Tony Trotter

Reporter turned producer Tony Trotter was a key figure in the long history of rural show Country Calendar, pulling the programme out of the studio and towards a wider audience. Spotting the talent of Country Calendar reporter John Gordon, Trotter got him to front the quirky A Dog's Show. Later Trotter won two Feltex awards producing for TVNZ’s fledgling Natural History Unit. He passed away on 9 March 2016.

If I had any skill at all, it was in standing still and thinking ‘what is the real story, what exactly is this programme saying?’. Tony Trotter, on his time as producer of Country Calendar