The Bill Premiere date: Tuesday 3 June at 23h00
The Bill is a long-running, popular UK police procedural about the happenings within and around Sun Hill, a metropolitan police station located in the fictional Borough of Canley, in east London.
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Big Love 2 Premiere date: Wednesday 4 June at 22h00
The dramedy Big Love, about a polygamist with three wives, returns for its second season.
As the new season opens, Bill, who owns a pair of hardware superstores, is facing personal and professional crises brought on by the exposure of his “first wife” Barb as a polygamist during a high-profile “Mother of the Year” ceremony at the governor’s mansion.
A few weeks later, Bill’s other wives Nicki and Margene pick up the slack as Barb languishes in melancholy, leaving Bill to assess the damage the scandal caused his Home Plus stores, and to track down the villain responsible.
His search will lead him to the polygamist compound of Juniper Creek, where his father-in-law Roman Grant aka the “Prophet,” has put the squeeze on Bill’s ne’er-do-well brother Joey in the wake of Roman’s son Alby’s nearly fatal poisoning.
As Bill faces off with his nemesis, he contemplates changes to his personal and professional life that promise to impact on every member of his family.
TVSA's Big Love 1 Show Page.
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Real Housewives of Orange County 2 Premiere date: Friday 13 June at 20h00
The Real Housewives return for a second season to reveal more reality about their lives.
The title of the show refers to a group of sophisticated women who lead glamorous lives in a picturesque Southern California gated community where the average home has a $1.6 million prize tag. They grant viewers an all-access pass into their lives, families, friendships, careers, and homes.
Season 2 introduces a new housewife: Tammy Knickerbocker replaces Kimberley Bryant.
Tammy used to live in one of the biggest houses in the gated community but that was before she and her husband, Lou, lost their fortune from their lucrative business.
Now Tammy's a single mom who's picking up the pieces of her life and is renting a 1.2 million dollar home in the community. Although still doing well, the family is not rolling in the riches as they once were and have to adapt to a more modest lifestyle.
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Top Design 1Premiere date: Friday 27 June at 19h00
Top Design offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative, competitive and client-driven interior design industry. The series features twelve aspiring interior designers who are united in their quest to create the "Top Design" in each episode in the series as they vie for cash to start their own design firm and a spot in one of New York's biggest designer showcases.
SHOWS RETURNING TO M-NET SERIES
Baywatch 4 Premiere date: Tuesday 17 June at 22h00
This long-running series follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards on a crowded resort beach. Veteran lifeguard Mitch Buchannon watches over the younger lifeguards that come and go with each passing season as they keep the beaches safe for vacationers.
Frequently he must take action to save them from the raging seas and from the raging tempers that sometimes flare up between the young guards in this stressful job.
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The Ellen Degeneres Show 5 Starts on: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 18 June at 18:00.
The new season of Ellen follows on from Season 4.
M-NET SHOWS REPEATING ON
M-NET SERIES:
Army WivesPremiere date: Sunday 8 June at 18h00.
Army Wives is a drama series about the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of women - and one man - living with their spouses and families on an active army post.
The wives are: Claudia Joy Holden, the strong and respected wife of a Colonel; Denise Sherwood, a devoted homemaker who harbours a shocking secret; Pamela Moran, a former cop, now earning money as a surrogate; and Roxy LeBlanc, a feisty woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
The "wives" also include one husband, Roland Burton, who is trying to adapt to his wife's post-traumatic stress syndrome after her return from the war.
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Mad Men Premiere date: Tuesday 10 June at 21:00.
TVSA's Mad Men Mini-Site.
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Saving Grace 1Premiere date: Sunday 15 June at 19h00.
TVSA's Saving Grace 1 Show Page.
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Damages Premiere date: Monday 16 June at 20h00.
TVSA's Damages Mini-Site.
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The CoconutsPremiere date: Saturday 28 June at 20h30
The Coconuts is a local sitcom is about the Greenes - a white family whose lives are turned upside-down overnight. After ignoring the warnings of a strange old man not to park their caravan on the burial grounds of his ancestors, they wake up to discover that have all turned black. At the same time the maid has become white. The Greenes panic and decide to start a new life as the Mbulis and that of course leads to many bizarre situations.
The Coconuts pokes fun at day-to-day South African characters, relationships, prejudices and stereotypes.
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