Throng

With the finale of American Idol rapidly approaching, TV2 has jumped on board giving it pride of place next Thursday night.

TVNZ has decided to go all out and screen the 3-hour Grand Finale episode on Thursday at 7.30pm, the same day the finale takes place in the US.

Kiwi shows Police Ten 7, Rescue 1, Go Girls and 20/20 will be bumped for the week to make way.

7:30pm Thursday, May 6 on TV2

Police Ten 7 celebrates a major milestone tonight, with the 250th episode of the hit local show.

Since the launch of Police Ten 7 nine years ago, more than 700 serious crimes have been featured, and police have resolved countless cases thanks to the viewers' calls to the 0800 107 INFO phone line. The show also has another reason to celebrate with the recent triumph in this year's TV Guide 'Best on Box Awards', where the show took the award for best reality series, confirming the police procedural programme as a firm Kiwi favourite.

The programme's presenter, Detective Inspector (ret) Graham Bell is delighted to have reached this anniversary, which makes the series one of the most long running in New Zealand history.

Sunday:

Iceland Volcano Disaster -  6:30pm on National Geographic
National Geographic film Eyjafjallajokull before, during and after the recent eruption.

Kaitangata Twitch: Premiere - 7pm on Maori Television
Margaret Mahy's story has been adapted into an award-winning thirteen part series, starring 13 year old Catherine Woulfe.

Doctor Who: Season 5 - 7:30pm on PRIME
PRIME brings us the new series featuring Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor.  We're getting it only a month behind the original air-date, yay!

Wednesday:

Fair Go: New Season - 7:30pm on ONE
Tune in to see how new co-host Alison Mau does in the new-look show.

Underbelly: Season 3 Premiere -  8:30pm on TV3
This season focuses on Sydney's King's Cross in the late 80's and 90's.

Thursday:

Police Ten 7: 250th Episode -  7:30pm on TV2

7:30pm Thursday, February 11 on TV2

Police Ten 7, New Zealand's top-rating, crime-busting show is back, tonight on TV2.

Tune in for a new series of the crime show, featuring action from the frontline, current cases to solve, and crime hot spots from around the country. With behind-the-scenes access to cases, Police Ten 7 will continue to be the first to reveal new information in high profile crimes, while providing insight into the important, varied and often difficult work the police face each day.

Tonight, Detective Inspector (ret) Graham Bell is back on the scene of a serious unsolved crime appealing for viewer's help, and police on the beat deal with a night of drunks, brawlers and chaos on the streets.

Hi Throng people,

I'm wondering if anyone out there remembers an old episode of Police Ten 7 that was aired in or around 2003. It was the episode that featured an incident involving a bunch of "goth" youths drinking in the Grafton Cemetery. One of the members of the group was ranting on about how they are unfairly treated by society... LOL...

Anyway, I would like to know if anyone knwos how I can get hold of this episode or if anyone happened to record it or something. I am desperate to get my hands on it!

TIA

Stella.

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There have been a number of moments on television in 2009 that have played a significant part in New Zealand pop culture.  The most memorable, up until this point, was Paul Henry's moustache on a lady comment.  However, this little beauty from Police Ten 7 is all over the net now.

Congratulations to Screentime seeing the benefit in having their content on You Tube and enabling one of their shows to be the talk of the town.

7:30pm Thursday, August 27 on TV2

Police Ten 7, TV2's top-rating, crime-busting show is back, featuring more action from the frontline, more current cases to solve and more crime 'hot spots' from around the country.

The last season ended on a high note with one of the best Police Ten 7 strike rates to date. Five wanted people were featured on the 2nd of July, facing a variety of serious charges including methamphetamine for supply, breach of prison release conditions, and two men wanted for separate bank robberies. All five were located and put behind bars by Saturday afternoon - only 48 hours after appearing on the programme. Police have directly attributed all five arrests to information received to the tip-off line after the show went to air.

The programme's presenter, Detective Inspector (ret) Graham Bell, says that the secret to the series' crime-fighting success is simple.