Diana Wichtel: For crying out loud
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3811 16th May 2013
The X Factor NZ – never mind the performances, feel the viewer manipulation.
Diana Wichtel
(@DianaWichtel) Diana Wichtel joined the Listener in 1984, armed only with a portable typewriter, a ghetto blaster for recording interviews and a love of the media acquired during a childhood spent in a darkened room in Vancouver, reading magazines while watching television. She lives in Auckland with her partner and has three children, two grandchildren and an iPad. Otherwise, nothing much has changed.
Diana Wichtel: Cut and thrust
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3810 9th May 2013
It’s The Sopranos – but with swords and dragons.
Diana Wichtel: Tried and prejudice
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3809 2nd May 2013
What’s the best way to check our bigotry level? Probably not by putting it to The Vote.
Don't worry, Dee happy
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Culture
Issue 3808 30th Apr 2013
New Zealand-bound comic Jack Dee brings with him a refreshing blast of bad attitude.
Broken news
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Commentary
Issue 3808 24th Apr 2013
The Boston bombing and Thatcher funeral bring out the media loons.
Diana Wichtel: Flat 3, a funny, warm and weird web-series
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3807 22nd Apr 2013
A new online-only series in which three good keen Chinese Kiwi girls go flatting. What’s not to like?
William Shatner: Weird or what?
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Entertainment
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
From Star Trek to his Has Been album, William Shatner’s performing life has been nothing if not edgy.
That sinking feeling
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Commentary
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
Cake won’t rise? At least you don’t have a judge rating your efforts.
Taxing Times
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Commentary
Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013
The Vote is an attempt to reinvent the current-affairs wheel.
Running the show: An interview with TV boss Andrew Shaw
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Commentary
Issue 3804 30th Mar 2013
Everyone has an opinion about what should screen on television. And Andrew Shaw, TVNZ’s head of acquisitions, production and commissioning, is no exception.