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Prime will screen delayed coverage of the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Playoff between the Peru and All Whites on Thursday night. It will air from 10.30, pushing back The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to 12.30am and The Crowd Goes Wild repeat to 1.30am. And on Saturday, Prime will pre-empt Father Brown and a repeat of […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i   Saturday  Series Premiere: 5 Star Family Reunion (TV1, 4.55) My Kitchen Rules New Zealand (TV2, 5.00, R) Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers (TV3, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00, R) 1 News at 6pm (TV1, 6.00) The Barefoot Bandits (TV2, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, […]

Prime has awarded a BBC daytime drama a primetime run. It will premiere The Coroner on July 22, in a 7.30 Saturday slot. In the UK, the BBC commissioned the gentle crime drama to help shake up its daytime schedule. Written by soap vet Sally Abbott (Casualty, EastEnders), it stars Claire Goose (Unforgotten, The Bill) […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Simpsons (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) Special: Hyundai Country Calendar – 50 Golden Years (TV1, 7.00) Movie: What a Girl Wants (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Season Premiere: Father Brown (Prime, 7.30) Posh Pawn (TV1, 8.00) […]

❏ Prime is picking up a sister channel whodunit, UKTV’s Father Brown, from series one but will screen it in HD. The period mystery series, based on the GK Chesterton stories about a village priest-cum-sleuth (The Fast Show’s Mark Williams), is a daytime drama on the BBC, where it’s been popular enough to be commissioned for a […]