7.30PM, TV2
THE FAT CHANCE
The final of the local reality series with the offensively honest name. Don't worry, there'll be another diet show before you know it. Nutritionist Nikki Hart, aka the "Diet Witch", teaches parents about healthy lifestyles so their kids grow up to see their 30s. And their toes.
7.30PM, TV ONE
CORONATION STREET
Is it just us or are things getting kookier on the Street? Carol engages in some drunken sewing, Martin dresses up as a chicken, Nathan sets Rosie's hormones racing, Claire starts a mud fight, and Phil wants to write his dissertation about Gail's life with Richard Hillman.
8.30PM, TV2
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS
For a show about people living in the country, there seems to be a lot of racing around. This time the girls try to shear 500 sheep before morning to make an important sale. That's if they don't shear off a body part in the process.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, TV3
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
Herald rating: * * *
In the 19th James Bond film, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) feels guilty when an old friend of M's is killed in a briefcase explosion. Robert Carlyle plays the villainous Renard, a terrorist with a bullet lodged in his brain who is unaffected by pain. Renard tries to seize control of the global oil supply, and once again Agent 007 is the world's only hope. Also stars Denise Richards as nuclear scientist Christmas Jones. (1999)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
LORDS OF DOGTOWN
Herald rating: * * *
Starring Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch and Rebecca De Mornay, this is based on the true story of the Z-boys, a group of skateboarders in the 1970s who founded the sport in the streets and curved swimming pools of Santa Monica, California. It leaves out a lot of key people and events, so if you're interested in accuracy check out the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. (2005)
10.20PM, SKY MOVIES 1
OUT OF SIGHT
Herald rating: * * *
George Clooney plays a criminal who breaks out of prison and kidnaps the FBI Marshall (Jennifer Lopez) who has been tracking him. From the novel by Elmore Leonard, director Stephen Soderbergh delivers a complex, non-linear story. (1998)
Thursday's TV highlights
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