''Best Bits'' is a New Zealand comedy show, where a panel of comedians comment on video clips taken from television during the week prior. It is produced by

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, and hosted by comedian

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in the first series and ex-''

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'' presenter and comedian

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in the second and third series. The first series premiered on TV One on 19 July 2013, and ended in October 2013 with "Best Bits of Best Bits", an episode where highlights from the past series were revisited. The second series premiered on 26 March 2014, and ended on 19 June 2014. The third series premiered on 26 February 2015, and ended on 21 May 2015.

Series overview

Format

The show is recorded in front of a live audience. Each week the host, along with a recurring panel of four comedians, share brief video clips taken from television programmes, commercials, and

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from both New Zealand and international broadcasters that were broadcast during the past week. The panelists then make observations and jokes (usually of a

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nature) about what they have seen.

Panelists

Recurring panelists

* Vaughan Smith * Rhys Matthewson * Heidi O'Loughlin *

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* Donna Brookbanks

Guest panelists

Rose Matafeo Rose Catherine Lettitia Matafeo (; born 25 February 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress, and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show ''Funny Girls''. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comed ...

Shavaughn Ruakere Shavaughn Ruakere (born 3 March 1978) is a New Zealand Māori people, Māori actress and television presenter. She is best known for her role as presenter on the children's TV show What Now. Shavaughn also played the role of Roimata Ngatai on t ...

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(as Marcel Lucont) * Nick Gibb *

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International adaptations

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n version of the format, '' Best Bits'', aired from 29 March 2016 on the

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References

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External links

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