Thursday's TV highlights

7.30PM TV ONE
CORONATION STREET
Pretty predictable really that tempers flare at both Cilla's hens' do and Les' stag night. Frankie manages to find some sympathy for Danny and Jason and Violet are still pining.

7.30PM, PRIME
DOCTOR WHO
The REM song It's The End Of The World As We Know It could be the soundtrack to this episode of Dr Who. While the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, modern-day Earth faces a terrifying invasion.

7.30PM, TV3
TOP CHEF
In this show, that's just like Project Runway only with knives and food, budding chefs vie for the top job. Tonight the contestants have to cook up sweet dishes that are sexy and erotic. Guest judge is Mistress S who runs a fetish ball.

8.30PM, TV2
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS
It's all about loss and discovery on McLeod's Daughters with Stevie losing control when Leo returns, Alex discovering a lie, and Sandra losing her battle with Fiona.

8.30PM, TV3
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
The CSI forensic teams investigate the case of a woman who was pulled over by police and then found murdered two miles up the road from where she was stopped.

9.30PM, TV3
PULP SPORT
This week's Pulp Sport is one for the ladies because Bill and Ben interview All Black star Dan Carter in his undies. Also, squash legend Susan Devoy hits squash balls at one of the boys and Campbell Live's Jaquie Brown and former Blackcap Simon Doull join them at the park for some cricket.

MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
KUNG FU HUSTLE
Herald rating: * * * *
Directed by Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) this hilarious film is set in 1940s Canton, China and concerns a gangster who wishes to join a notorious gang. Good homage to Hong Kong martial arts and action films. (2004)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 2
FINDING NEVERLAND
Herald rating: * * * *
Johnny Depp plays J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, in a fictionalised account of how he found inspiration for his 1904 play through his relationship with the widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate winslet) and her four boys. The child-like Barrie bumps into the Davies family in a park and befriends them, an action that London society declares scandalous. (2004)

8.30PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE
Herald rating: * * *
Robert Blake plays a motorcycle cop who is promoted to homicide division following the death of a hermit. Fits in at the tail end of counter-culture cinema, playing second fiddle to films like Zabriskie Point or Easy Rider. (1973)

SPORT

8PM, SKY SPORT 2
LIVEA-LEAGUE: NEW ZEALAND KNIGHTS V CENTRAL COAST MARINERS
One goal in five matches tells the tale of where the Knights are at this season but even they must fancy their chances against the bottom-of the table Mariners who also have only one goal to their name.