Our Big Blue Backyard (2014) "Normally nature show narrators are poor imitators of David Attenborough who disappoint us by not being David Attenborough, but New Zealand's Michael Hurst has just the right soothing tone to tell us about the naughty bits of fishes, as he has been doing in the excellent TVNZ series, Our Big Blue Backyard". (NZ Herald)
Undercover Rescue (2014) "Narrator Michael Hurst was superb, his gentle yet authoritative voice was blue chip but without those cut-glass vowels that can often be a turn-off. He keeps it Kiwi, real and compassionate". (Wanganui Chronicle) |
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| 2018 |
The Cafe (series), TV3; episode:
 3 July: interviewee
(on The Changeling)
The Project (series), TV3; episode:
6 June: interviewee
(on The Changeling) |
| |
|
| 2017 |
The Cafe (series), TV3; episode:
28 April: interviewee
(on Amadeus) |
| |
|
| 2016 |
Our Big Blue Backyard (documentary series): narrator (voice)
2.6, 4 December, 'Banks Peninsula': narrator (voice)
2.5, 27 November, 'Auckland Islands': narrator (voice)
2.4, 20 November, 'Fiordland': narrator (voice)
2.3, 13 November, 'Chatham Islands': narrator (voice)
2.2, 6 November, 'White Island': narrator (voice)
2.1, 30 October, 'Kermadec Islands': narrator (voice) |
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|
| 2015 |
Newsworthy (series), TV3; episode:
30 July: interviewee
(on Lysistrata)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
10 February: interviewee
(on A Midsummer Night's Dream)
The Lion Queen (documentary series): narrator (voice)
1.6, 21 February, 'What Future for Andi's Lions?': narrator (voice)
1.5, 20 February, 'Out of Control?': narrator (voice)
1.4, 19 February, 'Saved from the Lion Industry': narrator (voice)
1.3, 18 February, 'Fire and Ice': narrator (voice)
1.2, 17 February, 'New Arrivals and a Sad Goodbye': narrator (voice)
1.1, 16 February, 'A Midwife to Lions': narrator (voice) |
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|
| 2014 |
Our Big Blue Backyard (documentary series): narrator (voice)
1.6, 7 December, 'Stewart Island': narrator (voice)
1.5, 30 November, 'Open Bay Islands': narrator (voice)
1.4, 23 November, 'Kaikoura': narrator (voice)
1.3, 16 November, 'Poor Knights Islands': narrator (voice)
1.2, 9 November, 'Goat Island': narrator (voice)
1.1, 2 November, 'Northland': narrator (voice)
Tagata Pacifica (series), TVNZ; episode:
15 November: behind-the-scenes directing Tatau on the Cook Islands
Undercover Rescue (documentary), Paua Productions/TVNZ, Dean Cornish, director: narrator (voice) (12 November)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
17 September: interviewee
(on The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
2 July: interviewee
(on Trees Beneath the Lake)
First at Five (series), CTV; episode:
24 April: interviewee
(on Zombie: Red Zone)
Seven Sharp (series), TVNZ; episode:
24 April: interviewee
(on Zombie: Red Zone)
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| 2013 |
20/20 (series), TVNZ; episode:
7 November: interviewee
(on Chicago)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
16 July: interviewee
(on taking No Holds Bard to Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
Nightline (series), TVNZ; episode:
4 June: interviewee
(on No Holds Bard)
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| 2012 |
The Good Word (series), Third Party Productions/TVNZ7; episode:
4.7, 12 April: celebrity book reviewer
U Live (series), TVNZ; episode:
27 February: interviewee
(on Much Ado About Nothing, AUSA Summer Shakespeare)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
14 February: interviewee
(on Frequently Asked Questions)
Spartacus: Vengeance (series), Starz Productions
10 episodes, 27 January-30 March: Producer
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| 2011 |
3 News (series), TV3; episode:
26 August: interviewee (on the opening of Q Theatre)
Nightline (series), TVNZ; episode:
26 August: interviewee (on the opening of Q Theatre)
View from Olympus (documentary), Messenger Films, Geoffrey Cawthorn, director: narrator (voice) (12 November)
Artsville (series), TVOne; episode:
22 April, Brutal Beauty: Sir Miles Warren-Architect: narrator (voice)
Artsville (series), TVOne; episode:
23 January, Sound and Fury-John Psathas: narrator (voice)
|
| 2010 |
Reel Late with Kate (series), TV3; episode:
1.18 guest reviewer (21 November)
|
| 2009 |
Sunrise (series), TV3; episode:
1 December: "uncles" panel
Qantas Film and Television Awards 2009, TV3: celebrity presenter (6 September)
Big Night In (telethon), TV3: celebrity guest (9 August)
Rocked
the Nation 2 (documentary mini-series), C4; episode:
5, 3 August: interviewee
(on Hercules)
Art that Moves (documentary), Point of View Productions: reader (voice)
Campbell
Live (series),
TV3; episode:
17 March: profile
(on Life is a Dream, Peter and the Wolf,
Legend of the Seeker, Bitch Slap)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
10 March: interviewee
(on Life is a Dream and Peter and the Wolf)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
5 January: interviewee (on Legend of the Seeker)
|
| 2008 |
Sunrise (series),
TV3; episode:
15 November: interviewee
(on teaching Shakespeare in schools)
Real Life (series), RSVP Productions; episode:
The
Girl Who Didn't Grow: narrator (voice)
Sunrise (series),
TV3; episode:
2 September: interviewee
(on Blackbird)
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
14 July: interviewee
(on Hansel and Gretel)
Sunrise (series),
TV3; episode:
22 May: interviewee
(on The Threepenny Opera)
|
| 2007 |
Nightline (series), TV3; episode:
27 November: interviewee
(on The Mystery of Irma Vep)
Sunrise (series),
TV3; episode:
9 November: interviewee
(on The Mystery of Irma Vep)
Frontseat (series),
Gibson Group; episode:
3.8: interviewee (on 'Is Shakespeare
Still Funny?')
Breakfast (series), TV One; episode:
13 March: interviewee (on Life is a Dream)
Frontseat (series), Gibson Group; episode:
3.1: interviewee (on Tis Pity She's a Whore)
Inside New Zealand (series), TVOne; episode:
NCEA--Kids v Parents: narrator (voice)
|
| 2006 |
Going,
Going, Gone (series), Greenstone Productions/TVNZ:
narrator for 5th series (10 episodes; voice)
Artsville (series), 3rd Party Productions; episode:
10 June, Piano Man: narrator (voice ) |
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|
| 2005 |
Breakfast (series), TV One; ; episode:
14 September: interviewee (on The Goat)
Frontseat (series), Gibson Group; ; episode:
2.24: interviewee (on The Goat)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
6 June: interviewee (on New Zealand Order of Merit recipients)
Headliners(series), TVNZ; episode:
5 June: interviewee (on New Zealand Order of Merit recipients)
Air
Force (series), Screentime Communicado/TVNZ; nine episodes: narrator
(voice) |
| |
|
| 2004 |
Christmas
in the Park, TV3: performer
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
1 November: interviewee
Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
13 June: interviewee (on photographer Jane Ussher)
Headliners (series), TVNZ; episode:
27 May: interviewee (on Macbeth)
Breakfast (series), TVNZ; episode:
28 April: interviewee (on Goldie)
Tonight (series), TVNZ; episode:
23 April: interviewee (on Goldie)
Headliners (series), TVNZ; episode:
23 April: interviewee (on Goldie)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
4 March: interviewee (on Goldie)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
13 January: interviewee (on Treasure Island Kids) |
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|
| 2003 |
Stage Challenge Grand Final 2003, Guru, TV2: celebrity judge
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
1 August: interviewee (on breast feeding campaign)
3 News (series), TV3; episode:
1 August: interviewee (on breast feeding campaign)
Test
the Nation: The New Zealand IQ Test, Eyeworks/TVOne:
celebrity test-taker (30 June)
The Last Word (series), TVNZ; episode:
21 May: interviewee (on Hamlet)
Holmes (series), TVNZ; episode:
21 May: Hamlet rehearsal
It's
a Wife's Life (series), Front of the Box
Productions; episodes:
"Millionaires'
Wives": narrator
(voice)
"Politicians'
Wives": narrator (voice)
Rugby
Great (series), Sky Sports: narrator (voice)
Nightline, TV3; episode:
24 May: interviewee (on Hamlet)
Good
Morning, TVNZ; episode:
23 May: interviewee (on Hamlet)
Remembering
Kev: A Tribute to Kevin Smith, TVNZ: interviewee |
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|
| 2002 |
Good
Morning (series), TVNZ; episode:
19 November: 'Riff Raff' (Richard
O'Brien interview)
Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
17 November: 'Riff Raff' (Richard O'Brien interview)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
15 November: 'Riff Raff' (segment on The Rocky Horror Show)
Breakfast (series), TVNZ; episode:
11 June: interviewee (on stall in the filming of Crime Story (later renamed Fracture)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
28 February: interviewee (on the Kevin Smith memorial service)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
23 February: interviewee (on a farewell tribute planned for Kevin Smith)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
17 February: interviewee (on the death of Kevin Smith) |
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|
| 2001 |
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (series), ABC; episode:
6 May: phone-a-friend (voice)
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
27 April: interviewee (on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
Today Live (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.46, 25 April: interviewee (on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
Lucy
Lawless: Kiwi Superstar (documentary), TV3: interviewee
Hawke’s
Bay Youth Drama School—The Documentary; Eric
Derks, director: narrator (voice) |
| |
|
| 2000 |
How'd They do That? (series); episode
27 December: segment, special effects on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: interviewee
E! Celebrity
Profile (series), E! Entertainment
Television; episode:
'Lucy Lawless' (15 November): interviewee
E! Celebrity
Profile (series), E! Entertainment
Television; episode:
'Kevin Sorbo' (October): interviewee
The
Making of Jubilee (documentary), Students in the Bachelor
of Performing and Screen Arts Degree, Unitec: interviewee
Mai Time (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 April: interviewee (at the premiere of Jubilee)
Holmes (series), TVNZ; episode
20 April: interviewee (on Cliff Curtis starring in his film Jubilee)
Today Live (series), TVNZ; episode:
1.16, 3 April: interviewee (profile) |
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|
| 1999 |
Marae (series), TVNZ; episode:
31 October: behind-the-scenes directing the film Jubilee
Good
Morning (series), TVOne; episode:
15 April: film reviewer
Sunday News Give Us a Clue (series), TVNZ; episode:
1.03: 7 August: celebrity charades contestant
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 July: interviewee (on the end of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
60 Minutes (series), Nine Network Australia; episode:
11 April: interviewee (on behind-the-scenes of Xena)
Backch@t (series), Gibson Group; episode:
2.01, 11 April: interviewee (on I'll
Make You Happy)
Squeeze (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.06, 11 April: interviewee (on I'll
Make You Happy)
Tonight (series), TVNZ; episode:
7 April: at premiere of I'll
Make You Happy
Queer Nation (series), Livingstone Productions; episode:
3.07, 6 April: interviewee (on I'll
Make You Happy)
Inside Out (series), Long White Cloud; episode:
2.04, 21 March: interviewee (on people with disabilities involved with the performing arts) |
| |
|
| 1998 |
E!
Inside Hercules and Xena (documentary), E! Entertainment
Television: interviewee
Fatherhood (documentary), RSVP Productions; Robyn Scott-Vincent and
Peter Roberts, directors: interviewee
The
Road to Jerusalem (documentary), Point of View Productions/TVNZ, Shirley Horrocks, director: narrator (voice) |
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|
| 1997 |
Entertainment Tonight (series), CBS Paramount Domestic Television
15 November: interviewee
E! News Daily (series), E! Entertainment Television
18 October: interviewee
Inside New Zealand (documentary series), Top Shelf
Productions; episode:
"Fame":
interviewee |
| |
|
| 1996 |
Give Us a Clue (series), Communicado; four episodes: celebrity
contestant
New
Zealand 20/20 (series); episode:
4 November: interviewee (in segment 'Hits & Myths' on Hercules and Xena)
5th Great Celebrity Debate, Horizon Television, Ltd./ATV: celebrity debater
Town and Country (series), TVNZ; episode:
1.8, 30 March: interviewee (on renovating their house)
Entertainment Tonight (series), CBS Paramount Domestic Television
16 January: segment "Scene Stealers": interviewee |
| |
|
| 1995 |
Sunday (series), Gibson Group
12 November: "The Brian Edwards Interview": interviewee
1.21 (July): interviewee (on Othello)
Flip
and Two Twisters (documentary), Point of View Productions
(TVNZ), Shirley Horrocks, director: reader (voice)
Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.118, 31 August: interviewee (on Braindead, the Musical)
Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.90, 13 July: interviewee (on Othello)
New Zealand Film and Television Awards, TVNZ;
24 June: nominee for Typhon's People and guest presenter |
| |
|
| 1994 |
The Edge (series), Gibson Group; episode:
2.19: interviewee
Body and Soul (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.10, 22 July: interviewee (on Hamlet)
Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
1.69, 15 June: Profile of Michael Hurst |
| |
|
| 1993 |
The
Edge (series), Gibson Group; episodes:
1.25:
film reviewer (on Peter's Friends)
1.19: interviewee (on Hamlet)
1.13: interviewee (on Romeo and Juliet)
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|
| 1992 |
Tonight (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 October: interviewee (on The Footstep Man at the film's premiere)
Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
11 October: in segment on Hawkes Bay Youth Drama School
Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
12 July: interviewee (on The Hungry City and Watershed Theatre) |
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|
| 1991 |
TV3
News; segment on The Merchant of Venice: interviewee |
| |
|
| 1990 |
One Network News (series), TVNZ; episode:
20 November: interviewee (on A Slice of Saturday Night)
3:45 Live (series), TVNZ; episode:
19 November: interviewee (on A Slice of Saturday Night)
10AM (series), TVNZ; episode
11 November: actor in The Threepenny Opera (in segment on Inside Out Theatre)
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|
| 1989 |
Crimewatch (series), TVNZ; episode:
15 August 1989: crime scene re-enactment |
| |
|
| 1988 |
Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
29 November 1988: interviewee (on choreographing fight sequences for The Three
Musketeers at Mercury Theatre)
Festival 88: Highlights, TVNZ; episode:
24 March: actor in Threepenny Opera at New Zealand International Festival of the Arts |
| |
|
| 1987 |
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
12 June 'Squatter': actor in Squatter rehearsal |
| |
|
| 1986 |
Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
1 December: interviewee (on the launch of new performing arts group)
Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
17 November: interviewee (on the closing of Theatre Corporate)
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
30 May: Macbeth rehearsal |
| |
|
| 1985 |
Napier: Newest City on the Globe (documentary), Stewart
Main, TVNZ; Peter Wells, director: narrator (voice)
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
3 May: speaker on actor's plight for Actors Equity in Aotea Square
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
: narrator, 'China Ballet: A Week in Beijing, A Bit Less in Shanghai' |
| |
|
| 1984 |
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 June: actor in film sequences from The General and the Nightingale (profile of
author Dan Davin) |
| |
|
| 1982 |
Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
18 June: performer recording radio play (segment on author Sue McCauley) |
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