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The latest TV Guide is now listing two Star Wars shows on the Cartoon Network channel ...
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    9:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays (starting 9 June)
  • Lego Star Wars
    6:00pm, Tuesday, 12 June and Thursday, 21 June
    This looks like a half-hour one-off (the Padawan special perhaps) since it's not advertised on Tuesday, 19 June. For those who like the Lego animated shows, there's also Ninjago in various timeslots.
Of course, as usual with Sky's listings (even in their own Skywatch magazine), it's anyone's guess if these actually play as scheduled or not. :(
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According to the latest TV Guide, Sky TV's History channel is again playing the Empire of Dreams documentary this weekend ...

Star Wars: Empire of Dreams
History (channel 73)
9:30pm - 11:30pm, Saturday, 28 July
6:30am - 8:30am, Sunday, 29 July
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'Empire of Dreams' is a good one...worth checking out if you haven't seen it (although most probably have, as it was on one of the OT DVD sets). I was lucky enough to discuss it with its film-maker, Kevin Burns, back in '04 - http://swnz.dr-maul.com/moretext.php?request=bio_kburns .
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I just had a look on the SKY guide app, and can't see Empire of dreams playing. Maybe there's been a schedule change?

I did however find a doco called 'Star Wars: A History' playing on History channel August 4th at 9:30pm
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Bazzack wrote:I just had a look on the SKY guide app, and can't see Empire of dreams playing. Maybe there's been a schedule change?
That wouldn't surprise me in the least. Sky is even more hopeless than the other channels at actually showing what is advertised - some channels are incredibly bad. Numerous times I've tried to watch something advertised and it has been changed. That last lot of advertised Clone Wars shows above never turned up either. :mad:

Sky's own SkyWatch magazine is worthless - according to that, in the Saturday evening timeslot the History channel is playing the Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed documentary while in the Sunday morning timeslot there's Star Wars: Empire of Dreams.

Even their on-screen guide often says one show while playing something completely different!

And the fools in charge wonder why more and more poeple are not bothering to watch with broadcast TV. :roll:
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The Graham Norton Show starts a new season on TV3 this week and the first episode is the one with Harrison Ford and Benedict Cumberbatch where they briefly discuss being / not being in the new Star Wars movies.
  • The Graham Norton Show
    TV3, 8:30pm, Fridays (starts 25 October)
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Natalie Portman is on The Graham Norton Show next week (TV3, 8:30pm, Friday, 1 November, 2013)
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For those interested, Temuera Morrison's new TV "reality" TV series starts next week ...
  • The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison
    TV One, 8:00pm, Wednesdays (starts 6 November)
The blurb in the TV Guide for the first episode says ...
Hearing rumours of a new Star Wars trilogy, Temuera plans a trip to Hollywood.
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The Star Wars comedy Fanboys is playing on TV2 this weekend, but in a ridiculous timeslot for those wanting to watch it without a recorder ...
  • Fanboys
    TV 2, 1:30am, Sunday, 13 April

    TV Guide review: So-so Star Wars comedy with a few funny moments.
    2 stars (out of 5)
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Four is playing the Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy parodies over the next three weeks ...
Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy
Four, 8:30pm, Wednesdays
13 August - Star Wars
20 August - The Empire Strikes Back
27 August - Return of the Jedi
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