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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16

QUEEN OF OZ

Crown of prawns

Screening: TVNZ 1, 8.35pm

Streaming: TVNZ+ (full season)

Catherine Tate (The plays Princess Georgiana, a “spare” British royal who behaves so badly that The Firm cuts a deal to ship her off to become Queen of Australia. Tate – who also co-writes the show – is right in her element, but Georgiana is perhaps too grotesque for some viewers to warm to. Still, it’s pacy and sharply-written. Fun fact: the show was originally pitched with Canada as

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