A child's body. A killer on the loose. A troubled cop. A close-knit English village with deep, dark murderous secrets ... stop me if you've heard this one before - because I know I have. According to the blurb on the box…

1. TV review: My Kitchen Rules vs House Rules

Once, when I was in journalism school, I had a conversation with another student that went something like this. Him: "What do you do for fun?" Me: "Well, I play a lot of video games." Him: "Do you have quite an addictive…

1. Why Flappy Bird's creator pulled the plug

First, the bad news. Are you a Parks and Recreation fan? Sorry, but it's been axed. How about Community ? After five seasons, that cult hit has kicked the bucket too. What about Super Fun Night , The Carrie Diaries…

1. It's time to illuminate Auckland (10 comments)

There's a lot going in the world of the wireless. Geoff Robinson has gone from Radio New Zealand National while Wallace Chapman has set up shop on Sunday mornings, and that true gentleman of the medium, Jim Mora, is on the…

1. Paul Casserly: The Irish Wire? (3 comments)

Even though they correlate perfectly with the contemporary market's reliance on adaptations and reboots of known brands, TV shows based on movies are not a modern phenomenon. Sometimes it can be difficult to comprehend…

1. video Trailer: Gone Girl (2:19)

Paul Henry's newsreading sidekick is too good looking to be heard - not that there was much news last week, writes Colin Hogg.

1. Colin Hogg: Food race looks good, tastes awful (30 comments)

TV on the radio or the runaway express? Paul Casserly wades into rock radio's drive time battle.

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I'm on the record about my general ambivalence towards musicals . Despite there being plenty of exceptions to this grinch-like stance ( The Blues Brothers , Grease , Once ), I still struggle to muster any enthusiasm for…

1. video Proclaimers musical: 'Sunshine on Leith' (1:59)