MOVIE
Presumed Guilty (2011)
SBS Viceland, Midday
With the presumption of innocence heading for extinction like the dodo, the number of people damned in ways that nothing can ever be done to restore them to a normal life steadily increases. This is accepted as fair and reasonable by many because a lot of the accused turn out to be guilty (or appear to be). But not all. Take the true story of Alain Marecaux, a French lawyer and father accused of child abuse. Rather than run away and hide, like many do, Marecaux undertook an epic fight through the French courts. The press and his fellow citizens took little interest in whether he was innocent or not, because they believed there was a social issue at stake that was more important than individual rights. Vincent Garenq's film of Marecaux's journey is a harrowing reminder of how the justice system and political movements can sometimes get things badly wrong. Scott Murray
Charlie Luxton hosts Building the Dream.
PAY
History's Raiders
History, 4.30pm
Throughout the 1930s the Belgian fortress of Eben-Emael towered over the Dutch border, a huge and seemingly impregnable armoured beast, dug deep into a hill and bristling with cannon turrets intended to repel any future German invasion. But on May 10, 1940, a small force of German soldiers landed atop it in nine flimsy, fabric-covered gliders and took less than 30 minutes to neutralise the entire thing, opening Hitler's gateway to Belgium and France. The stunning success of the glider-borne assault – the first ever attempted – inspired the Nazis to re-enact it for propaganda purposes, and it's that footage that gives this instalment of History's Raiders a particularly intimate, urgent feel. The series' turn-of-the-millennium CGI is looking dated, but it's still perfectly serviceable in illustrating how everything unfolded. A fascinating episode of a fine series. Brad Newsome
MOVIE
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (2006)
7flix, 5pm






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