Tara Ward: Miriam Margoyles in New Zealand, Apple Cider Vinegar, Grace

Miriam Margoyles in New Zealand 

In preparation for her first New Zealand film role, the irrepressible Miriam Margolyes embarks on a road trip around our beautiful country (Sky Open on Sunday 9 Feb at 7.30pm, also streaming on Neon).  

 
  
Apple Cider Vinegar  

Two young women advocate for wellness remedies to cure deadly illnesses, unraveling their lives as they unknowingly - and knowingly - mislead the world (Netflix). 

 
  
Grace   

Written by the critically-acclaimed screenwriter Russell Lewis, this adaptation of the bestseller by Peter James stars John Simm and follows the Brighton-based Detective Roy Grace, who has hit rock bottom in his life. His wife Sandy disappeared six years ago, and Roy spends all his time investigating cold cases. Meanwhile, his different ways of working are being questioned by his bosses, risking his job. However, things look set to change when his colleague Detective Glenn Branson asks for his help on a difficult case (Neon). 

  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talk ZB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
It is time for your screen time picks. Tara Award
is our screen time expert. She's got three shows to
recommend to us this weekend. Kyota Tara, good morning. Yes,
let's start off with Miriam Marghalie. She's been in Australia,
now she is in New Zealand. Miriam Marghley's in New
Zealand kicks off this weekend.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah. This is a new documentary series that starts tomorrow
night and it's presented by the wonderful Miriam Marglees, who
some might know for her acting work on TV and films,
or from her appearances on The Great Norton Show, or
from her travel documentaries where she travels around Australia and
Scotland and a camper van. And now she's in New Zealand.
She lives in Australia, but she's never been here before

(00:53):
and she's curious to find out what makes us different
to Australia, What is the New Zealand identity? And so
she hires a camper van and drives around the country
and talks to different people about what it means to
them to be a new Zeander And I love this
a lot mostly because of Maria Margley, who if you've
ever seen or heard an interview with her, she's very funny,

(01:14):
she's blunt, and she is honest, but she's also very
curious and interested and she's all of those things here,
and I like that this is more than just your
typical travel documentary as well. It's much all thoughtful than that.
So she does go to Hobbiton and a Hurricanes rugby game,
but she also goes to the Mango, a refugee resettlement center.

(01:34):
She meets a nun in Typer Monastery, she watches the
Black Friends train, she meets a real variety of people,
and she is genuinely interested in them and their stories.
So it's a lovely watch. It shows us who we
are in a lot of different ways. Episode one is
on tomorrow night. It's free to air on Sky Open
and it will also be streaming on Neon as well

(01:55):
from tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Fantastic. Yeah, really looking forward to that. She's such a
character but, like you say, really kind of curious in
a non judgmental way, which I think, yeah, makes it
magic TV on Netflix Apple side of vinegar.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah, this is a new Australian drama and it's inspired
by a true story about a woman named Bell Gibson
who in the twenty tens became known as this Instagram
wellness guru. She claims she has healed herself of cancer
by using different alternative therapies, and people believed her. They
bought all the things that she was selling in the

(02:32):
belief that they too could be cured. The trouble was
that Bell Gibson was faking her illnesses. She did not
have cancer, and eventually she was found out and publicly
exposed as a scammer. And this series is about why
Belle did this, but it's also about the rise of
social media and influences and misinformation and how that form

(02:54):
of media means you can portray yourself in a certain
way and it's hard to challenge that. Belle is played
by Haitlin Deaver, who is American, but who pulls off
the most amazing Australian acts I've heard on TV. It's
pretty flawless, yet he's incredible. And a couple of other
things about this one. This is a show that you
have to concentrate on. It's not quite sure how it

(03:16):
wants to tell the story, so there's lots of different
voiceovers and time jumps, so it can be quite confusing.
And of course the other thing is that there's a
lot of medical treatments and cancer related scenes in this
which may not be for everybody. But otherwise this is
a sharp, smart series. Some dry Australian humor in here
as well, and it's just about it. Quite an unbelievable

(03:37):
and quite a sad story as well.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yeah, okay, cool, that sounds interesting. Appleside a vidiot that's
on Netflix and on Neon. You've got a couple of
seasons of Grace.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah. This is a new police drama. It's has come
to Neon. It's based on a series of books by
Peter James and has been adapted for TV by Russell Lewis,
who's written shows like Endeavor and Sharp and so if
you like those quieter kinds of crime dramas, I think
you'll like this as well. This is set in Brighton.
It's about a troubled police detective, because they are always

(04:08):
troubled police detectives, played by Johns, whose wife went missing
five years ago. He is very talented at his job,
but is still coming to terms with his wife's disappearance,
and in the first series he has to deal with
the case of a missing property developer.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
And it's a.

Speaker 3 (04:24):
Pretty formulaic, reliable British police procedural. You know, there's no violence,
it's not particularly gritty. It's a pretty safe watch, pretty understated.
Johnson is great in this and there's lots of twist
and turns to keep you watching. I think it's one
for lovers of a British drama that appreciate more of
that quiet dialogue and slower pace rather than needing those

(04:46):
big stunts and actioncy.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah, nice, Okay, this sounds good though. That's Grace that's
on Neon. Apple Side of Vininger is on Netflix, and
Miriam Marghlie's in New Zealand is on Sky Open. It's
seven thirty tomorrow night in streaming on Neon as well.
We'll have all the details of those shows on the
News Dog Z'DB website.

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