Incredibly important question for our New Zealand posters

[Gangster Octopus]

My wife wants to know if there's going to be another season of Brokenwood. She (and I) love it...

[G-Man]

There have been seven so far, with the latest having been broadcast in around April. It is really good, though Seasons 5 and 6 were getting a bit too much like Midsomer Tories Killing Tories Murders, with ever-more grotesque killings and contrived motives.

[Felicity, I guess so]

How do you pronounce "bad egg"?

[tee rex]

They've used up all the murders in NZ (a bit like Bergerac discovering an extraordinary body count in the Channel Islands).

G-Man must be ahead of us, because the 7th season is only starting now.

[Gangster Octopus]

Oh frabjous day. My wife will be delighted. And I won't be upset either...

[tee rex]

On further investigation, it seems that Brokenwood is significantly more homicidal than either Midsomer or Jersey, given that the NZ town has a population of only around 5,000. The English fictional county and the real Channel island have many more inhabitants and the law-abiding majority should not be besmirched.

[G-Man]

G-Man must be ahead of us, because the 7th season is only starting now.

It's a remarkably good season. The first two episodes are okay, but then it really picks up. The final episode, #6, is an outstanding bit of TV, by any measure.

[Ginger Yellow]

Speaking of New Zealand TV, I've been enjoying Wellington Paranormal. Basically X-Files meets What We Do In The Shadows (Waititi and Clement are behind it, so no surprise there).