The following TVNZ DVD titles are thoroughly recommended by the team at Marbecks.
Country Calendar: Our People, Their Food
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[ TVNZ / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 7 December, 2011
G :-
Region 4 -- PAL -- 225 minutes
"Like most of us, I've been a fan of the iconic 'Country Calendar' television programme for many years. As I watched one evening, it occurred to me that nobody had ever taken the programme that one step further to discover if the families cook with what they cultivated, reared or grew.
I travelled the length of the...
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Get Fresh With Al Brown -- Series 1
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[ TVNZ / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 7 December, 2011
G :-
Region 4 -- PAL -- 228 minutes
In 'Get Fresh' acclaimed New Zealand chef Al Brown heads to the far corners of the country tracking down the best markets, finest produce and freshest ingredients to create a meal that captures the quintessential flavour of each region.
From an old ute-cum-mobile kitchen, Al samples and cooks potential ingredients...
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A Night at the Classic
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[ TVNZ / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 23 November, 2011
R18 :- Contains offensive language, sexual material and other content that may offend.
Region 4 -- PAL -- 140 minutes
Each episode of 'A Night at The Classic' follows MC Brendhan Lovegrove and guest comedians as they perform for a different crowd on a different "night" at The Classic.
Along with stand-up comedy recorded in front of a live audience,...
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Country Calendar :- Pick of the Bunch (Goes Green / Director's Pick)
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[ TVNZ / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 9 November, 2011
G :-
Region 4 -- PAL
Great double-pack of classic Country Calendar releases!
Country Calendar Goes Green:
Eleven stories from the 1970s onwards, of farmers throughout New Zealand who are convinced that organic methods not only work but truly are the way of the future.
Country Calendar -- Director's Pick:
"Selecting just twelve has been unbelievably...
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Global Radar
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[ TVNZ / Jam TV / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 12 October, 2011
PG :- Contains low level offensive language.
New Zealand may be a small country at the bottom of the planet, but in the flash new global world, our lives are connected with what is going on in places we have never seen, and affected by the actions of people we have never met.
So Te Radar is on a mission to hunt out the good oil on things that are helping...
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Chef on a Mission
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[ TVNZ / Imagination Television / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday, 19 October, 2011
PG :- Contains coarse language.
You may know Simon Gault as executive chef of Euro restaurant, MasterChef New Zealand judge, or, according to a recent poll, the ninth most-trusted New Zealander. But now you're about to see another side of the country's favourite cook in this hugely popular TV ONE series.
In 'Chef on a Mission', Simon has to dish up big...
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