TODAY’S TELEVISION

TUESDAY, APRIL 17

MOVIE: Howl’s Moving Castle SBS VICELAND, 12pm, PG (2004)

This release from the godfather of Japanese animation, Hayao Miyazaki, was greeted with pure joy by his fans. With Miyazaki’s trademark humour, action and surrealism, this is a blockbuster. It is basically a fairytale: when a teenage girl, Sophie, is cursed by a witch, she is transformed into a 90-year-old woman. Ashamed of her appearance, she flees civilisation to the magical moving castle belonging to Howl, a mysterious magician. There she discovers another world, and Miyazaki’s gift for the gloriously grotesque and the wonderfully weird kicks into overdrive.

Bachelor In Paradise WIN, 7.30pm

Can any reality-TV show live up to the addictive, twisting-and-turning drama of

Married At First Sight? Probably not, but you’ve got to hand it to Bachelor In

Paradise for trying. If there’s one thing both shows have in common, it’s a cavalcade of surgically enhanced faces and bodies, which prove strangely difficult to turn your gaze from. Tonight, another love triangle could be about to spark. All eyes are diverted when two new girls enter the fold, with one newcomer vying for a taken Bachelor’s affections. As tensions flare, the producers inject some lightheartedness with a footy match featuring local kids.

Who Do You Think You Are? SBS, 7.30pm

Season nine of this compelling local version of the hit genealogy series kicks off tonight in great form. National treasure Noni Hazlehurst (pictured), who has moved from Play School to Better Homes and

Gardens, City Homicide and A Place To Call Home with aplomb, takes a personal and enlightening journey into her family tree. The veteran performer uncovers the secrets of her parents and the effects the war had on her immediate family. The journey also sheds light on why she knows so little about her performing ancestors. Viewers can expect a stellar season, with actor Justine Clarke, brain surgeon Charlie

Teo and singer Natalie Imbruglia featuring in upcoming episodes.