taking the viewer behind the scenes in a fictitious police station. SBS, Saturday, November 14, 9pm.
Goodness Gracious Me — Sending up British culture, Asian culture and everything in between, this new all-Asian sketch show from the BBC pokes fun at stereotypes and presents a comic perspective on 1990s Britain. SBS, Monday, November 16, 7.30pm.
The Promised Land: We Stand at the Crossroads — The story of black Chicago between World War II and the end of the 1960s. With thousands of migrants still pouring in from the south every day, the cultural life and politics of the second largest US city were being changed dramatically as a new black militancy began to emerge. ABC-TV, Tuesday, November 17, 11.10pm.
Too Much Medicine — There's a fortune to be made from therapeutic drugs. In a competitive world, drug companies are battling for market share. But in the headlong race for profits, do patients come second? Investigative journalist Ray Moynihan examines the drug companies' sophisticated promotional scams. ABC-TV, Thursday, November 19, 8pm.