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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18

NOTTING HILL

“Whoopsidaises”

TVNZ 2, 7.30pm

In this Richard Curtis-penned not-a-sequel-but-might-aswell-be to Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugh Grant is a London bookshop owner who takes up with Julia Roberts, a movie star playing a movie star. One of the better romcoms of its era. (1999)

THE CURRENT WAR

AC/DC’s first gig

Eden, 8.25pm

Science-historical drama about Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael

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