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February 9 - 15, 2011
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WEDNESDAY (Feb 9) Film - Mother and Child on Super Movies at 9pm

Almost 40 years ago, a 14-year-old girl gets pregnant and gives her baby up for adoption. The movie then fast-forwards to the present day with three different women. There's Elizabeth, a smart and successful lawyer who uses her body to her advantage. Karen is a bitter health care professional who has a lot of heart but never shows it. She gave up a daughter at the age of 14 (she is the young girl and mother of Elizabeth) and Lucy who is looking to adopt a child of her own.

THURSDAY (Feb 10)

Film - The Interpreter on MBC 2 at 9pm

Events begin escalatingwhen UN interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state. With the words 'The teacher will never leave this room alive', Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs into his eyewitnesses' past, he gathers that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy.

FRIDAY (Feb 11)

Film - Legion on Showmovies at 8pm

God loses faith in mankind and orders Angel Michael in addition to a legion of other angels to bring the Apocalypse to Earth and exterminate the human race. However, Michael rebels against the order and decides to help the humans. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a diner with the Archangel Michael. Meanwhile, in the diner in the middle of nowhere, Bob Hanson runs the place with his son Jeep, a pregnant waitress, Charlie, and his friend Percy Walker.

SATURDAY (Feb 12)

Film - Batman: Under the Red Hood on Showmovies Kids at 6pm

Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an option. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.

SUNDAY (Feb 13)

Documentary - Indian Times on Travel Channel at 11pm

India is looking to be the face of the 21st Century, so who better than to stare at its reflection and judge if he likes what he sees than Julian Hanton; veteran of 12 previous visits to India. Julian travels all over India from the thriving metropolis of Mumbai to the city in the clouds, Darjeeling. The district is located in the Indian state of West Bengal and is renowned as the 'Queen of the Hills', providing a perfect gateway for those seeking to be in harmony with nature.

MONDAY (Feb 14)

Series - Spooks Series 5 on BBC Entertainment at 11.40pm

The series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. Now set across the backdrop of national security, series 5 returns after a series of terror attacks that have left the team and the country reeling. They believe that the attacks are designed to destroy democracy in the UK and turn the nation into a police state.

TUESDAY (Feb 15)

Film - Armageddon on Fox Movies at 11pm

NASA discovers that there is an asteroid heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit, the planet and all its inhabitants will be obliterated. Unfortunately, NASA's plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. The US military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. The only man to do it is an oil driller named Harry Stamper and his group of misfit drillers and geologists.







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