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Lightbox will launch season three of The Handmaid’s Tale with three back-to-back episodes on June 6 (see the trailer here). At least that will be some compensation for fans who have had to wait longer than normal for their fix (season two came out in April 2018). Reads the blurb: The third season is driven […]

Sky’s picked up the Rupert Murdoch-inspired media empire drama series Succession but isn’t interested in The Fourth Estate, a new Showtime documentary series about the New York Times. Like Circus, a Showtime documentary series about US politics, The Fourth Estate falls through the cracks of the content Sky seeks for its channels. It could play on […]

Fans of the sweet, low-key BBC comedy Mum will have to subscribe to Lightbox to see the second series. Spark’s streaming service has picked it up after TVNZ 1 dropped the show because of disappointing ratings for the first series. The six half-hour episodes will stream from June 11; if you haven’t seen the first […]

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New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (TV3, 5.00, F) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00)  Wonderful World of Disney: Alice in Wonderland (TV2, 5.30, R)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Smurfs (TV2, 7.00, R)  Movie: Rio (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Britain’s Got Talent (TV1, 7.30, F)  Movie: The Break-Up (TV3, 8.55, […]

Wednesday nights on TV One are about to be reborn with a trio of motherhood series. Anchoring the new-look line-up from July 20 will be British comedy Mum, which stars Lesley Manville as a widowed mother trying to rebuild her life. The Telegraph said it was “soothing and enjoyable, but lacks real bite”, The Guardian reckons […]