December 20, 2024 • 6 mins
Squid Game - (Netflix, December 26) The global hit dystopian series returns, bringing back the wildly popular — and lethal — competition that puts desperate contestants through a series of children’s games with a massive cash prize at stake (but deadly consequences for the losers).
Missing You - (Netflix, January 1) The latest Harlan Coben book adaptation follows detective Kat Donovan whose world unravels when she finds her estranged fiancé on a dating app. This leads Kat to reopen the unsolved mystery surrounding her father's murder.
Gavin and Stacey - (December 26 TVNZ+/TVNZ2 9.30pm) The Finale: Nearly twenty years since it first hit our screens, and five years on from Nessa and Smithy's cliff-hanger proposal, beloved British comedy Gavin and Stacey is back for its long-awaited final episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks ab Right.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Holidays are almost upon us, and I'm sure one I'll
have a little bit more time to catch up on
some viewings. Satara Award is with us now with some
great selections of shows that are coming out over the
holidays that you might want to catch. Good morning, Tara,
Good morning Okay for those brave enough. Squid Games back
part two.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yes, Squad Game one of Netflix's biggest shows. Season one
came out in twenty twenty one and instantly broke all
sorts of records. It was Netflix's most watch show ever
for a while, and after three years, the second season
of Squid Game drops on Netflix on Boxing Day. And
this is a show that deserves the hype. It's a
Korean show, it's a thriller, it's dystopian, it's a satire
(00:56):
as well. It's about one man who, in an effort
to pay off as gambling debts, enters this secret competition
with four hundred and fifty five other people to win
a billion dollar prize. And the contest is made up
of a series of children's games which seem pretty easy,
but there is a very big catch, and that's if
(01:16):
you lose a game, you die, So it's all or nothing.
But what makes this show so watchable is that, on
one hand, as you say, you've got to be quite
brave to watch this. It's quite bleak, it is violent,
but on the other there's a really dark humor to it,
and it's a beautiful show to watch. There's really vivid
colors and design here. It all feels a bit like
(01:37):
a beautiful nightmare. So season one is on Netflix now.
And if you haven't seen it yet and you're looking
for a show that will continually surprise you, that is
a bit twisted, a bit mind bending, and will stay
with you after you watch it, this is a great option.
And as I say, season two drops on December twenty six,
and I expect it to break all sorts of records
(01:59):
straight away.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I mean, if you've had a bit of a disappointing Christmas,
you could always watch it and it might cheer you up.
Exactly tell me about missing you.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
So this is another new Netflix show. It's a mystery
thriller that I'm picking will be a huge hit over summer.
It's adapted from a Harlan Coben novel and back in
twenty eighteen, Harlan Coven signed a deal with Netflix to
adapt fourteen of his books into TV shows, and every
time a new one pops up, they become an instant.
(02:30):
Shows like Stay Close, or For Me Once or The Stranger.
They are dramas that are guaranteed to be very bingeable,
very glossy, a bit far fetched and ridiculous sometimes, but
very very watchable. And Missing You is a British show.
It's about a detective whose fiance has been missing for
eleven years and one day she's swiping through a dating
(02:51):
app and she sees her presumably dead fiance on there
and suddenly everything she thought was true and solid has
now been questioned. And this drops on New's Day and
I think this will be the perfect show to watch
if you are planning a lazy day on the couch
in the New Year. The cast includes James Nesbitt and
Lenny Henry, so there's lots of recognizable great talent inness.
(03:14):
It will have lots of twists and turns, lots of secrets,
lots of shady characters. It's just pure entertainment for the holidays.
It will pull you in and you won't have to
think too.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Hard about it.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Perfect for the first of January, and one of the
most beloved British sitcoms is back again.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I know, I'm so excited about this one. This is
Gavin is Stacy the finale. It's the much anticipated return.
This show first premiere twenty years ago, which made me
feel very, very old when I realized that. But this
is the comedy written and created by James Corden and
Ruth Jones. It's very warm and light and it's about
two twenty somethings. Gavin is from Essex, Stacy is from Wales.
(03:55):
They have a whirlwind romance and get married and the
show is about how they bring their two very different
family and friends together. And since the show ended, there's
always been a lot of demand from fans that they
bring the show back to find out where these characters
ended up, to tie.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Up all the Luciens. And so the final.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Ever episode of Gavin and Stacy drops on Boxing Day
on TVNZ Plus and TV and C two. It's a
one off Christmas special that will close the chapter on
Gavin and Stacy for good.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
And you know, it's.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Always a bit of a risk to reboot a show
like this after several years, you know, one that is
so loved, it can be hard to replicate that original
magic and a reboot, but I have really high hopes
for this one. TVNZ also has the original series of
Gavin and Stacey. It's such a delightful comedy and I'm
looking forward to this.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
One so much.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I think the last one off that they released was
about the last Christmas Special was twenty nineteen and over
seventeen seventeen million people watched it in the UK. I mean,
they just what is it about this particular sitcom? Why
did it grab people so much?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
I think I think, you know, it's very warm and
it was just about ordinary people living ordinary lives.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But there was just a bit of me to it,
you know.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
The cast was fantastic, The comedy is very very relatable
and sweet and funny, and I think it's just one
of those familiar shows that people kept going back to
and identify with. And they left that twenty nineteen special
on a cliffhanger, and so, I mean, great, great way
of getting people invested in it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So we're finally going to see it. See what happened
to that very excitation?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, This was the show that kind of launched James Carden.
This is where I met him to have turned him
into a bit of a star.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Absolute, yeah, absolutely, it really launched him into the statesphere.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, let's hope you know it's the finale. Do you
think it will be the finale?
Speaker 4 (05:46):
They've said it is the end, So tying up all
the loose things. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Oh, thank you so much, Tara. Thank you for your
contribution to the show throughout the year as well. Have
a lovely Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
And holiday and your pleasure.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Those film those TV shows that Tara spoke about there
Squid Game that's hitting Netflix on December the twenty sixth.
Missing You is on Netflix on January first, and Gavin
and Stacey TV and Z Plus and TVNZ two nine
thirty pm on December the twenty sixth. You're with News Talk.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
ZB for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen
live to News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks ab Right.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Holidays are almost upon us, and I'm sure one I'll
have a little bit more time to catch up on
some viewings. Satara Award is with us now with some
great selections of shows that are coming out over the
holidays that you might want to catch. Good morning, Tara,
Good morning Okay for those brave enough. Squid Games back
part two.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yes, Squad Game one of Netflix's biggest shows. Season one
came out in twenty twenty one and instantly broke all
sorts of records. It was Netflix's most watch show ever
for a while, and after three years, the second season
of Squid Game drops on Netflix on Boxing Day. And
this is a show that deserves the hype. It's a
Korean show, it's a thriller, it's dystopian, it's a satire
(00:56):
as well. It's about one man who, in an effort
to pay off as gambling debts, enters this secret competition
with four hundred and fifty five other people to win
a billion dollar prize. And the contest is made up
of a series of children's games which seem pretty easy,
but there is a very big catch, and that's if
(01:16):
you lose a game, you die, So it's all or nothing.
But what makes this show so watchable is that, on
one hand, as you say, you've got to be quite
brave to watch this. It's quite bleak, it is violent,
but on the other there's a really dark humor to it,
and it's a beautiful show to watch. There's really vivid
colors and design here. It all feels a bit like
(01:37):
a beautiful nightmare. So season one is on Netflix now.
And if you haven't seen it yet and you're looking
for a show that will continually surprise you, that is
a bit twisted, a bit mind bending, and will stay
with you after you watch it, this is a great option.
And as I say, season two drops on December twenty six,
and I expect it to break all sorts of records
(01:59):
straight away.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I mean, if you've had a bit of a disappointing Christmas,
you could always watch it and it might cheer you up.
Exactly tell me about missing you.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
So this is another new Netflix show. It's a mystery
thriller that I'm picking will be a huge hit over summer.
It's adapted from a Harlan Coben novel and back in
twenty eighteen, Harlan Coven signed a deal with Netflix to
adapt fourteen of his books into TV shows, and every
time a new one pops up, they become an instant.
(02:30):
Shows like Stay Close, or For Me Once or The Stranger.
They are dramas that are guaranteed to be very bingeable,
very glossy, a bit far fetched and ridiculous sometimes, but
very very watchable. And Missing You is a British show.
It's about a detective whose fiance has been missing for
eleven years and one day she's swiping through a dating
(02:51):
app and she sees her presumably dead fiance on there
and suddenly everything she thought was true and solid has
now been questioned. And this drops on New's Day and
I think this will be the perfect show to watch
if you are planning a lazy day on the couch
in the New Year. The cast includes James Nesbitt and
Lenny Henry, so there's lots of recognizable great talent inness.
(03:14):
It will have lots of twists and turns, lots of secrets,
lots of shady characters. It's just pure entertainment for the holidays.
It will pull you in and you won't have to
think too.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Hard about it.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Perfect for the first of January, and one of the
most beloved British sitcoms is back again.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I know, I'm so excited about this one. This is
Gavin is Stacy the finale. It's the much anticipated return.
This show first premiere twenty years ago, which made me
feel very, very old when I realized that. But this
is the comedy written and created by James Corden and
Ruth Jones. It's very warm and light and it's about
two twenty somethings. Gavin is from Essex, Stacy is from Wales.
(03:55):
They have a whirlwind romance and get married and the
show is about how they bring their two very different
family and friends together. And since the show ended, there's
always been a lot of demand from fans that they
bring the show back to find out where these characters
ended up, to tie.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Up all the Luciens. And so the final.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Ever episode of Gavin and Stacy drops on Boxing Day
on TVNZ Plus and TV and C two. It's a
one off Christmas special that will close the chapter on
Gavin and Stacy for good.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
And you know, it's.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Always a bit of a risk to reboot a show
like this after several years, you know, one that is
so loved, it can be hard to replicate that original
magic and a reboot, but I have really high hopes
for this one. TVNZ also has the original series of
Gavin and Stacey. It's such a delightful comedy and I'm
looking forward to this.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
One so much.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I think the last one off that they released was
about the last Christmas Special was twenty nineteen and over
seventeen seventeen million people watched it in the UK. I mean,
they just what is it about this particular sitcom? Why
did it grab people so much?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
I think I think, you know, it's very warm and
it was just about ordinary people living ordinary lives.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But there was just a bit of me to it,
you know.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
The cast was fantastic, The comedy is very very relatable
and sweet and funny, and I think it's just one
of those familiar shows that people kept going back to
and identify with. And they left that twenty nineteen special
on a cliffhanger, and so, I mean, great, great way
of getting people invested in it.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So we're finally going to see it. See what happened
to that very excitation?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, This was the show that kind of launched James Carden.
This is where I met him to have turned him
into a bit of a star.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Absolute, yeah, absolutely, it really launched him into the statesphere.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, let's hope you know it's the finale. Do you
think it will be the finale?
Speaker 4 (05:46):
They've said it is the end, So tying up all
the loose things. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Oh, thank you so much, Tara. Thank you for your
contribution to the show throughout the year as well. Have
a lovely Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
And holiday and your pleasure.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Those film those TV shows that Tara spoke about there
Squid Game that's hitting Netflix on December the twenty sixth.
Missing You is on Netflix on January first, and Gavin
and Stacey TV and Z Plus and TVNZ two nine
thirty pm on December the twenty sixth. You're with News Talk.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
ZB for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen
live to News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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