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- Title
- Midweek with Holmes - Felicity Ferret
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
From 1982 to 2002 (with a short revival in 2009), New Zealand magazine Metro was home to a highly controversial gossip column, penned by the anonymous "Felicity Ferret". In this 1989 clip from Paul Holmes' current affairs show Midweek with Holmes, the scandal is investigated. Interviewing a range of people, the reporters hear the perspective of fellow journalists, lawyers, and "victims" of the column. A major subject is who "Felicity Ferret" might really be, with signs pointing to Metro Edito...
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- Video
- Date created
- 1989
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/midweek-with-holmes-felicity-ferret-1989
- Related subjects
- gossip column / gossip columnist / metro / magazine / talk show / interview / current affairs / slander / slime / cafe set / auckland / fame / famous / insult / comedy / socialite / courtier / rich and famous / karen soich / neil roberts / couple / bob harvey / sir bob harvey / writer / ferret / olly newland / famous prop / property baron / affairs / sexuality / adultery / phil gifford / loosehead len / radio jock / claire parker / nz woman's weekly / woman's weekly / journalist / journalism / sandra moran / litigation lawyer / warwick george roger / warwick roger / editor / metro editor / warwick brown / restaurateur / michael guy / salvador dali / artist / death / coffin / belinda caldwell / tennis player / elite / rich / wealth / patrick 'chooky' steel / 1980s / 80s / eighties / patrick steel / john fernyhough / features editor / felicity ferret
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