Frontline
TVNZ’s flagship,primetime current affairs show which ran from March 1988 to December 1994. It replaced current affairs show "Closeup', which ran from 1980 to the end of 1987.
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1Fatal Attraction Remember the Marlboro men? Those cowboy hunks with big horses and bigger hats who tried and obviously succeeded to turn people on to cigarettes? Well, there was this reporter who went to talk to the cowboys themselves, to see what they were really like. He discovered that like most men of their time, they smoked. But what he also found was that the product they had helped to glamourize and sell, was killing them with cancer. Tonight, a report on how the purveyors of tobacco keep their industry alive, while so many of their customers are dying. It is an issue, because Minister of Health Helen Clark is considering a recommendation from the Toxic Substances Board that all tobacco advertising and promotion should be banned by the end of the year. In 1986, the Board also recommended a ban, but the Government took little action. The tobacco industry won that round, but will it win this one?
- Start 0 : 00 : 20
- Finish 0 : 43 : 31
- Duration 43 : 11
Reporters
- Mark Scott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Cecil Bradley (Patient)
- Michael Thomson (Spokesman, Tobacco Institute of New Zealand)
- voxpop
- Peter Lodge (Headmaster, Ponsonby Intermediate School)
- Dick Smith (Australian Businessman)
- Helen Clark (Minister of Health, Labour Party)
- Harry Lavington (Actor)
- Taherangi Vallance (Emphysema Patient)
- Phil Rubinstein (Former Advertising Executive)
- Nigel Gray (Spokesman, Victoria Health Promotion Foundation)
- Mark Birrell (Leader, Victoria Liberal Party)
Contributors
- Chris Ghent (Director)
Associated
- Dr Michael Bassett (Former Minister of Health, Labour Party)
- Yes, Minister (British Television Programme)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- Yes
Primary Title
- Frontline
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 20 August 1989
Start Time
- 19 : 00
Finish Time
- 19 : 45
Duration
- 45:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- TVNZ’s flagship,primetime current affairs show which ran from March 1988 to December 1994. It replaced current affairs show "Closeup', which ran from 1980 to the end of 1987.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
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.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Ross Stevens (Presenter)
Reporters
- Mark Scott (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Cecil Bradley (Patient)
- Dick Smith (Australian Businessman)
- Harry Lavington (Actor)
- Helen Clark (Minister of Health, Labour Party)
- Mark Birrell (Leader, Victoria Liberal Party)
- Michael Thomson (Spokesman, Tobacco Institute of New Zealand)
- Nigel Gray (Spokesman, Victoria Health Promotion Foundation)
- Peter Lodge (Headmaster, Ponsonby Intermediate School)
- Phil Rubinstein (Former Advertising Executive)
- Taherangi Vallance (Emphysema Patient)
- voxpop
Contributors
- Chris Ghent (Director)