HD Heads-Up: July 26-August 1

July 17, 2025 0 Comments

➢➢ TVNZ 1 is stripping a new British drama over five nights, starting with an 8.30 double-episode premiere of Little Disasters on Sunday. It stars Diane Kruger as a model mother who rushes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury that she can’t explain — prompting her close friend, the A&E doctor on duty (EastEnders’ Jo Joyner), to reluctantly alert social services. What ensues fractures and nearly destroys their families and social circle. “Undeniably bingeable, mainly thanks to the madly luxurious lifestyles on display,” said The Telegraph while the Sydney Morning Herald predicted it “will make you look at your mother’s group differently” …

➢➢ “Succession meets Downton Abbey in real life” was one description of the three-part William and Harry: The Rise and Fall (Sky Open, 8.30 Wednesday). “Docs about Harry and Meghan are a well-trodden path, but this series is the definitive biopic of their whole relationship over eight years,” distributor Karen Young claims. “It is an intimate tale with epic scope” …

➢➢ Body in the Bin: The Murder of Louise Kam (TVNZ 1, 11.35 Monday) documents the brutal murder of the 71-year-old businesswoman and mother, whose body was discovered in a wheelie bin on her killer’s driveway after an audacious plot to defraud her went awry …

➢➢ In Australia’s Amazing Homes (Sky Open, 9.30 Thursday), renovator Johanna Griggs and architect Pete Colquhoun meet designers who have responded to the extremes of the Australian climate with equally extreme architecture …

➢➢ Sky Open refreshes its weeknight comedy block with the double-billing of Suddenly Susan and The New Adventures of Old Christine (from 5.30 Monday). It’s also reviving Rutherford Falls for late night (10.30 Friday) …

➢➢ Starting new seasons are Fire Country (TVNZ 2, 10.00 Monday) and Chucky (Sky Open, 11.00 Friday) while ending their runs are: