Television

Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at the new local content that's been made while everyone's in isolation, including Rhys Darby's 'The Alone Rangers', Leigh Hart's 'Big Isolation Lockdown'… Audio

Linda Burgess is our TV reviewer this week and critiques Locke and Key and The Repair Shop. Audio

Things have intensified in French Guiana since we last spoke to Nicholas Holmes, with the lockdown extended four weeks and a curfew put in place from 9pm-5am. Those who break the curfew risk a €3750… Audio

Comedian and television presenter Guy Williams tells us the show's he's been loving during lockdown. Audio

Kim Crossman was already into the sixth day of a self-quarantine period when it was announced on Friday that the city of Los Angeles was going into lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak.  Audio

The Green Bank Radio Telescope is the largest steerable telescope in the world. The telescope needs to be isolated from all the radio noise that humanity produces. Which means that WiFi in Green Bank… Audio

Nicholas Holmes travelled in French Guiana to pick his daughter up and take her back for a holiday in his home country, but he now finds himself locked down in a Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni apartment… Audio

It's proving to be an unlikely-sounding global hit. The six-part Netflix documentary series Cheer follows the US's best college cheer-leading squad, Navarro College from Texas, as they train for the… Video, Audio

A study from the University of Missouri has shown that bubbly pop music now has just as much lyrical aggression as its rock and hip hop counterparts. Dr Cynthia Frisby joins the show to look at the… Audio

TV presenter Anna Williamson looked to have it all at 25, but anxiety began to plague her and soon her dream life and career looked threatened when she broke down. She's written about her experiences… Audio

Author Samanth Subramanian has been taking part in quizzes all of his life -- from schools to pubs to TV shows to the 'Geek Bowl' and the World Quizzing Championship. He offers an insight into the… Audio

Jennifer Ward-Lealand is an actor, director and te reo Māori advocate. She talks to Kim Hill about the great gift of being given the Māori name 'Te Atamira' (which means 'the stage'). Audio

Critic Linda Burgess gives Years and Years, the six part BBC Drama screening on Neon an almost five star rating - she tells us why today. Audio

Kevin Kendrick leads the broadcaster that pulls in the biggest audiences in the country and the most money from advertising. But TVNZ - like RNZ - faces a future folded into a new public media outfit… Audio

As "The Front Lawn", Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan released two albums and made three short films between 1985 and 1990. Many of their songs such as "Andy", "When You Come Back Home" and "How You… Audio