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Bali 2002 (8.10pm, Sunday, January 22, TVNZ 1)
Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh and Claudia Jessie headline this four-part Australian mini-series which recounts the tragic events of October 12, 2002 when the idyllic image of the Indonesian tourist hotspot was shattered by terrorist attacks on two of Kuta Beach’s busiest nightclubs.
Handling the material “with care and respect” this “largely avoids the many pitfalls that might have awaited it”, wrote The Sydney Morning Herald’s Karl Quinn.
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In Bruges (8.30pm, Wednesday, January 18, Whakaata Māori)
Before teaming up for this summer’s critically acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were joined by Ralph Fiennes for Banshees’ writer-director Martin McDonagh’s wickedly funny 2008 black comedy about a pair of hitmen who are forced to hole up in the Belgian city of the title.
“Sharply written, superbly acted, funny and even occasionally touching, ” wrote USA Today’s Claudia Puig about the film.
The Elon Musk Show (9.30pm, Thursday, January 19, Three)
Three-part, 2022 BBC documentary that aims to get to the heart of who the Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX owner really is by interviewing the people who apparently know him best.
As well as chatting to family members, employees, close friends and enemies, the series aims to tell the journey of how the South African-born Musk became one of the world’s richest men.
“Reveals Musk to be more of an overgrown toddler than a visionary,” wrote The New Statesman’s Rachel Cooke.
Cricket: T20 Black Clash (6.30pm, Friday, January 20, TVNZ 1)
The annual grudge match between New Zealand’s cricket and rugby personalities returns to Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. The intensely competitive, but fun Twenty20 cricket match also provides the opportunity for the Leigh Hart-led Alternative Commentary Collective to confuse traditional viewers of our favourite summer sport.
Daniel Vettori, Chris Martin, Honey Badger Nick Cummins, Jordie Barrett and Kieran Read are among the players expected to feature this time around.
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (8.30pm, Sunday, January 22, Whakaata Māori)
Based on the memoir of the same name by Peter Turner, this 2017 drama focuses on his relationship with actress Gloria Grahame during the last years of her life. The impressive cast includes Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave and Julie Walters.
A kind of a cross between My Weekend with Marilyn, An Education and the 1980s TV series Bread, director Paul McGuigan’s tale is a sumptuous slice of movie-making.
Shortland Street (7pm, Monday, January 23, TVNZ 2)
New Zealand’s evergreen medical drama returns after one of the biggest cliff-hangers in the show’s 30-year history.
Viewers were left shocked when Rebekah (Antonia Prebble) silenced Scott (Jaxin Hall) in a cold-blooded Christmas murder, watched as Harper (Ria Vandervis) rode off alone into the night, saw Esther (Ngahuia Piripi) evacuated after lifesaving surgery (fearing she will never see her fiancé Marty [Scott Smart] again), while Shortland Street Hospital staff were left looking on in fear as the flames overtook Ferndale’s beloved medical institution.
Time has now passed and – while the fires are out and the scorched city is starting to heal – what scars and turmoil have the events of that night left behind?
So Help Me Todd (9.30pm, Monday, January 23, TVNZ 1)
Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin star in this new US legal drama about a successful lawyer who hires her aimless son as her firm’s in-house investigator. While impressed by his methods and ability to sleuth out information, Margaret Wright quickly finds that working with her offspring Todd is more difficult than solving crimes.
“What is it? Charming, among other things, partly because it makes such an effort to avoid categories, partly because it has the mirthsome Marcia Gay Harden,” wrote Wall Street Journal’s John Anderson.
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