Best Bits (TV series)

Best Bits
Presented by	Te Radar (series 1) Jesse Mulligan (series 2–)
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including advertisements)
Production company(s)	The Down Low Concept
Broadcast
Original channel	TV One
Original run	19 July 2013 (2013-07-19) – present
External links
Website

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 season and ex-Seven Sharp presenter and comedian Jesse Mulligan in the second season. A third season has been confirmed to air in 2015.^[1]

The first series premiered on TV One on 19 July 2013,^[2] and ended on October 2013 with "Best Bits of Best Bits", an episode where highlights from the past series were revisted. The second series premiered on 26 March 2014, and ended on 19 June 2014.

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.

Panelists

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

Seasons

References