October 31, 2025 • 7 mins
Down Cemetery Road - (Apple TV+) Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson star in this British series about a woman who hires an investigator after an explosion and a girl goes missing on the same night in a quiet suburban neighbourhood.
IT: Welcome to Derry - (Neon) This new horror series follows events in the 1960s in the time leading up to the events of the first film in Stephen King’s “It” series.
Educators - (TVNZ+) The return of the brilliant unscripted comedy series that takes us behind the scenes of a New Zealand high school.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
A'd be morning, Jack says Marg I love the chase too.
Have you ever noticed that competitors involved in comedy in
any way are often the cleverest and most successful. That
is a very good point, Mark, I wonder where that is.
I wonder if actually being quick and being able to
recall things like if there's a if there's a little
(00:31):
like quality in there somewhere that makes you good at
comedy and make you whatever whatever it is that makes
you good at comedy, makes you good at quizzing as well,
makes you good at general knowledge as well. I think
you're right. I think there could be something in there,
Muzzy is Jack. Imagine doing a quiz and she turns
up in the other team. You just concede defeat immediately,
wouldn't you? Or you concede victory, wouldn't you?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I think you would, muzz I'm not sure that I
buy it when Nancy, she's not good at pub quizzers necessarily.
It's going to be so interesting, though, isn't it, Especially
when it comes to that final chase. Seeing the chases
up against new Zealand contestants when there are New Zealand
themed questions. You know who was All Black? Nine hundred
and seventy eight GOLP. Can't wait for that seven thirty
Monday TV one TVNZ plus the Chase kicks off. If
(01:14):
you want to send us a message, ninety two ninety
two is our text number. At screen Time Time, Tara
awards our screen time experts. She picks three shows for
us every week. It's a given Tara that we're all
very excited about the Chase, so we'll put that to
the side for the time being. To tell us about
Down Cemetery Road.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yeah, this is a new crime mystery series starring Emma
Thompson and it's not often that Emma Thompson does television,
so just seeing her name and the cast list was
a big yess from me for the show. Another big
yess is that this series is based on a book
by Mick Heron and adapted for television by more when
At Banks and they are the same people behind the
TV series Slow Horses, which is one of Apple TV's
(01:53):
best shows, one of the best shows on television. So
if you are a fan of Slow Horses, Down Cemetery
road as one for you as well. But Emma Thompson
plays Zoe, who's a private investigator and who's contacted by
a woman called Sarah who's played by the wonder Ruth Wilson.
Sarah is having a dinner party one night when there's
an explosion in the house next door and the young
girl who lives there is injured, and afterwards, Sarah tries
(02:16):
to find the girl at the hospital and also goes
to the police, but she realizes that there's some kind
of cover up going on about what actually caused the
explosion and what has happened to the young girl, and
she becomes obsessed with finding out and contacts Zoe to
help her investigate what's going on. And there's another storyline
that runs through this that involves some bumbling agents at
(02:36):
the Ministry of Defense who are trying to cover up
the explosion and who definitely don't need Sarah and Zoe
poking round to expose their incompetence. I really enjoyed this
Emma Thompson, as you would expect, as so God in this.
Ruth Wilson is brilliant as well. They make a wonderful
team together and there's lots of that same dry, biting
(02:57):
British humor that you get in Slow Horses. It's Apple TV,
so it looks beautiful and stylish, and it's filmed in Oxford,
so it has this gorgeous historic backdra Lots of twists
and turns and lots of tension, but just one of
those shows that is just a joy to watch. You know.
It's well acted, it's well written. It's just great TV.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Fantastic sounds really good. Okay, so that's down Symmetry Road.
It's on Apple TV plus on Neon. Tell us about it,
Welcome to Dairy.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah, look, I took one for the team this week.
This is a new horror series that's just come to Neon.
It's based by the book's by Stephen King, and you know,
supernatural horror is not really a genre of television that
I'm instinctively drawn to, but there has been a lot
of hype around this show. It's made by HBO and
it's a prequel to the movie It, so it's the
origin story of the evil clown penny Wise. It takes
(03:48):
place in the nineteen sixties and the town of Dairy
in Maine against a backdrop of the American Civil Rights
movement and the Cold War, and it's about the horrors
that take place when a new couple move to town
just as a young boy goes missing, and lots of
bad things happen afterwards. And you know, this, this is
everything I would have expected from a Stephen King horror series.
(04:09):
It's dark, it's creepy, it's gory, it's stressful. I mean,
if this is your genre, you're probably already all over this.
It tacks all the supernatural horror boxes. It's honoring the
films and books that have come before it. So I
think fans will enjoy discovering this early early chapter in
the story. But if you want something to make the
heart rate go up a bit this weekend, I would
(04:31):
give us a gar.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Okay, fantastic. So that's it. Welcome to Dary. I'm glad
you did it, because it's not going to be made.
Do you know. When I was thirteen, I had a
sleepover party for my birthday, and you know, I was
sort of thinking, oh, I'm a teenager, I very you know,
very important and mature and independent things. And I asked
my dad to rent out it the original and I
(04:55):
think it was an R eighteen film, so I'm surprised
he did it, but for whatever reason he didn't read
the cover. He got it the clown and we sat
there and watched it. And I don't think any of us,
any of me or my mate too, all had the
sleep over, had a moment's sleep that night. We were
so again. I still just remember being like petrified, and
it's all looking at each other being like we're having fun, right,
(05:17):
and it was like no one was having fun.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
When you're never coming back to Jack's exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, I'm glad you watched it, and I don't have
to last, but not least honestly, this is my favorite
New Zealand show. And I know that sounds crazy, but
I just love the show so much. On TVNZ plus,
tell us about the return of Educators.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, this is one of my favorites too. This is
an Educators. A new season drops on TVNZ plus today.
This is the unscripted comedy series created by Jackie Van Beek,
Jesse Griffin and Johnny Bruff and it's a satire about
what goes on behind the scenes at a fictional New
Zealand high school, which is staffed by teachers who you
don't really want looking after your children. That they're not
(05:58):
very likable, they make terrible decisions, and they behave in
some very questionable ways, luckily for us, with some very
funny result and the comedy and this is quite dark
and awkward and may not be for everyone. But what
I really love about Educators is that it's unscripted. These
actors and comedians are improvising their way through every scene
and it is just such a delight. The cast is
(06:20):
so good and skilled and everything is unpredictable. And this
new season, season four has some amazing guest stars Tikeaway Tetty,
British comedy legend Julia Davis and Julian Barrett from The
Mighty Boush. So I love that season four just as strong,
just as funny, just as uncomfortable. I'm so glad it's back,
and all four seasons are up on TVZ plus SUPERB.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, it's a tame family favorite that while I come
from a family of educators, and sometimes the jokes like
cut a little close to the bone. It's like, oh
my gosh, I know this is a comedy, but that's
alarmingly real too true. Yeah, Okay, So Educators is on
TV and Z plus it Welcome to Darry Is on
Neon Down Cemetery Road is on Apple TV. Plus all
(07:05):
of those shows are on the News Talks HE'DB website
Speaker 1 (07:08):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live
to News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
A'd be morning, Jack says Marg I love the chase too.
Have you ever noticed that competitors involved in comedy in
any way are often the cleverest and most successful. That
is a very good point, Mark, I wonder where that is.
I wonder if actually being quick and being able to
recall things like if there's a if there's a little
(00:31):
like quality in there somewhere that makes you good at
comedy and make you whatever whatever it is that makes
you good at comedy, makes you good at quizzing as well,
makes you good at general knowledge as well. I think
you're right. I think there could be something in there,
Muzzy is Jack. Imagine doing a quiz and she turns
up in the other team. You just concede defeat immediately,
wouldn't you? Or you concede victory, wouldn't you?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I think you would, muzz I'm not sure that I
buy it when Nancy, she's not good at pub quizzers necessarily.
It's going to be so interesting, though, isn't it, Especially
when it comes to that final chase. Seeing the chases
up against new Zealand contestants when there are New Zealand
themed questions. You know who was All Black? Nine hundred
and seventy eight GOLP. Can't wait for that seven thirty
Monday TV one TVNZ plus the Chase kicks off. If
(01:14):
you want to send us a message, ninety two ninety
two is our text number. At screen Time Time, Tara
awards our screen time experts. She picks three shows for
us every week. It's a given Tara that we're all
very excited about the Chase, so we'll put that to
the side for the time being. To tell us about
Down Cemetery Road.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yeah, this is a new crime mystery series starring Emma
Thompson and it's not often that Emma Thompson does television,
so just seeing her name and the cast list was
a big yess from me for the show. Another big
yess is that this series is based on a book
by Mick Heron and adapted for television by more when
At Banks and they are the same people behind the
TV series Slow Horses, which is one of Apple TV's
(01:53):
best shows, one of the best shows on television. So
if you are a fan of Slow Horses, Down Cemetery
road as one for you as well. But Emma Thompson
plays Zoe, who's a private investigator and who's contacted by
a woman called Sarah who's played by the wonder Ruth Wilson.
Sarah is having a dinner party one night when there's
an explosion in the house next door and the young
girl who lives there is injured, and afterwards, Sarah tries
(02:16):
to find the girl at the hospital and also goes
to the police, but she realizes that there's some kind
of cover up going on about what actually caused the
explosion and what has happened to the young girl, and
she becomes obsessed with finding out and contacts Zoe to
help her investigate what's going on. And there's another storyline
that runs through this that involves some bumbling agents at
(02:36):
the Ministry of Defense who are trying to cover up
the explosion and who definitely don't need Sarah and Zoe
poking round to expose their incompetence. I really enjoyed this
Emma Thompson, as you would expect, as so God in this.
Ruth Wilson is brilliant as well. They make a wonderful
team together and there's lots of that same dry, biting
(02:57):
British humor that you get in Slow Horses. It's Apple TV,
so it looks beautiful and stylish, and it's filmed in Oxford,
so it has this gorgeous historic backdra Lots of twists
and turns and lots of tension, but just one of
those shows that is just a joy to watch. You know.
It's well acted, it's well written. It's just great TV.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Fantastic sounds really good. Okay, so that's down Symmetry Road.
It's on Apple TV plus on Neon. Tell us about it,
Welcome to Dairy.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah, look, I took one for the team this week.
This is a new horror series that's just come to Neon.
It's based by the book's by Stephen King, and you know,
supernatural horror is not really a genre of television that
I'm instinctively drawn to, but there has been a lot
of hype around this show. It's made by HBO and
it's a prequel to the movie It, so it's the
origin story of the evil clown penny Wise. It takes
(03:48):
place in the nineteen sixties and the town of Dairy
in Maine against a backdrop of the American Civil Rights
movement and the Cold War, and it's about the horrors
that take place when a new couple move to town
just as a young boy goes missing, and lots of
bad things happen afterwards. And you know, this, this is
everything I would have expected from a Stephen King horror series.
(04:09):
It's dark, it's creepy, it's gory, it's stressful. I mean,
if this is your genre, you're probably already all over this.
It tacks all the supernatural horror boxes. It's honoring the
films and books that have come before it. So I
think fans will enjoy discovering this early early chapter in
the story. But if you want something to make the
heart rate go up a bit this weekend, I would
(04:31):
give us a gar.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Okay, fantastic. So that's it. Welcome to Dary. I'm glad
you did it, because it's not going to be made.
Do you know. When I was thirteen, I had a
sleepover party for my birthday, and you know, I was
sort of thinking, oh, I'm a teenager, I very you know,
very important and mature and independent things. And I asked
my dad to rent out it the original and I
(04:55):
think it was an R eighteen film, so I'm surprised
he did it, but for whatever reason he didn't read
the cover. He got it the clown and we sat
there and watched it. And I don't think any of us,
any of me or my mate too, all had the
sleep over, had a moment's sleep that night. We were
so again. I still just remember being like petrified, and
it's all looking at each other being like we're having fun, right,
(05:17):
and it was like no one was having fun.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
When you're never coming back to Jack's exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, I'm glad you watched it, and I don't have
to last, but not least honestly, this is my favorite
New Zealand show. And I know that sounds crazy, but
I just love the show so much. On TVNZ plus,
tell us about the return of Educators.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, this is one of my favorites too. This is
an Educators. A new season drops on TVNZ plus today.
This is the unscripted comedy series created by Jackie Van Beek,
Jesse Griffin and Johnny Bruff and it's a satire about
what goes on behind the scenes at a fictional New
Zealand high school, which is staffed by teachers who you
don't really want looking after your children. That they're not
(05:58):
very likable, they make terrible decisions, and they behave in
some very questionable ways, luckily for us, with some very
funny result and the comedy and this is quite dark
and awkward and may not be for everyone. But what
I really love about Educators is that it's unscripted. These
actors and comedians are improvising their way through every scene
and it is just such a delight. The cast is
(06:20):
so good and skilled and everything is unpredictable. And this
new season, season four has some amazing guest stars Tikeaway Tetty,
British comedy legend Julia Davis and Julian Barrett from The
Mighty Boush. So I love that season four just as strong,
just as funny, just as uncomfortable. I'm so glad it's back,
and all four seasons are up on TVZ plus SUPERB.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, it's a tame family favorite that while I come
from a family of educators, and sometimes the jokes like
cut a little close to the bone. It's like, oh
my gosh, I know this is a comedy, but that's
alarmingly real too true. Yeah, Okay, So Educators is on
TV and Z plus it Welcome to Darry Is on
Neon Down Cemetery Road is on Apple TV. Plus all
(07:05):
of those shows are on the News Talks HE'DB website
Speaker 1 (07:08):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live
to News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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