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 --> 00:00:11,773 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:15,333 Speaker 2: At b It is screen Time Time on your Saturday morning. 4 00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:19,013 Speaker 2: That's when Tara Reward, our screen time expert, joins us 5 00:00:19,093 --> 00:00:21,773 Speaker 2: every week with three shows to recommend for watching or 6 00:00:21,773 --> 00:00:22,493 Speaker 2: streaming at home. 7 00:00:22,653 --> 00:00:24,973 Speaker 1: Get a Tara that good morning. 8 00:00:25,333 --> 00:00:28,733 Speaker 2: Lead's begin with a new show on TV and Z Plus. 9 00:00:28,813 --> 00:00:31,093 Speaker 2: It starts tomorrow. It's called The Hack. 10 00:00:32,173 --> 00:00:34,573 Speaker 1: Yeah. This is a new British drama based on a 11 00:00:34,733 --> 00:00:37,773 Speaker 1: true story about one of the biggest media scandals of 12 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:41,333 Speaker 1: recent times. It stars David Tennant and it's about the 13 00:00:41,453 --> 00:00:44,973 Speaker 1: investigation into the phone hacking at the News of the World, 14 00:00:45,093 --> 00:00:49,173 Speaker 1: where the newspaper hired private investigators to illegally hack the 15 00:00:49,213 --> 00:00:52,613 Speaker 1: phone messages of celebrities and politicians and people in the 16 00:00:52,613 --> 00:00:55,693 Speaker 1: news as a way of getting news stories. And David 17 00:00:55,693 --> 00:00:58,853 Speaker 1: Tennant plays Nick Davies, who's a journalist for The Guardian. 18 00:00:58,973 --> 00:01:01,253 Speaker 1: He gets a tip off about the hacking and digs 19 00:01:01,253 --> 00:01:05,613 Speaker 1: into this story and we see how the impact that 20 00:01:05,613 --> 00:01:08,293 Speaker 1: the story has on life. But there's also a second 21 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:12,013 Speaker 1: storyline that starts in the second episode, where Robert Carlyle 22 00:01:12,093 --> 00:01:15,973 Speaker 1: plays a police detective who's investigating a murder cold Case, 23 00:01:16,053 --> 00:01:18,933 Speaker 1: and the two storylines do feel quite different, but they're 24 00:01:18,973 --> 00:01:21,973 Speaker 1: going to come together at some point. And this is 25 00:01:21,973 --> 00:01:25,933 Speaker 1: written by Jack Thorne, who wrote Adolescents and Toxic Town, 26 00:01:26,093 --> 00:01:29,813 Speaker 1: so we're in safe hands here and he's injected a 27 00:01:29,853 --> 00:01:32,133 Speaker 1: lot of energy into the story. There's a lot of 28 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:34,653 Speaker 1: breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the camera 29 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:38,653 Speaker 1: and some surreal elements which makes what is quite a 30 00:01:38,693 --> 00:01:43,293 Speaker 1: big and complex and detailed story feel quite alive. It's 31 00:01:43,293 --> 00:01:47,213 Speaker 1: also got a great British cast. Toby Jones, Catherine Kelly, 32 00:01:47,253 --> 00:01:49,733 Speaker 1: Eve Miles also star. Lots of familiar faces if you 33 00:01:49,773 --> 00:01:52,893 Speaker 1: watch a lot of British dramas, and a bit like 34 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:55,333 Speaker 1: mister Bates in the Post Office. This is one of 35 00:01:55,373 --> 00:01:58,653 Speaker 1: those real life stories that will get under your skin 36 00:01:58,853 --> 00:02:02,493 Speaker 1: and make you mad and shock you, and David Tennant 37 00:02:02,613 --> 00:02:05,533 Speaker 1: just captures your attention straight away and just holds the 38 00:02:05,573 --> 00:02:06,293 Speaker 1: whole thing together. 39 00:02:06,453 --> 00:02:09,173 Speaker 2: Great, Okay, that's the hack. It's on TVNZ Plus from 40 00:02:09,213 --> 00:02:12,053 Speaker 2: tomorrow on Netflix's Death by Lightning. 41 00:02:13,213 --> 00:02:15,693 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is another show based on a true story, 42 00:02:15,693 --> 00:02:18,933 Speaker 1: but quite different and not a show I was expecting 43 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:21,413 Speaker 1: to enjoy it. Almost didn't talk about this one today, 44 00:02:21,413 --> 00:02:23,493 Speaker 1: but I really liked this. I was really intrigued by it. 45 00:02:23,813 --> 00:02:27,533 Speaker 1: This is an American historical drama set in the eighteen eighties, 46 00:02:27,573 --> 00:02:30,773 Speaker 1: and it's about two men. One is James Garfield, who 47 00:02:30,893 --> 00:02:34,773 Speaker 1: rose from political obscurity to become the twentieth President of 48 00:02:34,813 --> 00:02:37,973 Speaker 1: the United States, and another is Charles Gattow, who went 49 00:02:38,013 --> 00:02:41,573 Speaker 1: on to assassinate James Garfield. And I think why I 50 00:02:41,693 --> 00:02:43,853 Speaker 1: enjoyed this so much is because of the cast. Matthew 51 00:02:43,893 --> 00:02:47,693 Speaker 1: mcfagen plays Charles Gattow, who is this shady figure. He's 52 00:02:47,733 --> 00:02:50,653 Speaker 1: a liar and a scammer, and he decides he's going 53 00:02:50,693 --> 00:02:53,773 Speaker 1: to become Garfield's most trusted ally. And if you've seen 54 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:57,373 Speaker 1: Matthew mcfagen in Succession, you'll know how good he is 55 00:02:57,373 --> 00:03:02,053 Speaker 1: at playing deluded losers, and he's playing another one here. 56 00:03:02,173 --> 00:03:04,213 Speaker 1: I just wanted him to be in every scene. And 57 00:03:04,253 --> 00:03:07,493 Speaker 1: Michael Shannon plays James Garfield, who was only president for 58 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:10,173 Speaker 1: a few months before he was shot. And you've also 59 00:03:10,253 --> 00:03:12,813 Speaker 1: got all this political maneuvering going on in the background 60 00:03:12,813 --> 00:03:16,453 Speaker 1: and his party as well. With actors like Bradley Whitford 61 00:03:16,493 --> 00:03:18,933 Speaker 1: and Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin. The cast is just 62 00:03:19,013 --> 00:03:21,853 Speaker 1: full of actors who know what they're doing and are 63 00:03:21,893 --> 00:03:25,973 Speaker 1: all just brilliant together. I came to this not knowing 64 00:03:26,013 --> 00:03:28,773 Speaker 1: anything about the story and I'm really looking forward to 65 00:03:28,773 --> 00:03:31,813 Speaker 1: finishing it. There's only four episodes, but it's full of 66 00:03:32,693 --> 00:03:36,333 Speaker 1: style and energy and humor. There's a lot of really 67 00:03:36,373 --> 00:03:38,613 Speaker 1: great facial here in this as well. All these men 68 00:03:38,693 --> 00:03:42,013 Speaker 1: have really big, impressive beds, so they're really leaned into 69 00:03:42,013 --> 00:03:44,573 Speaker 1: the period detail of this. It's a great watch. 70 00:03:44,853 --> 00:03:47,733 Speaker 2: Yes, okay, so that's Death by Lightning. It's on Netflix 71 00:03:47,933 --> 00:03:50,333 Speaker 2: and on three now playing Gracie Darling. 72 00:03:51,373 --> 00:03:54,693 Speaker 1: Yeah. This is our new Australian dark mystery series that 73 00:03:54,733 --> 00:03:58,013 Speaker 1: stars New Zealand actor Morgan O'Reilly, who is fantastic in 74 00:03:58,053 --> 00:04:00,933 Speaker 1: this as she is and everything. She plays a woman 75 00:04:00,973 --> 00:04:03,733 Speaker 1: called Jonie who is haunted by the disappearance of her 76 00:04:03,733 --> 00:04:06,173 Speaker 1: best friend. When they were teenagers, they were having a 77 00:04:06,173 --> 00:04:10,413 Speaker 1: say which went wrong and her friend disappeared afterwards. Fast 78 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:13,573 Speaker 1: forward twenty seven years and Joanie is now a psychologist 79 00:04:13,573 --> 00:04:16,573 Speaker 1: living in the city when there is another disappearance in 80 00:04:16,613 --> 00:04:20,333 Speaker 1: the same place, same family, same small town, involving another 81 00:04:20,373 --> 00:04:23,773 Speaker 1: teenager who was playing the game of having a seance, 82 00:04:23,853 --> 00:04:28,213 Speaker 1: and so Jooni decides to revisit the town and try 83 00:04:28,253 --> 00:04:30,453 Speaker 1: and work out what has happened, and has to confront 84 00:04:30,493 --> 00:04:33,053 Speaker 1: her past and the loss of her friend. In a 85 00:04:33,093 --> 00:04:35,453 Speaker 1: lot of ways, this feels quite familiar. You've got your 86 00:04:35,453 --> 00:04:37,493 Speaker 1: small town, you've got lots of secrets, you've got a 87 00:04:37,493 --> 00:04:41,413 Speaker 1: really compelling heroine. But this is a bit more spookier 88 00:04:41,493 --> 00:04:45,093 Speaker 1: and more haunting than other Australian mysteries. It's not a horror, 89 00:04:45,133 --> 00:04:47,813 Speaker 1: but it's got a darker, more supernatural vibe to it. 90 00:04:48,013 --> 00:04:51,933 Speaker 1: But very bingeable, very watchable, quite moody, and beautifully shot 91 00:04:52,053 --> 00:04:52,453 Speaker 1: as well. 92 00:04:52,573 --> 00:04:55,253 Speaker 2: Nice, okay, cool. So that's playing Gracie Darling. That is 93 00:04:55,293 --> 00:04:58,333 Speaker 2: on three now, Death by Lightnings on Netflix, and The 94 00:04:58,493 --> 00:05:01,573 Speaker 2: Hack is on TVNZ plus. From tomorrow, all of those 95 00:05:01,613 --> 00:05:05,173 Speaker 2: shows will be up on the News dogs z'd be website. 96 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:08,133 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday. More with Jack Tame. 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