Top 40 NZ TV Classics
This collection of 40 classic Kiwi TV series offers up images spanning 50 years. The titles range from Gloss to Gliding On, from Olly Ohlson to Nice One Stu, from Ready to Roll to wrestlers. In this special backgrounder, Stuff's James Croot writes about favourite moments of Kiwi TV. The list is in rough chronological order of when each series debuted.
Town and Around: Wellington Highlights
Television, 1968 (Full Length)
40 Years of Country Calendar
Television, 2005 (Full Length Episode)
C'mon - Series One, Final Episode
Television, 1967 (Full Length Episode)
Pukemanu - Pukemanu Welcomes You (first episode)
Television, 1971 (Full Length Episode)
It's in the Bag - Dunedin (1974)
Television, 1974 (Full Length Episode)
Play School - Presenter Compilation
Television, 1980–1987 (Excerpts)
Spot On - First Episode
Television, 1974 (Full Length Episode)
Close to Home - First Episode
Television, 1975 (Full Length Episode)
Telethon - 1981 show
Television, 1981 (Excerpts)
Ready to Roll
Television, 1975–2001
On the Mat - 17 March 1981
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Romper Room - Opening Titles
Television, 1975 (Excerpts)
Moynihan - You Can't Win 'Em All (Episode Two)
Television, 1976 (Full Length Episode)
Nice One
Television, 1976–1978
Top Town - 1977 Final
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Hunter's Gold - First Episode
Television, 1976 (Full Length Episode)
The Governor 1 - The Reverend Traitor (First Episode)
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Fair Go - 30 Years on Television
Television, 2007 (Full Length Episode)
A Dog's Show - 1981 Final
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
A Week of It - Christmas Special
Television, 1979 (Full Length Episode)
It is I Count Homogenized - Episode
Television, 1983 (Full Length Episode)
Gliding On - No Smoke Without Fire (First Episode)
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
After School - Māorimind (Episode)
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Landmarks - A Land Apart
Television, 1981 (Full Length)
Hudson and Halls - Episode Seven (1982)
Television, 1982 (Excerpts)
Mortimer's Patch - Day of Judgement (First Episode)
Television, 1980 (Full Length Episode)
Under the Mountain - The Alien World Below (Episode Four)
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Chic Chat - 1981 Episode
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Radio with Pictures
Television, 1976–1988
Terry and the Gunrunners - Full Series
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episodes)
Hotshotz
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
Gloss - First Episode
Television, 1987 (Full Length Episode)
The Best of The Billy T James Collection
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Holmes - Dennis Conner Interview (First Episode)
Television, 1989 (Excerpts)
The Boy from Andromeda - The Guardian
Television, 1990 (Full Length Episode)
What Now? - 1991 Christmas Special
Television, 1991 (Full Length Episode)
Shortland Street - First Episode
Television, 1992 (Full Length Episode)
Nightline - 20th Anniversary Episode
Television, 2010 (Full Length)
The Son of a Gunn Show - Christmas Special
Television, 1992 (Full Length Episode)
Outrageous Fortune - First Episode
Television, 2005 (Full Length Episode)