Opportunities Week 7
TV ONE - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS
Week 7 Saturday 11 - Friday 17 February
2012
GOOD MORNING
MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 9.00AM
It's the first show of a brand new year of Good Morning !
New hosts Jeanette Thomas and Rod Cheeseman will be at the helm, aided and abetted by the fabulous Astar and Matai Smith. Together they'll be offering up a smorgasbord of fashion, showbiz gossip, top chefs and musical guests.
This week, chef Laurent Loudeac will be joined by Astar as they prepare a romantic Valentines Night meal to remember. Kiwi rap star K-One will be in the studio, as will Breakfast's Tamati Coffey, spilling all the secrets of his recent wedding.
SUPER TINY ANIMALS
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
Super Tiny Animals, narrated by Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous), takes a look at the growing trend in miniature pets and meets the people who love them - from tiny Chihuahuas to pet pigs, mini horses to cats with extraordinary short legs.
There are Irene and Moe, who own a miniature horse farm where they hold pony parties for children and see their tiniest foal ever, Acer, who measured just over 35 centimetres at birth.
The cameras also drop in on Sandra Ponder, who as well as taking in sick and abandoned Chihuahuas, has a secret sideline designing bling dog dresses, including two for a 'Diva Dog' fashion show in Essex.
I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 8.30PM
Tonight, Kiwi students Sonja Rendall and Marni Sheppeard are on a three day hike in Arthur's Pass National Park, staying in picturesque huts and planning to visit thermal mud pools, before returning home for a family Christmas. But when their path is blocked by ice, the girls take a detour.
What started as a steep slope quickly becomes a sheer cliff with Sonja clinging to the rock with just her finger tips. Returning to the trail is no longer an option as the girls fight to survive on a tiny rock ledge in torrential rain and wind. Will Sonja and Marni be able to climb their way to safety?
FAIR GO
WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
Headed by Ali Mau and Gordon Harcourt, the Fair Go team of journalists will be uncovering the rip-offs, the rorts and the rogues who try to pull the wool over the eyes of the unsuspecting public.
They'll also be presenting the latest consumer research, road testing products and keeping viewers informed with insider tips and tricks.
SPCA RESCUE
WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY, 8.00PM
While most animal stories begin with the inspectorate or field officers, SPCA Rescue also showcases the work of vet staff, animal handlers and SPCA volunteers as they try to nurse them back to recovery. All go beyond the call of duty to give so many unwanted and unloved animals a chance at a new life.
Tonight, inspectors get tough with a hoarder who refuses to let them check her animals; a pregnant dachshund needs emergency surgery; and a field officer goes on a wild goose chase to save a wounded bird.
SINGLE FATHER
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 9.30PM
Dave is a lovely man in his late 30's, happily living in the midst and mess of a pretty typical 21st century family. He adores his partner Rita, even when she's difficult, which is quite often, and he loves their kids.
But when Rita dies suddenly, Dave faces the daunting prospect of bringing up their children on his own, as well as coping with his own and his children's grief.
TV2 - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS
Week 7 Saturday 11 - Friday 17 February 2012
MIKE& MOLLY
SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
In the second series, Mike and Molly are getting plenty of helpful and not so helpful advice from the ever-expanding extended family who attended their engagement party. Unfortunately, trouble arises when Molly wants to start planning their wedding, while Mike just wants to go fishing with the guys.
The Chicago cop and school teacher are very much in love, but will they make it down the aisle?
HAPPILY DIVORCED
SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 8.00PM
Inspired by the real-life story of Fran Drescher (The Nanny) and
husband Peter Jacobson, after 18 years of marriage, Fran is
shocked to discover that her husband Peter is gay.
The LA based florist must deal with this bombshell and learn to juggle her new relationships and her ex-husband, who remains in the same house post divorce.
THE AMAZING RACE
MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
With a diverse range of people which include actors, models, undercover detectives, lawyers and professional bull riders, this season's teams have no shame and will put everything they have to make it past the first pit-stop.
This week, 11 teams depart Los Angeles for Chile, where racers find themselves dangling 120 feet in the air, battling exhaustion and their fear of heights in order to stay alive in the game. Meanwhile, one team discovers that Brazilian currency will not get them very far in Chile.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 8.30PM
All good things eventually come to an end, and in the final season
of this landmark show, the stakes are at an all-time high.
For this final season, Carlo's murder of Gaby's evil stepfather and the cover up by Susan, Gaby, Bree and Lynette has far-reaching effects. Feelings of guilt begin to overcome everyone in different ways.
REVENGE
MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 9.30PM
Friendly, girl-next-door Emily Thorne returns to her childhood
home in the swanky Hamptons, where she slips effortlessly back into
the privileged life she left. But Emily is anything but friendly.
Armed with a false identity and fuelled by an unstoppable rage,
she's hell-bent on taking revenge against the former friends and
neighbours who 17 years ago framed her father for a crime he didn't
commit.
Angry, violent and unstoppable, with the help of her only friend, Ashley, Emily sets her sights on her first target and puts her carefully organised plan in motion. However, her focus unexpectedly wavers when she comes across Jack, a friendly face from the past, makes a new romantic connection with the son of her sworn enemy and is pushed into an uneasy alliance with the only person who knows her secret.
THE MIDDLE
WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
In between juggling shifts and picking up fast food dinners eaten
in front of the TV, Frankie and Mike raise their kids with
love and solid Midwestern practicality.
This week, Frankie insists the family take a few days of vacation before school starts, but Mike's suggestion of a camping trip brings back bad memories of their honeymoon.
SUBURGATORY
WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 8.00PM
Welcome to the suburbs. Heaven for many, but for one teenage
transplant from New York City, the suburbs represent her unique
version of hell. Forget purgatory - this is Suburgatory, the new
comedy premiering tonight on TV2.
With her motorcycle boots and oversized backpack, 16-year-old Tessa is perfectly at ease navigating the urban jungle she grew up in. So when her dad, George, a handsome architect in his late 30's, relocates her to greener pastures, Tessa goes into culture shock. What is this foreign land? What exactly is a "pep rally" and why are they needed? And since when is animal print considered a colour?
GO GIRLS
WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 8.30PM
Tonight,
Go Girls skips ahead one year with brand new
episodes, and this time it's about priorities, the price of success
and deciding when it's time to settle down. As always, there will
be romance, twists, pathos and surprises along the way.
So it's another January, but one year on, this is where we find the Go Girls: Britta has been through a very big change. In fine McMann tradition, she is the solo mum of a little girl, now four months old. Cody is running the garage and living with Possum. But on the romance front things have changed a lot. Amy is back on the Shore - and she's a woman with ambitions. Brad returns, but a broken heart and overseas travel mean he's a changed man. Olivia and Joel are doing well with their music and had a minor breakout hit that's been sold for an ad.
TVNZ HEARTLAND - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS
Week 7 Saturday 11 - Friday 17 February 2012
NORTH
SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 9.00PM
Episode one of Marcus Lush's new series
North sees Lush
get spooked and do a bit of spooking of his own. He meets an
astronomer with an observatory in her back garden, enjoys close
encounters with dolphins, gannets and butterflies and discovers the
ultimate man cave in suburban Mount Albert. The occasional train
chugs into view too.
Starting in Manukau Harbour by container ship, Lush heads up the east side and down the west, taking in the Far North and Cape Reinga, visiting the Islands of the Gulf, and telling the stories of the great harbours of the Manukau, Hokianga, Kaipara and the Waitemata, before concluding 10 weeks later with an idiosyncratic A to Z of Auckland in classic Lush style.
ONE LAND
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 4.00PM
One Land takes three Kiwi families back in time to 1850's New Zealand, in a cultural and social experiment to see how modern families cope with the struggles of daily life in mid-19th Century New Zealand, and survive without the creature comforts of modern society.
The three families live off the land for six weeks - two families of Maori ancestry live on a traditional Maori Pa, and the third Pakeha family live nearby, as they would have done as European settlers in the 1850's.
KIWIANA
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
A light-hearted look at the growing craze for 'Kiwiana or things which represent the New Zealand way of life. From film-makers to fashion designers, museum curators to comedians, everyone is joining in the search for our national icons.
It includes media personalities Gary McCormick, Ginette McDonald
(Lynn of Tawa), and John Clarke (Fred Dagg); exhibition curators
Richard Wolfe and John Perry; film director Peter Jackson; fashion
designer Marilyn Sainty; artists Lisa Reihana and Judy Darragh; and
many other well-known New Zealanders.
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, New
Zealander Burt Munro set off from the bottom of the world to test
his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA. With all the
odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit
of his times, always maintaining that, "If it's hard, work harder;
if it's impossible, work harder still. Give it whatever it takes,
but do it."
SEVEN PERIODS WITH MR GORMSBY
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 10.30PM
Seven Periods With Mr Gormsby is an unrepentant,
politically incorrect, roller-coaster romp about an extraordinarily
eccentric secondary school teacher, Mr Gormsby, who believes in
brutal honesty - and that the education system has gone all namby
pamby. In desperation, a dysfunctional low decile school gives him
a job.
U - CHANNEL HIGHLIGHTS
Week 7 Saturday 11 - Friday 17 February 2012
KATIE
THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 8.30PM
This new series of Katie charts the exploits of Katie Price, the tabloid star, as she juggles her business portfolio with fame and family. As ever, Katie's diary is jam-packed and, with a daily bid to dodge the ever-present paparazzi, there's never a dull moment.
Watch as Katie throws herself into new challenges, simultaneously balancing a hectic London Marathon training schedule, facing her underwater fears, and training her two left feet for a special dance routine for Let's Dance for Comic Relief.
CONQUER THE CASTLE
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 9.00PM
Tonight on Conquer the Castle , birds of prey and a farm tour await the townies and Chris and Trudie tackle events at the Braemar Highland Games.
The six city dwellers take a walk on the wild side, by attempting to run one of Scotlands great country estates.
MODELS, MISFITS AND MAYHEM
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 9.30PM
Models, Misfits and Mayhem follows all the drama at Britain's busiest modelling school The London School of Modelling.
Run by no-nonsense principal Debbie King, the school trains up wannabe models (male and female) and sends the best off to castings for TV commercials, magazine shoots, catwalk shows and more.
In tonight's season premiere, we follow 12 aspiring models as they come through the doors for an intense and challenging four-day modelling course. The pupils are put through their paces in a variety of imaginative classes, only getting to leave the school when they land a job.
