New Season

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST, 7.30PM - TVNZ 1

It’s bake, baby! The Great Kiwi Bake Off returns to TVNZ 1 with a flan-tastic new celebrity panel onboard to oversee just how well the 10 bakers will measure up in the kitchen. Turning up the heat for 2022, Bake Off host extraordinaire Hayley Sproull is joined at the helm by comedian Pax Assadi to lead viewers and bakers alike through the thrills and spills and challenges our fresh batch of home bakers will face in the kitchen.

The dynamic duo will bring the banter as the country’s best amateur bakers step up and prepare to commence the ultimate baking battle. They all best be bringing their A-game, as this season sees two new culinary experts set to sift through their bakes to judge who falls flat and who will rise to the top.

Bringing their hotly acclaimed and award-winning expertise to the judging table are none other than chef, restaurateur, writer, and food consultant Peter Gordon, and author, self-taught baker and co -founder of international cakery ‘The Caker’, Jordan Rondel.

It will be aprons on, oven mitts off and whisks at the ready for 10 passionate bakers when The Great Kiwi Bake Off returns!

New Season

FRIDAY 26 AUGUST, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1

Making its debut on 11 August 1997, viewers have been starting their day the right way for over two decades, and the show has been a popular fixture for Kiwi viewers across Aotearoa. An impressive roster of talented hosts and presenters have been part of the Breakfast whānau, including John Campbell, Hayley Holt, Hilary Barry, Jack Tame, Pippa Wetzell, Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesbury.

There’ll be the best of Breakfast, with bloopers and blunders, reporter disasters, epic giveaways and of course, some very special guests.

New Series

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST, 9PM - TVNZ 1

Embrace your inner nerd as Australia’s most challenging quiz show comes to TVNZ!

Join Australia’s grumpiest TV host Tom Gleeson as each week he takes on a parade of self-appointed experts in subjects ranging from Kylie Minogue to Indonesian political history to cremation to Gilmore Girls – all vying for the title of Australia’s hardest quizzer and the shiny but reasonably-priced Big Brass Mug. Don’t miss this hilarious (and very hard) quiz series!

New Season

WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST, 7.30PM - TVNZ 1

Could you beat the greatest quiz team ever assembled?

Join host Bradley Walsh as the Chasers return to take on contestants from across the UK, as they try to outwit the formidable team of professional quizzers to win big money!

A spin of smash-hit quiz show The Chase, this fun, fast paced and fantastically difficult quiz show challenges contestants to take on two, three, four or all five Chasers at once. But can anyone Beat the Chasers?

New Season

WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST, 8.30PM - TVNZ 1

Join host George Clarke and sibling property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas as they guide six teams in the ultimate property development competition!

With each team receiving £100,000 each to buy, revamp and resell as many places as they can for as much profit as they can in the space of a year, this fascinating and addictive show takes viewers on a crash course in property development.

All passionate about property but total novices to the trade, with each team vying to secure the life-changing £100,000 prize – along with any profit they make – the stakes are high as these brave beginners take on the notoriously cutthroat property market.

Trolls World Tour: Superstars Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake reprise their roles as Poppy and Branch in the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2016's global musical-comedy sensation Trolls. Saturday 20 August, 7pm

What Happens In Vegas: Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star in this award-winning rom com. After a wild night in Vegas, Jack and Joy end up getting married... and after a big win, the pair battle it out for the cash. Saturday 20 August, 8:45pm

Stuart Little 2: Pint-sized hero Stuart Little embarks on a journey through New York City with a reluctant Snowbell in toe to rescue a new friend from a villainous Falcon. With the voice talent of Michael J Fox. Sunday 21 August, 4.15pm

Den of Thieves: Starring Gerard Butler and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, this crime-drama follows the lives of an elite unit from the LA Sheriff's Department. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew. Sunday 21 August, 8.30pm

The Feed

WEDNESDAY 24 & THURSDAY 25 AUGUST, 3.50PM - TVNZ 2

The amazing Nekton family are back as The Deep’s fourth season comes to TVNZ 2’s The Feed!

This season, a startling revelation takes the family off on a whole new adventure, as their discovery of the underwater city of Lemuria leads Ant and Fontaine to learn that their mysteriously missing grandparents were there before them!

Following their grandparent’s trail of clues takes Ant and Fontaine all over the world in their quest for answers, in this fun and fantastic series.

New Series

WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST, 9.30PM – DUKE

Engineers push the boundaries of innovation leading humanity towards our greatest achievements – but when they fail, their mistakes are disastrous with communication breakdowns and fatal miscalculations that can cost millions of dollars and, in some cases, human lives.

Traveling across the world from the USA, to the UK, Russia, Haiti and beyond, Disasters Engineered reveals modern engineering’s greatest failures through carefully researched archive film, expert analysis, harrowing witness interviews and upscale graphics.

Exploring the events and facts behind infamous names like Fukushima, Exxon Valdez, Grenfell Tower and Three Mile Island, this fascinating series uncovers fatal flaws and new theories – and how learning from these catastrophes can lead to a brighter, safer future.

New Series

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST, 9.45PM – DUKE

Supercars are the multi-million-pound masterpieces of the world’s most iconic brands. But what does it take to create these record-breaking status symbols?

Going behind the scenes at some of the most exclusive car companies on Earth, Secrets Of The Supercars puts these extraordinary machines through their paces on the track, discovering the game-changing supercars of the past and revealing what happens when engineers push supercar design to the extremes.

The Lost Boys: Lucy and her two sons move to a small town in California. Soon, the two boys are sucked into the mysterious & dangerous world of bikers, vampires & vampire hunters. Saturday 20 August, 9.30pm

David Brent: Life On The Road: Several years after documentary series The Office, the cameras catch up with David Brent as he embarks on a regional tour with his pop group Foregone Conclusion. Tuesday 23 August, 8.30pm

Disaster Movie: American parody film. Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events. Friday 26 August, 9.25pm

New Series

TUESDAY 23 AUGUST - TVNZ+

Within the walls of the San Michele penitentiary, prison director Bruno Testori is the law.

Governing according to his own personal sense of justice Bruno is ruthless when required, merciful when least expected, and always ready to break the rules. Known as ‘The King’ by his inmates, here his power is absolute.

But as Bruno’s kingdom starts to crumble, he finds that the dangers lurking within San Michele threaten to spill out into the real world – and he finds himself fighting the most difficult war of his life.

Starring iconic Italian actor Luca Zingaretti, this searing Italian-language prison drama interrogates the authority of power and justice with gripping results.

True Crime

SATURDAY 20 AUGUST - TVNZ+

In 2016, eight members of a family were found dead in the small Ohio rural community of Piketon, sending shockwaves through the community and destroying the lives of two families.

Hosted by renowned commentator Beth Karas, this gripping true crime special delves into a complicated and horrific massacre that stunned the small town of Piketon, as investigators uncover the mystery behind this chilling crime.

True Crime

SATURDAY 20 AUGUST - TVNZ+

On a cold, dark December day in 2015, a tall grey-haired man entered a London station, bought a return train ticket to Manchester but never came back.

The following day his body was found on Saddleworth Moor. Poorly dressed for the weather and carrying no phone, no wallet, no passport or driving licence, for 12 months his identity remained a mystery.

With exclusive access to the year-long investigation by detectives from Greater Manchester Police, this moving documentary tells the remarkable story of their painstaking work to identify him and to understand his tragic death.