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TVNZ’s on-demand ambitions have taken a quantum leap forward with this evening’s announcement it’s acquired the first Doctor Who series to star a female Time Lord. The broadcaster has yet to confirm which channel season 11 will screen on but says it will stream episodes at the same time they appear on the BBC’s iPlayer. […]

Cohen resurrected … Durrells to double up … Earth II still up in the air …  Prime will pre-empt Wednesday’s The Durrells and QI to repeat Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, following the 82-year-old musician’s death. The good news for Durrells fans is the following week Prime will air a double-episode. Kudos to Prime for being […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday  Grand Designs NZ (TV3, 4.55, R) Chasing Monsters (TV1, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  MasterChef USA (Prime, 6.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Wonderful World of Disney: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (TV2, 7.00, R) The X Factor Australia (TV3, 7.00) The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV1, 7.30, F)  […]

Prime at last will premiere feelgood crowdpleaser The Durrells. Based on naturalist Gerald Durrell’s memoir of growing up on Corfu in the 1930s, My Family And Other Animals, it was widely praised when it screened six months ago on Sunday nights in the UK and quickly renewed. The Daily Mail hailed it as “a masterclass in ideal Sunday telly — never […]

The news keeps getting better for Prime viewers, with the channel soon to launch a documentary strand compiled from its newest BBC deal that also includes dramas like The Durrells. Prime, which went HD on the Sky platform in February, has snared a range of exotic titles for its pending Prime Planet slot. They include The Story […]