From Christmas Day

A pair of Far North featherless-chook fanciers offer respite from the usual Christmas fare.

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25th December, 2010

Christmas is generally the time of year that the networks clean house, chucking on cheap series, repeats and Christmas specials they've hoarded in the cupboard since last year. Bah. Let's not go down that route. Let us turn to something new and local. Something that is a worthy successor to Wayne Anderson: Singer of Songs and The Jaquie Brown Diaries. Something that is part of a trend that is making us look like mockumentary geniuses. Rural Drift (TV2, Wednesday, 10.30pm) is a divine comedy about a fool and his friend who head into the country with little more than ...

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