1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,933 Speaker 1: from News Talks AB. 3 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,373 Speaker 2: Twenty five past ten on your Saturday morning, which means 4 00:00:15,413 --> 00:00:18,613 Speaker 2: it's screen time time, brap r up. How screen time 5 00:00:18,693 --> 00:00:21,693 Speaker 2: expert Tara Award is here with her three shows to 6 00:00:21,693 --> 00:00:22,933 Speaker 2: what your recommend this week? 7 00:00:23,013 --> 00:00:25,373 Speaker 3: Yolda Tara, Good morning Jack. 8 00:00:25,453 --> 00:00:27,373 Speaker 2: Okay. I don't know how to say this name, so 9 00:00:27,373 --> 00:00:28,813 Speaker 2: I'm hoping you're going to help me out with this. 10 00:00:30,373 --> 00:00:32,573 Speaker 2: Our first show this morning is streaming on TV and 11 00:00:32,653 --> 00:00:38,733 Speaker 2: Z plus. Is it burgerak bergerak Bergerac is not sophisticated 12 00:00:38,813 --> 00:00:43,933 Speaker 2: like you, Tara Okay, streaming on TV and Z Plus. 13 00:00:43,933 --> 00:00:46,053 Speaker 2: This is a bit of a reboot of a British drama, 14 00:00:46,093 --> 00:00:46,893 Speaker 2: so tell us about it. 15 00:00:47,773 --> 00:00:50,573 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, this is Burgerai. This was a huge British 16 00:00:50,573 --> 00:00:53,093 Speaker 3: crime drama series that ran for ten years in the 17 00:00:53,173 --> 00:00:56,613 Speaker 3: nineteen eighties. Had a very iconic theme song and We'll 18 00:00:56,653 --> 00:00:58,933 Speaker 3: sit on the Island of Jersey. And it was about 19 00:00:59,053 --> 00:01:02,253 Speaker 3: a detective called Jim Bergerac who was a very skilled 20 00:01:02,253 --> 00:01:06,253 Speaker 3: detective but quite troubled personally, like nearly all TV detectives. 21 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:10,213 Speaker 3: And you know, people just kept getting killed in mysterious 22 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:13,133 Speaker 3: circumstances on Jersey. So this new reboot, which has just 23 00:01:13,173 --> 00:01:16,973 Speaker 3: come to TVNZ Plus, is paying tribute to the original show, 24 00:01:17,253 --> 00:01:20,693 Speaker 3: but it's still very much a new series. They've carried 25 00:01:20,693 --> 00:01:23,893 Speaker 3: through a few of the details. Bergerax still has trouble 26 00:01:23,933 --> 00:01:26,853 Speaker 3: with alcohol, he still drives a very nice car, and 27 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:30,053 Speaker 3: it's still filmed in this beautiful location. But otherwise this 28 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:34,413 Speaker 3: is much darker and slower than the original. Bergerack's wife 29 00:01:34,453 --> 00:01:37,373 Speaker 3: has just died, he's raising a teenage daughter, and I 30 00:01:37,413 --> 00:01:39,533 Speaker 3: think it's maybe missing a bit of the charm of 31 00:01:39,573 --> 00:01:42,613 Speaker 3: the original. It feels quite sort of tried and true 32 00:01:42,733 --> 00:01:45,333 Speaker 3: for a British crime drama. So if you did love 33 00:01:45,373 --> 00:01:48,093 Speaker 3: the original, don't go into this thinking it's going to 34 00:01:48,093 --> 00:01:50,533 Speaker 3: be exactly the same. But if you do like a 35 00:01:50,613 --> 00:01:53,413 Speaker 3: quieter detective series, it's a bit slower and it's got 36 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:56,373 Speaker 3: that beautiful setting, which is a format that works really 37 00:01:56,373 --> 00:01:58,933 Speaker 3: well for British drama. It just kind of gets repeated 38 00:01:58,973 --> 00:02:01,373 Speaker 3: over and over again. This is definitely worth a life. 39 00:02:01,373 --> 00:02:05,213 Speaker 2: Okay, very good. I really aged myself with that, So 40 00:02:05,213 --> 00:02:08,333 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. It's on TV and Z Plus, also on 41 00:02:08,413 --> 00:02:10,653 Speaker 2: tvn Z Plus. Am I being unreasonable? 42 00:02:12,013 --> 00:02:13,853 Speaker 3: Yeah? This is a gem of a series that I've 43 00:02:13,853 --> 00:02:16,493 Speaker 3: only just started watching, but have been really enjoying it. 44 00:02:16,493 --> 00:02:20,293 Speaker 3: It's an award winning British series that starts out as 45 00:02:20,293 --> 00:02:23,293 Speaker 3: a comedy and then turns into a thriller. It was 46 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:26,453 Speaker 3: created by Daisy May Cooper and Selene Haasley, who both 47 00:02:26,493 --> 00:02:29,253 Speaker 3: star in this Daisy May Cooper plays Nick, who is 48 00:02:29,893 --> 00:02:32,813 Speaker 3: a mum and a wife. She's quite lonely. She's having 49 00:02:32,853 --> 00:02:35,613 Speaker 3: an affair. She has this deep secret that she can't 50 00:02:35,613 --> 00:02:38,453 Speaker 3: tell anyone, and she makes friends with a new school 51 00:02:38,493 --> 00:02:42,053 Speaker 3: mum called Jen and they become fast friends. You know, 52 00:02:42,053 --> 00:02:44,893 Speaker 3: it looks like this friendship could be the answer at 53 00:02:44,893 --> 00:02:48,893 Speaker 3: all of Nick's problems. But then Gen is not everything 54 00:02:48,933 --> 00:02:51,693 Speaker 3: she seems, and maybe's nixt secret is not going to 55 00:02:51,693 --> 00:02:54,693 Speaker 3: stay secret for much longer. And what I really liked 56 00:02:54,733 --> 00:02:57,253 Speaker 3: about this series is that it plays with different genres. 57 00:02:57,253 --> 00:03:00,093 Speaker 3: So one moment it's a dark comedy, the next it's 58 00:03:00,093 --> 00:03:02,133 Speaker 3: got all these twists and turns of a mystery. It's 59 00:03:02,173 --> 00:03:04,813 Speaker 3: sort of heartwarming and sad and funny at the same time. 60 00:03:05,653 --> 00:03:08,773 Speaker 3: And about halfway through at changes perspective. You see the 61 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:10,813 Speaker 3: story from a different viewpoint, so it keeps us on 62 00:03:10,853 --> 00:03:13,973 Speaker 3: our toes. It's having fun with that format without giving 63 00:03:14,053 --> 00:03:17,493 Speaker 3: us all the answers at once, so you know, quite unpredictable. 64 00:03:17,693 --> 00:03:19,813 Speaker 3: I've nearly finished season one and I've got no idea 65 00:03:19,853 --> 00:03:21,453 Speaker 3: where it's going to go, so I really like that. 66 00:03:21,733 --> 00:03:25,613 Speaker 3: It's clever and smart and two seasons are on TVZ. 67 00:03:25,333 --> 00:03:28,573 Speaker 2: Plus cracking Okay, cool, that sounds great? Am I being unreasonable? 68 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:31,773 Speaker 2: On Prime Video? Last One Laughing UK? 69 00:03:32,933 --> 00:03:35,373 Speaker 3: Yeah, the show has been all over my social media 70 00:03:35,413 --> 00:03:37,493 Speaker 3: feed this week and it's my pick. If you're looking 71 00:03:37,533 --> 00:03:41,013 Speaker 3: for something silly and ridiculous to enjoy this weekend, this 72 00:03:41,093 --> 00:03:44,013 Speaker 3: is Last One Laughing UK, which is an international format, 73 00:03:44,093 --> 00:03:46,693 Speaker 3: but the UK version has just dropped on Prime Video. 74 00:03:47,213 --> 00:03:50,693 Speaker 3: The show takes ten comedians and puts them in like 75 00:03:50,733 --> 00:03:53,613 Speaker 3: a Big Brother type house with lots of cameras for 76 00:03:53,693 --> 00:03:56,653 Speaker 3: six hours, and in that six hours, there's only one 77 00:03:56,733 --> 00:03:59,573 Speaker 3: rule that they're not allowed to laugh. If you laugh, 78 00:03:59,613 --> 00:04:02,093 Speaker 3: you're out of the game, So each comedian is trying 79 00:04:02,093 --> 00:04:06,133 Speaker 3: to get everyone else to laugh without laughing themselves. I 80 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:08,453 Speaker 3: think what makes the British version so good as the 81 00:04:08,493 --> 00:04:11,293 Speaker 3: comedians they've got on board. It's hosted by Jimmy Carr 82 00:04:11,533 --> 00:04:15,413 Speaker 3: and mariushen Connete. You've got Bob Mortimer, Richard Aoardi, Daisy 83 00:04:15,493 --> 00:04:19,253 Speaker 3: My Cooper, Joe Wilkinson, lots of comedians who already do 84 00:04:19,373 --> 00:04:22,653 Speaker 3: that dead pan, straight faced comedy already, so I think 85 00:04:22,653 --> 00:04:25,733 Speaker 3: that probably helps them. But lots of familiar faces from 86 00:04:25,773 --> 00:04:27,893 Speaker 3: panel shows like What I Lie to You and Task Masters, 87 00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:31,133 Speaker 3: So if you like those shows, you'll like this. It's 88 00:04:31,373 --> 00:04:33,413 Speaker 3: very low stakes. I don't want to oversell it because 89 00:04:33,413 --> 00:04:35,173 Speaker 3: some of the things they do to make the people 90 00:04:35,213 --> 00:04:37,573 Speaker 3: laugh are just so over the top. But it's a 91 00:04:37,613 --> 00:04:40,253 Speaker 3: really simple idea that works, and it's just a bit 92 00:04:40,253 --> 00:04:42,453 Speaker 3: of fun. If you want cheering up and nothing more, 93 00:04:42,613 --> 00:04:43,853 Speaker 3: this will do it. 94 00:04:43,853 --> 00:04:46,453 Speaker 2: It just sounds so good. It's such a simple concept 95 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:49,173 Speaker 2: day and there's something about the kind of British comedians 96 00:04:49,173 --> 00:04:52,053 Speaker 2: I think that really makes a show like that work. Hey, 97 00:04:52,373 --> 00:04:55,093 Speaker 2: very quickly. My pick for this week is Happiness, and 98 00:04:55,133 --> 00:04:57,693 Speaker 2: I saw that you wrote a great review of it 99 00:04:57,773 --> 00:05:00,333 Speaker 2: on the spin off US today. So this is on 100 00:05:00,573 --> 00:05:04,893 Speaker 2: Thursdays on TV three and three now, and I'm going 101 00:05:04,973 --> 00:05:06,893 Speaker 2: to declare a bit of a conflict of min It 102 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:08,773 Speaker 2: is made by a couple of mates of mine, so 103 00:05:08,893 --> 00:05:10,533 Speaker 2: I do have some bias going into it now. But 104 00:05:10,573 --> 00:05:14,333 Speaker 2: here's the thing. I went along and I saw the 105 00:05:14,373 --> 00:05:16,933 Speaker 2: first three episodes, and I at first it took me. 106 00:05:17,093 --> 00:05:18,773 Speaker 2: It took me about ten or fifteen minutes to get 107 00:05:18,773 --> 00:05:20,213 Speaker 2: into it. So at first I was like, oh, I'm 108 00:05:20,213 --> 00:05:22,453 Speaker 2: not totally sure, and then once I just give it 109 00:05:22,533 --> 00:05:25,053 Speaker 2: ten to fifteen minutes, I thought, this is fantastic. It's 110 00:05:25,093 --> 00:05:29,253 Speaker 2: basically it's a comedy set in Toe Hunger, of all places, 111 00:05:30,213 --> 00:05:32,973 Speaker 2: and it's a kind of musical theater comedy. And when 112 00:05:32,973 --> 00:05:35,773 Speaker 2: I say musical theater comedy, musical theater in a very 113 00:05:35,813 --> 00:05:38,293 Speaker 2: meta sense in that it is a kind of cross 114 00:05:38,373 --> 00:05:44,093 Speaker 2: between Glee and you know, and like in a kind 115 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:49,333 Speaker 2: of American comedy perhaps set set. Yeah, yeah, exactly said 116 00:05:49,413 --> 00:05:52,333 Speaker 2: and said in tow Hunger, and yeah, I already enjoyed it. 117 00:05:53,293 --> 00:05:56,573 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's our first New Zealand musical sitcom, which I 118 00:05:56,573 --> 00:05:59,493 Speaker 3: think is really really cool and ambitious and creative, and 119 00:05:59,773 --> 00:06:02,893 Speaker 3: they've done a beautiful job. It's full of joy and energy. 120 00:06:03,813 --> 00:06:05,493 Speaker 3: The music is great. You know, you kind of find 121 00:06:05,493 --> 00:06:07,613 Speaker 3: yourself humming a lot on to it and tapping your 122 00:06:07,613 --> 00:06:10,213 Speaker 3: toes and it's just lovely to watch something that is 123 00:06:10,373 --> 00:06:15,413 Speaker 3: light and fun and wholesome and definitely very in New Zealand. 124 00:06:15,493 --> 00:06:17,173 Speaker 3: It's a really cool show. 125 00:06:17,293 --> 00:06:19,293 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally agree. Hey, thank you very much, Tara. We 126 00:06:19,333 --> 00:06:21,013 Speaker 2: will get to you again next week. All of Tara's 127 00:06:21,013 --> 00:06:25,133 Speaker 2: screen time picks will be on the News Talks EDB website. 128 00:06:25,173 --> 00:06:28,293 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live 129 00:06:28,373 --> 00:06:31,533 Speaker 1: to News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow 130 00:06:31,613 --> 00:06:33,173 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.