We're in the middle of a new season of locally-made Sunday Theatres on TVNZ One - all, as they say, plucked from the nation's headlines. Why Does Love told the story of pop band the Dance Exponents, this week sees Resolve, about a man who bravely fought the Taranaki gangs, and next week more crime - the story of the infamous Black Widow.
Simon Morris asks producer Philly de Lacy and writer-director Thomas Robins why it has to be a true-life crime, or an iconic showbiz figure to become a TV movie these days?