Beyond the Darklands (New Zealand TV series)

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Beyond the Darklands
Genre True crime
Presented by Nigel Latta
Narrated byHarry Lyons
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes32
Production
Running timeapprox. 50 min.
Production company Screentime
Release
Original network TV One
Original release30 January 2008 (2008-01-30) 
29 October 2012 (2012-10-29)

Beyond the Darklands is a New Zealand true crime television series that airs on TVNZ's TV One. It is narrated and presented by clinical psychologist Nigel Latta, with each episode focusing on a certain criminal (usually a murderer or team of murderers). The show has run for five seasons. Inspiration for the series came from Latta's 2003 book Into the Darklands: Unveiling the Predators Among Us, which dealt with Latta's work as a forensic psychologist.

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An Australian series of the same name based on the New Zealand show has been running since 2009. The TVNZ series was previously shown in Australia on the ci channel on Foxtel.

Episodes

Series 1

No. Title Original air date NZ viewers
(thousands)
1.1"William Bell"30 January 2008 (2008-01-30)N/A
Bell was convicted of the murders of three people while on parole in 2001.
1.2"Jules Mikus"6 February 2009 (2009-02-06)N/A
In 1987, Mikus raped and murdered six-year-old Teresa Cormack in Napier. This episode examines Mikus's own traumatic background at the hands of his father, who was also convicted of rape and accused of sex offences against young girls.
1.3"Paul Bailey"13 February 2009 (2009-02-13)N/A
This episode deals with Paul Bailey, a multiple sex offender who abducted, raped, and murdered 15-year-old Kylie Smith in Owaka, South Otago in 1991.
1.4"Terry Clark"20 February 2009 (2009-02-20)N/A
Notorious international drugs smuggler, Clark (a.k.a. "Mr Asia") was convicted in 1981 of murdering his former business partner, Martyn Johnstone.
1.5"Taffy Hotene"27 February 2009 (2009-02-27)398.5
A repeat sexual offender, Hotene was jailed for the rape and murder of journalist Kylie Jones while on parole in 2001.
1.6"Bruce Howse"5 March 2010 (2010-03-05)309.5

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Series 2

No. Title Original air date NZ viewers
(thousands)
2.1"Steven Williams"18 February 2009 (2009-02-18)N/A
2.2"Bernard McGrath"25 February 2009 (2009-02-25)N/A
2.3"Ese Faleali'i"4 March 2009 (2009-03-04)N/A
2.4"Michael Curran"11 March 2009 (2009-03-11)N/A
2.5"Blue Poumako"18 March 2009 (2009-03-18)N/A
2.6"Graeme Burton"26 January 2010 (2010-01-26)N/A
The transmission of this episode was delayed by nearly a year after convicted murderer Burton successfully sought a court injunction to delay broadcast until after a separate court case he was involved with. [2] [3]

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Series 3

No. Title Original air date NZ viewers
(thousands)
3.1"Antonie Dixon"2 February 2010 (2010-02-02)N/A
3.2"Tracy Goodman"8 February 2010 (2010-02-08)N/A
3.3"Daniel Moore"16 February 2010 (2010-02-16)N/A
3.4"Mark Lundy"24 February 2010 (2010-02-24)N/A
3.5"Bert Potter"2 March 2010 (2010-03-02)398.5
3.6"Travis Burns"9 March 2010 (2010-03-09)309.5

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Series 4

No. Title Original air date NZ viewers
(thousands)
4.1"Paul Joseph Dally"13 April 2011 (2011-04-13)N/A
4.2"Gavin Hawthorne"20 April 2011 (2011-04-20)N/A
4.3"George Baker"27 April 2011 (2011-04-27)N/A
4.4"Joseph Reekers"4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)N/A
4.5"Shannon Flewellen"11 May 2011 (2011-05-11)N/A
4.6"Liam Reid"3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)N/A

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Series 5

No. Title Original air date NZ viewers
(thousands)
5.1"Jason Somerville"22 October 2012 (2012-10-22)582.1
5.2"Brad Callaghan"10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)N/A
5.3"Dean Wickliffe"17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)N/A
5.4"Cyndi Fairburn"24 September 2012 (2012-09-24)N/A
Latta examines the "body on the bonnet" case, focussing largely on the psychological background of Fairburn. [7]
5.5"The Mark brothers"1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)575.5
Latta looks at two brothers, Tui Mark and Ron Mark, whose lives turned out very differently: one turned to a life of crime and the other became a politician tough on law and order. [8]
5.6"Nia Glassie"8 October 2012 (2012-10-08)560.4
Latta examines a case involving the death by abuse of three-year-old Nia Glassie. This episode has been described as "quite likely the most horrifying but also the most important piece of television a New Zealander could ever see." [9]
5.7"Peter Holdem"15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)564.6
5.8"Victims"29 October 2012 (2012-10-29)572.2

Latta looks at how three people coped with losing a loved one through a violent crime:

Dawn Smith, whose 15-year-old daughter Kylie Smith was abducted, raped and murdered by Paul Bailey while riding her horse in Owaka on 1 November 1991 (see Episode 1.3)
Rita Croskery, whose son Michael Choy, a pizza delivery driver, died after a group of teenagers beat him with a baseball bat in Papakura on 12 September 2001
Senior Constable Bruce Lamb, a Christchurch police dog handler who was injured — and his dog Gage killed — when Christopher Graham Smith fired upon them while they were executing a drugs search warrant on 13 July 2010

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