50 Years of New Zealand Television Telling Stories
Drama has been the source of some of television's greatest moments and some of its most painful. New Zealand drama and comedy have come a long way in the last 50 years.
Prime TV series celebrating 50 years of New Zealand television: from an opening night puppet show in Auckland in 1960, through to Outrageous Fortune five decades later. It traverses the medium's development and its major turning points (including the rise of programme-making and news, networking, colour and the arrival of TV3, Prime, NZ on Air, Sky and Māori Television) and interviews key players. The changing nature of the NZ living room — always with the telly in pride of place as modern hearth — is a story within a story.
Primary Title
- 50 Years of New Zealand Television
Episode Title
- Telling Stories
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 13 June 2010
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 05
Duration
- 95:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 5
Channel
- Prime
Broadcaster
- Prime Television
Programme Description
- Prime TV series celebrating 50 years of New Zealand television: from an opening night puppet show in Auckland in 1960, through to Outrageous Fortune five decades later. It traverses the medium's development and its major turning points (including the rise of programme-making and news, networking, colour and the arrival of TV3, Prime, NZ on Air, Sky and Māori Television) and interviews key players. The changing nature of the NZ living room — always with the telly in pride of place as modern hearth — is a story within a story.
Episode Description
- Drama has been the source of some of television's greatest moments and some of its most painful. New Zealand drama and comedy have come a long way in the last 50 years.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Television broadcasting--New Zealand--History
- Popular culture--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Hosts
- John Leigh (Narrator)
Contributors
- John Bates (Director)
- John Bates (Producer)
- Cream Media Ltd (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Television broadcasting--New Zealand--History
- Popular culture--New Zealand