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 00:00:12,733 --> 00:00:16,693 Speaker 2: Twenty three past ten, which means it is screen time time. 4 00:00:17,453 --> 00:00:21,613 Speaker 2: Tara Award joins us every time this week. Every week 5 00:00:21,653 --> 00:00:24,973 Speaker 2: at this time I got there with her three shows 6 00:00:25,013 --> 00:00:27,493 Speaker 2: to watch or stream at home. She's with us now at. 7 00:00:27,453 --> 00:00:29,613 Speaker 3: Kyoto Tara Cure, Good Morning. 8 00:00:29,973 --> 00:00:32,373 Speaker 2: All three shows are on TVNZ plus this week. So 9 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:34,613 Speaker 2: let's begin with The Paper. 10 00:00:35,773 --> 00:00:38,813 Speaker 3: Yeah. This is a new mockumentary sitcom that comes from 11 00:00:38,933 --> 00:00:41,253 Speaker 3: Greg Daniels and Michael Coman, who of course made The 12 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:43,973 Speaker 3: Office US and so this is a spin off from 13 00:00:43,973 --> 00:00:46,453 Speaker 3: the Office. It's set in the same universe, if that 14 00:00:46,493 --> 00:00:49,733 Speaker 3: makes sense. The Office US was a mockumentary about the 15 00:00:49,773 --> 00:00:54,253 Speaker 3: Dundlar Mifflin Paper Company, and twenty years later, those same 16 00:00:54,293 --> 00:00:57,093 Speaker 3: documentary makers have returned to find out what happened to 17 00:00:57,133 --> 00:00:59,413 Speaker 3: the people who work there, and they follow a trail 18 00:00:59,613 --> 00:01:02,733 Speaker 3: that leads them to the Toledo Truth Teller, which is 19 00:01:02,973 --> 00:01:07,813 Speaker 3: a once glorious Midwestern newspaper that is now failing terribly. 20 00:01:08,173 --> 00:01:10,373 Speaker 3: It shares its office with the toilet paper part of 21 00:01:10,413 --> 00:01:12,653 Speaker 3: the business. The toilet paper is the only thing making 22 00:01:13,013 --> 00:01:16,093 Speaker 3: enough money to keep the newspaper going. A new editor 23 00:01:16,133 --> 00:01:18,933 Speaker 3: and chief arrives to revive the newspaper with a team 24 00:01:18,973 --> 00:01:22,293 Speaker 3: of volunteer reporters, some of whom are more experienced at 25 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:25,093 Speaker 3: selling toilet paper than finding breaking news. I didn't think 26 00:01:25,093 --> 00:01:27,653 Speaker 3: I'd say toilet paper so many times on the radio before, 27 00:01:27,653 --> 00:01:30,093 Speaker 3: but here we are. So this is a satire about media. 28 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:32,613 Speaker 3: But if you like The Office US, there are lots 29 00:01:32,613 --> 00:01:36,093 Speaker 3: of similarities here. Same kind of workplace comedy, same kind 30 00:01:36,133 --> 00:01:41,413 Speaker 3: of awkward interactions and quirky characters. Donald Leeson stars in this. 31 00:01:41,653 --> 00:01:43,933 Speaker 3: British comedian Tim Key is in this as well. He 32 00:01:44,013 --> 00:01:48,133 Speaker 3: goes full David Brent playing a strategy manager. It's a 33 00:01:48,173 --> 00:01:51,693 Speaker 3: smart and warm kind of sitcom. Feels very familiar. You know, 34 00:01:51,733 --> 00:01:53,813 Speaker 3: if you have watched The Office, this will feel very familiar. 35 00:01:53,853 --> 00:01:55,453 Speaker 3: And I think it gets better as it goes on 36 00:01:55,653 --> 00:01:57,773 Speaker 3: and just becomes a bit more comfortable with itself. 37 00:01:57,893 --> 00:02:00,773 Speaker 2: Okay, cool, So that's the paper. Next up, tell us 38 00:02:00,773 --> 00:02:01,733 Speaker 2: about In Flight. 39 00:02:02,933 --> 00:02:05,453 Speaker 3: Yeah. This is a new British crime thriller and it's 40 00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:09,053 Speaker 3: about how if one mother will go to protect her child. 41 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:12,253 Speaker 3: It stars Catherine Kelly, who plays a flight attendant whose 42 00:02:12,333 --> 00:02:16,213 Speaker 3: nineteen year old son is arrested and imprisoned for murder 43 00:02:16,253 --> 00:02:19,493 Speaker 3: while he's on holiday in Bulgaria. He claims he's innocent, 44 00:02:19,533 --> 00:02:22,133 Speaker 3: but we're not quite so sure, And back in the UK, 45 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:25,293 Speaker 3: his mother Joe is targeted by a gang of criminals 46 00:02:25,293 --> 00:02:28,733 Speaker 3: who blackmail her into smuggling drugs across Europe during her 47 00:02:28,773 --> 00:02:31,973 Speaker 3: flights as a way of ensuring her son's safety in prison. 48 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:34,853 Speaker 3: If she refuses to smuggle the drugs, he'll be killed, 49 00:02:35,333 --> 00:02:37,293 Speaker 3: and so she decides to do it with the help 50 00:02:37,293 --> 00:02:39,893 Speaker 3: of a colleague and starts to realize that a lot 51 00:02:39,933 --> 00:02:42,613 Speaker 3: of other people have been pulled into this corrupt world 52 00:02:42,653 --> 00:02:45,213 Speaker 3: as well. And this is a drama that pulls you, 53 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:48,533 Speaker 3: grabs you straight away from the opening minutes and doesn't 54 00:02:48,813 --> 00:02:50,853 Speaker 3: let up on the grip the whole time, which I 55 00:02:50,973 --> 00:02:53,373 Speaker 3: found to be a little bit exhausting and a bit 56 00:02:53,413 --> 00:02:57,453 Speaker 3: bleak at times. But if you like a tense, almost 57 00:02:57,653 --> 00:03:01,773 Speaker 3: claustrophobic kind of thriller that doesn't waste any time and 58 00:03:01,933 --> 00:03:05,773 Speaker 3: isn't over complicated and is quite dark, I would definitely 59 00:03:05,853 --> 00:03:09,773 Speaker 3: recommend that it is far fetched, but almost in a 60 00:03:09,773 --> 00:03:11,413 Speaker 3: good way, and that you can just kind of fall 61 00:03:11,413 --> 00:03:13,613 Speaker 3: into it completely and not have to think too hard 62 00:03:13,613 --> 00:03:13,933 Speaker 3: about it. 63 00:03:14,253 --> 00:03:17,413 Speaker 2: Okay, cool, So that's in Flight and last, but not least, 64 00:03:17,653 --> 00:03:20,213 Speaker 2: Bay of Fires. Yeah. 65 00:03:20,213 --> 00:03:23,653 Speaker 3: This is a second season of this darkly funny, quite 66 00:03:23,733 --> 00:03:28,293 Speaker 3: unusual Australian mystery drama. This stars Rachel House, Stephen Curry, 67 00:03:28,293 --> 00:03:33,493 Speaker 3: and Martin Dusseldorf who plays this high flying Melbourne ceo 68 00:03:33,653 --> 00:03:36,733 Speaker 3: who suddenly has to drop everything and escape to Tasmania 69 00:03:36,733 --> 00:03:40,613 Speaker 3: with her children. She's trying to avoid being hunted down 70 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:43,773 Speaker 3: by an organized crime cartel who's looking for her business partner, 71 00:03:44,213 --> 00:03:47,133 Speaker 3: and the police send them to this tiny Tasmanian town 72 00:03:47,253 --> 00:03:51,253 Speaker 3: called Mystery Bay under a witness protection kind of scheme, 73 00:03:52,133 --> 00:03:55,013 Speaker 3: and it's a town where the locals are very suspicious 74 00:03:55,013 --> 00:03:58,413 Speaker 3: of any newcomers and it's very much a kind of 75 00:03:58,453 --> 00:04:00,653 Speaker 3: a fish out of water situation. But there's a lot 76 00:04:00,733 --> 00:04:03,613 Speaker 3: more going on in this town than first appears. And 77 00:04:03,693 --> 00:04:05,973 Speaker 3: I started watching this back in twenty twenty three when 78 00:04:06,013 --> 00:04:09,253 Speaker 3: season came out, and I wasn't sure about it. Sometimes 79 00:04:09,253 --> 00:04:11,773 Speaker 3: it doesn't quite get that balance between comedy and drama 80 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:14,693 Speaker 3: quite right. But I kept going and started to really 81 00:04:14,773 --> 00:04:18,053 Speaker 3: enjoy it. It almost feels like a scanty noir drama 82 00:04:18,493 --> 00:04:21,653 Speaker 3: with all the forest and the mist of the Tasmanian Mountains. 83 00:04:21,693 --> 00:04:25,293 Speaker 3: It's beautifully shot, but it's also got this really dry, 84 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,733 Speaker 3: dark Australian humor in there as well, and some mystery 85 00:04:27,733 --> 00:04:30,333 Speaker 3: and crime chucked in there too. So this is a 86 00:04:30,373 --> 00:04:32,773 Speaker 3: show that won't give you all the answers at once. 87 00:04:32,813 --> 00:04:34,453 Speaker 3: It's going to keep you guessing and keep you on 88 00:04:34,493 --> 00:04:36,733 Speaker 3: your toes, so you have to have some patience with it, 89 00:04:36,773 --> 00:04:40,053 Speaker 3: but it pays off in the end. It's over the top, 90 00:04:40,093 --> 00:04:42,333 Speaker 3: but in quite an intriguing, delightful kind of way. 91 00:04:42,413 --> 00:04:45,173 Speaker 2: Yeah right, Okay, that sounds interesting. So that's bay of Fires. 92 00:04:45,693 --> 00:04:49,373 Speaker 2: Tara's other shows, The Paper and In Flight. All three 93 00:04:49,413 --> 00:04:52,293 Speaker 2: of those shows are streaming on TVNZ Plus and we'll 94 00:04:52,293 --> 00:04:54,413 Speaker 2: have details on the News talks 'B website. 95 00:04:54,693 --> 00:04:57,773 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live 96 00:04:57,893 --> 00:05:01,053 Speaker 1: to News Talk Z'B from nine am Saturday, or follow 97 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:02,693 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.