diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/nzonscreen.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/nzonscreen.py
index 755039804..0a1c830ad 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/nzonscreen.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/nzonscreen.py
@@ -2,25 +2,29 @@
 from ..utils import (
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
-    remove_end,
+    smuggle_url,
     strip_or_none,
     traverse_obj,
+    unsmuggle_url,
     url_or_none,
+    urljoin,
 )
 
 
 class NZOnScreenIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.nzonscreen\.com/title/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.nzonscreen\.com/title/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)/?(?!series)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/shoop-shoop-diddy-wop-cumma-cumma-wang-dang-1982',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '726ed6585c6bfb30',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'format_id': 'hi',
+            'height': 480,
+            'width': 640,
             'display_id': 'shoop-shoop-diddy-wop-cumma-cumma-wang-dang-1982',
             'title': 'Monte Video - "Shoop Shoop, Diddy Wop"',
             'description': 'Monte Video - "Shoop Shoop, Diddy Wop"',
-            'alt_title': 'Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang | Music Video',
+            'alt_title': 'Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang',
             'thumbnail': r're:https://www\.nzonscreen\.com/content/images/.+\.jpg',
             'duration': 158,
         },
@@ -31,10 +35,12 @@ class NZOnScreenIE(InfoExtractor):
             'id': '3dbe709ff03c36f1',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'format_id': 'hi',
+            'height': 480,
+            'width': 640,
             'display_id': 'shes-a-mod-1964',
             'title': 'Ray Columbus - \'She\'s A Mod\'',
             'description': 'Ray Columbus - \'She\'s A Mod\'',
-            'alt_title': 'She\'s a Mod | Music Video',
+            'alt_title': 'She\'s a Mod',
             'thumbnail': r're:https://www\.nzonscreen\.com/content/images/.+\.jpg',
             'duration': 130,
         },
@@ -45,49 +51,137 @@ class NZOnScreenIE(InfoExtractor):
             'id': 'f86342544385ad8a',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'format_id': 'hi',
+            'height': 540,
+            'width': 718,
             'display_id': 'puha-and-pakeha-1968',
             'title': 'Looking At New Zealand - Puha and Pakeha',
-            'alt_title': 'Looking at New Zealand - \'Pūhā and Pākehā\' | Television',
+            'alt_title': 'Looking at New Zealand - \'Pūhā and Pākehā\'',
             'description': 'An excerpt from this television programme.',
             'duration': 212,
             'thumbnail': r're:https://www\.nzonscreen\.com/content/images/.+\.jpg',
         },
         'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/flatmates-episode-one-1997',
+        'playlist': [{
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '8f4941d243e42210',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'format_id': 'hd',
+                'height': 574,
+                'width': 740,
+                'title': 'Flatmates ep 1',
+                'display_id': 'flatmates-episode-one-1997',
+                'thumbnail': r're:https://www\.nzonscreen\.com/content/images/.+\.jpg',
+                'duration': 1355.0,
+                'description': 'Episode 1',
+            },
+        }],
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'flatmates-episode-one-1997',
+            'title': 'Flatmates - Full Series',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 5,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/reluctant-hero-2008',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '847f5c91af65d44b',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'format_id': 'hi',
+            'height': 360,
+            'width': 640,
+            'subtitles': {
+                'en': [{'ext': 'vtt', 'url': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/captions/3367'}],
+            },
+            'title': 'Reluctant Hero (clip 1)',
+            'description': 'Part one of four from this full length documentary.',
+            'display_id': 'reluctant-hero-2008',
+            'duration': 1108.0,
+            'thumbnail': r're:https://www\.nzonscreen\.com/content/images/.+\.jpg',
+        },
+        'params': {'noplaylist': True},
     }]
 
     def _extract_formats(self, playlist):
+        formats = []
         for quality, (id_, url) in enumerate(traverse_obj(
-                playlist, ('h264', {'lo': 'lo_res', 'hi': 'hi_res'}), expected_type=url_or_none).items()):
-            yield {
-                'url': url,
-                'format_id': id_,
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'quality': quality,
-                'height': int_or_none(playlist.get('height')) if id_ == 'hi' else None,
-                'width': int_or_none(playlist.get('width')) if id_ == 'hi' else None,
-                'filesize_approx': float_or_none(traverse_obj(playlist, ('h264', f'{id_}_res_mb')), invscale=1024**2),
-            }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        playlist = self._parse_json(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'data-video-config=\'([^\']+)\'', webpage, 'media data'), video_id)
+                playlist, ('h264', {'lo': 'lo_res', 'hi': 'hi_res', 'hd': 'hd_res'}),
+                expected_type=url_or_none).items()):
+            if traverse_obj(playlist, ('h264', f'{id_}_res_mb', {float_or_none})):
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': url,
+                    'format_id': id_,
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'quality': quality,
+                    'filesize_approx': float_or_none(traverse_obj(
+                        playlist, ('h264', f'{id_}_res_mb')), invscale=1024**2),
+                })
+        if formats:
+            formats[-1].update(traverse_obj(playlist, {
+                'height': ('height', {int_or_none}),
+                'width': ('width', {int_or_none}),
+            }))
+        return formats
 
+    def _extract_from_api_resp(self, vid_info, is_single_vid, title, video_id):
         return {
-            'id': playlist['uuid'],
+            'alt_title': title if is_single_vid else None,
             'display_id': video_id,
-            'title': strip_or_none(playlist.get('label')),
-            'description': strip_or_none(playlist.get('description')),
-            'alt_title': strip_or_none(remove_end(
-                self._html_extract_title(webpage, default=None) or self._og_search_title(webpage),
-                ' | NZ On Screen')),
-            'thumbnail': traverse_obj(playlist, ('thumbnail', 'path')),
-            'duration': float_or_none(playlist.get('duration')),
-            'formats': list(self._extract_formats(playlist)),
             'http_headers': {
                 'Referer': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/',
                 'Origin': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/',
             },
+            'subtitles': {'en': [{
+                'url': traverse_obj(vid_info, ('h264', 'caption_url', {urljoin('https://www.nzonscreen.com')})),
+                'ext': 'vtt',
+            }]},
+            'formats': self._extract_formats(vid_info),
+            **traverse_obj(vid_info, {
+                'id': 'uuid',
+                'title': ('label', {strip_or_none}),
+                'description': ('description', {strip_or_none}),
+                'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path'),
+                'duration': ('duration', {float_or_none}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
+        ep_idx = smuggled_data.get('ep')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        title = strip_or_none((
+            self._html_extract_title(webpage, default=None)
+            or self._og_search_title(webpage)).rsplit('|', 2)[0])
+        playlist = self._download_json(
+            f'https://www.nzonscreen.com/html5/video_data/{video_id}', video_id,
+            'Downloading media data')
+        playlist_len = len(playlist)
+
+        if ep_idx is None and playlist_len > 1 and self._yes_playlist(video_id, traverse_obj(playlist, (0, 'id'))):
+            return self.playlist_result(
+                # the site's m3u8 URLs are short-lived, we have to extract them just before downloading
+                [self.url_result(smuggle_url(url, {'ep': idx}), NZOnScreenIE.ie_key()) for idx in range(playlist_len)],
+                playlist_id=video_id, playlist_title=title)
+
+        vid_info = playlist[ep_idx or 0]
+        return {
+            'alt_title': title if playlist_len == 1 else None,
+            'display_id': video_id,
+            'http_headers': {
+                'Referer': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/',
+                'Origin': 'https://www.nzonscreen.com/',
+            },
+            'subtitles': {'en': [{
+                'url': traverse_obj(vid_info, ('h264', 'caption_url', {urljoin('https://www.nzonscreen.com')})),
+                'ext': 'vtt',
+            }]},
+            'formats': self._extract_formats(vid_info),
+            **traverse_obj(vid_info, {
+                'id': 'uuid',
+                'title': ('label', {strip_or_none}),
+                'description': ('description', {strip_or_none}),
+                'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path'),
+                'duration': ('duration', {float_or_none}),
+            }),
         }