THE BEST OF THE WEEK
SATURDAY
The Real Story Of... Choice, 8.30pm If you have ever wondered about the real-life stories which inspired films such as American Sniper and Unbroken, then this is the show for you. Tonight’s episode looks at gangster movie Donnie Brasco and includes an interview with a man who worked undercover in the New York mafia for six years.
Everest Air Choice, 9.30pm This is a doco series about a Mt Everest rescue team led by Jeff Evans (above).
SUNDAY
What Next? TVNZ 1, 8.30pm The dream team of Nigel Latta and John Campbell (above) present an interactive show about New Zealand’s future in 20 years’ time. Screening over five consecutive nights, the show asks questions around topics like technology and the environment.
Inside Windsor Castle Prime, 8.30pm Re-enactments, archival footage and comments from people such as author Andrew Morton shed light on life inside this famous castle.
MONDAY
Shortland Street TVNZ 2, 7pm New nurse Dawn Robinson (Rebekah Palmer, above) arrives in Ferndale and upsets Warner triplet Sass (Lucy Lovegrove) when she befriends someone close to Sass. Could a love triangle be on the cards?
The Bridges That Built London Choice, 9.30pm From Richmond to the North Sea, 30 bridges cross London’s the River Thames. Here presenter Dan Cruickshank looks at the history of these structures.
TUESDAY
Prime Rocks: Neil Young – Journeys Prime, 8.35pm Singer-songwriter Neil Young (above), who gave us now classic hits such as Heart Of Gold, Old Man and Hey Hey, My My, performs in Toronto, the city of his birth. The concert footage is broken up with scenes from a road trip through Ontario.
The Profit TVNZ 1, 9.30pm Entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis lends his expertise to struggling US businesses in an attempt to change their fortunes.
WEDNESDAY
Back Benches Prime, 9.30pm The general election is less than four months away and if you are interested in politics (and why wouldn’t you be?) then this local show is worth a watch. Filmed in a Wellington pub across the road from Parliament Buildings, it is where experienced broadcasters Wallace Chapman and Charlotte Ryan (above) grill a panel of MPs on various issues and seek the opinions of punters. Our only gripe is that it screens too late on a weeknight.
THURSDAY
James May’s Cars Of The People Prime, 7.30pm Motoring nut James May (above) waxes lyrical about, yep you guessed it, cars. This series looks at post-World War II automobile industries in Japan, Europe and in the US. Vrrrmmm! Where It Comes From Choice, 9.30pm How do goods made in the factory of one country move to the supermarket shelves in another? This series shows how it is done.
FRIDAY
The Graham Norton Show Three, 8pm A-lister Tom Cruise (above) promotes his film The Mummy while former teen heart-throb Zac Efron has the unenviable task of talking up the movie version of Baywatch. Call The Midwife TVNZ 1, 8.45pm The much-loved period drama about a group of bicycle-riding East End midwives never shies away from tricky subject matter and tonight is no exception when a couple with dwarfism are expecting a baby.