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News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered with The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin on Newstalk ZB.
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  • Antonia Prebble: Kiwi actress talks podcasting project and 20 years of Outrageous Fortune
    Jul 6 2025

    Antonia Prebble has basically grown up on our TV screens, and she's looking back on a major milestone this week.

    This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Outrageous Fortune, and Prebble's been reflecting on all the memories that came out of that shows.

    She says she felt like she grew up within her role on Outrageous Fortune - and the experience 'changed her life."

    "If I'd have known from that first day on set in 2005 playing Loretta that I would be a member of the West family for the next 12 years and that I would meet my husband as part of this kind of universe - I would have told you it wasn't happening."

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    14 mins
  • Guy Montgomery: TV star and comedian on recent award nominations and the success of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee
    Jul 6 2025

    It's safe to say that Kiwi comedian Guy Montgomery's been having a successful time across the Tasman.

    He found fame in New Zealand through hit shows like Have You Been Paying Attention and Thank God You're Here - but across the ditch, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee has been picked up for another season and he's been nominated for a Logie at the Australian Television awards.

    Montgomery says it's all 'unbelievable'.

    "The amount of shows or opportunities for young comedians to be blighted on TV and introduced to that audience are less...so for the live comedy industry to be able to platform new voices and have this show take off, for me to be part of that is also great."

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    18 mins
  • Whitcoulls Recommends: Isola and The Monster of Harrods
    Jul 6 2025

    Isola by Allegra Goodman. In the 16th century, Marguerite is born into great wealth but after being orphaned at the age of three a guardian, Roberval, is appointed, who over several years steals her entire fortune. Destitute, her only option is to rely on him for everything and when he takes her on an expedition to sea she falls in love with his servant. Incandescent with rage, Roberval abandons them on a remote, inhospitable island where they’re left to fight for survival. Based on actual historical events, this is extraordinary.

    The Monster of Harrods by Alison Kervin. Turns out that Mohamed al Fayed was a monster and presided over a reign of terror during his ownership of Harrods. Scores of women were offended against and this offending was known by the Metropolitan Police, who colluded with him, and by parliamentarians and the Royal family - but no one ever acted and he went to his grave without justice being done. This is a very dark history of an amazing department store that many of us have loved for a long time.

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    4 mins
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