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- Title
- 50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
From early teleplay The Evening Paper to the edgy Outrageous Fortune, this episode of 50 Years of New Zealand Television talks drama and comedy. Key players, from actors to executives, recall a host of signposts in the development of storytelling on Kiwi TV screens. John Clarke recalls 1970s sitcom Buck's House; Paul Maunder remembers the drama that likely helped introduce the DPB; and TV executive John McRae recalls worries about the projected cost of global hit Hunter's Gold, and mentioning...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2010
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/50-years-of-nz-tv-episode-5-drama-and-comedy-2010
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