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The Murder Detectives (Prime, 8.35 Fridays) “The Murder Detectives puts fictional crime procedurals in the shade, as this British serialised detective storytelling, starting from the 111 call, tracks the last moments of 19-year-old stab victim Nicholas Robinson … Like any good thriller, this real-life storyline comes with set-backs and twists. You feel the sheer exhaustion of the […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i   Saturday  Cupcake Wars (TV2, 5.00) Grand Designs NZ (TV3, 5.00, R) Special: Fantastic Beasts and JK Rowling’s Wizard (TV2, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  MasterChef USA (Prime, 6.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Zookeeper (TV3, 7.00, […]

Whodunit doco for Serial buffs … Oscar-winning Amy rocks … Prime will premiere one of the best fly-on-the-beat documentaries in years, The Murder Detectives (8.35 Fridays from December 9). The Guardian likened the observational Channel 4 series to the Serial podcast and hailed it “as gripping and moving as any drama … [it] had no sexy pathologists or […]