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Friday night drama overload

Guy Pearce as Jack Irish and Marta Dusseldorp as Linda Hillier
Guy Pearce as Jack Irish and Marta Dusseldorp as Linda Hillier

8pm 800 WORDSComedy / Drama – Recently widowed newspaper columnist George Turner and his family find themselves trying to adapt to their new life in the tiny New Zealand town of Weld.

George is recruited into the Weld cricket team in a high stakes match and fears a character flaw may reveal itself. Shay gets the blame for Ike staying in Weld, and Arlo gets serious with Emma.https://youtu.be/a3Id6sV9Q0Y9pm JACK IRISH - Crime Drama - Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover. 

Guy Pearce as Jack Irish and Marta Dusseldorp as Linda Hillier
Guy Pearce as Jack Irish and Marta Dusseldorp as Linda Hillier

A tense night in the Filipino jungle results in a chance discovery for Linda and Orton. Convinced that Pastor Shand was responsible for Tina's murder, Jack determines to solve the case before Sarah succumbs to her obsession for vengeance. But just as Linda unearths a powerful and damning lead on Mindanao that leads directly to the Way of the Cross, Jack is once again dealt a sudden, tragic blow.

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Mia Laurenzo is a 30-year veteran of public television in Miami. She began her career learning every aspect of video production. Currently she is a writer, producer, on-air host and promotions coordinator for TV, radio and the web. Her experiences include producing for a series, special events and historical documentaries. As a native Floridian, she is a perfect fit for South Florida's Storyteller Station, WLRN. She has produced award winning, nationally distributed documentaries like Journey to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade where one year she followed a high school band and a clown as they prepared for the big day and the next year, she had the privilege of being a clown herself. Previously, she produced Weird Florida: On the Road Again, a sequel to the highly successful show Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled, where the cast and crew travel over 1,500 miles searching the Sunshine State’s weirdest and wackiest places. On a more serious note and what she considers to be her most important work, she produced Out of Darkness, Into Light, a documentary on child sexual abuse,which delved into the lives of three adult survivors, a show in which she was awarded her first of two Emmys.