60 LISTENER FEBRUARY 29 2020
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The week’s best live action
Inside No. 9, Friday.CRICKET
The White Ferns face two key matches this week as the
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup approaches the knockout
stage. On Saturday, they’ll hope to boost their net run rate
against Bangladesh (Sky Sport 3, 12.30pm), and on Monday
they face raging tournament favourites Australia (Sky Sport
3, 4.30pm). The group stage wraps up on Tuesday with
the West Indies playing South Africa (Sky Sport 2, 8.30pm)
before consecutive semi-finals on Thursday (Sky Sport 2,
4.30pm and 8.30pm).
The Black Caps’ second test match against India begins on
Saturday (Sky Sport 2, 11.00am) at Hagley Oval.FRIDAY MARCH 6
Food: Delicious Science (BBC
Earth, Sky 074, 7.30pm).
Michael Mosley and James
Wong, together at last. The
doctor and the botanist explore
the science of what food does
for our bodies and also look
at how traditional cultures
around the world have inad-
vertently been doing science- such as yogurt makers in
Bulgaria, sourdough bakers in
San Francisco and potato eaters
in the Peruvian Andes.
Inside No. 9 (Sky Arts, Sky
020, 9.00pm). Like nearly
everything that British duo
Steve Pemberton and Reece
Shearsmith create, Inside No.
9 is difficult to explain – if
you’ve ever seen Psychoville,
you’ll know what wemean. Inside No. 9 features
standalone single-room
stories, each inspired by an
episode of Psychoville that was,
in turn, inspired by Alfred
Hitchcock’s Rope – and the
fact that the duo have been
able to find the creative juice
to make 27 episodes so far
says something about their
partnership. The format has
allowed them to innovate- there have been episodes
told backwards, in iambic
pentameter and improvised
and even a live Halloween
episode. Season five begins
in a football-match-officials’
changing room before a
referee’s final match. Guest
stars in the season include
David Morrissey, Jenna
Coleman, Phil Davis and
Maxine Peake.
MOTORSPORT
The first round of the 2020 Superbike World Champion-
ship begins on Saturday at Australia’s Phillip Island circuit.
Coverage begins on Saturday with the Superpole events
(Sky Sport 5, 2.00pm) where riders vie for start positions
in Race 1, which starts at 5.00pm. Sunday’s coverage (Sky
Sport 5, 1.45pm) begins with another Superpole, followed
by the first race in the Supersport World Championship at
3.15pm and Superbike Race 2 at 5.00pm. With no round
in Thailand this year, it’s the last chance to watch World
Superbike racing in daylight hours until the championship
returns to the Southern Hemisphere in October.
Formula E racing returns to the streets of Marrakesh (TVNZ
Duke, Saturday, 10.45pm). Two Kiwis, Mitch Evans and
Brendon Hartley, are in the field.RUGBY LEAGUE
For the fifth time in 10 years, the Warriors are taking an
NRL pre-season game to Rotorua. They test themselves
against Wests Tigers at Rotorua International Stadium (Sky
Sport 4, Sunday, 2.00pm).ICC Women’s T20
World Cup.Mitch EvansFood: Delicious
Science, Friday.