Tara Ward: Territory, Simone Biles Rising: Part 2, Line of Duty

Territory 

When the world's largest livestock farm is left without a successor, the most powerful factions in the Australian outback: miners, landowners, cowboys and gangsters, start preparing their weapons (Netflix).  

  

Simone Biles Rising: Part 2 

The redemption arc for Simone Biles is complete, with the final instalment of this documentary series that follows the American gymnast as she competes in the Paris Olympics (Netflix).    

  

Line of Duty 

It’s an oldie, but a goodie. All six seasons of the brilliant British police drama about investigating corrupt officers has just dropped on Netflix. 

As a result of refusing to participate in a cover-up, DS Steve Arnott joins a special and controversial unit dedicated to rooting out corruption within the police. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from Newstalks EDB.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Twenty two minutes past ten on news talks 'B. If
you want to send us a message, ninety two to
ninety two is the text number this morning. Heabs the
messages coming in, so I'm going to get to those
very shortly right now though it is screen time time.
Tara Reward is our screen time experts. She's with us
this time every week with her top picks for TV
shows to watch or stream at home. Morning Tara, Good morning,

(00:35):
A couple of shows I'm really excited about this morning.
Let's start off with the latest one streaming on Netflix.
Tell us about Territory.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yeah, this is a new Australian drama and it's sort
of a mix of Yellowstone and Succession. It's set in
the Northern Territory on the biggest cattle station in the country,
which is about the same size as Belgium, and it's
about the family, the Lawsons, who run the station. Starts
with the death of the sun who's been running the farm,
and that triggers a big power struggle about who will

(01:05):
take over. You've got the secondson who wants the job.
But as an alcoholic. You've got the wayward grandson who's
into some dodgy criminal activity. You've got businessmen who want
to come in and mind the land and make a
lot of money off it. And you've got the daughter
in law who's played by the brilliant annatof who is
the most skilled and savvy of them all, but is

(01:25):
overlooked because she's a woman. And so the family in
the show is very dysfunctional and this power struggle to
take over and run the farm is going to play out.
And this very dry, dusty, remote location where you need
to rely on the same community of people who are
also trying to undercut and do a deal and betray you.
It's a very serious. It's exactly what you would expect

(01:47):
from an Australian drama in the outback. There's kind of
no surprises here, but I think this is Netflix making
an Australian drama that will have universal global appeal. A
great cast. Sarah Wiseman and Jay Ryan, both New Zealand actors,
are in this, And yeah, I really enjoyed this. It's
a compelling, easy watch for the long weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Nice. Okay, that's territory. That's on Netflix. Very excited about
this next one also streaming on Netflix. And we all
knew it was coming, didn't we. Simone Biles Rising Part two.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Yeah, this is the second part of the documentary series
about the incredible American gymnast Simone Biles. And we talked
about this series a couple of months ago when it
came out before the Olympics and said, you know, if
anyone deserves a redemption arc, it's Simobiles. And now we
have it. So Netflix have just released two more episodes
of this series, following Simone Biles as she goes back

(02:38):
to the Olympics and competes at Paris and fulfills that
goal of battling through the pain and overcoming all the
things she's needed to overcome to win gold. And I
wanted to mention this again today because so many people
have told me that they loved Part one of this documentary.
Part two episodes are just as good. It's about her
life and her sacrifices what it takes to be the
very best. But also there's lots of footage of her

(03:00):
competing at Paris and lots of that behind the scenes
action that I just love as well. So if you
enjoyed Part one.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
This is the icing on the cake.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Do you reckon there would have been a part two
if Paris hadn't gone well? Or is it like this
is entirely as Part two, entirely contingent on who doing
well in Paris.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
No, I feel like it would have. They would have
made it regardless. I think she's the type of person
that is inspirational no matter what challenges she faces. So
even if she hadn't pulled off those goals in Paris,
I think this still would have been a pretty compelling
emotional watch.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, yeah, nice, I'm really looking forward to seeing that.
So that is Simone Biles Rising Part two that's on Netflix.
In our third show, I was on Netflix this morning
as well. It's an old bit of goody. Line of Beauty.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, Sadly, I'm not here to say that there is
a new season of Line of Judy. I wish there was,
but I can say that all six seasons have just
landed on Netflix, and as you say, an old bit
of goody. And if you haven't seen Line of Duty before,
I really recommend this. Probably one of the best British
drama series ever made. It's a thriller, about a police
department who have to investigate corrupt police officers. So they

(04:08):
are investigating their colleagues and the deeper they dig, the
more corruption they find. And there is just twist after
twist after twist. It's a Jed Mercurio drama and he
is famous for dropping viewers straight into the action from
the opening scenes. There is never a slow start to
Line A Duty. Season one came out in twenty twelve,
but it is one of those shows that you can

(04:29):
just watch over and over again. It's an a Duradassic
and already it's in Netflix's top ten in New Zealand,
so we're loving it. And if you want something classic
and just so good to binge through this long weekend,
you can't go wrong.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
With this one.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Okay, I'm going to add to your recommendations for binging,
and I know this is a real favorite for many
people listening this morning. But on the way flying over
here to New York, I knew that I'd have to
pick out a couple of things just in case the
selection on the plane wasn't to my liking. So I
did that thing where I subscribed to Apple TV and
I downloaded the full series of Slow Horses the latest

(05:03):
one because I didn't want to wait. I didn't want
to have to have drip fed to me over the
last two months or six weeks over long, so I
waited for the finale and then I downloaded the whole
series so I could binge watch it in one go.
So good. Slow Horses is just so good. So if
anyone hasn't seen Slow Horses yet, I'm going to add
your recommendations. And I know you've talked about it before.
You're a big fan as well. Tara, Hey, thank you

(05:26):
so much so. Those shows, Once Again, Territory, Simone, Biles
Rising Part two, and Line of Duty are all streaming
on Netflix.

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