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Not that I am an avid fan of TV or any kind of couch potatoe but could someone please let me know what the TV programmes are like. Do they have X-factor!!!!!

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There are 4 terrestrial national TV channels all free to air and also the Maori channel and in Auckland something named Triangle channel, has programmes from all over the world and in fuzzy-wuzzy languages as well.

Then there is Sky which offers the consumer about an additional 20 channels at various $ rates dependent on which service you require.

There is lots of what I call “Puke TV” on all channels, imported American drivel, which Mrs Nice Guy enjoys, I have a tendency to make myself scarce.

But to answer your question, hmmmmmmmmm…………..unless others know the response is no.

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No they dont

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one the 4 main channels you get eastenders, corrie, hustle, spooks, csi, 24, life begins, midsomer murders, blah blah blah & theres a uk tv channel thats on cable which has got casualty, holby, the professional, the sweeney etc

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x factor....yes I was watching it while eating pizza on Friday night

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oops shows I dont watch it.....not my sort of thing

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We are one of the few in the UK who ONLY have the 4 channels!! We used to have Sky, but we moved house 4 years ago and told the kids we couldn't have it where we moved to ... best decision we ever made! Why did we do that and deprive our children? Because we struggled to remove them from it ... they were spouting Americanisms at us ... and they didn't play anymore!!

We have every intention of adopting a take it or leave attitude to TV in NZ ... i.e; we may well be one of the very few who play games; go the beach; do homework; phone rellies etc. As opposed to sit down and watch crap and waste our live away! We do that here in the Uk, only with 4 channels, I'll be damned if I'm going to the other side of the world to do the same!!

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Tv isnt that great here, we used to have sky in the uk,but dont here, I dont miss it but hubby does

in fact I would say TV is crap here, particularly during the day on the weekends, I dont watch it in the week as in work during day

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yep we watch far less tv than we did in uk, we're out at weekends & usually chatting to rellies or on BE :eek: :D

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No X Factor - thank god! LOL. TV is pretty shocking really, but you get used to it. Theres no TV licence fees though so we can't complain too much! I am an avid CSI fan and I get to watch it heaps so I am happy. :)

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IMHO TV here is rubbish.... Ive never watched so little tv. In the summer we are outside more.... in the winter we tend to go online and speak to rellies and friends back in UK. Only programmes I watch regularly are Neighbours and Home and Away.... yep sad I know! :)

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thats very sad :eek:

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Yeah I know and I admit it!! Ive watched Neighbours since it started how many years ago???!! Ive watched H & A since about a month after it started..... was pleased to see that they were on here when we emigrated.

Occasionally I might watch Supernanny and I watch Survivor when its on but thats about it.... cant think of anything else. OH, embarrassed to admit I sometimes watch ANTM when its on too. :o

What do you watch then?

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Whats ANTM???
Survivor is good, so no Corro Street for anyone then?

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I watch CSI and did watch House when it was on, also Prison Break (as we missed this when it staretd in the UK) also watch SVU and sometimes without a trace...and I run and hide when coronation street comes on :eek:

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Americas Next Top Model..... see what Ive been reduced to watching over here!! :eek: :scared:

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Americas Next Top Model, I said Americas Next Top Model (to be spoken like the fat chappie in Coronation Street, don't know his name).

Is Coronation Street the archetypical portrayal of Northern English life?

The only culture that we can depict to the masses of the world as the icon of our Imperial psuedo-intellectuality and cultural domination?

Of course not there is always “Eastenders” whatever that is!

Bit deep and only 1 beer so far!

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Gosh I feel miserable tonight.

Bugger!
 

But wait there’s more……………Mrs Nice Guy is looking rather delectable and tasty tonight, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm………..I wonder……………bugger no…………medications!

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Even more miserable now................

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OMG fabulous. Another closet Neighbours fan!! I am totally addicted and have watched it since it started too.....I used to sneak home at lunchtime from school to watch Kylie and Jason..that was before they moved it to 5:30pm....

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yep me too (sadly)

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It's not TOO bad. ER, Gray's Anatomy (missed the first season so I'm watching it now :D ), Commander in Chief (and that's only Monday night :eek: ). Gutted because the Sopranos is ending tonight and they've got four more episodes that they're keeping for next season! Don't ask :mad: We only watch rugby at the weekends usually unless there's a drama of some sort on a Sunday night. And, if I'm ever stuck for something there's always a CSI of some description :D

But there's a fair bit of homegrown stuff that's good too. Country Calendar for instance - that's one of our favourites. You can take the girl out of the country and all that....... :D

We joined DVDunlimited a couple of months ago and that's brilliant.

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Glad Im not the only saddo on here!! :) We are 2 months ahead of UK here and my mum sometimes asks whats going to happen to so and so.....

TV here is useless for me as Im not into crime or hospital programmes....

For all you UK Neighbours watchers.... SUSAN and KARL are back together!! :D :D

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hay sarah have you heard about Ricahrd Hammond from Top Gear?

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I Have!!!! Hope he is going to be ok. I love him, Top Gear is one of my favs. Sunday night viewing doesn't get any better in our family! I keep looking at bbc news web site but nothing new on him, well about an hour ago I looked, is he still critical?

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I know & he's such a cutie, we were watching on sunday & its was fab we were peeing our pants when the boats were on

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Yes...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/5365676.stm

....a friend just let me know as she knows we love Top Gear.

I hope he'll be OK..... hes a great presenter and seems like a really nice guy.

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i thought of you when i heard as i know you like TG

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I know!! The things they come up with! When they all met at the petrol station, I would loved to have seen that :D

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Ta.... Ive literally only just heard though.