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Here's the Stuff You Can Watch From Today on VICELAND

On December 1, at 1pm, we're switching it all on.

At 1pm today we switched on our TV channel VICELAND in New Zealand. This is so exciting.

You'll find us by hitting Channel 13 on your SKY remote. And because we're on SKY, many of our shows are also on SKY GO and On Demand. That means piping hot programming all the time, so if you're off school sick or off work hungover, tune in any time of day and you'll find something you like.

Now, here are some shows. Enjoy.

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BLACK MARKET

10.10 PM December 1

The inimitable Michael K Williams, fromThe WireandBoardwalk Empire, makes the perfect host forBlack Market, a journey into the dangerous if fascinating world of illicit trade. From New York City to Newark New Jersey to central London, Williams speaks to gunrunners, abalone fishermen, and purveyors of addictive opioid-based cough syrup, in order to find out what drives illegal industries.

VICE NEWS TONIGHT

7 PM weeknights from December 1

7 PM. Every weeknight. This is your new source of news, taking place not from behind a desk but out on the streets. Each edition features on-the-ground reporting from VICE correspondents everywhere around the globe. It's hard-hitting, occasionally irreverent journalism that examines issues from student debt to climate change to heroin warfare.

STATES OF UNDRESS

3.20 PM December 1

Believe it or not, clothing trends don't begin and end at New York Fashion Week. InStates of Undress, Hailey Gates travels to China, Palestine, Russia, Venezuela, the Congo, and Pakistan to see how runways look elsewhere. In the process, she shows viewers sides to the industry that are often neglected or outright ignored.

BALLS DEEP

3.25 PM December 1

You know how we're meant to try and understand other people's perspectives by putting ourselves in their shoes, or something?Balls Deepmakes that process a whole lot easier. Host Thomas Morton hangs out with a bunch of unlikely groups—from Florida Seniors to graduating High School seniors, to New York City tugboat operators—and tries to live the way they do. Spoiler alert: it's not always easy.

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WEEDIQUETTE

9.20 PM December 1

Reverberating somewhere between decriminalisation and the war on drugs, there's never been a more pivotal time to talk about the global politics and ethics of marijuana. In the first episode of Weediquette, host Krishna Andevolu travels to Oregon and California to meet families who—as a last resort—have turned to hyper-potent weed oil to treat their children's life-threatening cancers.

CYBERWAR

8.30 PM December 5

In Cyberwar, VICE journalist Ben Makuch travels the world to visit frontlines in our battle for inline control. He interviews hackers, government officials, and dissidents from China, Syria, and the USA. Get to know the malware that could take down your city with nothing but code.

GAYCATION

8.30 PM December 7

Hosted by Ellen Page and her best friend Ian Daniel, Gaycation is a travel show from a LGBTQI perspective. In their first gaycation, Ellen and Ian take Japan, a nation with a strangely ambiguous stance on homosexuality and queer issues. Next up is Rio De Janeiro, a queer party capital with a contradiction: it has the highest LGBTQI murder rate in the world. The duo also visit Jamaica, Ukraine, India, France, and the USA's Deep South.

F*CK THAT'S DELICIOUS

8.30 PM December 3

Action Bronson cooks. Action Bronson raps. Action Bronson owns one of the world's foremost collections of artisanal bongs. Oh, and he's the star of Fuck That's Delicious, his web series-turned bona fide cooking show that sees him sample some of the best dishes on the planet. Look out for this premiere New Zealand episode, where the best half-Albanian rapper pays a visit to Auckland and chef Al Brown teaches him how to make a craydog.

N.OISEY

11.05 PM December 5

Music nerds, here's your show. Hosted by Zach Goldbaum, who interviews everybody from Kendrick Lamar to Justin Bieber, Noisey visits the cultures and communities that have spawned some of our generation's greatest artists: from the rising stars of grime trying to make it big in London, to rappers living it up in rebounding Detroit, to the mega-rich DJs of Las Vegas.