7.30PM, PRIME
DOCTOR WHO
Refuel the Tardis - the Doc and Rose go back to the future. There they discover gruesome secrets hidden inside a luxury hospital. An enemy thought long since dead, the paper-thin Cassandra, is also out for revenge.
8.30PM, PRIME
AMERICAN CHOPPER
Prime picks up the Discovery Channel's best
rating series, about a volatile father and son team who own Orange County Choppers, creators of the world's most outrageous custom motorbikes. Check out the OTT creations that have made OCC famous: the Jet Bike, the Spiderman Bike, the Black Widow and more.
9.30PM, TV ONE
ORANGE ROUGHIES
In the premature season finale - TVNZ has canned the show due to its poor ratings performance with no word on when the remaining episodes might screen - Danny heads off on his own into the Melbourne underworld seeking the hitman from last week's episode and finding the truth about the involvement of the corrupt Melbourne drug squad. Wonder if they'll tell him not to bother coming back?
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, TV3
HAPPY GILMORE
Herald rating: * * *
One of Adam Sandler's most loved comedies, about a failed ice hockey player who discovers he has the most powerful golf drive in the history of the game. He also brings other elements of hockey to the usually genteel game of golf, like cursing and fisticuffs. Admitted to a PGA tour, his antics make it to television and he soon gathers a large group of followers. Also stars Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed in Rocky) as his mentor Chubbs Peterson, a football pro turned actor who lost his hand to an alligator. (1996)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
MY SUMMER OF LOVE
Herald rating: * * *
Set in the heat of a Yorkshire summer, this starts out as an erotic romp, as two teenage girls - one from a wealthy family and the other from the poorer side of the tracks - discover their sexuality. Intensifies into a powerful drama. (2004)
10PM, SKY MOVIES 1
WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON
Herald rating: * * *
The latest Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, stars in a comedy about a romantic triangle. She plays Rosalee, a smalltown girl who enters a contest and wins a date with a movie star. But her best friend Pete (Topher Grace) is secretly in love with her. A chick-flick to be sure, but its heart is in the right place. (2004)
