1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to this Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,933 Speaker 1: from News Talks ATB. 3 00:00:12,773 --> 00:00:16,173 Speaker 2: Screen Time Time Tara Ward is our screen time experts. 4 00:00:16,173 --> 00:00:18,493 Speaker 2: She's here with her three shows for this weekend. Hey Tara, 5 00:00:19,253 --> 00:00:21,693 Speaker 2: good morning. Let's begin with a show on Disney Plus 6 00:00:21,773 --> 00:00:23,373 Speaker 2: tell us about Washington Black. 7 00:00:24,453 --> 00:00:26,893 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a new drama. There is a show 8 00:00:26,933 --> 00:00:28,813 Speaker 3: that's a mix of a lot of different things. It's 9 00:00:28,813 --> 00:00:31,333 Speaker 3: a historical drama. It's got a bit of science fiction 10 00:00:31,453 --> 00:00:33,373 Speaker 3: to it, and it's got a bit of romance and 11 00:00:33,613 --> 00:00:36,613 Speaker 3: adventure as well. It's set in the eighteen hundreds and 12 00:00:36,653 --> 00:00:39,413 Speaker 3: it's about a young boy called Washington Black who, at 13 00:00:39,413 --> 00:00:42,293 Speaker 3: the age of eleven, is a slave on a plantation 14 00:00:42,413 --> 00:00:45,373 Speaker 3: in Barbados. He's accused of a crime and has to 15 00:00:46,173 --> 00:00:50,213 Speaker 3: escape to flee and the show jumps between Washington's life 16 00:00:50,253 --> 00:00:53,293 Speaker 3: as a child on Barbados and his adult life in 17 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:57,093 Speaker 3: Halifax and Canada. And the adult Washington is an amateur scientist. 18 00:00:57,213 --> 00:01:01,253 Speaker 3: He's obsessed with bringing the inventions of his Barbados slave 19 00:01:01,293 --> 00:01:04,373 Speaker 3: owner to life while trying to avoid being caught for 20 00:01:04,453 --> 00:01:07,893 Speaker 3: this crime he was accused of as a and so 21 00:01:07,933 --> 00:01:12,213 Speaker 3: it's quite a serious subject matter, but it's much lighter 22 00:01:12,253 --> 00:01:14,733 Speaker 3: than I was expecting. This almost feels like a family 23 00:01:14,813 --> 00:01:17,693 Speaker 3: kind of drama. It's quite a sweeping story. It goes 24 00:01:17,733 --> 00:01:20,413 Speaker 3: to lots of different countries, and because of the travel 25 00:01:20,493 --> 00:01:24,693 Speaker 3: and the nineteenth century inventions, this has quite a steampunk 26 00:01:24,813 --> 00:01:27,013 Speaker 3: vibe to it, which it was quite unexpected. It's almost 27 00:01:27,013 --> 00:01:30,573 Speaker 3: a bit Jules Vernes. So there's lots of stuff going 28 00:01:30,573 --> 00:01:33,853 Speaker 3: on here. If you like a lighter historical drama that's 29 00:01:33,853 --> 00:01:36,213 Speaker 3: got a bit of quirk to it, you'll like this. 30 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:38,453 Speaker 3: It's got a great cast as well. Sterling Kate Brown 31 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:40,453 Speaker 3: is in this, and he's always fantastic. 32 00:01:40,573 --> 00:01:43,573 Speaker 2: Nice. Okay, So it's Washington Black. It's on Disney Plus 33 00:01:43,693 --> 00:01:45,533 Speaker 2: on three now the Game. 34 00:01:46,733 --> 00:01:49,453 Speaker 3: Yeah. This is a British psychological thriller and in a 35 00:01:49,493 --> 00:01:53,253 Speaker 3: lot of ways it's a pretty stock standard British crime drama. 36 00:01:53,293 --> 00:01:56,493 Speaker 3: It's not doing anything new, it's not doing anything unexpected, 37 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:59,013 Speaker 3: but it's still an entertaining watch and I think that's 38 00:01:59,053 --> 00:02:02,173 Speaker 3: because of the cast. This does Jason Watkins and Robson Green. 39 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:06,653 Speaker 3: Jason Watkins plays a police detective who has forced to 40 00:02:06,813 --> 00:02:10,293 Speaker 3: retire after he mishandles a case and he's haunted by 41 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:13,773 Speaker 3: not solving this mystery of a local serial killer. He's 42 00:02:13,853 --> 00:02:17,933 Speaker 3: just started his retirement when his neighbor dies unexpectedly. Robson 43 00:02:18,333 --> 00:02:23,133 Speaker 3: Green's character moves in next door, and the detective believes 44 00:02:23,173 --> 00:02:25,453 Speaker 3: that his new neighbor is the murderer who has evaded 45 00:02:25,533 --> 00:02:28,933 Speaker 3: him for so long, and he becomes obsessed with proving 46 00:02:28,973 --> 00:02:31,693 Speaker 3: his theory, and so it becomes this game of cat 47 00:02:31,733 --> 00:02:35,413 Speaker 3: and mouse with lots of you know, psychological tension building 48 00:02:35,453 --> 00:02:38,133 Speaker 3: up as the detectives world starts to fall apart. It 49 00:02:38,293 --> 00:02:41,653 Speaker 3: sounds far fetched. It is far fetched. I can't say 50 00:02:41,653 --> 00:02:43,613 Speaker 3: this is the perfect drama. You know. The script is 51 00:02:43,613 --> 00:02:46,293 Speaker 3: a bit ropye, there's lots of plotholes. But I watched 52 00:02:46,293 --> 00:02:48,493 Speaker 3: this last night quite happily. I didn't have to think 53 00:02:48,493 --> 00:02:51,053 Speaker 3: too hard about it, went along with some of the 54 00:02:51,093 --> 00:02:53,653 Speaker 3: more bonkers moments and just enjoyed it for what it is. 55 00:02:53,733 --> 00:02:56,373 Speaker 3: So I think if you're just your expectations a little bit, 56 00:02:56,453 --> 00:02:59,693 Speaker 3: you have a fun time, especially if you enjoy you know, 57 00:02:59,733 --> 00:03:01,653 Speaker 3: a good, reliable British crime drama. 58 00:03:01,733 --> 00:03:04,013 Speaker 2: Okay, nice, Okay, that's the game that's on three now 59 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:06,133 Speaker 2: and on TV and Z plus The Hunting Wive. 60 00:03:06,413 --> 00:03:10,253 Speaker 3: Yes, this is another drama where if you adjust your expectations. 61 00:03:10,293 --> 00:03:11,933 Speaker 3: You're going to have a great time. This is The 62 00:03:12,013 --> 00:03:16,693 Speaker 3: Hunting Wives. It's wonderfully soapy and over the top, completely 63 00:03:16,773 --> 00:03:20,413 Speaker 3: ridiculous American series that's just come to TVNZ plus. It's 64 00:03:20,413 --> 00:03:22,933 Speaker 3: set in Texas and it's about a woman named Sophie 65 00:03:22,933 --> 00:03:26,173 Speaker 3: whose family moves from Boston to Texas for her husband's job. 66 00:03:26,493 --> 00:03:30,213 Speaker 3: She's feeling quite lost until she gets welcomed into a 67 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:34,373 Speaker 3: group of rich socialite wives who are very different to her. 68 00:03:34,693 --> 00:03:37,213 Speaker 3: They all have secrets, nothing is what it seems, and 69 00:03:37,253 --> 00:03:39,893 Speaker 3: they become tangled up in a murder. And it's that 70 00:03:40,013 --> 00:03:44,253 Speaker 3: whole kind of Desperate Housewives story, but dropped into Texas, 71 00:03:44,293 --> 00:03:46,413 Speaker 3: and they have turned the dial right up on the 72 00:03:46,453 --> 00:03:49,453 Speaker 3: politics and the wealth and the cowboy boots. They have 73 00:03:49,573 --> 00:03:52,213 Speaker 3: chucked almost everything at this show to see what sticks. 74 00:03:52,213 --> 00:03:55,733 Speaker 3: You've got, guns, murder of fears, corruption, you name it, 75 00:03:55,733 --> 00:03:58,413 Speaker 3: it's in here. It has a great cast, Doomit, mulroney 76 00:03:58,453 --> 00:04:01,533 Speaker 3: is in this, Marlin Ackerman, Christy Metz from This is Us. 77 00:04:01,813 --> 00:04:04,813 Speaker 3: And again, it's just completely over the top, and I 78 00:04:04,893 --> 00:04:07,533 Speaker 3: enjoyed it for what it is. Wonderful, trashy and silly 79 00:04:07,573 --> 00:04:09,973 Speaker 3: and soapy, and you know, This kind of TV has 80 00:04:10,013 --> 00:04:12,373 Speaker 3: its place every now and here. There's nothing wrong with 81 00:04:12,453 --> 00:04:14,013 Speaker 3: a bit of trashy TV, a little. 82 00:04:13,773 --> 00:04:18,853 Speaker 2: Bit of escapism sometimes Tarakat. That's The Hunting Wives. It's 83 00:04:18,893 --> 00:04:21,333 Speaker 2: on TV and Z Plus. The Game is on three 84 00:04:21,413 --> 00:04:24,973 Speaker 2: now in Washington. Black, which was Tara's first recommendation, is 85 00:04:25,013 --> 00:04:25,893 Speaker 2: on Disney Plus. 86 00:04:26,653 --> 00:04:29,733 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 87 00:04:29,813 --> 00:04:32,653 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 88 00:04:32,733 --> 00:04:34,573 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.