Time to flick the switch
Today is the final day Remotely Interesting will be published for the year.
Remotely Interesting
One show standing alone
One show standing alone
The show of the moment, the only one that grips me tightly and drags me on a difficult and confusing ride to a place I'm not sure even exists, is 'The Affair'.
Others' affairs gripping
Others' affairs gripping
The very best people have dark and shameful secrets.
Pretend for a UK moment
Pretend for a UK moment
In times of awful world crisis, when the vile, the arrogant and the ignorant prevail, I like to turn to the imagined decency of Great Britain to distract myself from reality.
The last word in weather
The last word in weather
Mostly, I know the Chatham Islands as that place that suddenly jerks your attention away from sweet reverie and reminds you you have tried but failed to listen to the Dunedin weather forecast on RNZ.
Classic cool vs evil story
Classic cool vs evil story
Drama-thriller series Mr Robot had been bubbling away recently as the topic of morning conversation among the cool kids in the Otago Daily Times newsroom.
Dates on camera, blind and tortured
Dates on camera, blind and tortured
One can only wonder what Jean-Paul Sartre would have made of First Dates New Zealand.
Criminal what TV is up to
Criminal what TV is up to
New Zealand's criminal classes are being thoroughly mined for dramatic inspiration this year, with the latest effort, Dirty Laundry, featuring a suburban money launderer as its anti-hero.
TV review: Mosley strikes again
TV review: Mosley strikes again
Michael Mosley has brought to television some of the finest programmes about science known to mankind.
In the realms of the rich
In the realms of the rich
It is sometimes hard for one to feel much in the way of empathy for the fabulously rich.
Diana's death solved? Phew!
Diana's death solved? Phew!
Who killed Princess Di?
Vampire comedy gold
Vampire comedy gold
TVNZ'S initially confusing Duke channel, described as a male-skewed channel when it began broadcasting earlier this year, is beginning to offer some good stuff.
Brooding over dark goings on
Brooding over dark goings on
Winter is a difficult time, a time when the troubles of the world can seem to crowd in upon one.
Writers fail good actors
Writers fail good actors
There was a terrible old joke doing the rounds of Andersons Bay Primary School in the 1960s.
Brave men instil hope
Brave men instil hope
I am inclined to approach stories about men, poor behaviour, bullying and the inevitable redemption where people come good with a sense of disquiet.
A show to look out for
A show to look out for
When the name David Simon pops up in anything television-related, it is worth taking notice.
Horrors from then and now
Horrors from then and now
Two strange and quite unrelated British comedies have taken our attention this month: one well-known, at least to those of a certain age, and one perhaps not well-known enough.
Classic gets telly treatment
Classic gets telly treatment
The rich are bad, the poor are good, we are all obsessed with blind dates and clothes are really important.
Better than Bear ...
Better than Bear ...
There are some fundamental questions about being human that remain unanswered.
