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   Fans of British panel shows and whodunits will be able to watch them back-to-back in HD on Sky’s BBC UKTV channel from December 4. Sky has confirmed the service will be upgraded from SD the same day as sister channel BBC Earth. Regular viewers of BBC UKTV will have noticed evolving programming strategies over […]

TVNZ 1 at last has joined the 21st century with its programming of Coronation Street and will screen the soap only a week behind ITV from next month. For the first week of transition, the serial will air 9.30 weeknights from June 11-15 before reverting to its Wednesday-Friday slot the following week. And on June […]

Our Girl (TVNZ 1, 8.35 Mondays) “What was actor EastEnders soap star Lacey Turner thinking of, choosing to stay with the soap rather than continue with her role as Molly Dawes in the first season of Our Girl? Season two returns on Monday night to TVNZ 1 at 8.35pm, with Michelle Keegan the focus as the new British woman-at-war. Fortunately, […]

TV Preview: Ordinary Lies | TV1, 9.30 Sunday Martin’s a car salesman who’s in a bit of a rut. As a result he’s drinking too many pints of an evening and turning up for work late. On his final warning, he accidentally goes to the pub again, drinks eight too many pints and is late […]

TVNZ will screen the Grammy Awards not only live on January 27 but also in HD. It will broadcast the awards from 2pm on TV2 and repeat them 9.15 on TV One. Originally, it was going to screen the awards, in which New Zealander Lorde is nominated for Record of the Year, only at night. […]

This week Coronation Street will screen in HD in the United Kingdom for the first time. But because of the lag between UK and NZ broadcasts, don’t expect to see it here in HD until at least this time next next year. (For a sneak peek of the new opening credits, visit YouTube.) TV One’s decision […]