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SUNDAY MARCH 31

CHARLES III: THE CORONATION YEAR

A little kindness for the King

Screening: TVNZ 1, 7pm

The degree of access afforded to the producers of this documentary effectively ensured that nothing much of alarm would be in it – although, given the febrile state of the headlines, viewers may welcome that. In this account of the King’s first year on the throne, there are no awkward conversations about Prince Andrew, and Harry might as well not exist. It screened in Britain on Boxing Day to mostly positive reviews. The BBC’s own reviewer deemed it “a warm and sympathetic account of the new reign” and called it

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