On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.

Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday and Friday at 8pm. Phone (03) 9525 3551 to contact the producers or make a donation.

CATv — Not content with subverting the one-way media via their regular Sydney program (Thursday, 10.30pm, CTS UHF 31), the CATv crew are holding an evening of multimedia madness on Thursday, March 20, 7.30pm at the CATv Warehouse, 150 Wilson St, Newtown. Phone Karina at 9557 3223 or John at 9569 4963. Visit the web page at http://www.cat.org.au/catv.

Common as Muck — Premiere of a new British comedy drama starring Edward Woodward. Woodward plays Nev, a veteran garbo who oversees an unruly lot of collectors whose jobs are on the line due to privatisation. The series revolves around the crew's attempts to stave off the sell-off, the impact on their personal lives and their response when their jobs are axed. ABC TV, March 21, 9.30pm.

Jesus in Russia: An American Holy War — Attracted by the collapse of "communism", missionaries are flocking to Russia from all over the world. They are coming in droves to reclaim and convert millions in what has become a virtual supermarket of lost souls. Jesus in Russia follows the crusades of several colourful evangelists as they preach, pray and heal their way across a troubled land. Alfred McCrosky, a former insurance seller, travels through the countryside while former junkie Rick Amata spreads the gospel on the streets of Moscow. Not to be outdone, Siberian "Jesus" Sergei Torop, a former Russian police officer, wanders the former Soviet Union with long hair and robes, proclaiming himself the son of God and the second coming. Torop is planning to convert the US after basing himself in Hollywood. SBS, Tuesday, March 25, 8.30pm.

From GLW issue 267