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Lightbox is resurrecting for new episodes a stunning Danish drama that originally aired on TVNZ 1. Season two of Ride Upon the Storm can be streamed from January 12 and last month won two of its stars International Emmy Awards. If you haven’t seen the electrifying first season, which aired 9.30 Sundays earlier this year, […]

It’s not surprising TVNZ 1’s elected to repeat the premiere of its Sunday night drama Liar on Saturday at 8.55. This was always the plan, partly because programmers would have factored in the impact of Sky Sports’ international 20/20 cricket coverage, which proved to be formidable competition for the free-to-air channels from 8.00-9.00. Combined with […]

  TVNZ 1’s “summer of drama” heats up with three premieres in the last week of January. Two will be double-billed on Sundays from January 28 — Liar and Ride Upon The Storm — and the third, Innocent, will air 8.30 Tuesdays. Liar is a psychological thriller from the writers of The Missing about a night out that […]

Scandi-noir fans no longer have to subscribe to Sky TV channels like Rialto or streaming services like Netflix and Lightbox to enjoy subtitled suspense: TVNZ is about to roll out two examples of the genre, one in primetime on TVNZ 1, the other on-demand. Swedish detective thriller Modus, which streams from January 22, follows psychologist and ex-FBI profiler […]