Tara Ward: The Assassin, Outrageous, Murder in a Small Town

The Assassin  

A retired assassin reunites with her estranged son, but her dangerous past catches up with them, forcing them to go on the run together while uncovering a dark conspiracy that threatens their relationship (ThreeNow). 

 

Outrageous 

In the 1930s, 6 sisters refuse to play by the rules, and their often-scandalous lives make headlines around the world. Their tales involve betrayal, scandal, heartache, and even imprisonment (Neon). 

 

Murder in a Small Town  

Karl Alberg moves to the idyllic coastal town of Gibsons to become the new police chief and soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work. Unfortunately, the gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl needs to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore (TVNZ+). 

 

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Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Twenty five Fast Team, which means it's up screen time time.
Tara Ward is our screen time expert. She's here with
her picks for this weekend.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hey Tara, good morning Jack.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Okay, let's begin with the show on three now. I
think it kicks off tomorrow. Tell us about the Assassin.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, this is a new action packed British spy Thrill
of It drops on three now tomorrow. This has started
screening in the UK already and it's been getting great
five star reviews and I think a lot of people
will love it here as well. It stars Keeley Hawes
who's been in shows like Spooks and Bodyguard, and Freddie
high Moore from The Good Doctor. They play an estranged

(00:51):
mother and son. Edward goes to visit his mum, Julie,
on the Greek island where she lives. It's a very
awkward reunion. There's a lot of tension between them. What
Edward doesn't know is that his mother is a retired assassin,
and just as he arrives on the island, she reluctantly
pulled back in for one last job. But it's actually
her life that's in danger, and when she is hunted down,

(01:13):
they both have to flee, and so they go on
the run together across Europe, trying to work out who's
killing them while also trying to hide her identity. And
this is just a lot of fun. It's sharp, it's stylish,
it's darkly funny. It is violent at times, but it's
leaning into that idea that the last person you would
expect to be an assassin as a middle aged woman.

(01:34):
And then you've got the strained family dynamic between Julian
Edwards at the center as well. But what I liked
about it was it's just having fun with the spy
thriller genre. You know, it knows this is a preposterous
idea and that ridiculous things are going to happen along
the way, but it's running with it and it's having
a really good time when it does nice.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
So it does sound like a bit of fun, a
bit of a scape. I'm a big pretty high More
fan as well.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, yeah, he's good in us too.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
He's so do you know he speaks like five languages.
I think, Wow, he's ridiculously Yeah, he's got kind of ridiculs,
lesslig good languages. So anyway, I don't know anything with
the bit of Freddy. Him was a bit of me.
I reckon yea. So that is the Assassin that's on
three now from tomorrow on Neon tell Us about Outrageous.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, another British drama. This one is quite different though.
This is a new BBC historical drama and it's based
on the true story about the lives of the Midford Sisters.
And the Midforlds were six young women who grew up
in upper class Britain during the nineteen thirties and they
became well known publicly because of the controversial lives that

(02:39):
each of them led. They all went off in different
directions politically and socially, and their lives were full of
scandal and they were often in the headlines. One sister
was a communist, another became a fascist, one became a duchess,
another became a writer. They all lived really unusual lives
and they had this wide range of social connections from

(03:00):
Churchill to Hitler. And we're living these lives during this
tumultuous time politic and socially in the.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
So it's a it's a very like, it's a strange story,
but it's also really fascinating about this aristocratic family who
set their own rules and did their own thing, but
were all still connected as sisters, and the BBC have
brought them to life in this show. That's that's full
of energy and fleir. It's based on a biography by
Mary Lovell, and watching this made me want to go

(03:33):
off and read it and find out more about what
really went on. It's such a sensational story and perfect
for it for a TV series.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah great, Okay, that's outrageous. So that's on Neon and
on TVNZ plus. Murder in a Small Town.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yes, there's a new murder mystery series that drops on
TVNS plus from tonight. And if you're a fan of slower,
gentle TV shows like the Broken Wood Mysteries or Virgin
River kind of comfort watches. Even though this is a
murder series, I think you're like this. It's Canadian. It's
filmed in this beautiful seaside town in British Columbia, and
it's about a a big city police detective who moves

(04:08):
to a small town to start his life over again.
He's expecting a quiet life, but people in the town
just keep getting killed, and so each episode is a
murder of the week kind of set up, and there's
a bit of romance in there as well, in a
sassy teenaged order. It does have a bit of a
hallmark kind of vibe to it. But if you want
something that's a comfort watch and sort of reassuringly predictable

(04:30):
with a beautiful setting, this is definitely worth they checking out.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
They haven't exactly pushed the creativity boat out too far
when it comes from show.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
You know what you are getting with us. There will
be very few surprises.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
I think Murder in a Small Town is the name
of that series.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Weeks of workshopping that.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, yeah, that's on TV and D Plus. So Outrageous
is on me on. That's the one about the Mitford Sisters.
The Assassin is on three now and we'll have details
for all of those shows up on the news Talks
he'db website.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
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