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SoHo Highlight: Strike Back (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) In Darfur, the kidnapping of an English doctor forces Stonebridge and Scott into an alliance with Gerald Crawford, a global-arms dealer with ties to Latif. US critics reckon this shoot-’em-up has one of the best credits sequences of the 2011 season. As TV.com said: “I don’t know a thing about Strike […]

TV2’s Two and a Half Men special hammered TV3’s all-star HD line-up on Tuesday. Au Revoir Charlie, a four-episode tribute to star Charlie Sheen on the eve of tonight’s season-nine premiere, crushed the return of The Secret Lives of Dancers, Missing Pieces and NCIS. It wasn’t until the two-hour compilation was over that TV3 regained […]

 SoHo Highlight: Strike Back (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Not the British series that’s aired on Prime (and is out on Blu-ray) but a similar-sounding action hour made for US cable channel Cinemax. It stars Philip Winchester (Camelot, Fringe) and Sullivan Stapleton (Underbelly, Animal Kingdom, above) as globe-trotting, anti-terrorist agents. Variety thought it “reduced everyone pretty much to geopolitical stereotypes” […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Janine forces Joey to choose between her and his friends; Rachel buys an apothecary table from a chain store that Phoebe abhors. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) TK imposes on Sarah; Jill wishes love would run smoothly; Wendy encourages Murray’s hobby. Missing Pieces (TV3, 8.00, R) Kelly Traille’s best chance of survival […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Chandler and Ross are excited when their friend Gandalf, the ‘party wizard’, announces he is coming to town; Joanna squashes Rachel’s chance at a promotion; Monica is offered an exciting new job. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Callum vows to fight; Murray and Wendy face the naked truth about their marriage; Winston […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Monica begs Pete to stop fighting after he is beaten up; Chandler is unnerved when his boss slaps his butt; Ross starts dating a new woman. Robin Williams and Billy Crystal guest star. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Hunter redefines his life; Tracey and Scotty change their marriage forever; Daniel pays a […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Phoebe is reunited with her former singing partner; Chandler dates a woman with a prosthetic leg; Rachel’s new job continues to put a strain on her relationship with Ross. Missing Pieces (TV3, 8.00) Sandy will stop at nothing to meet her dad, but is he the loving father she’s hoped for? […]