Tonight in HD: August 21

Billy (TV One, 8.30)

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) ✫✫✫

Colenso Café’s Ruth shows Julie Le Clerc how to make a fabulous pavlova stack filled with fresh cream and boysenberries.

World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30) ✫✫✫

Nici Wickes searches out the key to longevity in Greek’s ancient isle of Crete, then makes souvlaki-style chicken with hand-made pita pockets and a sweet cheese pie.

Joey (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫

As the star of an action film, Joey overindulges in his new-found perks and even uses his stuntman to distract angry men while he romances their girlfriends.

Global Radar (TV One, 7.00) ✫✫✫

Seeing how Borneo’s orangutans now live has Global Radar pondering how we can make stuff more sustainably.

Raising Hope (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) ✫✫✫✫

Sabrina visits Jimmy at the house, and comes across a photo album that causes Jimmy to recall all of the angst, chaos, and stress that went in to those pictures. Reviews: TV Surveillance, TV-Reviewed.

Sunday Theatre – Audi NZ Season: Billy (TV One, 8.30) ✫✫✫

The personal story of New Zealand’s most beloved entertainer, Billy T James. Previews: Sunday Star Times, Herald on Sunday.

Movie: The Happening (TV3, 8.30, 5.1, R) ✫✫✫

A family goes on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable event that threatens humankind. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo star. (2008)

The Good Wife (TV3, 10.25, 5.1) ✫✫✫✫

The firm tangles with a South American dictator when it represents a small drilling contractor in a dispute against a major oil company. Reviews: Wall Street Journal, Time, AV Club, What’s Alan Watching?

The Pacific (TV One, 12.00, R) ✫✫✫✫