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SATURDAY MARCH 11

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT

Going sideways

TVNZ 2, 7.30pm

This third outing was the least successful in the series, having ditched all the stars of the first two movies. But at least it did something original as it skidded its way around Japanese roads, tapping into the local car culture of drift racing. (2006)

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

Chas’s Dave in delightful redo

Eden, 8.30pm

Armando Iannucci put his trademark cutting political satire aside and applied his gift

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