July 4, 2025 • 7 mins
This City is Ours
A long-time member of organised crime falls in love with Diana, prompting him to reevaluate his life and contemplate a future beyond his criminal activities (ThreeNow).
Hospice Heroes
A new documentary series that introduces us to the staff and volunteers of one of New Zealand’s largest hospice facilities as they help terminally ill patients (ThreeNow).
Quick round-up of the return of three blockbuster shows:
Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix)
The Bear (Disney+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
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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):
Ab Shakespeare once said society has lost when we applaud
the fools mimicking the talented, says Paul on the text machine. Paul,
is that a dig at me this morning?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Maybe I'm reading too much to do that. No, only
don't only two If you want to send us a message,
I'll get to more of your feedback very shortly. Jacket
News Talks. He'db dot co dot nz is the email
address twenty four past ten, which means it's screen time
time on News Talks. He'd be Taraward joins us at
this time every single Saturday with her three picks for
shows to watch or stream at home. Caldatara, good morning, Okay, Lee,
(00:46):
let's begin with the show streaming on three now. Tell
us about the city is ours?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
This is a great new British crime thriller that stars
Shaun Beem and Julie Graham. It's said in Liverpool and
it's a gangster drama about a crime family called the Phelans,
who control the drug trade in Liverpool. The head of family,
who's played by Sean Bean, is considering retirement, and the
likely heir to his crime throne is one of his
(01:13):
trusted associates associates. But what he doesn't know is that
his associate is starting to have a crisis of conscience.
He has fallen in love with a good woman and
that relationship and their plans for the future, what he's
doing with his life. He's living two lives effectively. One
is full of crime and violence and the other is
this perfect family life. And obviously these two worlds are
(01:36):
going to clash at some point. And a few weeks
ago I talked about the show Mobland, which is another
show about a British gangster family. This is kind of similar,
but it's a bit brittier and the pace is a
lot slower. But I watched this yesterday afternoon on a wet,
cold Friday and really enjoyed it. You know where you
are with the show. It's not trying to do anything
(01:58):
too different, but it's got some great characters, some surprising moment.
Sean Bean is great as this uncompromising crime. Just a
really good, solid crime drama to escape into.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah nice, okay, cool, this sounds good. So that's on
three now. It's called The City Is ours also on
three hour at three hour tell Us about hospice Heroes.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Yeah, this is a new documentary series. It starts on
three tomorrow night and we'll also be on three now
and it's about what goes on inside our hospice. So
it's films inside talks of the hospice in Auckland, and
the show wants to take us inside a place that
lots of us might not know anything about or might
be a bit scared of. And so it's capturing the
life and the humor and the heart that goes on
(02:44):
every day in a hospice, from the stuff to the
patients and their families as a way of kind of
breaking down those stigmas about what we might think a
hospice is and what we might think end of care,
end of life care looks like, and a bit in
the way, like you know, the Casker Teer took us
inside a funeral home, but it was also full of
these moments of warmth and a heart. This has that
(03:07):
same vibe to it, lots of warmth and heart to
it as well. It's done with a lot of sensitivity
and care, and it's also an incredible tribute to the
work that the doctors and the nurses and the staff
do there, as well as all the volunteers in the
hospice shop for shops and things like that. So probably
a different show for me to be recommending today, but
I think a really important one. You will cry watching this,
(03:29):
but you'll also laugh and feel inspired and feel a
lot of gratitude as well.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
See, I know a few of the staff members that
taught at the hospice. I've spent small amount of time
out there over the years. It's just amazing what has done,
and not just in torturalive but in hospices around the country.
So I actually just think, as well as being you know,
a moving and emotional watch, it's a really important story
and one that needs to be told more. I don't
think enough New Zealanders appreciate, you know, just how incredible
(03:58):
the work is that a lot of people you know,
put in these hospices around the country, often for little
or no money in many occasions as well. So yeah,
I'm really so. You can see that on three now,
and there are three big blockbuster shows returning to the
international streamers, Tour de France, Unchained and Squid Game on Netflix,
(04:19):
and The Beer on Disney Plus.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yeah, yeah, three big shows all dropped new seasons last week,
and so if you haven't seen any of these shows,
or you're wanting to watch a show this weekend that
has a lot of episodes to get through, these are
three great options. The first Tour de France Unchained, which
is I mean, we've talked about this before, Jack, both
big fans of this. It's a brilliant, fast paced documentary series.
It takes you behind the scenes of the Tour de France.
(04:44):
Even if you don't know anything about cycling, this is
a really addictive, fascinating, entertaining series. At times it feels
like you're actually in the Palatin And so the third
season of that has just dropped on Netflix. The second
show is The Bear on Disney Plus. Season four has
just dropped, and this is going to be my weekend watch.
The Bear is an award winning American drama about a
(05:04):
chef who comes home to Chicago to take his family
diner after his brother dies. It's quite a stressful and
frenetic show, but an excellent watt and the reviews for
this new season have been really strong, so I'm looking
forward to that. The third show, It's Squid Game on Netflix.
The third and final season of Squad Game dropped last
week and immediately broke all sorts of records. Over sixty
(05:26):
million people watched Squid Game across three days, which is
a new record for Netflix. It's phenomenal. This is a
Korean series. It's a dark, dark satire about catalysm. But
it's one man's quest to win a large amount of
money by going on this twisted game show where if
you lose the game, you get shot. So it's pretty
bleak but also very good and in one of those
(05:48):
shows that it kind of has weird dreams about it afterwards.
It gets into your sub consciousness. But sixty million people,
it can't be all wrong, right.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
No, Look, it's a bit of escapism, but it is. Yeah,
it's a satire. It's pretty dark satire, very dark. Yes,
squid Game is, and I mean the production is like extreme,
does say the least? So No, those are those are
great recommendations. Tar off top of head? Is it is
it the final series of the Bear? Do you know?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I don't think it is. I think they've left it
open for another season.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I'm not sure that just they need to stop, you
know when there's been a really good show, but you're like,
I really think they're just going to push it too far.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Now that's interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, yeah, see with Tour France the final season. Yeah yeah,
sometimes lessens more. Sometimes just like calling it and being
assertive is a really good decision with the TV show. Okay,
love that. Those are great recommendations, So thank you very much.
So the City is Ours is that crime drama that
Tara mentioned first, that's on three now, So is Hospice Heroes,
(06:49):
and then the three big blockbusters that are back with
new series. Tour de France, Unchained has its final series
on Netflix, The Beer is on Disney Plus, and Squid
Game is also on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talk said Be 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):
Ab Shakespeare once said society has lost when we applaud
the fools mimicking the talented, says Paul on the text machine. Paul,
is that a dig at me this morning?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Maybe I'm reading too much to do that. No, only
don't only two If you want to send us a message,
I'll get to more of your feedback very shortly. Jacket
News Talks. He'db dot co dot nz is the email
address twenty four past ten, which means it's screen time
time on News Talks. He'd be Taraward joins us at
this time every single Saturday with her three picks for
shows to watch or stream at home. Caldatara, good morning, Okay, Lee,
(00:46):
let's begin with the show streaming on three now. Tell
us about the city is ours?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
This is a great new British crime thriller that stars
Shaun Beem and Julie Graham. It's said in Liverpool and
it's a gangster drama about a crime family called the Phelans,
who control the drug trade in Liverpool. The head of family,
who's played by Sean Bean, is considering retirement, and the
likely heir to his crime throne is one of his
(01:13):
trusted associates associates. But what he doesn't know is that
his associate is starting to have a crisis of conscience.
He has fallen in love with a good woman and
that relationship and their plans for the future, what he's
doing with his life. He's living two lives effectively. One
is full of crime and violence and the other is
this perfect family life. And obviously these two worlds are
(01:36):
going to clash at some point. And a few weeks
ago I talked about the show Mobland, which is another
show about a British gangster family. This is kind of similar,
but it's a bit brittier and the pace is a
lot slower. But I watched this yesterday afternoon on a wet,
cold Friday and really enjoyed it. You know where you
are with the show. It's not trying to do anything
(01:58):
too different, but it's got some great characters, some surprising moment.
Sean Bean is great as this uncompromising crime. Just a
really good, solid crime drama to escape into.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah nice, okay, cool, this sounds good. So that's on
three now. It's called The City Is ours also on
three hour at three hour tell Us about hospice Heroes.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Yeah, this is a new documentary series. It starts on
three tomorrow night and we'll also be on three now
and it's about what goes on inside our hospice. So
it's films inside talks of the hospice in Auckland, and
the show wants to take us inside a place that
lots of us might not know anything about or might
be a bit scared of. And so it's capturing the
life and the humor and the heart that goes on
(02:44):
every day in a hospice, from the stuff to the
patients and their families as a way of kind of
breaking down those stigmas about what we might think a
hospice is and what we might think end of care,
end of life care looks like, and a bit in
the way, like you know, the Casker Teer took us
inside a funeral home, but it was also full of
these moments of warmth and a heart. This has that
(03:07):
same vibe to it, lots of warmth and heart to
it as well. It's done with a lot of sensitivity
and care, and it's also an incredible tribute to the
work that the doctors and the nurses and the staff
do there, as well as all the volunteers in the
hospice shop for shops and things like that. So probably
a different show for me to be recommending today, but
I think a really important one. You will cry watching this,
(03:29):
but you'll also laugh and feel inspired and feel a
lot of gratitude as well.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
See, I know a few of the staff members that
taught at the hospice. I've spent small amount of time
out there over the years. It's just amazing what has done,
and not just in torturalive but in hospices around the country.
So I actually just think, as well as being you know,
a moving and emotional watch, it's a really important story
and one that needs to be told more. I don't
think enough New Zealanders appreciate, you know, just how incredible
(03:58):
the work is that a lot of people you know,
put in these hospices around the country, often for little
or no money in many occasions as well. So yeah,
I'm really so. You can see that on three now,
and there are three big blockbuster shows returning to the
international streamers, Tour de France, Unchained and Squid Game on Netflix,
(04:19):
and The Beer on Disney Plus.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yeah, yeah, three big shows all dropped new seasons last week,
and so if you haven't seen any of these shows,
or you're wanting to watch a show this weekend that
has a lot of episodes to get through, these are
three great options. The first Tour de France Unchained, which
is I mean, we've talked about this before, Jack, both
big fans of this. It's a brilliant, fast paced documentary series.
It takes you behind the scenes of the Tour de France.
(04:44):
Even if you don't know anything about cycling, this is
a really addictive, fascinating, entertaining series. At times it feels
like you're actually in the Palatin And so the third
season of that has just dropped on Netflix. The second
show is The Bear on Disney Plus. Season four has
just dropped, and this is going to be my weekend watch.
The Bear is an award winning American drama about a
(05:04):
chef who comes home to Chicago to take his family
diner after his brother dies. It's quite a stressful and
frenetic show, but an excellent watt and the reviews for
this new season have been really strong, so I'm looking
forward to that. The third show, It's Squid Game on Netflix.
The third and final season of Squad Game dropped last
week and immediately broke all sorts of records. Over sixty
(05:26):
million people watched Squid Game across three days, which is
a new record for Netflix. It's phenomenal. This is a
Korean series. It's a dark, dark satire about catalysm. But
it's one man's quest to win a large amount of
money by going on this twisted game show where if
you lose the game, you get shot. So it's pretty
bleak but also very good and in one of those
(05:48):
shows that it kind of has weird dreams about it afterwards.
It gets into your sub consciousness. But sixty million people,
it can't be all wrong, right.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
No, Look, it's a bit of escapism, but it is. Yeah,
it's a satire. It's pretty dark satire, very dark. Yes,
squid Game is, and I mean the production is like extreme,
does say the least? So No, those are those are
great recommendations. Tar off top of head? Is it is
it the final series of the Bear? Do you know?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I don't think it is. I think they've left it
open for another season.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I'm not sure that just they need to stop, you
know when there's been a really good show, but you're like,
I really think they're just going to push it too far.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Now that's interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, yeah, see with Tour France the final season. Yeah yeah,
sometimes lessens more. Sometimes just like calling it and being
assertive is a really good decision with the TV show. Okay,
love that. Those are great recommendations, So thank you very much.
So the City is Ours is that crime drama that
Tara mentioned first, that's on three now, So is Hospice Heroes,
(06:49):
and then the three big blockbusters that are back with
new series. Tour de France, Unchained has its final series
on Netflix, The Beer is on Disney Plus, and Squid
Game is also on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talk said Be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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