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Best Bits (New Zealand TV series)

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Country of origin
  
New Zealand

No. of series
  
3

Production company(s)
  
The Down Low Concept

Network
  
TVNZ 1

Number of episodes
  
39

Language
  
English

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
39

First episode date
  
19 July 2013

Presented by
  
Te Radar

Genre
  
Television comedy

Cast
  
Te Radar

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Running time
  
30 minutes (incl. advertisements)

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Best Bits is a New Zealand comedy show, where a panel of comedians comment on video clips taken from television during the week prior. It is produced by The Down Low Concept, and hosted by comedian Te Radar in the first series and ex-Seven Sharp presenter and comedian Jesse Mulligan in the second and third series.

Contents

The first series premiered on TV One on 19 July 2013, and ended on October 2013 with "Best Bits of Best Bits", an episode where highlights from the past series were revisited. The second series premiered on 26 March 2014, and ended on 19 June 2014. The third series premiered on 26 February 2015, and ended on 21 May 2015.

Format

The show is recorded in front of a live audience. Each week the host, along with a recurring panel of four comedians, share brief video clips taken from television programmes, commercials, and infomercials from both New Zealand and international broadcasters that were broadcast during the past week. The panelists then make observations and jokes (usually of a satirical nature) about what they have seen.

Recurring panelists

  • Vaughan Smith
  • Rhys Matthewson
  • Heidi O'Loughlin
  • Matt Heath
  • Guy Montgomery
  • Jackie van Beek
  • Donna Brookbanks
  • Guest panelists

  • Rose Matafeo
  • Shavaughn Ruakere
  • Alexis Dubus (as Marcel Lucont)
  • Nick Gibb
  • Sara Pascoe
  • International adaptations

    An Australian version of the format, Best Bits, will air from 29 March 2016 on the Seven Network.

    References

    Best Bits (New Zealand TV series) Wikipedia