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Season of Sports Kicks off on Freeview

02 March 2012

As the cooler weather approaches it’s time to turn our attention to the sporting action in March on Freeview – and it’s all for free.

The 2012 NRL Premiership is back. Catch three hard-hitting games each week with live Friday Night Football and Sunday Football on Nine. For footy with an outback flavour the Marngrook Footy Show returns to ABC TV with more humour, analysis and information with an emphasis on Indigenous players, history and culture. And exclusive and live on Ten Sport is the Olympic swimming qualifying event held over eight days from March 15 to March 22, the biggest names in Australian swimming will descend on the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide including James Magnussen, Stephanie Rice, Leisel Jones, Geoff Huegill, Eamon Sullivan and Alicia Coutts.

And if it’s laughs you’re after, SBS ONE delivers with The Ricky Gervais Show, an animated version of the record-breaking podcasting series voiced by writers and performers Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and their colleague and friend Karl Pilkington whose offbeat musings inspire many of the storylines.
While on ELEVEN, The Simpsons celebrates its 23rd season and its milestone 500th episode of the animated treasure. Guest starring in the birthday episode is Australia’s own man of online anarchy, Julian Asssange. But he's not the only famous voice we'll recognise over the next few weeks. Keep an ear out for Michael Cera, Jeremy Irons and crooner Allison Krauss.

Continuing on GO! is the exclusive first run of US comedy Suburgatory where 16-year-old Tessa Altman and her young, handsome father George move from New York City to the suburbs, with some culture shocking consequences.
Gardening Australia returns to ABC1 in March with new host Costa Georgiadis. Known as the man of soil and soul, the ebullient and warm Georgiadis will introduce viewers to an inspirational community project which will be the cornerstone of the program this year – gardening on the verge. Meanwhile the Best of Better Homes and Gardens features on 7TWO.

Former Eastenders star Ross Kemp presents the first run of his BAFTA-winning documentary series, Ross Kemp on Gangs on ONE which takes his investigation of the world’s most notorious gangs to dangerous and far-flung locations. Whether he's meeting brutal Yardie posses in Jamaica, violent football hooligans in Poland, paramilitary gangs in Colombia or the notorious criminal groups in East Timor, it's sure to be a nail biter.

Your favourite reality series continue on Freeview in March, including Seven’s My Kitchen Rules where the action is heating up as the teams head to Kitchen HQ. There'll be thrills and spills as they battle the clock and their nerves to plate up on time. And on 7Mate, catch up with the day-to-day activities of several Cajuns living in the Atchafalaya River Basin swamp in Louisiana, USA, who hunt American alligators for a living in Swamp People.

ABC News 24 has the run-up to the US presidential election covered with its exclusive series Planet America hosted by ABC NewsRadio’s John Barron and erstwhile Chaser Chas Licciardello. During this weekly discussion program they’ll follow and analyse the race to the White House, through the Republican primaries, the debates and the election campaign.

The award winning teen drama series Dance Academy returns on ABC3. Friends and relationships will be tested in the second series as the students are forced to work harder than ever before in preparation for the world’s premiere ballet competition, the Prix de Fonteyn.

First-run drama and old favourites will be on offer this month, with TEN’s blockbuster drama series Homeland continuing following its recent winning run at the Golden Globes. This season’s unmissable US drama brings you a gripping double episode, and the long awaited season finale, as CIA agent Carrie Mathison continues her investigation into Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody who returns home to the Unites States after being held captive by Al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war for eight years.

Over on GEM, the drama continues with The Closer where Deputy Police Chief Brendan Johnson, who runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD, solves the city’s toughest and most sensitive cases with her unorthodox style. SBS TWO isn’t forgotten in the drama stakes with first run episodes of The Killing, a Danish crime drama series which follows the police investigation of one specific case, day by day, with each hour-long episode covering 24 hours of the investigation.
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