New Zealand Listener – August 10, 2019

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The week’s best live action

MasterChef Australia,

Wednesday.

CRICKET

The Black Caps will have some

idea of the Sri Lankan conditions

from their three-day match in

Colombo as they head into the

first of two test matches, which

is at the Galle International

Stadium, supposedly one of the

luckiest venues for the Sri Lankan

team. The Black Caps’ seam

bowlers dominated Sri Lanka at

the Cricket World Cup, but in

deference to the conditions, there

are four spinners in the team,

with coach Gary Stead taking a pick’n’mix approach. The

test starts on Wednesday (Sky Sport 2, 4.15pm).

The second test in the Ashes series also begins on Wednesday

(Sky Sport 3, 9.30pm); the venue is Lord’s in London.

decides to spend the rest of

his time in a hospice, the gang

decide to bust him out for one

last hurrah. On a happier note,

Westside has been funded for a

sixth season.

TUESDAY AUGUST 13

Impossible Builds (TVNZ 1,

8.30pm). Prefabricated houses

don’t sound as sexy as the

ambitious homes featured in

Grand Designs, for example,

but in this new UK series,

it’s all about the locations.

Architectural designer Charlie

Luxton and commercial

designer Aidan Keane follow

couples who have picked strik-

ingly remote locations to build

their “dream kit home”. In the

first episode, it’s a clifftop on

the north-west coast of Scot-

land accessible only by a 13km

single-track road. Other loca-

tions include a site overlooking

a lake in Norfolk, a plot with

panoramic views on the Isle of

Harris and a smallholding in

the Scottish Borders.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14

MasterChef Australia (TVNZ

1, 7. 30pm). My Kitchen Rules

finishes on Monday (TVNZ

2, 8.00pm) with a panel of

10 judges as a celebration of

10 years of the show. Mas-

terChef Australia enters its

11th season, which will be

the final year featuring judges

Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan

and George Calombaris.

Guest chefs include Nigella

Lawson, Rick Stein, Yotam

Ottolenghi, Maggie Beer,

Heston Blumenthal and Clare

Smyth.

THURSDAY AUGUST 15

The Posh Frock Shop (TVNZ 1,

8.40pm). Thoroughly

non-demanding TV: this

observational series cap-

tures the brides, mothers,

mothers-in-law and designers

at fancy London boutique

Blewcoat, home of

British designer Ian

Stuart. Then, at

9.10pm, a new

season of Driv-

ing Test follows

Aussie learner

drivers.

The Posh Frock Shop, Thursday.

DARTS

The World Series of Darts arrives in Brisbane for its third

of five events and there’s some Kiwi representation, with

regional qualifiers Haupai Puha and Ben Robb stepping up

to compete against the world’s best, including world No 1

Michael van Gerwen and flamboyant Scot Peter Wright.

Coverage of day two is on Saturday (Sky Sport 8, 9.00pm).

It’s a busy month for the players: the Melbourne Masters are

on August 16-17, followed by the New Zealand Masters in

Hamilton on August 23-24.

MOTORSPORT

Spanish rider Marc Márquez

is doing it again: with five

MotoGP world champion-

ships to his name, the Honda

rider is top of the 2019 table

after nine rounds. At press

time, the Czech Republic

round had not begun, but

this week’s racing takes place

in Austria, at the Red Bull

Ring in Spielberg. Qualify-

ing is on Saturday (Sky Sport

5, 10.30pm), with the grand prix on Sunday (Sky Sport 5,

8.45pm).

The final round of the all-female Formula 3 W Series will take

place at Brands Hatch, where British driver Jamie Chadwick

will probably be enjoying a champion’s welcome. She is top

of the table, although the competition is fierce. Qualifying is

on Sunday (Sky Sport 7, 10.20pm), with racing on Monday

(Sky Sport 5, 2.30am).

Marc Márquez

Gary Stead