U&alibi continue ‘Far North’

Best on the Box highlight for January, 16th…

The six-episode drama tells the – mostly – true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars’ worth of meth to New Zealand shores – and nearly to market.

And they would have got away with it too if it wasn’t for a pesky 70-year-old Māori diesel mechanic and his aqua-aerobics instructing wife… Diesel mechanic Ed (Temuera Morrison) and his aqua
aerobics instructor wife Heather (Robyn Malcolm) lead a quiet life with their beloved dogs in the Far North.

As a Tongan-Australian gang’s lucrative drug deal with a global cartel goes awry, they’re left stranded with 500kg of meth and a boatload of lies. They unwittingly involve the ordinary Kiwi couple Ed and Heather in their increasingly desperate pursuit of their ultimate payday.

Amidst the absurdity, Ed and Heather have to navigate treacherous waters, hoping to both thwart the gang and survive the ludicrous ordeal.

In tonight’s second episode of this first series, the stranded crew ration their remaining food and water carefully, while waiting to be rescued. Drug boss Cai arrives in New Zealand and the
gang reach out to Ed for help.

Far North, tonight (Thursday 16 January) at 10 pm on  U&alibi. All episodes S1&2 available on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now.

Sky 109/809 (HD) | Virgin 114/212 (HD)