The Box Set
Vera, 8.30pm, Tuesday, Vibe
Brenda Blethyn returns as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope for a seventh season of this compelling mystery series. This time around, she investigates several mysterious deaths, including a park ranger found washed up on the shores of a remote wildlife reserve, a drug addict, a promising young journalism student and a woman who had disappeared six weeks earlier.
Calvary, 8.30pm, Saturday, Māori TV
Brendan Gleeson and Chris O’Dowd star in this 2014 Irish drama about a good-natured priest who must battle the dark forces closing in around him. ‘‘This unexpected blend of passion play, detective story, rural comedy and serious inquiry into faith is destined for classic status,’’ wrote Total Film‘s Andrew Lowry.
A Fish Called Wanda, 10.05pm, Saturday, Three
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin star in this much-loved 1988 crime-comedy about four very different people who team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot. ‘‘I laughed so hard, my eyes watered. I laughed so loud, I lost track of whether anyone else was laughing. I laughed so much, I ached afterwards,’’ wrote San Francisco Chronicle‘s Peter Stack.
Broke, 9pm, Sunday, Māori TV
While the sporting metaphors are sometimes a little too overt and the repudiation of the idea that footballers should be role models a bit too strident, there’s a compelling, charming tale at the heart of this low-fi, low-key 2016 Aussie drama. Rookie writer-director Heath Davis deserves the plaudits for assembling a terrific cast of Aussie acting talent and making clever and inventive sound and vision choices to enliven his narrative.
The Coronation, 8.30pm, Sunday, Prime
New documentary in which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II shares her memories of June 2, 1953, when after 16 months of planning she was crowned at Westminster Abbey. She also recalls what took place when her father, King George VI, was coronated in 1937.
Amy, 8.30pm, Monday, Prime
Whether you agree with Tony Bennett that she was one of the few true jazz singers, or a self-saboteur who struggled to deal with fame, this 2015 documentary on the life and death of Amy Winehouse offers plenty of food for thought. Using his same ‘‘in their own words’’ method that saw 2010’s Senna become a new benchmark in documentary cinema, director Asif Kapadia captures the intimate highs and lows of a musically talented Jewish girl from North London. A powerful, thought-provoking and tragic cautionary tale.
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