Television
Television Critic Briar Wyatt
Briar reviews: Sex Education (Netflix), Buttery (TVNZ), and Brooklyn Nine Nine (new season - Duke). Audio
Television with Graeme Tuckett
Graeme Tuckett has a look at what's coming up and worth watching on the small screen in 2019. He's got reviews on Bandersnatch which is on Netflix, True Detective Season 3 on Sky Rialto and Killing… Audio
Pop! Culture podcast | Episode 3: A Matter of Taste
What do our 'tastes' say about us? And who gets to decide whether they're 'good' or 'bad'? In this episode of Pop! Culture, Melody Thomas and Tony Stamp examine the elusive notion of taste. Audio
Press & Roma
Tamar Munch reviews the BBC drama series Press, set in the offices of two British newspapers and the film Roma, already being hailed as "the greatest film of 2018" . Audio
Shorty St airs plane crash story after real-life crash
Shortland Street's annual summer cliffhanger aired last night, and featured a deadly plane crash. It was on our screens just hours after a real-life crash a happened. Two people died in a light… Audio
Expert feature: The history of NZ Comedy
We live in an age when New Zealand comedy is cool: not just in New Zealand, but in Edinburgh, New York and Hollywood. But how did we get here? Audio
Listener picks for best TV shows of 2018
We asked our audience to tell us their favourite tv shows of 2018. Here they are. Audio
My Brilliant Friend, The City and The City
Lara Strongman reviews two new drama series that have been adapted from popular novels. She's been watching, My Brilliant Friend on TVNZ and The City and The City on Neon. Audio
Television Critic: Graeme Tuckett
What Happened Miss Simone, Tricky Dick and the Man in Black, Billy and Me. Audio
Terri Irwin on continuing Steve's conservation legacy
Steve Irwin's wife and kids are keeping their father's legacy alive at the family's Australia Zoo and other conservation projects. We talk to Terri about keeping Steve's mission going and the fight to… Audio
Television Critic Sarah Nealon
Sarah reviews: Rebecka Martinsson (Lightbox) The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime Video) Get A Room With Carson & Thom, Bravo (starts Monday Dec 3, 7.30pm) Audio
Gritty story telling and flights of fancy
Sarah McMullan reviews Widows starring Viola Davis and Disney's latest live action offering, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Audio
Television Critic Alex Casey
Alex has been watching: House of Drag (TVNZ Ondemand) The Sinner (Netflix) Friday Night Lights (Lightbox) Audio
A modern classic and a cult classic
Paul Casserly has been watching TVNZ ondemand's stylish new series, The Little Drummer Girl starring Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon. He's also been re-living a childhood… Audio
Monique Fiso - taking kai global
Kiwi chef Monique Fiso is representing the country on a new Netflix food show. Not content with starring in an international show, Monique is also opening her first restaurant tomorrow called Hiakai.
…Television Critic Linda Burges
Linda Burgess has been watching Bodyguard on Netflix which she say is fantastically gripping - but you need to pay attention Audio
Hanelle Harris: breaking ground with Baby Mama's Club
Hanelle Harris is the creator of the successful and ground breaking web-series, the Baby Mama's Club. It's ground-breaking because all four lead characters are Maori or Pasifika women which is unusual… Audio
The appeal of Shorty St
Shortland Street -The Musical opens tomorrow night in Auckland. It's an affectionate parody of the long-running soap opera, with iconic characters and storylines from the early years of the show. Audio
Gogglebox, The Sinner and Toast of London
TV reviewer Lara Strongman has been watching the NZ version of the international hit, Gogglebox on TV3. She's also cast her eye over Netflix shows, The Sinner and Toast of London. Audio
Television Critic Briar Wyatt
Briar discusses: Get It To Te Papa (Lightbox) Hayden Donnell's quest to get under-appreciated kiwi treasures into the national museum. Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix) - a weekly current… Audio
