New Zealand Listener - May 26, 2018

64 LISTENER MAY 26 2018

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

is back for a second season of

teaching te reo to youngsters.

The animated series is the

brainchild of producer Nicole

Hoey, whose credits include

Pūkana, Kōrero Mai and Nights

Yo u n g e r, Tuesday.

one episodes are available at

TVNZ OnDemand.

Trave l M an (Choice TV, 7.30pm).

“We’re here, but should we

have come?” asks Richard

Ayoade in the latest series of

the fast and furious “travel

without mercy” show. The

48-hour getaways begin with

Lee Mack in Brussels, where

attractions include the Mini

Europe park where everything

is on a 1:25 scale and the

British Parliament buildings

include mini Brexit protesters.

Ayoade is full of quick-fire

facts (“all killer, no filler”) and

many, many alliterations.

His other weekend trips this

season are to Oslo with Fay

Ripley; Madeira with Robert

Webb; and the Côte d’Azur

with Shazia Mirza.

TUESDAY MAY 29

Yo u n g e r (Box Sets, Sky 009,

7. 3 0 p m ). A neat show that is
   a good substitute for Gilm-
   ore Girls – it does star Sutton
   Foster, who once gabbled
   thousands of words written
   by GG creator Amy Sherman-
   Palladino, so we know she has

Monty Halls has the luxury of

decent clothing, a pack full

of food and a camera crew in

WWII’s Great Escapes: The Free-

dom Trails (Choice TV, Monday,

8.30pm), which was certainly

not the case for the soldiers

who put their lives on the

line running from the Nazis in

World War II.

Thousands of men and

women made their way along

these perilous freedom trails

and Halls not only investigates

some of the stories of the

escapees, but highlights the

brave resistance ighters who

helped them to safety.

The irst episode focuses

on the most successful mass

Documentariesby FIONA RAE

WWII’s Great Escapes: The

Freedom Trails, Monday.

in the Gardens of Spain.

Tākaro Tribe features

five woodland sprites

named A, E, I, O and

U, as well as Pāpā

Rākau (Tree Father),

voiced by Rawiri Para-

tene, and Kōkā (the

Pond Mother), voiced

by Aroha Hathaway. The show

also includes waiata, kan-

ikani, spelling and counting.

A Māori-language version of

the show will screen on Māori

Television in July and season

Tra ve l M a n, Monday.