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Holmes - Dennis Conner Interview (First Episode)
Television (Excerpts) – 1989
In this famous interview from the very first episode of Holmes, Paul Holmes asks American yachtsman Dennis Conner to apologise for cheating in the America's Cup. Conner storms out, making headlines the next day and giving the new show a ratings boost. The NZ Herald described this interview as "an aggressive, overly-mannered encounter interview rather than a thoughtful interrogation, a ratings-generating event rather than a genuine, tenacious journalistic grilling." It was a style that made Holmes famous.
It could be fair to say that no one raises more passion in New Zealanders than an American yachtie Dennis Conner.– Paul Holmes
Key Cast & Crew
Paul Holmes
Paul Cutler
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