5 Jun 2020

60 years of Kiwi telly - The Panel remembers the 'telethon'

From The Panel, 4:32 pm on 5 June 2020

As part of The Panel's series marking 60 years of television, we look back at the success of the 'telethon' and muse over whether it is time to bring it back.

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Neil Collins (front) fronting the Otago Southland studio component of the 1978 Telethon.

Neil Collins (front) fronting the Otago Southland studio component of the 1978 Telethon. Photo: Supplied / Otago Daily Times