Television

The Casketeers is a local TV show that's been an unexpected runaway success - following the owners and staff of Tipene Funerals. It negotiates the fascinating world of death, grieving relatives and… Audio

Brendan O'Carroll has played Agnes Brown from Mrs Brown's Boys on our TV screens since 2011 - years after she was initially created for a short radio play. O'Carroll tells Wallace Chapman, he only… Audio

Film-maker Damian Christie has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize to help tell science stories on film. Audio

TV and film writer Lara Strongman has been watching three programmes, which are charming, funny, full of dignity and love, and as New Zealand as they come: Casketeers (TVNZ), Subject:Dad (TV3)… Audio

Chicago-based Lauren Michele Jackson is a writer and PhD candidate focused on the intersections of race, gender, music and technology. Her articles have appeared in The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Complex… Audio

The true crime genre is booming because it offers the unique experience of being simultaneously in the place of the victim, the detective and the accused, says an academic and writer. Audio

Put Some Colour In Your Life chronicles Australian painter Graeme Stevenson as he motorbikes around the world, visiting artists in their studios.

It's an opportunity for viewers to learn about the… Audio

Star Trek and Dr. Seuss - a laughable pairing surely? Well maybe not. In the US a judge is allowing Dr. Seuss Enterprises to proceed with a lawsuit against the tiny ComicMix company. They're behind a… Audio

Chris Nichol has worked in television since 1986, in senior roles with TVNZ's Religious Programmes Unit. He produced Praise Be from 1991 - 1994 and presented the programme from 2007 to this year, when… Audio

Freelance publicist and viewing consumer Tamar Munch has been watching Netflix mini-series Godless, and documentary Voyeur - also on Netflix. Also Mosaic, coming to Soho in January. Audio