On the box

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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 — Subverting the "one-way media". CTS Sydney, every Thursday, 10.30pm, UHF 31. Ph Karina at 9557 3223 or John at 9569 4963. Visit the web page at http://www.cat.org.au/catv.

Newshour with Jim Lehrer — The "most believed" news program on US television will now be broadcast immediately before SBS World News. Newshour is a liberal, non-tabloid news program that prides itself on in-depth coverage of US and international events. SBS, Monday-Friday from May 19, 5.30pm.

For the Love of the Leader — Documentary about the role of women in Colonel Muammar Qadhafi's Libya, focusing on those recruited for Qadhafi's elite squad of bodyguards. ABC TV, Tuesday, May 20, 8.30pm.

The Great Depression: To Be Somebody — African-Americans were challenging the US government to fulfil at last the promises made in the nation's founding documents. The one person symbolising the dream to be somebody was heavyweight fighter Joseph Louis Barrow. ABC TV, Thursday, May 22, 9.30pm.

Cape Town to the Lost City — Journalist Rian Malan wrestles with his country's troubled past and uncertain future as he takes a train journey spanning South Africa. ABC TV, Thursday, May 22, 11.05pm.

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