So just before you hang up the coats and call it a night, tune into Stan and have a peek at what we have in December!
A fantastic festive episode for Will and Grace airs Dec 7, and continuing series SMILF, The Girlfriend Experience, and Good Behaviour also keep coming on the weekends.
Another Stan original production, from Director Greg McLean, Wolk Creek (trailer) returns with a brand new season. After a chance encounter with pig hunter Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) and a busload of international thrill- seeking tourists on a visit to the dry Outback, their plans are derailed when the bus stops in the middle of nowhere and they are forced to search for help. A whole new cast and new storyline, this six part series arrives on December 15.
Homegrown Aussie series Doctor Doctor (trailer) joins the Stan library in December. Heart surgeon Dr Hugh Knight (Roger Corser) is sent to his hometown of Whyhope as its rural GP, in disgrace as a punishment from by the Medical Tribunal. On his return, he finds that all is not well, and things have changed. All episodes available Dec 19.
Richard Roxburgh's Cleaver Greene is back with season 4 of Rake (trailer), full of more mischief and tricky situations. This current season will bring you up to date, with a fantastic array of guests such as Miriam Margolyes, Julia Blake, Jack Charles to keep you coming back for more.
Mr Fuzzypants (2016 - trailer) - Mr Brand is a successful businessman with a wife and young daughter who misses him. In a stroke of good luck (or karma?) Mr Brand somehow becomes trapped as a cat and who must learn to spend more time with his family. Starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Gardner and Christopher Walken.
In an excellent addition to world movies, the Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Cantonese) starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung is one of the best. Two double agents are placed in the Chinese Triads and Police Force, creating a delicious tension as to how each keeps up his cover. Includes stellar performances by mob boss Eric Tsang and Anthony Wong.
Never one to shy from a difficult subject, documentary film maker, and Louis Theroux pursues higher knowledge as he tries to gain access to the mysterious and controlling Scientology group in Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie (trailer). Directed by John Dower and starring Louis Theroux himself, this doco tries to draw back the curtains, as it were, and even shows the repeated attempts by the Scientology group to intimidate and restrain him. Pop it on if you like his style.
In Rendition (2007 - trailer), Isabella El-Ibrahimi (Reese Witherspoon) is the wife of an Egyptian engineer, tries desperately to track down her husband after he disappears on an international flight. Her husband was spirited away on suspicions of alleged terrorism links, and stark focus is shone on the interrogation and torture techniques that are sometimes used in the quest for information. A wonderful cast includes Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Here's a full list of what's happening on Stan in December.
Continuing Series:
Monday: The Girlfriend Experience, Good Behavior, White Famous
Wednesday: Will and Grace December Special (Dec 7)
Friday: The Girlfriend Experience S2, No Activity US
Saturday: Good Behavior: Season 2, White Famous: Season 1, SMILF: Season 1, The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2
Available December 1
Rake: Season 4
Proof
December 2
Mr. Fuzzypants
December 3
The Girlfriend Experience: Season 2, Episode 9 & 10
No Activity US: Season 1, Episode 4
December 4
Good Behavior: Season 2, Episode 8
White Famous: Season 1, Episode 9
SMILF: Season 1, Episode 5
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 29
The Hidden Fortress
December 5
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 30
Learning To Drive
I'm So Excited
December 6
Will and Grace (2017): Episode 7 (Holiday Special)
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 31
Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie
In The Heart Of The Sea
December 7
Red Dog: True Blue
Miss Sloane
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 32
December 8
Friday Night Lights: Seasons 1-5
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 33
December 9
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 34
Chasing Asylum
December 10
The Girlfriend Experience: Season 2, Episode 11 & 12
No Activity US: Season 1, Episode 5
The Bad Sleep Well
December 11
Good Behavior: Season 2, Episode 9
White Famous: Season 1, Episode 10 - Final
SMILF: Season 1, Episode 6
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 35
The Assassin
December 12
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 36
Riot Club
Infernal affairs I
Infernal affairs II
Infernal affairs III
December 13
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 37
Three Wise Cousins
The Green Inferno
December 14
The Space Between Us
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 38
December 15
Wolf Creek: Season 2 - Premiere
The Powerpuff Girls: Season 2, Episode 39 - 40 - Final
December 16
Jim: The James Foley Story
December 17
The Girlfriend Experience: Season 2, Episode 13 & 14 - Final
No Activity US: Season 1, Episode 6
Throne of Blood
December 18
Good Behavior: Season 2, Episode 10 - Final
SMILF: Season 1, Episode 7
December 19
Doctor Doctor: Season 1
Night Of Fear
December 20
The Hunting Ground
Truth
Rec 3: Genesis
December 21
Before I Fall The King
December 22
Dance of Reality
Right Now, Wrong Then
Brilliant love
December 23
Unindian
December 24
No Activity US: Season 1, Episode 7
Sanjuro
December 25
James White
December 26
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One
December 27
Ray Donovan: Season 4
December 28
Power Rangers (2016)
She Killed In Ecstasy
December 29
Animals Triad
December 30
The Twirlywoos: Season 2
Stray Dog Sunday
December 31
No Activity US: Season 1, Episode 8 - Final
Prime
Rendition
Snakes on a Plane
Point Break (2015)
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