Television

Nick Grant discusses music TV, Prime's "James Nesbitt in New Zealand", and a drama about New Zealand conscientious objectors during WW1, "Field Punishment No.1". Audio

Irene Gardiner shares insightful First World War  TV, film and documentary clips from NZ On Screen. Audio

Australian stage and screen actor, currently onscreen in television drama series Rake in the lead role of defense barrister Cleaver Greene. Audio

Longtime Tom Verlaine collaborator, and recent fill-in for departed Television guitarist Richard Lyiyd, Jimmy Rip talks about his time as a session player for a dazzling array of rock legends from… Audio

Anzac Day coverage and MasterChef New Zealand. Audio

Producer Steven O'Meagher talks about what a star like Sam Neill brings to a TV cop show. Audio

With Phillippa Howden Chapman - Public Health Researcher from Otago University's Wellington School of Medicine. Maya Goetz - international researcher in the area of children and media, who is visiting… Audio

We speak to pioneering movie and TV producer John Barnett. There could hardly be a single New Zealander who hasn't enjoyed one of the many Kiwi culture-defining projects he's been involved with. These… Audio

It's 50 years since George Jetson and his cartoon family, complete with flying car and robotic maid, made their first appearance on US television. Audio

Writer and swearing consultant for the British television series The Thick of It, and columnist for The Guardian. Audio

Jaquie Brown first came into our living rooms as the presenter of the youth alternative current events show 'Space' and as a VJ on C4. Then she got all serious and took a responsible job as a reporter… Audio

Muppet historian and President of the Jim Henson Legacy on the creator of the iconic children's television puppets. Audio

Some people are paying to get their hands on the latest TV and film using a virtual private network to make it look like they're living in the US or the UK. So how do VPNs work and is using one legal… Audio

Tom Scott is a cartoonist, satirist, author and playwright. His latest project is a television docu-drama centred on the controversial 1981 Sprinkbok tour of New Zealand. Rage is the story of two… Audio

An exhibition about television series 'Outrageous Fortune' has opened at Auckland Museum. Audio

The Exhibition is about the longest running drama made in New Zealand. Although the series is over, Cheryl West and her family will live on between December 15th and May first at the Museum. Amanda… Audio

We hear about the career of the actor widely known as Mr Spock. Audio

Eric Frykberg looks back at television's 50 year history in New Zealand and ahead to its future. Audio

One of the UK's leading historians discusses his craft, and explores why he uses television as a key means of communication to a wide audience. In the chair is Sean Plunket. Audio

Creator and executive producer of the award-winning television series Mad Men, a multi-layered 1960s period drama set in the world of advertising in New York. Audio