May 25-31: Including Hillary on Everest and Castle
Subscriber contentIssue 3811 16th May 2013
Tom Scott's 2003 documentary marks the 60th anniversary of Hillary's conquest of Everest, and the charming Castle returns.
Fiona Rae
(@listenerlounge) Fiona Rae is an Auckland journalist who has made a lazy pastime into an exciting career. She has been writing about television for the Listener since 2004, and before that was a teacher, a radio DJ, and a radio journalist. She is the mother of two interesting boys, the partner of someone who is sometimes on TV, and in her spare time … well, she watches TV.
May 25-31: Including Tron: Legacy and Elephant
Subscriber contentIssue 3811 16th May 2013
The Tron sequel is like a black mirror, and there is lonely disconnection in Gus Van Sant's Elephant.
May 25-31: Online
Subscriber contentIssue 3811 16th May 2013
48HOURS; Doctor tributes; and perfect backs.
May 25-31: Including Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix
Subscriber contentBy Fiona Rae in Radio Week
Issue 3811 16th May 2013
Kim Hill talks with the 60s icon, and Hendrix's studio experiments examined.
May 18-24: Including The Exponents and Breaking Bad
Subscriber contentIssue 3810 9th May 2013
A documentary celebrates the band who are part of the fabric Kiwi culture, and SoHo gets the good stuff.
May 18-24: Including Organ Spectacular at the Auckland Town Hall
Subscriber contentBy Fiona Rae in Radio Week
Issue 3810 9th May 2013
Six organists premiere six new compositions.
May 18-24: Online
Subscriber contentIssue 3810 9th May 2013
Turduckenqua; Billith; Beastwars. It's like another language.
May 18-24: Including The Young Victoria and The Princess Bride
Subscriber contentIssue 3810 9th May 2013
Emily Blunt and Robin Wright are pretty, pretty princesses.
Interview: Philip Glenister
By Fiona Rae in Television
Issue Listener Plus 4th May 2013
The British actor stars in Hidden, a noir thriller about a small-time lawyer drawn into a big-time political conspiracy.
May 11-17: Including an Insight diabetes investigation
Subscriber contentBy Fiona Rae in Radio Week
Issue 3809 2nd May 2013
New research shows 8% of us have the disease.