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Black Earth Rising | Netflix, from Friday ☆☆☆☆ “A new Hugo Blick drama is always an event. He is the finest auteur working in British television today and uses big dramas to tell intimate stories … Black Earth Rising saw Blick wading into yet more ethical quagmires: past and present relationships between Africa and the […]

White Dragon (aka Strangers) | SoHo2, 8.30 Wednesday ☆☆☆☆ “So many questions by the end of Strangers, chief among them being, am I really going to watch another seven episodes of this? It’s not that the premise is terrible or the cast bad — John Simm did a heroic job with dialogue that was sometimes […]

Comedians of the World (1/1/2019) This global, first-of-its-kind, series will showcase 47 comedians from 13 regions in 8 languages in an unprecedented stand-up comedy experience. Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (1/1/2019) In a series of inspiring home makeovers, world-renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo helps clients clear out the clutter — and choose joy. Ten Percent (aka Call […]

As forecast here last week, top-rating BBC thriller Bodyguard will premiere in NZ on Netflix. Deadline reports it will stream the Jed (Line of Duty) Mercurio hit in territories outside the UK and Ireland from October 24 while The Guardian reported overnight that Netflix picked up the rights to Bodyguard before it was filmed but […]