TVNZ Schedules & Highlights

Week 50

Saturday 9th December - Friday 15th December

Check out the upcoming content scheduling and highlights!

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Content Highlights

Cricket: White Ferns v Pakistan

Live Sport
White Ferns v Pakistan 3rd T20 - SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER, 12.30PM - TVNZ 1
White Ferns v Pakistan 1st ODI - TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER, 10.30PM - DUKE
White Ferns v Pakistan 2nd ODI - FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER, 1.45PM - DUKE
Support the White Ferns as they face off against Pakistan for the 3rd T20 match on TVNZ 1 and in the 1st and 2nd ODI matches on DUKE this week. Catch all the action as it happens live with TVNZ.
George Clarke's Alaskan Adventure

Special
WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER, 7.30PM - TVNZ 1
Join George Clarke for a white Christmas as he heads across the pond to explore the magical, snowy world of Alaska, and discover the surprising array of architecture on offer - from out-of-this-world hotel pods inspired by arctic explorers, to a beautiful chapel modelled on birch leaves, to an eco-cabin made of cork.
The Whale

Film On 1
SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1
Don’t miss Brendan Fraser’s Oscar-winning performance in The Whale on TVNZ 1 this week. Directed by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) and also starring Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and Oscar-nominated actors Hong Chau (The Menu) and Samantha Morton (In America), Fraser plays a reclusive English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

Content Highlights

Movies on TVNZ 2

Content Highlights

Alone: Frozen

New Series
THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER - TVNZ+
Thought hit survival competition series Alone was brutal? Prepare for an icy wake-up call as Alone: Frozen debuts on TVNZ+. Dropping 6 of Alone's strongest participants onto the frigid North Atlantic Coast, right as winter is setting in. With few supplies, no camera crew and no outside help, these survivalists will set out to last 50 days in polar bear country in the hopes of winning their share of $500,000.
Long Slow Exhale

New Series
WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER - TVNZ+
Jane Austen fans rejoice, as Sanditon – based on the iconic author’s final unfinished novel – arrives on TVNZ+ this week, alongside 2009’s dreamy take of Emma and the iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice starring the OG Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth.
All seasons of all three of these swoon-worthy series arrive on TVNZ+ on Wednesday 6 December.
The Outcast

New Series
TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER - TVNZ+
Adapted by Sadie Jones from her award-winning novel, this powerful portrait of small-town hypocrisy and young love follows a young man’s coming-of-age in post-war Britain. Starring George MacKay, Greg Wise and Jessica Brown Findlay, this intensely moving period piece is unmissable for fans of British drama.
Sinbad + The Musketeers
Cry Wolf
Earth From Space

New Documentary Series
MONDAY 11 DECEMBER - TVNZ+
Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective in this fascinating, new BBC documentary series. Capturing every corner of the globe in eye-popping, unprecedented detail, technology and science come together in Earth From Space to create something truly spectacular.
Astronauts: Toughest Job In the Universe

New Documentary Series
MONDAY 11 DECEMBER - TVNZ+
Do you have what it takes to do the toughest job in the universe? Following 12 men and women from all over the UK over six intense weeks, this series documents the extreme and demanding selection programme for the toughest job in the universe, normally reserved for real-life astronaut candidates.