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Thursday March 31, 2011
Trinny & Susannah's Australian Makeover MissionLifeStyle You, 8.30pm"AUSTRALIA has been waiting patiently for the rock-solid fashion advice, emotional support and brutal honesty that only [Trinny and Susannah] can give." That's laying it on a bit thick but Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (pictured) are always fun and practical, so it's good to see them out here again. They hit the ground running on the streets of Sydney's Sutherland shire, accosting badly dressed women of all shapes, sizes and stages of life. Twenty-year-old Clare tries to hide her big boobs under a shapeless top, 44-year-old skin-cancer survivor Diane has adopted a "hippie cowgirl" look to keep her skin out of the sun and 52-year-old Barb looks like a granny way before her time. They're among a dozen or so women Trinny and Susannah are making over so they can present their new looks on a catwalk at a shopping centre. The advice is easy to follow and the finale is as feel-good as it gets.Rachel Allen's Dinner PartiesLifeStyle Food, 9pmUNPRETENTIOUS Irish chef Rachel Allen is back to show people how to wow their dinner guests. Tonight, it's Belfast lad Jonny, who learns how to make a starter out of scallops, bacon, oranges and cabbage, as well as a confit of chicken with rosemary sauteed potatoes. Be warned: the chicken takes seven hours.Alaska Wing MenNational Geographic, 8.30pmDO YOU ever notice how people who do extraordinary things tend to play them down? ("Wow, you got shot at driving a UN food truck in Somalia?" "Well, yeah, but I didn't actually get shot.") Modesty confers no such restraint on the people who write reality TV shows. This series about Alaskan aviation begins in the most ominous tone: "Pilot Jack Barber is about to turn his plane into a flying bomb." How does he do that? By loading it up with 1500 litres of diesel. Is that really more dangerous than loading it up with 1500 litres of baked beans or bowling balls? Who knows? It's obviously not relevant for the purposes of this program. And that's the problem. The pilots here really do risk their lives flying around Alaska and prattling on about "flying bombs" only distracts from that.Worth a lookHorizon: Where's My Robot? (BBC Knowledge, 8.30pm)The Secret Millionaire (LifeStyle, 8.30pm)The Graham Norton Show (UKTV, 9.30pm)
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