1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,933 Speaker 1: from News Talks ab. 3 00:00:12,733 --> 00:00:16,413 Speaker 2: Tybee screen time picks for this weekend. Tara Ward has 4 00:00:16,493 --> 00:00:19,693 Speaker 2: the tough job of sifting through all of the amazing 5 00:00:19,773 --> 00:00:22,773 Speaker 2: shows that you're watch and stream to bring three recommendations 6 00:00:22,853 --> 00:00:23,573 Speaker 2: to us every week. 7 00:00:23,653 --> 00:00:26,613 Speaker 3: Get a Tara good Morning. It's a tough job. It's 8 00:00:26,653 --> 00:00:27,213 Speaker 3: a tough gig. 9 00:00:27,373 --> 00:00:31,173 Speaker 2: It's a tough gig. Let's begin with a show streaming 10 00:00:31,173 --> 00:00:34,293 Speaker 2: on Neon tell Us about Billy Joel, and so it goes. 11 00:00:35,613 --> 00:00:38,413 Speaker 3: This is a new documentary series all about Billy Joel's 12 00:00:38,493 --> 00:00:41,613 Speaker 3: life and music and career. And there are only two 13 00:00:41,733 --> 00:00:43,933 Speaker 3: episodes in this, but each one is about two and 14 00:00:43,973 --> 00:00:46,773 Speaker 3: a half hours long, so this is quite a deep dive, 15 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:49,333 Speaker 3: and I really liked that it has the time to 16 00:00:49,413 --> 00:00:53,413 Speaker 3: build up quite a detailed, quite personal picture about Billy 17 00:00:53,493 --> 00:00:55,973 Speaker 3: Joel as a musician and a songwriter and a person. 18 00:00:56,653 --> 00:00:58,253 Speaker 3: Whether you get to the end of that five hours 19 00:00:58,253 --> 00:01:00,133 Speaker 3: and think it's too long, I'm not sure yet. But 20 00:01:00,213 --> 00:01:03,613 Speaker 3: the first episode deals with his early years as a 21 00:01:03,653 --> 00:01:07,413 Speaker 3: songwriter and the beginnings of his career, and the second 22 00:01:07,493 --> 00:01:10,693 Speaker 3: is his life from the eighties onwards. When MTV arrived 23 00:01:10,693 --> 00:01:13,413 Speaker 3: on the scene and sort of gave him a new 24 00:01:13,453 --> 00:01:16,933 Speaker 3: audience and a new burst of a career. So, if 25 00:01:16,933 --> 00:01:19,853 Speaker 3: you love American music or the seventies or eighties is 26 00:01:19,893 --> 00:01:22,653 Speaker 3: your era, and particularly, of course if you love Billy Joel. 27 00:01:22,853 --> 00:01:25,453 Speaker 3: This is a fascinating watch because it covers so much 28 00:01:25,973 --> 00:01:30,013 Speaker 3: cultural time and space and history from the nineteen sixties 29 00:01:30,373 --> 00:01:32,733 Speaker 3: all the way through to now. And Billy Joel is 30 00:01:32,773 --> 00:01:35,933 Speaker 3: looking back on his life, speaking honestly about the highs 31 00:01:35,973 --> 00:01:39,093 Speaker 3: and the lows, and comes across as as kind of 32 00:01:39,133 --> 00:01:41,933 Speaker 3: an ordinary guy who just wanted to make music and 33 00:01:42,453 --> 00:01:45,373 Speaker 3: didn't necessarily want all the stardom and other stuff that 34 00:01:45,413 --> 00:01:48,733 Speaker 3: came with it. There's also people like Bruce Springsteen and 35 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:52,053 Speaker 3: Paul McCartney and Sting who talk about his influence on 36 00:01:52,133 --> 00:01:55,653 Speaker 3: their music, and some amazing footage and home movies and 37 00:01:55,653 --> 00:01:58,973 Speaker 3: personal stuff as well. So it's a really comprehensive series 38 00:01:59,013 --> 00:02:02,773 Speaker 3: that pulls lots of different threads together from one man's 39 00:02:02,813 --> 00:02:06,573 Speaker 3: life and gives us quite an intimate and nostalgic. 40 00:02:06,613 --> 00:02:09,373 Speaker 2: Fantastic Okay, cool, that sounds really good. So that's Billy Joel, 41 00:02:09,453 --> 00:02:11,813 Speaker 2: and so it goes. It's on Neon on TV and 42 00:02:11,893 --> 00:02:13,413 Speaker 2: z Plus you've seen The Twelve. 43 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:16,613 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is the return of the Twelve. This is 44 00:02:16,653 --> 00:02:19,573 Speaker 3: a great Australian murder mystery drama. It's a remake of 45 00:02:19,613 --> 00:02:23,293 Speaker 3: a Belgian TV series and I guess is a legal 46 00:02:23,373 --> 00:02:27,173 Speaker 3: drama as well. Each season of The Twelve is about 47 00:02:27,653 --> 00:02:30,053 Speaker 3: a complex murder case that goes to court and we 48 00:02:30,173 --> 00:02:34,173 Speaker 3: see the murder storyline unfold through the eyes of the jury. 49 00:02:34,533 --> 00:02:37,053 Speaker 3: So each of the twelve jury members brings their own 50 00:02:37,493 --> 00:02:41,453 Speaker 3: beliefs and experiences into the courtroom and as they try 51 00:02:41,453 --> 00:02:44,773 Speaker 3: to untangle their evidence and reach a consensus about whether 52 00:02:44,773 --> 00:02:47,773 Speaker 3: they accused is guilty or not guilty, and the show 53 00:02:47,853 --> 00:02:51,653 Speaker 3: is asking, you know, how do our life experiences influence 54 00:02:51,693 --> 00:02:54,293 Speaker 3: the decisions that we make and whether we're aware of 55 00:02:54,613 --> 00:02:57,653 Speaker 3: those factors or not. Season three has just landed on 56 00:02:57,693 --> 00:03:01,213 Speaker 3: TV and Z Plus. It stars Sam Neil who returns 57 00:03:01,253 --> 00:03:03,773 Speaker 3: as one of the defense lawyers and as always as 58 00:03:03,813 --> 00:03:06,693 Speaker 3: great in this Danielle Cormack and Sarah Piers, two other 59 00:03:06,733 --> 00:03:10,093 Speaker 3: New Zealand actors, also star in season three. So if 60 00:03:10,093 --> 00:03:13,293 Speaker 3: you like a good crime drama, it's not old fashioned, 61 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:17,093 Speaker 3: but it's classic and it's storytelling, solid writing, solid acting. 62 00:03:17,453 --> 00:03:19,733 Speaker 3: It's not trying to do anything clever, but it's still 63 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:23,693 Speaker 3: compelling TV. This is definitely worth a watch. Season two 64 00:03:23,813 --> 00:03:26,853 Speaker 3: is also on TVNZ Plus and the seasons are self 65 00:03:26,853 --> 00:03:28,933 Speaker 3: contained stories, so you can just dive right them. 66 00:03:29,053 --> 00:03:31,533 Speaker 2: Yeah right, cool, Okay, that's the twelve that's on TVNZ 67 00:03:31,613 --> 00:03:33,493 Speaker 2: Plus and on Netflix. Dark Winds. 68 00:03:34,653 --> 00:03:37,453 Speaker 3: Yeah, Dark Ones isn't a new show. It's been hiding 69 00:03:37,493 --> 00:03:40,493 Speaker 3: away on a smaller streaming service called AMC for a 70 00:03:40,493 --> 00:03:43,613 Speaker 3: few years, but it has just come to Netflix, which 71 00:03:43,653 --> 00:03:45,773 Speaker 3: is giving it a whole new audience, which is fantastic 72 00:03:45,773 --> 00:03:48,493 Speaker 3: because it's such a great show. I guess you'd call 73 00:03:48,493 --> 00:03:51,293 Speaker 3: this a crime drama, but it's also a psychological thriller 74 00:03:51,693 --> 00:03:54,933 Speaker 3: and almost a Western as well. It's set in the 75 00:03:55,013 --> 00:03:57,973 Speaker 3: nineteen seventies in Arizona and New Mexico, and it's about 76 00:03:58,013 --> 00:04:01,973 Speaker 3: two dinner Navajo police officers who work on Navajo Nation, 77 00:04:02,093 --> 00:04:05,253 Speaker 3: which is the largest American Indian reservation in the States, 78 00:04:05,533 --> 00:04:08,053 Speaker 3: and they are trying to solve a double murder case. 79 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:12,133 Speaker 3: They are dealing with a lot of local hostility, they're 80 00:04:12,133 --> 00:04:15,253 Speaker 3: trying to work with the local FBI, who work very 81 00:04:15,253 --> 00:04:17,813 Speaker 3: differently to them, and they're also dealing with their own 82 00:04:18,253 --> 00:04:21,573 Speaker 3: spiritual beliefs and traditions and relationships as they try and 83 00:04:21,613 --> 00:04:24,853 Speaker 3: work out what has happened in their own community. And 84 00:04:24,893 --> 00:04:28,013 Speaker 3: this is a slow burn of a series. It's not 85 00:04:28,093 --> 00:04:30,573 Speaker 3: in a hurry in a good way. It's dark and 86 00:04:31,373 --> 00:04:35,133 Speaker 3: a bit edgy, and the locations in the desert are stunning. 87 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:37,853 Speaker 3: It's beautifully made. And if you're a fan of crime 88 00:04:37,893 --> 00:04:41,373 Speaker 3: dramas but you feel like you've seen every angle for 89 00:04:41,413 --> 00:04:44,413 Speaker 3: a murder mystery, this is something different. And it's very 90 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:48,093 Speaker 3: rich in the storytelling because of the setting and the 91 00:04:48,173 --> 00:04:51,173 Speaker 3: characters and the history that anchors the show. So this 92 00:04:51,253 --> 00:04:52,133 Speaker 3: is definitely worth a look. 93 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:55,573 Speaker 2: We so that is Dark Wind that's on Netflix, The 94 00:04:55,613 --> 00:04:58,333 Speaker 2: Twelves on TVNZ Plus, and Billy Joel and So It 95 00:04:58,373 --> 00:05:01,533 Speaker 2: Goes is on the on Haitara. I took your advice 96 00:05:01,573 --> 00:05:03,573 Speaker 2: finally a couple of weeks late, and I went and 97 00:05:03,613 --> 00:05:06,933 Speaker 2: watched that documentary about The Biggest Loser it for TV 98 00:05:07,293 --> 00:05:12,493 Speaker 2: on Netflix. I mean, it's just isn't it amazing? How 99 00:05:12,573 --> 00:05:17,173 Speaker 2: like what is deemed to be okay culturally changes over 100 00:05:17,173 --> 00:05:20,373 Speaker 2: a relatively short period of time. I remember watching the show, 101 00:05:20,533 --> 00:05:23,213 Speaker 2: loving that show, finding it's so compounded, and then watching 102 00:05:23,213 --> 00:05:26,013 Speaker 2: that documentary. I was like, man, by today's standards, this 103 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:28,133 Speaker 2: is just wildly inappropriate. 104 00:05:29,253 --> 00:05:31,933 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's amazing when you step out and look back 105 00:05:31,973 --> 00:05:34,333 Speaker 3: and think, how how did how was it okay? How 106 00:05:34,413 --> 00:05:36,093 Speaker 3: was any of the today's standards right? 107 00:05:36,173 --> 00:05:39,813 Speaker 2: And then yeah, and like the contestants doing the challenges 108 00:05:39,813 --> 00:05:43,373 Speaker 2: where they had to build towers out of junk food 109 00:05:43,453 --> 00:05:46,173 Speaker 2: but using only their mouths to build it, and stuff like, 110 00:05:46,333 --> 00:05:47,293 Speaker 2: oh my god. 111 00:05:48,293 --> 00:05:50,453 Speaker 3: And the number of people who watch that every week, 112 00:05:50,933 --> 00:05:55,693 Speaker 3: the people you know, it pulled in astonishing numbers of audiences, 113 00:05:56,293 --> 00:05:58,453 Speaker 3: and it was one of many shows like that. 114 00:05:59,173 --> 00:06:04,973 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, reasonable job of trying to bring some nuance 115 00:06:05,013 --> 00:06:07,293 Speaker 2: into it too, and suggesting that, oh, you know, there 116 00:06:07,293 --> 00:06:09,373 Speaker 2: were some components of the show that might have been 117 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:11,693 Speaker 2: okay and good and you know, I just anyway, I 118 00:06:11,773 --> 00:06:14,413 Speaker 2: just yeah, it was a great recommendation. So thank you 119 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:18,053 Speaker 2: very much. We very much appreciate it. Yeah, TWA's picks 120 00:06:18,093 --> 00:06:19,533 Speaker 2: will all be up on the News Talks. He'd be 121 00:06:19,573 --> 00:06:20,813 Speaker 2: website as well, so you can do. 122 00:06:20,773 --> 00:06:24,293 Speaker 1: That for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen 123 00:06:24,373 --> 00:06:27,173 Speaker 1: live to news Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, 124 00:06:27,413 --> 00:06:29,453 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.