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Sydney Morning Herald

Monday August 25, 2008

Robin Oliver

Chelsea Flower Show 2008

Lifestyle, 8.30pm

BBC presenter Carol Klein (pictured) casts an expert eye over the spectacular colours of the Chelsea Flower Show, which opened for five days in May in the grounds of Royal Chelsea Hospital. It is the ultimate gardening event, attracting entries from many parts of the world. Channel Seven's Jamie Durie was a first-time exhibitor this year.

Mataharis

(2007) World Movies, 8.30pm

What a wheeze that the three women who run the Valbuena Detective Agency in Madrid should be known as the Mataharis, after the renowned Dutch-born seductress who was executed for her duplicity in spying on the French during World War I.

Nothing so dramatic happens to Carmen, Ines and Eva, each of whom must tackle their own complex relationships and those of their clients. Eva (Najwa Nimri) returns from maternity leave and discovers her husband has a son by another woman. Ines (Maria Vazquez) goes undercover in a big corporation and gets involved with a man who could cloud her judgment. Carmen (Nuria Gonzalez), the spark in her marriage fading, falls into the arms of a client who suspects his wife of cheating.

Monster Moves: Risky Rescues

National Geographic, 5.30pm

Two teams of building movers attempt challenging rescue missions. On Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Jerry Matyiko has been hired to move Sankaty Lighthouse - the historic Nantucket Light - from a crumbling cliff edge. The lighthouse weighs more than 400 tonnes and is 28 metres high. Can the team keep the structure upright and level as it moves along a specially built rail track to a safer location nearby?

In Sweden, house mover Andreas Nartensson has the task of relocating an entire mining town from an area where the mine below is in danger of collapsing.

Bond, Classic Bond

Fox Classics, 8.30pm

Fox Classics has secured rights to the first 16 James Bond films, from Dr No at the start of the Sean Connery era in 1962, through to Licence To Kill, with Timothy Dalton as the fourth 007 in 1989.

Bill Collins introduces the films, which are run in chronological sequence, starting tonight with Dr No, featuring Ursula Andress, followed at 10.25pm by From Russia With Love (1963), which has Lotte Lenya as one of Fleming's classiest baddies.

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