On the box

Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, Gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and Fridays, 2.30am. XX, women's program, Fridays, 8pm and midnight, and Saturdays, 5am. Waste Not, Want Not, environment and recycling. Saturdays, 8.30pm and 12.30am, and Sundays, 4.30am. For more information phone 649 9622. Last Stand at Little Big Horn — Custer remains an icon for some US people and a butcher to Native Americans. This doco investigates the Custer myth and tells a more complete account of Custer's demise at Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. SBS, Friday, October 13, 7.30pm. Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm, and Saturday, 2.30am. Sports special: Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout — Highlights of the annual Aboriginal footy knockout comp, held on October 2. SBS, Saturday, October 14, 12.30pm. Sealing Fate — Are seals responsible for Canada's declining fishing industry or are they being scapegoated? SBS, Monday, October 16, 7.30pm. Movie: The Wedding Banquet (1993) — Young, successful, gay Wai-Tung, living happily with his lover in the US, finds himself facing a dilemma when he is pressured by his traditional Chinese parents to find a wife. From Taiwan. SBS, Monday, October 16, 9.30pm. The Famine Within — A hard-hitting documentary about the socially imposed body image that obsesses many women. SBS, Monday, October 16, 11.15pm. The Genetic Time Bomb — A frightening documentary that examines a silent crisis threatening the global food system — the threat of genetic erosion of the world's seed supply. SBS, Tuesday, October 17, 8.30pm. In the Land of Oranges — A journey across Israel via the orange groves, speaking to Arab and Jewish workers, bosses, members of political groups, the young and old and the religious about their concerns and views on war and peace in the region. SBS, Tuesday, October 17, 11.05pm. Discover the culture of the Navajo people — The Discover America series visits the beautiful and historic Canyon De Chelly, a site of significance to Native Americans. SBS, Thursday, October 19, 6pm. Haunt of the Fishing Owl — The immense oasis of southern Africa's Okavango River delta is home to a spectacular range of bird life, one of which is Pels' fishing owl. ABC TV, Thursday, October 19, 8pm. Sex, Drugs and Dinner — Alexei Sayle's hilarious but deadly serious look at the lunacies, hypocrisy, blunders and disasters resulting from the industrialised countries' control of world agriculture. SBS, Thursday, October 19, 8.30pm. Behind the Frontline — The making of the hilarious and telling parody of current affairs television. Forget Stuart Littlemore, Frontline is exposes the mainstream media's shortcomings, dishonesties, idiocies more effectively than any media watchdog can. ABC TV, Thursday, October 19, 8.30pm. Times are AEST.)