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special guest in the TV Gold studio this week as TV Tonight’s David Knox joins the episode. Programs we review this week below. What will be the Show of the Week? Dune Prophecy (Binge, 6 episodes) A prequel to the two Dune movies. An ambitious storyline that has a flavour of Games of Thrones about it. The cast features five Australian actors including Travis Fimmel. Nuggett Is Dead (Stan) The late...

We power through five shows this week – four new series plus the return of Yellowstone. The Day of the Jackal (Binge/Foxtel, 10 episodes) is the big show of the week with a stunning performance in the lead role from Eddie Redmayne. The Jury: Death on the Staircase (SBS ON Demand, 5 episodes) A re-enactment of a real manslaughter case, presented word-for-word with actors taking on the roles of the...

Andrew and James have seen five new series and a movie between them this week. They have both watched just the same two though – the Netflix movie Woman of the Hour and the Disney+ series, Doctor Odyssey. Meanwhile, Andrew has also seen Rescue High Surf (Binge) and It's Florida Man (Binge). James has returned to the second seasons of two shows he loved the first time around – The Diplomat (Netflix...

Four new series reviewed this week, three of them featuring Anna Torv! Territory (Netflix) is the series currently sitting at the top of the Netflix chart. Tells the story of a struggle to control the biggest cattle farm in Australia. Great cast and impressive photography. Before (AppleTV+) is a thriller starring Billy Crystal as a child psychiatrist with a patient who has a spooky relationship to...

This week our search for the best dramas on TV looks at three new series: Rivals (Disney+) – The fascinating world of TV starring David Tennant and Aidan Turner in this bonkfest based on a Jilly Cooper novel. Plenty of posh people that can't keep their pant on! Four Years Later (SBS) – The latest drama from the TV hit factory (Easy Tiger). The series charts the lives of an Indian couple who reloca...

Three Australian TV series this week. Though Shall Not Steal (Stan) An amazing road trip across the Northern Territory in the 1980 starring Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto. Yet the series really belongs to the young road trippers Will McDonald and Sherry-Lee Watson. The Office (Prime Video) The much-anticipated remake of the format that has proven to be such a hit in first the UK, and then later in t...

Major drama releases from Australia, the US and the US via the UK this episode. Disclaimer (AppleTV+, 7 episodes) drama set in the UK and Italy. Few major reasons to watch – Cate Blanchett stars, series created by five-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and Leila George is a major scene-stealer. Last Days of the Space Age (Disney+, 8 episodes) Two very different views on this series from Andrew and...

Three series, one movie and a doco are reviewed this week. Joan (Stan) is a major new UK drama with Sophie Turner in a real life story about London’s infamous diamond thief Joan Hannington. Will & Harper (Netflix) is a very moving and very funny doco about Will Ferrell driving across the USA with longtime friend Harper Steele who came out as a trans woman recently aged 61. Nobody Wants This (N...

Four shows reviewed on TV Gold this week: • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mendez Story (Netflix series, 9 episodes) • La Maison (AppleTV+ 10 episodes) • Wolfs (AppleTV+ movie) • Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval (Netflix standup comedy special) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bonus episode of TV Gold this week with special guest Shaun Micallef. He talks to Andrew and James about his new series Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey. Episodes now available on SBS On Demand or watch on SBS Tuesday nights. In the new series, Shaun Micallef joins six comedians as they undertake transformative journeys around the world, diving deep into their culture, history and identity. See o...

Three big series up for review this week – two from the US and one from the UK. A Very Royal Scandal (Prime Video, 3 episodes) Another production recreating the infamous Prince Andrew BBC interview with Emily Maitlis. This time Michael Sheen is Prince Andrew and Ruth Wilson is Emily Maitlis. The Penguin (Binge/Foxtel 8 episodes) Andrew loved this straight away, but it took James until episode 2 to...

Three crime dramas reviewed this week…but all very different crime stories. The Perfect Couple (Netflix, 6 episodes) sees Nicole Kidman again playing a successful novelist. This time she is preparing for the wedding of one of her sons to something of an outsider to their Nantucket crowd. Don’t miss the excellent cast, an intriguing murder mystery, the dysfunctional family, a cult hit credit sequen...

Two new Australian productions and an ambitious western are reviewed on TV Gold this week. Return to Paradise (ABC) 6 episodes. A spinoff from the dramas Death in Paradise and Beyond Paradise. This new series explores the crime wave hitting sleepy Dolphin Cove. Human Error (Nine) 6 episodes. A look at Melbourne’s underworld in the suburbs as some of the Underbelly producers and writers are reunite...

Three shows reviewed this week – a British drama, an Australian drama into its second season, and another great documentary on Netflix. The Jetty (BritBox) 4 episodes. Jenna Coleman returns in a new series where she plays a detective in a Lancashire lakeside village. What starts as an arson investigation soon gets a whole lot more complicated. The Last King of the Cross (Paramount+) 8 episodes. A...

Bit of a different TV Gold adventure this week as Andrew Mercado and James Manning start off with the reviews of two drama programs and then divert into reality TV. The series and movies we look at are: • Coma (9Now) 4 episodes • The Instigators (AppleTV+) movie • The Holdovers (Foxtel) movie • Dating Naked UK (Paramount+) • The Boyfriend (Netflix) We finish off the episode with a chat about the T...

This week on TV Gold we review: • Bad Monkey (AppleTV+, 10 ep series) features Vince Vaughan as a wise-cracking Florida detective who takes work as a health inspector after being suspended from the force. • What Remains (BritBox, 4 ep series) a mix of police procedural and gothic horror set in an apartment building in London. • Find Me Falling (Netflix movie) features Harry Connick, Jr as a rock s...

This week on TV Gold, Andrew and James review: Critical Incident (Stan), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Prime) and Rebus (SBS). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Andrew Mercado and James Manning review: Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (HBO Documentary on Binge & Foxtel) Features a newly recovered interview with Taylor and unprecedented access to the movie star’s personal archive. Malpractice (7Plus, 5 episodes) A British medical drama with a memorable performance from Niamh Algar who has quite a few issues she’s trying to deal with. Mr Bigst...

This week Andrew and James review Lady in the Lake (AppleTV+, 7 episodes) and Those About to Die (Prime Video). Andrew also reviews Brats (Disney+) and James has been watching Omnivore (AppleTV+). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

• The biggest series reviewed this week is the second season of The Twelve (Foxtel/Binge). Sam Neill is back as one of the defence team in the court case this season. He is joined by Frances O’Connor while the prosecution is headed by Fayssal Bazzi. • Let the Canary Sing (Paramount+, documentary) tells the story of Cyndi Lauper in her own words with loads of her hits and insights from Cyndi, her f...

Four new releases reviewed this week – two dramas, a documentary and a movie. Fake – (Paramount+, 8 episodes) Asher Keddie and David Wenham star in this drama about liars, cheats, fantasists and phonies. Faye – (Binge/Foxtel documentary) Academy Award-winning actress and multi-decade movie star, Faye Dunaway, recounts the triumphs and challenges of her movie career. The star of Bonnie and Clyde, C...

Men Up (Britbox, movie) tells the story of the first clinical trial of the drug Viagra and the impact it had on the men and their partners. Land of Women (AppleTV+, 6 episodes) stars Eva Longoria who suddenly flees New York for Spain with her mother and daughter. My Lady Jane (Prime Video, 6 episodes) mixes period drama and fantasy in this story about Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for ju...

The first of some TV Gold bonus episodes: TV Icons with Andrew Mercado. The first episode features Gaynor Wheatley. Listen to the audio only version here. Or watch Andrew on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/@TVSoaps-pv9su Before marrying promoter Glenn Wheatley, Gaynor Martin was a huge TV star. She was first seen in 1979 on Crawfords' airport drama Skyways before then being relocated to Holid...

Two Stan dramas this week and an AppleTV+ remake. Presumed Innocent (AppleTV+, 8 episodes) is a remake of the 1990 court-room drama movie of the same name starring Harrison Ford. In this TV version, Jake Gyllenhaal takes the lead role as he investigates the murder of a colleague. Exposure (Stan, 6 episodes) tells the story of Jacs Gould (played by Alice Englert), a photographer, who is coming to t...

This week on TV Gold, a US docudrama with two Australian lead actors, a quirky UK comedy and a much-anticipated Australian drama. Clipped (Disney+, 6 episodes) tells the story of the owner of the LA Clippers NBA team and the trouble he got into over secretly recorded racist comments. Playing the wife and the mistress of the Clippers owner are Aussies Jackie Weaver and Cleopatra Coleman. The Cleane...