Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

British comedy-drama ‘End of the World’ is Netflix’s latest success story
 ‘My Next Guest’, David Letterman’s new in-depth series of interviews has just landed on Netflix
 J.K. Rowling fans will love Prime's documentary ‘Harry Potter: A History of Magic’ (Tuesday 23 January, 8.30pm)
 Applications for the inaugural NZ season of ‘Project Runway’ are now open

Moist, heavily scented with vanilla and deliciously fruity, this cake is beyond good!
Makes 1 x 24cm square cake
 
140g butter, softened
1 ¼  cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 cup ground almonds
2 heaped tbsps flour (can use GF)
1 tsp baking powder
3 tsp vanilla extract
10-12 smallish plums, halved and pitted
2 tsps lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp extra caster sugar
½ cup coconut flakes
 

Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease and line 24CM cake tin, leaving plenty of overhang of baking paper as this assists with removing cake once cooked.
Beat butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients and vanilla and mix until just combined.
Scrape batter into cake tin and smooth the top. Gently press plums, skin side up, all over the batter. Sprinkle with lemon juice, then cinnamon, then extra sugar.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and inserted skewer comes out clean, gently sprinkling over coconut flakes at 30 minutes.
Cool in tin until just warm then gently remove, using baking paper to lift it out. Cool on a rack.
Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

LISTEN ABOVE as Film reviewer Francesca Rudkin talks to Jack Tame about the latest film releases.
Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas
Francesca’s verdict: 4 out 5
The Post  Directed by Steven Speilberg. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks
Francesca’s verdict: 3 out of 5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson,Sam Rockwell and Peter Dinklage
Francesca’s verdict: 5 out of 5!

Kiwi filmmaker and writer Anthony McCarten has followed up the success of his Oscar-nominated debut with another story of a modern British legend. 
The New Zealand-born writer, based in London and Los Angeles, received international acclaim writing The Theory of Everything — a biographical romantic drama film on the life of Stephen and Jane Hawking and which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
His new movie, Darkest Hour, tells of Winston Churchill's early days in office at the start of World War II.
The movie has received a Bafta nomination for Best Film and has seen multiple awards for the star, Gary Oldman.
Speaking to Jack Tame, McCarten, who was speaking with Munich, spoke of how Winston Churchill is influential all over the world.
"He's a world figure now. He's like a Caesar or a Lincoln or something. He's surpassed national boundaries."
He said that he felt plucky after the success of The Theory of Everything, so decided to give a story about Churchill a crack.
"We kind of live in a very divided world right now, a very polarized world, made so largely by disparities of how people feel. I felt appropriate to dod a portrait of a great leader.
"I'd always been attracted to Churchill as a potential subject, but it was a lkittle intimidating to write words and humourous jokes for Winston Churchill, it smacks a little bit of hubris."
The dozens of allegations against the former movie-making titan played a major role in sparking a worldwide social movement against sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.
He wasn't surprised by the allegations, McCarten said.
"I was very wary of the guy because the stories were so ghastly about his bullying."
LISTEN ABOVE AS NZ WRITER ANTHONY MCCARTEN SPEAKS TO JACK TAME ABOUT 'THE DARKEST HOUR'

British comedy-drama ‘End of the World’ is Netflix’s latest success story
 ‘My Next Guest’, David Letterman’s new in-depth series of interviews has just landed on Netflix
 J.K. Rowling fans will love Prime's documentary ‘Harry Potter: A History of Magic’ (Tuesday 23 January, 8.30pm)
 Applications for the inaugural NZ season of ‘Project Runway’ are now open

Moist, heavily scented with vanilla and deliciously fruity, this cake is beyond good!
Makes 1 x 24cm square cake
 
140g butter, softened
1 ¼  cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 cup ground almonds
2 heaped tbsps flour (can use GF)
1 tsp baking powder
3 tsp vanilla extract
10-12 smallish plums, halved and pitted
2 tsps lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp extra caster sugar
½ cup coconut flakes
 

Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease and line 24CM cake tin, leaving plenty of overhang of baking paper as this assists with removing cake once cooked.
Beat butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients and vanilla and mix until just combined.
Scrape batter into cake tin and smooth the top. Gently press plums, skin side up, all over the batter. Sprinkle with lemon juice, then cinnamon, then extra sugar.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and inserted skewer comes out clean, gently sprinkling over coconut flakes at 30 minutes.
Cool in tin until just warm then gently remove, using baking paper to lift it out. Cool on a rack.
Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

Jack Tame opens his first show of 2018 sharing his experience walking the Heaphy Track during the summer holidays.

LISTEN ABOVE

Tara Ward reviews the best of the small screen's festive offerings.
The Hollow CrownBenedict Cumberbatch, Dame Judie Dench and Sophie Okenado star in a spectacular, sexed-up version of Shakespeare's Plantagenets (Lightbox, December 19).
QuizmasKiwi Celebs present the year in review in the style of a pub quiz (Duke, Boxing Day). 
Victoria A 'one off' Victoria Christmas special. Your standard Boxing Day costume drama (TVNZ1, Boxing Day). 
All Aboard the Sleigh RideNo commentary no music a two-hour ride through the arctic tundra. Slow TV, done the Norwegian way. A peaceful escape from the festive season (BBC Knowledge, Christmas Eve).LISTEN TO FRANCESCA'S REVIEWS ABOVE

TV presenter and national treasure talks to Jack Tame and shares his Christmas wishes for New Zealand and the new year ahead

Jack Tame talks to leading children's author, TV personality and comedian, David Walliams on and what children really want to read.