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Opportunities Week 19

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HIGHLIGHTS: ONE, TV2, U & HEARTLAND
WEEK 19 SATURDAY 05 MAY - FRIDAY 11 MAY

 

TV ONE  - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS

ALAN CARR: CHATTY MAN
SATURDAY 05 MAY, 9.30PM

Loved by both the public and his guests for his warm and witty approach, Alan Carr returns for another series of his side-splitting chat show. Joining the star studded couch tonight is Mary J. Blige and David Walliams.

 

 

 

 

CALL THE MIDWIFE
SUNDAY 06 MAY, 9.30PM

Jenny is placed on the district nursing roster for a few weeks to extend her experience of community practice. During her rounds she attends to Joe, a gentle old soldier, and a friendship forms.

 

 

 

 

ANIMAL RESCUE
WEDNESDAY 09 MAY, 8.00PM

Inspectors save 20 dogs from a burning house; a two-week-old kitten must find a surrogate mother to survive; and a guinea pig escapes from a resort - leading to a search party.

 

 

 

 

UNDERCOVER BOSS
WEDNESDAY 09 MAY, 8.30PM

New season:  High level corporate executives slip anonymously into the lowest level jobs within their companies to see how they operate on a different level.

 

 

 

 

HURT LOCKER
THURSDAY 10 MAY, 8.30PM

Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Starring Jeremy Renner and Ralph Fiennes.  Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (2008).

 

 

 

SHERLOCK
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 8.30PM

New season: A case of blackmail threatens to topple the monarchy itself, but the treachery goes even deeper. Sherlock and John battle international terrorism, rogue CIA agents, and a secret conspiracy involving the British government.

 

 

 

 

 

TV2 - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS

MEN IN BLACK II
SATURDAY 05 MAY, 8.30PM

Will Smith is back in black as Agent Jay, who uncovers a wicked plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil alien disguised as a sexy lingerie model. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (2002).

 

 

 

 

SHORTLAND STREET - ONE HOUR MONDAYS
MONDAY 07 MAY, 7.00PM

Shortland Street's popular winter one-hour Monday episode are back! Tonight, the evil twins combine their powers, Roimata steps up for her whanau, and Chris has a run in with a lunatic.

 

 

 

 

NEIGHBOURS AT WAR
MONDAY 07 MAY, 8.00PM

New Season. Whether it's unruly animals, dangerous trees, inconsiderate renovations or verbal insults, Neighbours at War has got it all.

 

 

 

 

ROOKIE BLUE
TUESDAY 08 MAY, 9.30PM

Gail's stolen uniform has the rookies looking for a cop impersonator, but it's Chris and Dov who find clues that may offer up the motive.

 

 

 

 

HAPPY ENDINGS
WEDNESDAY 09 MAY, 9.00PM

Jane convinces Penny to stop changing herself for every guy she dates, and instead to change the guy to suit her needs.

 

 

 

 

HELL'S KITCHEN USA
WEDNESDAY 09 MAY, 9.30PM

Chef Ramsay brings in world-renowned chef Masaharu Morimoto for a demonstration, and later challenges the aspiring chefs to recreate his Japanese dishes to exacting standards.

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN IDOL
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 7.30PM

The countdown is on. The final four take to the stage for a showdown in front of the millions of fans.

 

 

 

 

MOBBED
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 9.30PM

We surprise a 37-year-old man who has never met his father. Mobbed conspires with his estranged father to create a flash mob in which he vows to be a part of his life now and forever.

 

 

 

 

TVNZ HEARTLAND - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS 

 

THIS WEEK IN TV HISTORY
SATURDAY 05 MAY, 6.25PM

This new weekly series of short programmes provides a quick and entertaining look at what happened this week in New Zealand television history, showcasing the best footage from the TVNZ archive.

 

 

 

GODZONE SHEEP
SUNDAY 06 MAY, 7.30PM

This documentary looks at sheep as part of NZ's identity and culture. See why sheep have attracted the attention of artists, comedians, writers, filmmakers, songwriters, poets and tourists alike.

 

 

 

WA$TED
THURSDAY 10 MAY, 8.30PM

NZ's answer to the Sex & the City girls, housemates Patrina, Marjka and Kristy, have the ultimate throwaway lifestyle consuming takeaways, cosmetics, power and water like they're going out of fashion.

 

 

 

CLARE
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 7.30PM

The true story of a woman who took on the archaic and all-powerful New Zealand medical establishment and won. Clare is a powerful and uplifting story of one woman's fight for justice.

 

 

 

U - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS

TEEN SPA OF EMBARRASSING ILLNESSES
FRIDAY 11 MAY, 7.00PM

Amanda Hamilton and her team of experts are taking on their biggest challenge to date: five young Brits with extreme health disasters, are undergoing an intensive spa detox to turn their lives around.

 

 

 

TRUE LIFE
SATURDAY 05 MAY, 7.30PM

What if you underwent plastic surgery to fix a part of your body you didn't like, only to wake up with even bigger problems? This week, meet two women who are struggling with the consequences.

 

 

 

MAKE MY BODY YOUNGER
MONDAY 07 MAY, 7.30PM

22-year-old single mother and lap dancer Cindy Cottrell is worried what her hard-partying ways are doing to her body, and her son. She's shocked to find parts of her body are older than she is.

 

 

 

PARADISE OR BUST
TUESDAY 08 MAY, 9.30PM

This week, after a turbulent few months the internet 'Tribe' settle into their third month on Vorovoro, a small island in the South Pacific. Ben tries to form stronger ties with the Fijian community.

 

 

 

GENERATION XCESS
THURSDAY 10 MAY, 11.00PM

A group of lads have a heavy night of drug-taking, pulling girls and fighting. Across town, Matt and Jess take a cocktail of drugs. How will the groups react when they see the footage?

 

 

 

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