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 ATB. 3 00:00:13,093 --> 00:00:16,693 Speaker 2: Twenty five Fast Team, which means it's up screen time time. 4 00:00:17,173 --> 00:00:19,853 Speaker 2: Tara Ward is our screen time expert. She's here with 5 00:00:19,893 --> 00:00:21,013 Speaker 2: her picks for this weekend. 6 00:00:21,173 --> 00:00:23,133 Speaker 1: Hey Tara, good morning Jack. 7 00:00:23,213 --> 00:00:25,813 Speaker 2: Okay, let's begin with the show on three now. I 8 00:00:25,813 --> 00:00:28,893 Speaker 2: think it kicks off tomorrow. Tell us about the Assassin. 9 00:00:29,813 --> 00:00:32,853 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a new action packed British spy Thrill 10 00:00:32,893 --> 00:00:36,053 Speaker 1: of It drops on three now tomorrow. This has started 11 00:00:36,093 --> 00:00:38,733 Speaker 1: screening in the UK already and it's been getting great 12 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:41,373 Speaker 1: five star reviews and I think a lot of people 13 00:00:41,453 --> 00:00:44,293 Speaker 1: will love it here as well. It stars Keeley Hawes 14 00:00:44,293 --> 00:00:47,493 Speaker 1: who's been in shows like Spooks and Bodyguard, and Freddie 15 00:00:47,533 --> 00:00:50,973 Speaker 1: high Moore from The Good Doctor. They play an estranged 16 00:00:51,053 --> 00:00:54,133 Speaker 1: mother and son. Edward goes to visit his mum, Julie, 17 00:00:54,133 --> 00:00:56,773 Speaker 1: on the Greek island where she lives. It's a very 18 00:00:56,813 --> 00:00:59,813 Speaker 1: awkward reunion. There's a lot of tension between them. What 19 00:00:59,933 --> 00:01:03,573 Speaker 1: Edward doesn't know is that his mother is a retired assassin, 20 00:01:04,053 --> 00:01:07,173 Speaker 1: and just as he arrives on the island, she reluctantly 21 00:01:07,213 --> 00:01:10,053 Speaker 1: pulled back in for one last job. But it's actually 22 00:01:10,133 --> 00:01:12,973 Speaker 1: her life that's in danger, and when she is hunted down, 23 00:01:13,053 --> 00:01:15,013 Speaker 1: they both have to flee, and so they go on 24 00:01:15,053 --> 00:01:17,973 Speaker 1: the run together across Europe, trying to work out who's 25 00:01:18,053 --> 00:01:21,733 Speaker 1: killing them while also trying to hide her identity. And 26 00:01:21,773 --> 00:01:24,933 Speaker 1: this is just a lot of fun. It's sharp, it's stylish, 27 00:01:25,013 --> 00:01:28,493 Speaker 1: it's darkly funny. It is violent at times, but it's 28 00:01:28,573 --> 00:01:31,413 Speaker 1: leaning into that idea that the last person you would 29 00:01:31,413 --> 00:01:33,653 Speaker 1: expect to be an assassin as a middle aged woman. 30 00:01:34,093 --> 00:01:37,493 Speaker 1: And then you've got the strained family dynamic between Julian 31 00:01:37,653 --> 00:01:39,533 Speaker 1: Edwards at the center as well. But what I liked 32 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:42,093 Speaker 1: about it was it's just having fun with the spy 33 00:01:42,173 --> 00:01:44,973 Speaker 1: thriller genre. You know, it knows this is a preposterous 34 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:48,173 Speaker 1: idea and that ridiculous things are going to happen along 35 00:01:48,173 --> 00:01:50,333 Speaker 1: the way, but it's running with it and it's having 36 00:01:50,653 --> 00:01:52,453 Speaker 1: a really good time when it does nice. 37 00:01:52,453 --> 00:01:53,733 Speaker 2: So it does sound like a bit of fun, a 38 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:55,893 Speaker 2: bit of a scape. I'm a big pretty high More 39 00:01:55,933 --> 00:01:56,533 Speaker 2: fan as well. 40 00:01:57,413 --> 00:01:58,933 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, he's good in us too. 41 00:01:59,093 --> 00:02:02,013 Speaker 2: He's so do you know he speaks like five languages. 42 00:02:02,053 --> 00:02:06,373 Speaker 2: I think, Wow, he's ridiculously Yeah, he's got kind of ridiculs, 43 00:02:06,413 --> 00:02:09,173 Speaker 2: lesslig good languages. So anyway, I don't know anything with 44 00:02:09,213 --> 00:02:10,493 Speaker 2: the bit of Freddy. Him was a bit of me. 45 00:02:10,533 --> 00:02:12,933 Speaker 2: I reckon yea. So that is the Assassin that's on 46 00:02:13,013 --> 00:02:17,453 Speaker 2: three now from tomorrow on Neon tell Us about Outrageous. 47 00:02:18,573 --> 00:02:21,533 Speaker 1: Yeah, another British drama. This one is quite different though. 48 00:02:21,573 --> 00:02:25,093 Speaker 1: This is a new BBC historical drama and it's based 49 00:02:25,133 --> 00:02:28,053 Speaker 1: on the true story about the lives of the Midford Sisters. 50 00:02:28,413 --> 00:02:31,533 Speaker 1: And the Midforlds were six young women who grew up 51 00:02:31,933 --> 00:02:34,653 Speaker 1: in upper class Britain during the nineteen thirties and they 52 00:02:34,693 --> 00:02:39,093 Speaker 1: became well known publicly because of the controversial lives that 53 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:41,653 Speaker 1: each of them led. They all went off in different 54 00:02:41,653 --> 00:02:45,493 Speaker 1: directions politically and socially, and their lives were full of 55 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:49,173 Speaker 1: scandal and they were often in the headlines. One sister 56 00:02:49,293 --> 00:02:52,693 Speaker 1: was a communist, another became a fascist, one became a duchess, 57 00:02:52,733 --> 00:02:57,533 Speaker 1: another became a writer. They all lived really unusual lives 58 00:02:57,573 --> 00:03:00,333 Speaker 1: and they had this wide range of social connections from 59 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:04,693 Speaker 1: Churchill to Hitler. And we're living these lives during this 60 00:03:04,893 --> 00:03:07,733 Speaker 1: tumultuous time politic and socially in the. 61 00:03:09,253 --> 00:03:09,453 Speaker 2: Yeah. 62 00:03:11,413 --> 00:03:14,613 Speaker 1: So it's a it's a very like, it's a strange story, 63 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:18,813 Speaker 1: but it's also really fascinating about this aristocratic family who 64 00:03:19,093 --> 00:03:21,333 Speaker 1: set their own rules and did their own thing, but 65 00:03:21,373 --> 00:03:25,293 Speaker 1: were all still connected as sisters, and the BBC have 66 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:27,493 Speaker 1: brought them to life in this show. That's that's full 67 00:03:27,493 --> 00:03:30,613 Speaker 1: of energy and fleir. It's based on a biography by 68 00:03:30,653 --> 00:03:33,173 Speaker 1: Mary Lovell, and watching this made me want to go 69 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,253 Speaker 1: off and read it and find out more about what 70 00:03:35,333 --> 00:03:38,813 Speaker 1: really went on. It's such a sensational story and perfect 71 00:03:38,853 --> 00:03:39,933 Speaker 1: for it for a TV series. 72 00:03:40,013 --> 00:03:43,453 Speaker 2: Yeah great, Okay, that's outrageous. So that's on Neon and 73 00:03:43,493 --> 00:03:46,173 Speaker 2: on TVNZ plus. Murder in a Small Town. 74 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:49,893 Speaker 1: Yes, there's a new murder mystery series that drops on 75 00:03:49,933 --> 00:03:53,053 Speaker 1: TVNS plus from tonight. And if you're a fan of slower, 76 00:03:53,573 --> 00:03:57,053 Speaker 1: gentle TV shows like the Broken Wood Mysteries or Virgin 77 00:03:57,133 --> 00:04:00,013 Speaker 1: River kind of comfort watches. Even though this is a 78 00:04:00,093 --> 00:04:02,893 Speaker 1: murder series, I think you're like this. It's Canadian. It's 79 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:05,813 Speaker 1: filmed in this beautiful seaside town in British Columbia, and 80 00:04:05,853 --> 00:04:08,653 Speaker 1: it's about a a big city police detective who moves 81 00:04:08,653 --> 00:04:11,493 Speaker 1: to a small town to start his life over again. 82 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:15,373 Speaker 1: He's expecting a quiet life, but people in the town 83 00:04:15,453 --> 00:04:18,053 Speaker 1: just keep getting killed, and so each episode is a 84 00:04:18,213 --> 00:04:20,813 Speaker 1: murder of the week kind of set up, and there's 85 00:04:20,813 --> 00:04:22,293 Speaker 1: a bit of romance in there as well, in a 86 00:04:22,373 --> 00:04:24,573 Speaker 1: sassy teenaged order. It does have a bit of a 87 00:04:24,613 --> 00:04:27,333 Speaker 1: hallmark kind of vibe to it. But if you want 88 00:04:27,373 --> 00:04:30,853 Speaker 1: something that's a comfort watch and sort of reassuringly predictable 89 00:04:30,893 --> 00:04:33,773 Speaker 1: with a beautiful setting, this is definitely worth they checking out. 90 00:04:33,813 --> 00:04:36,733 Speaker 2: They haven't exactly pushed the creativity boat out too far 91 00:04:36,773 --> 00:04:38,853 Speaker 2: when it comes from show. 92 00:04:40,333 --> 00:04:42,173 Speaker 1: You know what you are getting with us. There will 93 00:04:42,173 --> 00:04:43,453 Speaker 1: be very few surprises. 94 00:04:43,493 --> 00:04:45,973 Speaker 2: I think Murder in a Small Town is the name 95 00:04:46,013 --> 00:04:46,773 Speaker 2: of that series. 96 00:04:47,213 --> 00:04:48,533 Speaker 1: Weeks of workshopping that. 97 00:04:49,093 --> 00:04:51,973 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's on TV and D Plus. So Outrageous 98 00:04:52,013 --> 00:04:54,093 Speaker 2: is on me on. That's the one about the Mitford Sisters. 99 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:57,333 Speaker 2: The Assassin is on three now and we'll have details 100 00:04:57,333 --> 00:04:59,013 Speaker 2: for all of those shows up on the news Talks 101 00:04:59,053 --> 00:04:59,853 Speaker 2: he'db website. 102 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:04,053 Speaker 1: Thanks Sarah for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Team, 103 00:05:04,253 --> 00:05:07,453 Speaker 1: listen live to Newstalks he'd be from I AM Saturday 104 00:05:07,693 --> 00:05:09,733 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.