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SATURDAY JANUARY 21

YOGI BEAR

Bit of a Boo-Boo

Three, 7.00pm

The filmed-in-NZ live-action movie of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon was one of the post-Avatar films hoping to cash in on the 3D revival but instead sent audiences into hibernation. But her time shooting later won American star Anna Faris a role in an Air New Zealand safety video. (2010)

PADDINGTON

Bear-faced charm

Whakaata Māori, 7.00pm

The first of two terrific CGI-live-action adaptations –, is in the works – of Michael Bond’s stories about a young bear finding a home with the kindly Brown family in London. (2014)

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