Thursday's TV highlights

7.30PM, TV ONE
CORONATION STREET
Molly's got fleas, it seems. She's so itchy that she takes off her top and Kirk is impressed. Meanwhile, Bev makes Charlie an offer of 100,000 big ones to leave Shelley alone. And Cilla is fuming when Norris says Shelley's wedding will upstage hers.

7.30PM, PRIME
DOCTOR WHO
You thought Coro' was action-packed? In the first episode of this two-parter, the Tardis is trapped on a parallel Earth, Rose discovers her father is still alive, British society is about to get the Ultimate Upgrade, and an old enemy of the Doctor's is about to be reborn.

7.30PM, TV3
ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA
Last night they performed. Tonight one of them will be out on their ear, something these born-to-be-wild performers are not so good at.

9.30PM, MAORI
COAST
Maori singer/songwriter Whirimako Black has what may be the best voice in the country. She performs on this special episode of Coast which takes in Auckland's Milk and Honey solidarity event in support of the Lebanese and Palestinian communities. The concert also features Op Shop, the Bads, Johnny Barker and Tigilau Ness (he's Che Fu's dad, don't you know).


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, TV3
THE SIEGE
Herald rating: * * *
When an Islamic religious leader is abducted by the US military, New York City is targeted by terrorist attacks. The US Government responds by declaring martial law and sends in troops, led by General Devereaux (Bruce Willis). Meanwhile, Denzel Washington and Annette Bening, representing FBI and CIA interests, hunt down the terrorist cells. Intended as a simple action yarn, it carries more weight in a post-September 11 world. (1998)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
Herald rating: * *
Ben Affleck plays a wealthy but lonely man, who revisits his childhood home and meets the family who now live there, paying them to spend Christmas with him. Predictable and slightly funny, it also stars James Gandolfini and Christina Applegate. (2004)

10PM, SKY MOVIES 1
ARMAGEDDON
Herald rating: * * *
New York City is damaged by hundreds of small meteorites, and scientists discover that a huge asteroid is heading for Earth. Their plan: to bury an atomic bomb on the asteroid and blow it to smithereens before it gets here. Starring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler and Billy Bob Thornton. (1998)