Primary Title

• Early Days Yet

Secondary Title

• A Portrait of Alan Curnow

Date Broadcast

• Saturday 9 September 2006

Start Time

• 21 : 30

Finish Time

• 22 : 00

Duration

• 60:00

Channel

• TV One

Broadcaster

• Television New Zealand

Programme Description

• Documentary

Episode Description

• Early Days Yet is a documentary which explores the life of Allen Curnow, who was one of New Zealands greatest writers. Curnow not only won multiple New Zealand book awards and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, he was also the first person outside of Britain to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Exploring Allen Curnow's distinguished life and work, this documentary is a portrait of a man who worked on the cutting edge of literature for almost 70 years.

Classification

• Unknown

Owning Collection

• Chapman Archive

Broadcast Platform

• Television

Languages

• English

Captioning Languages

• Russian

Captions

• None

Live Broadcast

• No

Rights Statement

• Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.

Notes

Genres

• Art
• Performing arts

Hosts

• Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Narrator)

Contributors

• Allen Curnow (Subject)
• Shirley Horrocks (Producer)
• Shirley Horrocks (Director)
• Shirley Horrocks (Writer)
• Catherine Madigan (Producer)
• Point of View Productions (Production Unit)
• TVNZ (Production Unit)