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SATURDAY MARCH 19

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR

The emperors strike back

TVNZ 2, 7.00pm

The pesky penguins from the Madagascar movies get a silly spy caper complete with a voice guest list including Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich and Werner Herzog. (2014)

KUNG FU PANDA

When Po first kicked off

Three, 7.00pm

The first and best in the animated series about how Po the panda went from a clumsy furball still living

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