All Videos February 18, 2020

A definitive guide to the best beards on Vikings

The hairiest show on TV (and online streaming services) is back. But while Vikings characters may come and go, their beards are forever. The Spinoff’s resident beard expert Madeleine Chapman ranks the show’s top five facial hair situations.

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Outlander: is Jamie and Claire’s relationship worth all the drama?

Time travel, a bleak dalliance with the French King, and some dubious flatmates – is Jamie and Claire’s relationship actually worth it? The Spinoff’s senior fictional relationship expert Madeleine Chapman investigates. Season Four of Outlander drops weekly on Lightbox from Monday November 5, and you can binge the three previous seasons there as well! https://lightbox.co.nz/series/outlander

A definitive guide to the best beards on Vikings

The hairiest show on TV (and online streaming services) is back. But while Vikings characters may come and go, their beards are forever. The Spinoff’s resident beard expert Madeleine Chapman ranks the show’s top five facial hair situations.

The best TV Christmas specials ever

There’s nothing like it when your favourite TV show has a Christmas special. Here are some of our best loved yuletide episodes from some of our favourite shows. Watch all these shows on Lightbox.co.nz.

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All your Aquaman questions answered

Aquaman is an incredibly complex film that begs a lot of questions. Never fear, three brave Spinoff staffers answer these questions so you can settle down, grab your popcorn and watch Jason Momoa battle foes under the sea. You can watch Aquaman on Lightbox right here: https://www.lightbox.co.nz/movie/aquaman #aquaman #DCEU

The Handmaid’s Tale recap: season one and two

Get ready for the season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale (dropping June 6) with this recap of seasons 1 and 2! Watch season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale ONLY on lightbox.co.nz – the first three episodes drop on June Six. #TheSpinoff #TheHandmaidsTale #LightboxNZ

Outlander Seasons 1 and 2 Recap

With the third season of Scottish time-travel romance Outlander swooping back to Lightbox next Monday, The Spinoff assembled a handy recap video to get caught up to speed.

Five seasons of New Girl in one minute

Can you sum up five seasons of the bed-hopping, flatmate-loving sitcom New Girl in one minute? Madeleine Chapman thinks she can. Watch the first five seasons of New Girl on Lightbox right here and right now: https://www.lightbox.co.nz/series/new-girl

The Five Best Cameos from How I Met Your Mother

Nine seasons, two hundred and eight episodes, a list of cameos longer than the list of women that Barney’s slept with. Madeleine Chapman is here to pick out the five best, weirdest and most notable. There may be 90s RNB groups. You can watch all nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother on Lightbox right here: https://www.lightbox.co.nz/series/how-i-met-your-mother

Get It to Te Papa series teaser

Get It to Te Papa follows journalist Hayden Donnell on an ambitious quest to collect underappreciated Kiwi cultural artefacts and get them into New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa. Together with his director José Barbosa, Hayden scours the country for artefacts including the Waitangi Dildo, the animatronic fruit and vegetables from defunct supermarket chain Big Fresh, Huntly’s DEKA sign, Auckland’s Giant Santa, Suzanne Paul and the original Lets Gone Warriors sign. Get It to Te Papa is a Lightbox Original, made by The Spinoff.

Is The Good Doctor actually The Goodest Doctor?

Chris Warner, House, Shaun Murphy, Meredith Grey, Mindy Lahiri – there’s a lot of doctors on our television, but who is the goodest of them all? Madeleine Chapman investigates. The Good Doctor, streaming on Lightbox New Zealand now. Season two drops September 25.

Get It to Te Papa series trailer

Get It to Te Papa follows journalist Hayden Donnell on an ambitious quest to collect underappreciated Kiwi cultural artefacts and get them into New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa. Together with his director José Barbosa, Hayden scours the country for artefacts including the Waitangi Dildo, the animatronic fruit and vegetables from defunct supermarket chain Big Fresh, Huntly’s DEKA sign, Auckland’s Giant Santa, Suzanne Paul and the original Lets Gone Warriors sign. Get It to Te Papa is a Lightbox Original, made by The Spinoff.