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Global Radar (TV One, 7.00, F) ✫✫✫✫ Te Radar wonders what the future will bring, and visits Rwanda to see how the country has changed its culture to preserve the mountain gorillas. Raising Hope (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) ✫✫✫✫ Instead of sleeping in and ordering pizza, per his normal Thanksgiving custom, Jimmy invites Hope’s other grandparents, Dale and […]

TV One’s HD premiere of the Katherine Mansfield drama, Bliss, wasn’t as blissfully received as Billy or Tangiwai: A Love Story. At least not by viewers — writing in The Dominion Post this morning, TV critic Linda Burgess hailed Bliss for its “good writing, good acting and very lovely filming” and for being “extraordinarily beautiful […]

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) ✫✫✫ When Julie Le Clerc visits Biscotto and Caffetteria Allpress, she gets a behind-the-scenes look at hot air roasting and learns the secret to making delicious Italian biscuits called ricciarelli. World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30) ✫✫✫ In Sichuan, Nici Wickes experiences the unusual effects of hot and numb Sichuan peppers, cooks red-hot Kung Pao […]

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) ✫✫✫ Colenso Café’s Ruth shows Julie Le Clerc how to make a fabulous pavlova stack filled with fresh cream and boysenberries. World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30) ✫✫✫ Nici Wickes searches out the key to longevity in Greek’s ancient isle of Crete, then makes souvlaki-style chicken with hand-made pita pockets and a sweet cheese pie. […]

Let’s Get Inventin’ (TV2, 5.00) Season finale: The winner of the ASB Bank’s Young Gazillionaire competition, 14-year-old Cheree Kinnear, from Maraetai, reveals a new way of alerting people to impending Civil Defence emergencies. Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) Julie Le Clerc meets the secretary of the Hebrew Congregation, Malindy Rosin, who gives her a tour of Greys Ave […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) Movie: The Day the Earth Stood Still (TV3, 8.30) Movie: Appaloosa (TV2, 10.10) Movie: In the Mix (TV3, 10.40) Sunday Let’s Get Inventin’ (TV2, 5.00) Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30) Joey (TV2, 6.30, R) […]