On Radio, December 7-13: including Tim Westergren talks to Kim Hill
Subscriber contentBy Fiona Rae in Radio Week
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
The co-founder of Pandora Radio is here for the New Zealand launch.
Fiona Rae
(@listenerlounge) Fiona Rae is an Auckland journalist who has made a lazy pastime into an exciting career. She has been writing about television for the Listener since 2004, and before that was a teacher, a radio DJ, and a radio journalist. She is the mother of two interesting boys, the partner of another journalist, and in her spare time … well, she watches TV.
Films on TV, December 7-14: Including Argo and Safe House
Subscriber contentIssue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Ben Affleck looks good in the 70s, and Ryan Reynolds gets a better work story.
Quick Bytes: including Scottish sci-fi
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Two new short films are bonny wee yarns.
On TV, December 7-13: Including Spies of Warsaw and Shortland Street finale
Subscriber contentIssue 3839 28th Nov 2013
David Tennant time-travels to 1937, and the Shortie cliffhanger, literally, we hope.
Quick Bytes: including The Almighty Johnsons web series
Issue Listener Plus 3838 24th Nov 2013
Gods Among Us; new season TV; and Shona Laing.
On Radio, November 30-December 6: including New Zealand Opera's Rigoletto
Subscriber contentBy Fiona Rae in Radio Week
Issue 3838 21st Nov 2013
Verdi's masterpiece about a womanising king is transplanted to Berlusconi's Italy.
On TV, November 30-December 6: Including Auckland Daze and Shark Week
Subscriber contentIssue 3838 21st Nov 2013
The web satire gets properly funded for TV, and Shark Week gets more sensational.
Films on TV, November 30-December 6: including The Invisible War
Subscriber contentIssue 3838 21st Nov 2013
A documentary that changed the US military.
Quick bytes: including No Woman, No Drive
Issue Listener Plus 3835 5th Nov 2013
Also featuring Lou Reed, a tribute to Ron Swanson, and two surly Spocks.
On TV, November 9-15: Including Kids with Tourette's
Subscriber contentIssue 3835 31st Oct 2013
Also featuring Life's Too Short, plus a fascinating documentary about the unearthing of King Richard III.