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Television, Other

2011

The Good Word (series), Third Party Productions/TV3; episode:
4.7  celebrity guest (12 April)

Good Morning (series), TVNZ; 14 February:  interviewee (on Frequently Asked Questions)

Spartacus: Vengeance (series), Starz Productions: Producer
10 episodes (27 January-30 March)

 

2011

Artsville (series), TVOne; episode: Brutal Beauty: Sir Miles Warren-Architect: narrator (voice; 22 April)

Artsville (series), TVOne; episode: Sound and Fury-John Psathas: narrator (voice; 23 January)

 

2010

Reel Late with Kate (series), TV3; episode:
1.18  guest reviewer (21 November)

 

2009

Sunrise (series), TV3; 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 (mini-series), C4; episode 5, 3 August:  interviewee (on Hercules)

Campbell Live (series), TV3; 17 March:  profile (on Life is a Dream, Peter and the Wolf, Legend of the Seeker, Bitch Slap; watch onlline)

Good Morning (series), TVNZ; 10 March:  interviewee (on Life is a Dream and Peter and the Wolf; watch online)


2008

One News, TVOne; 5 January:  segment on Legend of the Seeker (interviewed and shown directing; also in Hercules archive footage)

Sunrise (series), TV3; 15 November:  interviewee (on teaching Shakespeare in schools)

Real Life (series),  The Girl Who Didn't Grow, RSVP Productions: narrator (voice; made in 2006)

Sunrise (series), TV3; 2 September:  interviewee (on Blackbird)

Good Morning (series), TVNZ; 14 July:  interviewee (on Hansel and Gretel)


2007

Nightline (series), TV3; 27 November:  interviewee (on The Mystery of Irma Vep)

Sunrise (series), TV3; 9 November:  interviewee (on The Mystery of Irma Vep)

Frontseat (series), Gibson Group; episode 3.8: interviewee (on Is Shakespeare Still Funny?)

Artsville (series), 3rd Party Productions; episode: Piano Man: narrator (voice; 10 June)

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)

   
2005

Frontseat (series), Gibson Group; episode 2.24: interviewee (on The Goat)

One News, TVNZ (6 June): segment on New Zealand Order of Merit Queen's Birthday Honours List (interviewee)

Air Force (series), Screentime Communicado/TVNZ; nine episodes: narrator (voice)

   
2004

Christmas in the Park, TV3: performer

Breakfast (series), TV One; episode, 28 April: interviewee (on Goldie)

   
2003

2003 Stage Challenge, Guru, TV2: celebrity judge

One News, TVNZ (1 August): segment on breast feeding campaign: interviewee

3 News, TV3 (1 August): segment on breast feeding campaign: interviewee

Test the Nation: The New Zealand IQ Test, Eyeworks/TVOne: celebrity test-taker

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)

Good Morning, TVNZ; 1 episode: interviewee (on Hamlet)

Remembering Kev: A Tribute to Kevin Smith, TV2: interviewee

   
2002

Good Morning (series), TVNZ; 1 episode (Richard O'Brien interview): 'Riff Raff'

Sunday (series); 1 episode (Richard O'Brien interview): 'Riff Raff'

One News, segment on The Rocky Horror Show: 'Riff Raff'

   
2001

Today Live (series), TVOne; 1 episode: interviewee

Lucy Lawless: Kiwi Superstar (documentary), TV3: interviewee

Hawke’s Bay Youth Drama School—The Documentary; Eric Derks, director: narrator (voice)

   
2000

The Making of Jubilee (documentary), Students in the Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts Degree, Unitec: interviewee

Celebrity Profile: Kevin Sorbo (documentary), E! Entertainment Television: interviewee

Celebrity Profile: Lucy Lawless (documentary), E! Entertainment Television: interviewee

   
1999

Good Morning (series), TVOne: 1 episode: film reviewer

Backch@t (series), Gibson Group; episode 2.01: interviewee (on I'll Make You Happy)

   
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)

   
1997 Inside New Zealand (documentary series), Top Shelf Productions; episode:
"Fame": interviewee
   
1996 Give Us a Clue (series), Communicado; four episodes: celebrity contestant

5th Great Celebrity Debate, Horizon Television, Ltd./ATV: celebrity debater
   
1995

Sunday (series), Gibson Group
12 November: "The Brian Edwards Interview": interviewee
1.21 (July): interviewee (on Othello)

New Zealand 20/20 (series); 1 episode, segment on Hercules and Xena: interviewee

Flip and Two Twisters (documentary), Point of View Productions (TVNZ), Shirley Horrocks, director: reader (voice)

Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.118:  interviewee (on Braindead, the Musical)

Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.90:  interviewee (on Othello)

New Zealand Film and Television Awards, TVNZ; nominee for Typhon's People and guest presenter

   
1994

The Edge (series), Gibson Group; episode:
2.13: interviewee (on Romeo and Juliet)

Body and Soul (series), TVNZ; episode:
2.10:  interviewee (on Hamlet)

Newsnight (series), TVNZ; episode:
1.69:  Profile on Michael Hurst

   
1993

The Edge (series), Gibson Group; episodes:
1.25: film reviewer (on Peter's Friends)
1.19: interviewee (on Hamlet)

   
1992

Tonight (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 October 1992:  feature on the premiere of The Footstep Man

Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
11 October 1992:  feature on Hawkes Bay Youth Drama School

Sunday (series), TVNZ; episode:
12 July 1992:  interviewee (on The Hungry City and Watershed Theatre)

   
1991 TV3 News; feature on The Merchant of Venice: interviewee
   
1989 Crimewatch (series), TVNZ; episode:
 15 August 1989: crime scene re-enactment
   
1988

Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
29 November 1988: feature on choreographing fight sequences for The Three Musketeers at Mercury Theatre

Festival 88, TVNZ; excerpt from Threepenny Opera at New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

   
1987

Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
12 June 1987: rehearsing Squatter

   
1986

Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
1 December 1986: feature on the launch of new performing arts group

Top Half (series), TVNZ; episode:
17 November 1986: feature on the closing of Theatre Corporate

Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
30 May 1986: rehearsing Macbeth

   
1985

Napier: Newest City on the Globe (documentary), Stewart Main, TVNZ; Peter Wells, director: narrator (voice)

Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
3 May 1985: speech in Aotea Square for Actors Equity

   
1984 Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
22 June 1984: film sequences from The General and the Nightingale
   
1982

Kaleidoscope (series), TVNZ; episode:
18 June 1982: reading a radio play