1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tam podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talk SEDB. 3 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,653 Speaker 2: Lovely to be with you. It is twenty four past ten. 4 00:00:15,973 --> 00:00:19,013 Speaker 2: If you're keen for those Lime Cordial tickets, remember all 5 00:00:19,013 --> 00:00:21,653 Speaker 2: you have to do is text Lime with your name 6 00:00:21,853 --> 00:00:24,253 Speaker 2: and what show you'd like to attend to ninety two 7 00:00:24,453 --> 00:00:29,093 Speaker 2: and ninety two. Right time to see what Tara has 8 00:00:29,173 --> 00:00:31,253 Speaker 2: got for us when it comes to her TV picks 9 00:00:31,253 --> 00:00:34,333 Speaker 2: for the week. Always love your picks, Tara, good morning, Oh, 10 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:37,013 Speaker 2: good morning, So Prosper. We're going to start with you 11 00:00:37,013 --> 00:00:39,533 Speaker 2: know what. I started watching this and I have to 12 00:00:39,573 --> 00:00:42,573 Speaker 2: be honest, I immediately compared it to the New Zealand 13 00:00:42,653 --> 00:00:44,253 Speaker 2: series Testify. 14 00:00:44,453 --> 00:00:49,053 Speaker 3: Yes, it's very similar to Testify, and the Prosper sort 15 00:00:49,093 --> 00:00:50,773 Speaker 3: of came out in Australia at the start of the year, 16 00:00:50,853 --> 00:00:52,573 Speaker 3: very close to Testify, So I think that's why it's 17 00:00:52,613 --> 00:00:55,093 Speaker 3: taken perhaps a few months for it to come over 18 00:00:55,093 --> 00:00:58,213 Speaker 3: here to New Zealand. But this is a new Australian thriller. 19 00:00:58,293 --> 00:01:00,493 Speaker 3: It's just come to TVNZ plus and it's about a 20 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:04,013 Speaker 3: family who run an evangelical megachurch in Sydney and what 21 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:07,213 Speaker 3: happens to that family when they are ambition and their 22 00:01:07,213 --> 00:01:11,693 Speaker 3: faith collide, and it's led by a very enigmatic, quite 23 00:01:11,693 --> 00:01:15,413 Speaker 3: manipulative father figure. They have this perfect image in the church, 24 00:01:15,453 --> 00:01:17,493 Speaker 3: but the reality is that everyone in the family has 25 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:20,253 Speaker 3: a lot of secrets. They're living very sinful lives and 26 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:24,533 Speaker 3: as the church grows in power, the family begin to implode. 27 00:01:24,733 --> 00:01:27,413 Speaker 3: And as you say, lots of similarities to Testify, which 28 00:01:27,453 --> 00:01:30,453 Speaker 3: is also on TVNZ Plus and also about a family 29 00:01:30,533 --> 00:01:33,133 Speaker 3: running a mega church and the secrets that were hiding 30 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:35,933 Speaker 3: beneath the surface. This goes a little harder on the 31 00:01:35,973 --> 00:01:38,453 Speaker 3: corruption and the betrayal side of things. It's a little 32 00:01:38,453 --> 00:01:40,973 Speaker 3: bit meteor in terms of the plot, I think, and 33 00:01:41,013 --> 00:01:43,853 Speaker 3: the cast is just amazing. I mean you've got Richard Roxborough, 34 00:01:43,853 --> 00:01:46,173 Speaker 3: who was one of my favorite shows Rake. I would 35 00:01:46,213 --> 00:01:49,493 Speaker 3: watch him in anything, and New Zealand actress Rebecca Gimney 36 00:01:49,533 --> 00:01:51,693 Speaker 3: as well, who's a bit of a Lady Macbeth figure. 37 00:01:51,813 --> 00:01:55,013 Speaker 3: So it's about religion, it's about family, it's about power 38 00:01:55,133 --> 00:01:57,733 Speaker 3: and corruption and ambition and how that can go all wrong. 39 00:01:57,813 --> 00:02:00,573 Speaker 3: And a really solid watchable Australian drama. 40 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:02,613 Speaker 2: Yeah no, I love Richard Rocksburg as well. If you 41 00:02:02,693 --> 00:02:05,693 Speaker 2: haven't watched Rake, folks try and find it somewhere. He is. 42 00:02:05,893 --> 00:02:07,813 Speaker 2: He's the most most lovable rogue you're ever. 43 00:02:07,693 --> 00:02:09,453 Speaker 3: Going to meet. Absolutely. 44 00:02:09,533 --> 00:02:12,493 Speaker 2: Now, something quite different is Women in Blue, and this 45 00:02:12,573 --> 00:02:13,573 Speaker 2: is on Apple TV. 46 00:02:14,493 --> 00:02:17,253 Speaker 3: Yes, this is very different. This is a new crime drama. 47 00:02:17,293 --> 00:02:20,333 Speaker 3: It's loosely based on a true story and it's about 48 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:23,653 Speaker 3: the first women who became police officers in Mexico City 49 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:27,253 Speaker 3: during the nineteen seventies and they're hunt for a serial killer. 50 00:02:27,573 --> 00:02:31,533 Speaker 3: And these women kind of defied the conservative norms of 51 00:02:31,613 --> 00:02:33,893 Speaker 3: the time. Instead of staying at home and raising their children, 52 00:02:33,933 --> 00:02:36,533 Speaker 3: they wanted to be the first women to train as 53 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:40,053 Speaker 3: police officers. But what they didn't know was that this 54 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:43,213 Speaker 3: new female force was just a pr stunt from the 55 00:02:43,253 --> 00:02:46,053 Speaker 3: Mexican police to distract people from the fact that they 56 00:02:46,093 --> 00:02:49,173 Speaker 3: hadn't for the serial killer yet. And when the women 57 00:02:49,173 --> 00:02:52,653 Speaker 3: eventually realized this, they decide to find the serial killer 58 00:02:52,693 --> 00:02:54,853 Speaker 3: of their own. And I came to this thinking that 59 00:02:54,893 --> 00:02:57,453 Speaker 3: it was inspired by a true story. My understanding is 60 00:02:57,493 --> 00:03:00,413 Speaker 3: they've been very loose with the facts here, and so 61 00:03:00,533 --> 00:03:02,973 Speaker 3: the tone of this I found a little bit uneven. 62 00:03:03,013 --> 00:03:05,573 Speaker 3: You know, sometimes it's a comedy, sometimes it's sophy, sometimes 63 00:03:05,573 --> 00:03:08,493 Speaker 3: there's action, I think it's probably best to come to 64 00:03:08,533 --> 00:03:11,413 Speaker 3: this with with no expectations. Just think of it as 65 00:03:11,453 --> 00:03:14,533 Speaker 3: a as a fictional drama. I mean, it's Apple TV. 66 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:17,133 Speaker 3: It's a beautiful show to watch, and these shows are 67 00:03:17,213 --> 00:03:21,133 Speaker 3: always beautifully made. But I think it's the gripping, sort 68 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:23,773 Speaker 3: of intriguing murder mystery plot line. It's got ten episodes 69 00:03:23,813 --> 00:03:27,053 Speaker 3: to kind of unfold and untangle itself, is what will 70 00:03:27,133 --> 00:03:27,613 Speaker 3: keep you coming. 71 00:03:27,653 --> 00:03:29,133 Speaker 2: You totally hit the nail on the head for me, 72 00:03:29,173 --> 00:03:31,973 Speaker 2: because I watched the first episode. I kind of like this, 73 00:03:32,093 --> 00:03:34,693 Speaker 2: but it's kind of it's quite a unique style and tone. 74 00:03:34,853 --> 00:03:36,613 Speaker 2: But you've hit the name on the head when you 75 00:03:36,613 --> 00:03:38,533 Speaker 2: said it's a little bit of this one minute, it's 76 00:03:38,533 --> 00:03:41,093 Speaker 2: a soap, then it's this. Then that's absolutely right. I 77 00:03:41,093 --> 00:03:43,213 Speaker 2: think it's one of those series you might need to 78 00:03:43,213 --> 00:03:44,533 Speaker 2: give more than one ap too. 79 00:03:45,973 --> 00:03:46,733 Speaker 3: That's exactly right. 80 00:03:46,813 --> 00:03:50,013 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, then, now the Red King tell me 81 00:03:50,053 --> 00:03:51,253 Speaker 2: about this. This is on three now. 82 00:03:51,893 --> 00:03:53,893 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a new British crime drama. It starts 83 00:03:53,893 --> 00:03:56,813 Speaker 3: on three Now from tomorrow and in a lot of ways, 84 00:03:56,813 --> 00:03:59,853 Speaker 3: this is your standard police procedural that you know the 85 00:03:59,853 --> 00:04:02,213 Speaker 3: British do there so well, but it also has a 86 00:04:02,213 --> 00:04:03,853 Speaker 3: bit of an edge to it that takes it into 87 00:04:04,413 --> 00:04:07,933 Speaker 3: kind of a psychological thriller, almost horror territory at times. 88 00:04:08,093 --> 00:04:11,533 Speaker 3: But it's about a police sergeant called Grace who's been 89 00:04:11,533 --> 00:04:13,893 Speaker 3: in a bit of trouble and is sent on a 90 00:04:13,933 --> 00:04:17,093 Speaker 3: punishment post to a remote island off the coast of Wales. 91 00:04:17,493 --> 00:04:20,173 Speaker 3: So she's a city cop coming to a small community 92 00:04:20,253 --> 00:04:23,893 Speaker 3: where there's a lot of pagan traditions and history of 93 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:27,573 Speaker 3: a cult. There's a missing child that nobody seems too 94 00:04:27,773 --> 00:04:31,573 Speaker 3: concerned about finding and a lot of hostility from the 95 00:04:31,573 --> 00:04:33,973 Speaker 3: local so Race is really up against it and trying 96 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:37,293 Speaker 3: to solve this murder. And watching this it sort of 97 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:40,853 Speaker 3: felt like a cross between Shetland and the Wickerman. It's 98 00:04:40,853 --> 00:04:45,453 Speaker 3: also about the isolation and the atmosphere and those folklore traditions. 99 00:04:45,773 --> 00:04:49,173 Speaker 3: It's a delicious slow burn and even though it has 100 00:04:49,253 --> 00:04:51,813 Speaker 3: every cliche that you would expect in a police drama, 101 00:04:52,253 --> 00:04:55,293 Speaker 3: it doesn't matter. It pulls this off so beautifully and convincingly. 102 00:04:55,373 --> 00:04:57,733 Speaker 3: I like this a lot. If you're a fan of 103 00:04:58,333 --> 00:05:00,853 Speaker 3: a slow, dark police drama with a bit of a 104 00:05:00,853 --> 00:05:03,653 Speaker 3: psychological edge, this is for you, and it drops on 105 00:05:03,693 --> 00:05:04,413 Speaker 3: three now tomorrow. 106 00:05:04,413 --> 00:05:05,973 Speaker 2: It's got a big tick from me. One of the 107 00:05:06,053 --> 00:05:08,013 Speaker 2: joys of doing this show and filling in for Jack 108 00:05:08,093 --> 00:05:10,573 Speaker 2: Tara is that when I get your list of shows 109 00:05:10,613 --> 00:05:13,893 Speaker 2: you're going to talk about, I feel obliged. You know, 110 00:05:14,173 --> 00:05:16,893 Speaker 2: it's part of my job. I'm being professionals to sit 111 00:05:16,973 --> 00:05:20,533 Speaker 2: down and watch these shows. And I love crime dramas 112 00:05:20,573 --> 00:05:23,133 Speaker 2: and police drummers, and so yesterday I was scanning three. 113 00:05:23,213 --> 00:05:25,253 Speaker 2: I was trying desperately trying to find it. Go this 114 00:05:25,293 --> 00:05:26,773 Speaker 2: is a bit of me, and I couldn't find anywhere. 115 00:05:26,773 --> 00:05:29,133 Speaker 2: So that makes me feel good. So that's tomorrow. If 116 00:05:29,133 --> 00:05:31,413 Speaker 2: you need a break from the Olympics, you could sit 117 00:05:31,453 --> 00:05:33,253 Speaker 2: down and watch it. You know, it's really interesting horror 118 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,293 Speaker 2: because you've got two great shows here from free to 119 00:05:35,373 --> 00:05:41,333 Speaker 2: air services that offer, you know, screening services, on demand services. 120 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:43,853 Speaker 2: I just think TV and Z plus and three Now 121 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:46,973 Speaker 2: are really growing in what they are offering us. So 122 00:05:47,093 --> 00:05:48,253 Speaker 2: am I just imagining that? 123 00:05:49,213 --> 00:05:49,373 Speaker 1: No? 124 00:05:49,453 --> 00:05:52,253 Speaker 3: Absolutely. I think TVNZ Plus particularly is one of the 125 00:05:52,293 --> 00:05:55,533 Speaker 3: stronger streaming services is and they've been adding recently a 126 00:05:55,533 --> 00:05:59,973 Speaker 3: lot of really great movies to their form as well 127 00:06:00,013 --> 00:06:03,133 Speaker 3: lots of great New Zealand content too. And three Now 128 00:06:03,453 --> 00:06:05,733 Speaker 3: over the last few months have been adding a lot 129 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:08,333 Speaker 3: of great a lot more British dramas, a lot sort 130 00:06:08,373 --> 00:06:12,573 Speaker 3: of intriguing murder mysteries and things. So they're both really great, 131 00:06:12,653 --> 00:06:15,533 Speaker 3: great options. You don't need to pay a lot of 132 00:06:15,573 --> 00:06:19,933 Speaker 3: money to have really good options with streaming services. 133 00:06:19,533 --> 00:06:21,453 Speaker 2: Well, and that's the thing they need to because they 134 00:06:21,493 --> 00:06:23,493 Speaker 2: need to compete with those. But no, I'm really enjoying 135 00:06:23,493 --> 00:06:25,653 Speaker 2: what they have to offer Tara a pleasure as always, 136 00:06:25,653 --> 00:06:27,653 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. We will put Tara's picks up 137 00:06:27,653 --> 00:06:31,293 Speaker 2: on our website Newstalk ZB dot co dot NZ Forward 138 00:06:31,413 --> 00:06:34,973 Speaker 2: slash Jack, those three shows, who is talking about prosper 139 00:06:35,213 --> 00:06:37,613 Speaker 2: TV and Z plus, Women in Blue is on Apple 140 00:06:37,653 --> 00:06:40,133 Speaker 2: TV and The Red King is kicking off tomorrow on 141 00:06:40,413 --> 00:06:42,413 Speaker 2: three Now It is twenty eight to eleven. 142 00:06:43,053 --> 00:06:46,173 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 143 00:06:46,253 --> 00:06:49,413 Speaker 1: to News Talk ZEDB from nine am Saturday, or follow 144 00:06:49,493 --> 00:06:51,053 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.