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DOCTOR WHO VERSUS CLIMATE CHANGE

The Doctor almost calls for #systemchangenotclimatechange...but not quite. DR WHO broke with convention when it announced that Jod...

The new political drama, The Looming Tower , might be one of the best things seen on New Zealand free-to-air television this year. “A...

The first episode of the new series of Dr Who was watched by over 9 million British viewers, making it the most watched episode of ...

IN EPISODE TWO of Cunk on Britain , Philomena Cunk speculates that Sir Walter Raleigh was scared of potatoes and has some thoughts on...

It's taken over fifty years, but Dr Who will finally be played by a woman - Jodie Whittaker. While it was assumed the BBC would ag...

Jesse Mulligan, RNZ National presenter and a co-host of TV3's The Project , breaks with The Commentariat and launches a critical att...

Greenstone TV describes it as "A compelling fly-on-the-wall look at the way the rental scene works in New Zealand", but Renters ...

The BBC 's lavish new thriller, The Night Manager , shows promise - pity TV3 had to hack it to bits with commercial breaks. OTH...

A lot of people don't like celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. For good reason. I DISLIKE CELEBRITY CHEF Gordon Ramsay but I think I di...

Despite the hype, TV3's new breakfast show isn't offering anything new. Then there's Paul Henry.. .. THE PRINCIPLE REASON th...

TO CELEBRATE THE sacking of Jeremy Clarkson from the BBC's Top Gear , here is comedian Stewart Lee describing why he hates the s...

Look out for some racism on Prime Television - thanks to Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson TOP GEAR IS back on New Zealand televi...

TV3's 3rd Degree is a current affairs show in name only. THERE ARE, of course, many crucial issues an intelligent and assertive t...

Seven Sharp was awful but the predictable product of a tabloid news service. According to TVNZ's publicity: ' Seven Sharp cuts...

You didn't think much of TVNZ's news-lite Seven Sharp ? Needing something more substantial.? There are a few alternatives on th...

Given that Comedy Central NZ has dumped Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in favour of 'Hogan's Heroes' and 'Are You Being S...

While the New Zealand mainstream media goes ga ga over Hobbits and pregnancies, RT's Breaking The Set is an instant antidote to mind...

Abby Martin hosts another intelligient news show from RT (Sky 96) In my pursuit of intelligent news and current affairs I stumbled on a...

You need more stuff! Because I have no life, I took a look at the latest addition to the New Zealand television universe - The Shoppin...

The campaign to save TVNZ7 is misdirected and let's Labour off the hook. A big campaign has been mounted to save the last vestiges of...