KEY POINTS:
7.30PM, TV3
HONEY WE'RE KILLING THE KIDS
The Grey family of Manurewa undergo a lifestyle change as Dr Louise Schofield tips out the contents of their fridge, gets them on to a fitness regime and humiliates them on national TV for their health's sake.
8PM, MAORI TV
BRO-TOUR.COM
Backpacking
Maori bros Mike Jonathan and Bodie Tihoi Taylor
set off on the first leg of their mega-fast OE in the premiere
of this down-to-earth travel series. Leaving their small towns in Aotearoa behind, the boys arrive at their first European stop: the bright lights of Amsterdam.
8.30PM, C4
DIG
Entertaining doco about Anton Newcombe, the frontman of the
obscure but talented band the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, frontman of the Dandy Warhols - good friends turned
bitter rivals. It's worth seeing just to see the momentum of the music industry take hold as the Warhols find fame and commercial success, a notion the other resolutely rejects. Newcombe could have been the
bigger star had he not behaved like such a git.
9.30PM, TV3
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
Van and Pascalle might have missed out on inheriting the family intellect but they make up for it with their big plans. Van wants a dream house, Pascalle wants the dream job. Meanwhile, find out which of the characters has the middle name "Iago".
7.30PM, TV2
I CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Hypnotist Paul McKenna has taken what started as a stage show and turned it into an empire that has spawned seminars, corporate coaching, books, and television shows like this one. McKenna became interested in hypnotism after interviewing a hypnotist on radio, and a hobby eventually became his profession. In this show he takes on seemingly untreatable cases - he even tries to help a blind man to see again.
The people he tries to cure often turn to him as a last resort and the show follows them from when McKenna and his team first take on their cases, through treatment and setbacks, desperate phone calls, and on to the final cure. Tonight features three cases: needle phobia, Tourette's syndrome and romantic heartbreak. Following this series, McKenna went on to make a show called I Can Make You Thin.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
RIVER'S EDGE
Herald rating: * * * *
Outcast teenagers deal with the murder of a teenage girl at the hands of one of their own. Good performances from Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves and Ione Skye. (1986)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
FLEEING BY NIGHT
Herald rating: * * *
Set in China in the 1930s, the daughter of a theatre owner welcomes the return of her fiance, a cellist who has been studying in America. But she is drawn to another man, resulting in a tragic love triangle. (2000)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 2
DE-LOVELY
Herald rating: * * *
A look at the life of American popular song composer Cole Porter, played by Kevin Kline. It traces his life from the 1920s, looking at his personal and his marriage problems. (2004)