On the Box

October 5, 2007
Issue 

Che Guevara: The Body And The Legend Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the world's most famous revolutionary, was executed in October 1967. SBS, Friday, October 12, 8.30pm.

The Motorcycle Diaries In 1952, 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his best friend Alberto Granado journey on an old Norton motorcycle to see Latin America. SBS, Saturday, October 13, 10.15pm.

Message Stick: The Burden of Responsibility Examines the events leading up to the decision to abolish ATSIC three years ago and the aftermath. ABC, Sunday, October 14, 1.30pm.

Pinochet in Suburbia In 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator of Chile, was arrested in Britain while holidaying there courtesy of British Aerospace. SBS, Sunday, October 14, 10pm.

Why Democracy? Taxi to the Dark Side Over one hundred prisoners have died in suspicious circumstances in US custody during the "war on terror". SBS, Tuesday, October 16, 8.30pm.

Why Democracy? Dinner with the President What are the implications for democracy in Pakistan when secular political parties have succumbed to the Islamic agenda? SBS, Tuesday, October 16, 10pm.

Why Democracy? In Search of Gandhi In the early decades of the 20th Century, Mahatma Gandhi was part of a mass movement of millions of Indians that rose up against the British colonial state. SBS, Tuesday, October 16, 11pm.

Living Black Indigenous news and current affairs program. Presented by Karla Grant. SBS, Wednesday, October 17, 6pm.

The Big Lie — A working-class mother of four takes on a global tobacco giant, in an attempt to gain compensation for the lung cancer that is killing her. SBS, Friday, October 19, 2.30pm.

As it Happened: Try Revolution Tells the story of how the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand impacted on South Africa. SBS, Friday, October 19, 8.30pm.

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