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Sara Wiseman’s life in TV (Image: Tina Tiller)

‘I was absolutely devastated’: Sara Wiseman on the moment she nearly quit acting

The star of High Country, A Place to Call Home and Mercy Peak takes us on a trip down TV memory lane. 
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By My Life in TV | 25th May, 2024
Guest writer
Shooting for season five of Ahikāroa (Photo: Supplied)

Inside the success of award-winning bilingual drama Ahikāroa

The show that highlights how 'being Māori is a superpower' is back to bust more stereotypes.
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By Tommy de Silva | 6th April, 2023
Guest writer
(Photo: Klaus Vedfelt via Getty)
Opinion

How not to get lost in your story

Bernard Beckett is second-guessing himself, again.
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By Bernard Beckett | 12th October, 2020
Guest writer
How Māori TV’s This is Piki is changing the face of New Zealand television

How Māori TV’s This is Piki is changing the face of New Zealand television

This is Piki is Maori television's new youth-oriented soap, the first of its kind. Rhianna Osbourne sat down with the director Kiel McNaughton to find out how the bilingual show came together, and how Snapchat might be the future of storytelling.
By Rhianna Osborne | 14th July, 2016
Guest writer
Monitor: Supernatural Pulp Meets Gothic Splendour in Penny Dreadful

Monitor: Supernatural Pulp Meets Gothic Splendour in Penny Dreadful

Aaron Yap argues why you should bravely enter the "alluringly sensual and generously gory universe" of Showtime's Victorian horror Penny Dreadful.
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By Aaron Yap | 25th June, 2015
Guest writer
Outlander Recap: Jamie and Claire Have the Last Huzzah in ‘To Ransom a Man’s Soul’

Outlander Recap: Jamie and Claire Have the Last Huzzah in ‘To Ransom a Man’s Soul’

Tara Ward recaps the finale of Outlander season one, wherein coos save the day and Jamie and Claire look towards rebuilding and smouldering.
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By Tara Ward | 4th June, 2015
Staff writer
Outlander recap: Puppets, skinny jeans and gypsy Colin Farrell

Outlander recap: Puppets, skinny jeans and gypsy Colin Farrell

"Prophet Claire imparts three pieces of important wisdom: grow potatoes, prepare for war, and skinny jeans do not suit everyone no matter what the shop assistant says."
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By Tara Ward | 11th May, 2015
Staff writer
Outlander Recap: Skinny Dipping, Whiskey O’Clock and Meeting the Inlaws in ‘Lallybroch’

Outlander Recap: Skinny Dipping, Whiskey O’Clock and Meeting the Inlaws in ‘Lallybroch’

Tara Ward recaps episode 12 of Outlander, in which the Fonz comes to Lallybroch, Jamie goes commando and Claire desperately needs a drink.
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By Tara Ward | 28th April, 2015
Staff writer
Outlander Recap: Witch Trials and Husband Commentary in ‘The Devils Mark’

Outlander Recap: Witch Trials and Husband Commentary in ‘The Devils Mark’

Tara Ward recaps episode 11 of Outlander, in which she introduces the show to her husband, Claire discovers the intricacies of the Scottish legal system, Geillis causes a scene and Jamie seeks The Future.
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By Tara Ward | 21st April, 2015
Staff writer
Appointment Viewing: Winding Down the Corridors of History in Wolf Hall

Appointment Viewing: Winding Down the Corridors of History in Wolf Hall

Tara Ward argues that if you find the politics and plot of Wolf Hall challenging, it may help to think of it as a quality, historical version of Made in Chelsea – with just as many fur coats.
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By Tara Ward | 20th April, 2015
Staff writer
TV Taught Me: Dr House – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Hypochondria

TV Taught Me: Dr House – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Hypochondria

Sophie Smith shares health lessons learned from watching House, and how the show both helped and hindered her struggle with hypochondria.
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By Sophie Smith | 14th April, 2015
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Friday Night Lights: Football, Feminism and Trailblazers

Friday Night Lights: Football, Feminism and Trailblazers

With the first full-time female referee appointed to the NFL last week, Elle Hunt examines the low-key feminist crusaders who blazed the fictional way in Friday Night Lights.
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By Elle Hunt | 13th April, 2015
Contributing writer
Better Call Saul Recap: Marco

Better Call Saul Recap: Marco

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By Alex Casey | 8th April, 2015
Senior writer
Monitor: Thawing the Unnerving Frost of Fortitude

Monitor: Thawing the Unnerving Frost of Fortitude

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By Aaron Yap | 7th April, 2015
Guest writer
Outlander Recap: The Reckoning

Outlander Recap: The Reckoning

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By Tara Ward | 6th April, 2015
Staff writer
Programme Name: Wolf Hall – TX: n/a – Episode: Ep3 (No. 3) – Picture Shows: (L-R) Anne Boleyn (CLAIRE FOY), King Henry VIII (DAMIAN LEWIS) – (C) Company Productions Ltd – Photographer: Ed Miller

Coming Soon to Lightbox: BBC Series Wolf Hall

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By Alex Casey | 27th March, 2015
Senior writer
Checking off Jennifer Love-Hewitt’s ‘The Client List’: Week One

Checking off Jennifer Love-Hewitt’s ‘The Client List’: Week One

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By James Milne | 27th March, 2015
Guest writer
Monitor: The Brutal Triumphs of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge

Monitor: The Brutal Triumphs of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge

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By Aaron Yap | 24th March, 2015
Guest writer

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