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    Tuesday April 30

    Apr 22, 2024 6 minutes

    Documentary: KING CON: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF HAMISH MCLAREN

    Hamish McLaren has already been the subject of a podcast by the Australian newspaper called Who the Hell Is Hamish? and now his exploits are the subject of this doco that features some of the many people McLaren (real name Hamish Watson) targeted over his 30-year con artist career. McLaren scammed women, businessmen, acquaintances and friends out of at least $70 million (although it could be more), targeting people in multiple countries. As well featuring victims, the doco also explores how NSW police detective Tom Zadravec forensically pieced together the scams.

    TVNZ+

    Doco: BAD HOST: HUNTING FOR THE COUCHSURFING PREDATOR

    The story of how a group of women fought to bring a serial rapist to justice. The women were drugged and assaulted by a man in Padua, who used couchsurfing.com; his victims eventually began to connect on Facebook.

    TVNZ+

    Film: MAIKA

    Vietnam’s first sci-fi film is a lively kids’ story based on – wait for it – a Czech TV series that was popular there in the 80s

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