HD Heads-Up: November 16-22

➢➢ The broadcast premiere of In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery over three nights (Sky Open, 8.30 Monday-Wednesday) anchors a new line-up for Sky’s free-to-air channel. The docuseries, which streams a week earlier on Prime Video, investigates the trial of Kiwi Peter Beckett for his wife’s murder on a Canadian fishing trip …

➢➢ The Thing About Pam (Sky Open, 8.30 Saturday) is a true-crime comedy/drama starring Renee Zellweger. It’s been streaming on Prime Video and Neon while Fortunate Son (Sky Open, 9.30 Saturday) concerns a Canadian peace protestor who helps a young American cross the border to avoid the Vietnam draft in 1968 …

➢➢ Kate: A Queen for the Future (Sky Open, 8.00 Sunday) explores what will happen when Kate becomes Queen Consort while Ibiza Narcos (9.00 Sunday) “charts how the party island descended into a hellscape of violence and addiction“…

➢➢ Also new to Sky Open are Joe vs Carole (10.00 Sunday), a dramatic spin-off from Joe Exotic, and Casa Grande (10.30 Wednesday), a “soapy neo-Western” …

➢➢ The 501s: An Inside Story (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Monday) is a decade-long Documentary NZ account of Australia’s deportation of New Zealanders …

➢➢ Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Wednesday) is a promotional special about the making of the new Wizard of Oz movie that leads into the series premiere of The World’s Most Luxurious Retirement Homes (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Wednesday) …

➢➢ Fatal Flight: Shoreham (Three, 9.00 Wednesday) is a documentary about how the crash of a fighter jet into a busy road was just the start of a seven-year fight for justice …

➢➢ The Graham Norton Show (Three, 7.00 Thursday) features Billy Crystal, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer and Pharrell Williams …

➢➢ Grand Designs Australia (TVNZ 1, 7,30 Thursday) and Worst House on the Street (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Thursday) return for new seasons while ending their runs are:

• Secrets of the London Underground 
• Hacks
• Creepshow
• Taskmaster
• Sexy Beast …

➢➢ Live /delayed free-to-air sport includes:

• Hungry Jack’s NBL25 Season: BNZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans (Duke, 7.30 Saturday)
• English Premier League: Goal Rush (Sky Open, 10am Sunday)
• Northern Tour: France v NZ (Sky Open, midday Sunday)
• UFC 309 Prelims (Sky Open, 2.00 Sunday)
• A-League Women’s: Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix (Sky Open, 4.30 Sunday)
• NFL (Duke, 7am Monday).
• FIBA – Asia Cup: NZ v Philippines (Duke, 12.20am Friday) …

➢➢ HD coming attractions include:

• The NeverEnding Story (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday)
• Yogi Bear (Three, 7.00 Saturday)
• Tama Kaiatea (Whakaata Māori, 7.00 Saturday)
• Swimming With Men (Whakaata Māori, 8.35 Saturday)
• 300: Rise of an Empire (Three, 8.45 Saturday)
• Da Kath & Kim Code (TVNZ 2, 10.30 Saturday)
• Vai (TVNZ 2, 12.10am Sunday)
• Footrot Flats – A Dog’s Tail (TVNZ 2, 4.05 Sunday)
• Invictus (Eden, 8.30 Sunday)
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (TVNZ 2, 8.40 Sunday)
• Our Little Sister (Whakaata Māori, 8.40 Sunday)
• Inception (Three, 8.50 Sunday)
• Paranormal Activity 4 (TVNZ 2, 11.20 Sunday)
• National Security (Duke, 8.30 Monday)
• Tickled (Whakaata Māori, 8.30 Monday)
• Apollo 13 (Duke, 8.30 Tuesday)
• Savage (Whakaata Māori, 8.30 Wednesday)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (Three, 8,.00 Friday)
• Ned Kelly (Duke, 9.00 Friday).