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MONDAY MARCH 15

AWARDS: THE GRAMMY AWARDS 2021 (TVNZ 2, 2.00pm, live; Duke, 8.30pm). It’s another audience-free ceremony for the 63rd Grammy Awards, postponed from January to this month after a spike in Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles. Other than that The Daily Show host Trevor Noah will be the main presenter, little is known about who else will feature in the broadcast from Staples Center in Los Angeles, possibly cutting to other venues for live performances.

The biggest nominee is. Taylor Swift is up for six awards – five for the album and one for a song she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the much-maligned film version of .

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