Tara Ward: Atomic, King & Conqueror, Hostage

Atomic  

Two civilians get caught up in a cartel's uranium smuggling across North Africa. Facing a nuclear threat, they must decide whether to save themselves or stop the bomb delivery while evading agencies and traffickers (TVNZ+). 

 

King & Conqueror   

In the mid-11th century, noblemen Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy are exploited as pawns in royal plots on both side of the Channel. The coronation of King Edward in England leads to the pair's first encounter. Harold warns his father, Earl Godwin, of a rival's treachery - but he is ignored (Neon). 

 

Hostage  

When the British prime minister's husband is kidnapped and the French president starts receiving threats, both leaders must face an impossible choice (Netflix). 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to this Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks atb This.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Twenty three past ten, which means it's Brah screen Time Time.
Tara Reward is our screen time expert. Every week she
brings in three shows for watching or streaming at home.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Golda Tara DA Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Let's begin, how with the show streaming on TVNZ plus
tell us about Atomic.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, this is the first of three action packed dramas
that I'm talking about today. This is Atomic. It's a
British drama that takes place in the North African desert
and it's about an English drug smuggler who is trying
to get to beirute. He meets a man called Jj.
They are forced to team up and become partners in crime,
and Max's intended trip to deliver the drugs goes off track.

(00:54):
They end up smuggling uranium across the Middle East while
trying to avoid being caught by a CIA agent and
lots of other people who are after them as well.
And they have to make this decision do they say
themselves or do they stop the delivery of the uranium.
And this is a wild ride from the opening seconds
of the show This drama starts as it means to

(01:15):
go on. It's action packed, it's violent, and it throws
a lot at you to start wife, but it's got
some great energy and humor as well. And it's the
kind of show where you're never quite sure who is
good and who is bad. The two main characters are
anti heroes. I wouldn't necessarily trust them with anything, and
yet they have this huge kind of moral decision to make.

(01:37):
But this has lots of twists and turns, lots of
beautiful scenery and a great cast Alfie Allen, Shazzad Latif
and Samara Wiley Starr in this. And I kind of
came to this not really knowing what to expect, but
really enjoyed it great.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
It sounds like a bit of me. That's atomic. Yes
on TVNZ plus on Neon tell Us about King and Conqueror.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yeah, if you're a fan of shows like Vikings or
The Last Kingdom or Game of Thrones, I think you'll
also like King and Conqueror. This is a new historical
drama starring Jameson and Juliet Stevenson, and it's about the
lead up to the Battle of Hastings in ten sixty
six and all the politics and power plays that were
going on between the English and the Normans before the battles.

(02:18):
So it's about the different families and all the characters
who are vying for power, but it's particularly about two men,
the Norman King William and England's King Harold, who both
have to navigate all sorts of threats and power plays
to get to where they are and who are destined
to meet and fight it out on the battlefield. I

(02:39):
don't know how historically accurate this show is my guess.
The vibe I get from it is that they've been
quite loose with the facts. It doesn't have the attention
to historical detail of something like wolf Hall, so just
adjust your expectations going into this. It is a bit
slow to start with. Lots of the scenes are filmed
in really low light, which I know can annoy a

(03:00):
lot of people. But if you love historical drama that
will transport you to another time of place and you
can look past the modern day dialogue and things like that,
this is definitely worth checking out.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Okay, that's King and Conquerrent. It's on Neon and on Netflix.

Speaker 3 (03:14):
Hostage, Yeah, Hostage came out on Netflix recently and went
straight away to being the most number one most watch
show here in New Zealand. This is a political thriller
stars Saran Jones, who's been in shows like Vigill and
Doctor Foster. She plays the British Prime Minister and she
has a difficult decision to make when her husband is

(03:34):
kidnapped and held hostage. Does she resign from the job
and give the terrorists what they want or does she
try and find out who is targeting her and her
family and work out if it's an inside job. Excuse me.
And at the same time as the kidnapping, the PM
is hosting the right wing French president who's played by
Julie Delby, who is facing her own political dramas behind

(03:56):
the scenes. So there's a lot bubbling away here. Blackmail, corruption, murder,
scandal and I again, I really enjoyed this one. It's
very much a Netflix thriller, so it's fast paced, lots
of surprises, a bit over the top, a bit silly
at times, but they really nail those dramatic end of
episode cliffhangers that just keep your watching, keep you hopped

(04:18):
into the next episode. This is just, you know, great entertainment.
It's very bungeable, strong performances and a lot of fun.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
Excellent. Okay, that sounds great. That's Hostage. It's on Netflix.
Have you seen speaking of vigil, have you seen series
two of Visual?

Speaker 3 (04:34):
I don't know I have?

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Is that available? Can we watch series two?

Speaker 3 (04:40):
Serious? One was on TVNZ plus.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Yeah, yeah I should, yeah, to see if we can
find it.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
I do wonder how they were top that first season
with the submarine and you know, where do you go
from there?

Speaker 2 (04:52):
It was very very good, wasn't it. Yeh? So maybe yeah,
I think I noticed that.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
You go.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
It's on TVNS plus. Fantastic, Okay, that could be a
bit of me. Hey, I don't know if you've been
watching it, but I have really been getting into task
Master this season. It's just such a good cast. This
New Zealand series is such a good cast, like an
almost perfect cast. I would say. So, yeah, yeah, that's
my recommendation too. I'll add to your list.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
I agree. And it's it's so lovely just to have
something kind of silly and just fun to watch.

Speaker 2 (05:22):
Silly and creator and yeah, yeah it is, and they're
all sort of the cast will kind of compliment each
other I just think it's stupendous. So if if you
feel like a bit of escapis a bit of a
laugh midweek, I'm going to add Taskmaster to your list
this week. Thank you so much, Tara, So those shows
once again. Hostage is on Netflix, King and Conqueror is

(05:43):
on Neon. In that first show, Tara talked about the
one with Them and the British action thriller about the
guys who are smuggling Uranium is on TVNZ Plus and
that one's called Atomic. All of those shows will be
on the News Talks website of course.

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