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- Steven Zanoski: From New Zealand's favourite kids show to our favourite soap...
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Steven Zanoski's first television job was on kids show What Now? He went on to become a storyliner for Shortland Street, and did four years as the programme’s producer. Zanoski also penned one-off TV drama House of Sticks, and — while Head of Development at South Pacific Pictures — had a hand in the birth of classic show Outrageous Fortune. In this ScreenTalk, Zanoski talks about: Joining What Now? as a writer/reporter at age 19 Learning that his script for teleplay House of Sticks was actua...
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