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ALMOST PARADISE<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 2 \u2013 Territory Premiere
Mondays from 9th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hugely popular, dynamic series returns for its second
season. After hypertension forces DEA agent Alex Walker
(Kane) to retire early on a small tropical island in the
Philippine Archipelago, he wants to run his small island
gift shop in peace. Despite his best efforts, cases always
pull him back into the world of car chases, fist fights, and
lethal tactics. So, alongside detectives Kai Mendoza
(Samantha Richelle) and Ernesto Almares (Arthur Acu\u00f1a),
Alex finds himself investigating once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAMILY LAW<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 3 – Territory Premiere
Premieres Tuesday 17th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popular legal drama, Family Law, is back with stars
Jewel Staite, Victor Garber, Zach Smadu, Genelle
Williams, Lauren Holly, and Bobbi Charlton; Ryan Lino and
BJ Harrison recur. Season three follows Abigail \u2018Abby\u2019
Bianchi as she navigates her new life with her family,
including Abby\u2019s formally-estranged father Harry
Svensson and her half-siblings Daniel and Lucy Svensson.
Abby\u2019s dysfunctional family navigates their personal
dramas as they legally counsel other badly functioning
families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCIS: LOS ANGELES<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 12 \u2013 Channel Premiere
Double-bill premieres from Thursday 12th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high-stakes division of NCIS: Los Angeles, charged
with arresting dangerous and elusive criminals, returns.
By adopting false identities and using the most advanced
technology, their team of highly trained agents often go
deep undercover to protect national security, even
putting their lives on the line. In the season premiere, a
Russian bomber disappears while flying over U.S. soil;
Callen and Sam must find it, securing its weapons and
intel before the Russians on board destroy the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGNUM P.I.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 2 \u2013 Channel Premiere
Double-bill premieres from Friday 27th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magnum P.I. returns with season two and everyone’s
favourite ex-Navy SEAL. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is
still waiting for an answer from Higgins (Perdita
Weeks). Will she become his new private investigating
partner? While Higgins decides, Magnum takes the case
of a missing wife who witnessed her boss’ murder
during a bank robbery. Higgins is later “recalled” to
London, and Rick makes a big decision about his career,
quitting the club scene and leaving everyone unsure of
their futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIGGSTOWN<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 4 \u2013 Territory Premiere
Premieres weekly from Sunday 29th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diggstown is back for a fourth and final season; Marcie
Diggs, a corporate lawyer, begins to reconsider her
priorities after a tragedy in her family. Marcie’s team is a
mash-up of do-gooders, cynics, and scrappers, who work
in the community, handing clients justice around racism,
poverty, and gender bias. Season four starts with a
power vacuum left in Marcie\u2019s absence. Vivian jumps in,
and her actions cause tensions to rise, affecting their
case against a doctor accused of sterilising patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FANTASY ISLAND<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 2 \u2013 Territory Premiere
Double-bill series finale Monday 2nd October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantasy Island ends with a dazzling season two finale to
start October. The fantasies of guests are always met but
seldom turn out as expected; Courtney discovers this
after gaining the ability to mind read. Roarke (Roselyn
S\u00e1nchez) brings Ruby’s youngest daughter, MJ, to the
island to help Ruby remember who she is. Provocative
fantasies continue to alter the guests as Roarke meets
Sue, Jenna, and Brooklyn, the first, second, and third
wives of Gavin, a charming doctor who broke their
hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HUDSON & REX<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 5 \u2013 Territory Premiere
Continues Tuesdays at 8pm.
Season finale Tuesday 10th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detective Charlie Hudson (John Reardon) teams up
with his German Shepherd named Rex, an extraordinary
former K9 dog, in a thrilling season five finale of this
action-packed police drama. The dog and human duo
partner up to investigate a case that has left the team
back at the St. John’s Police Department reeling.
Charlie and Rex must try to take down a car theft ring
after one of the team is harmed seeking to stop a theft
in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHICAGO MED<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 5 \u2013 Channel Premiere
Continues Wednesdays at 8pm.
Double-bill season finale Wednesday 25th October at
8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your must-see TV in October is the gripping double bill
finale of Chicago Med season five. Dr Charles evaluates a
teenager who is brought into the ED after a fall off an
overpass. Will chooses to side with Dr Asher on a risky
treatment plan. In the season finale, relationships are
tested. Two detectives from Dr Crockett\u2019s old New
Orleans neighbourhood show up at the hospital with
queries. Dr Choi puts his life in danger to save a child,
and Dr Charles gives fatherly advice to his young
daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCIS<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 17 \u2013 Channel Premiere
Double-bill season finale Thursday 5th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seventeenth season of NCIS, an American police
procedural drama, ends in an explosive double bill. The
team acts quickly when Kasie and Jimmy are held
hostage in a diner after a jewellery store robbery goes
awry, and Kasie and Jimmy attempt to keep the other
customers safe from the thieves. In the finale, the team
tries to verify the identity of Joe Smith, who claims he
served on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl
Harbor; his last wishes are to be buried there upon his
death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGNUM P.I.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Season 1 \u2013 Channel Premiere
Continues Fridays at 8pm.
Double-bill season finale Friday 20th October at 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Magnum, a former Navy SEAL, who works as a
private detective and solves mysteries with the help of
his friends, finds himself pulled into another investigation
when his ex-fianc\u00e9e shows up at his home. With a
gunshot wound and claims of wanting his help to find her
missing CIA father whose life is in danger, Magnum can\u2019t
turn her away. Later, Magnum takes an earnest
proposition to Higgins for her to become his private
investigations partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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