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Richard Driver

Producer, Presenter

Chairman of company Greenstone TV, Richard Driver first broke into television as host of music show Radio with Pictures. After directing documentary Hokonui Todd, the ex singer ran production company Visionary TV and produced music series Give it a Whirl and award-winner Love, Speed and Loss. He went on to create and programme Sky TV's Documentary Channel for four years, before selling it to the BBC.

It’s very satisfying, I think, when you look back to have been part of a broadcast industry. You meet fascinating people — and everyone along the way you learn from. You learn good things and how not to do things. So I'm really happy to have had this accidental career in television. Richard Driver

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Interview

Richard Driver: On his serendipitous TV career...

Interview, 2010

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Border Patrol - Series Eight, Episode One

2016, Executive Producer - Television

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The Women of Pike River

2015, Executive Producer - Television

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The Naughty Bits - Violence, Drugs and the 'F' Word

2014, Subject - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 3 - Let Us Entertain You

2010, Subject - Television

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Rocked the Nation

2008 - 2011, Subject - Television

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New Zealand's Got Talent

2008, Judge - Television

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Neighbours at War

2005 - 2015, Executive Producer - Television

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Love, Speed and Loss

2005, Producer - Television

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Give It A Whirl 1 - Causing a Commotion (First Episode)

2003, Producer, Series Development - Television

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Give It A Whirl 2 - The Swinging Sixties (Episode Two)

2003, Producer, Producer, Series Development - Television

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Give It A Whirl 3 - The Summer of Love (Episode Three)

2003, Producer, Series Development - Television

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Give It A Whirl 4 - Anarchy in the Air (Episode Four)

2003, Producer, Series Development - Television

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Give It A Whirl 5 - Finding Our Own Voice (Episode Five)

2003, Producer, Series Development - Television

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Give It A Whirl 6 - Land of Plenty (Episode Six)

2003, Producer, Series Development - Television

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The Family - First Episode

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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So You Think You're Funny?

2002, Producer - Television

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Dalvanius

2002, Executive Producer - Television

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So You Think You're Funny? - First Episode

2002, Producer - Television

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Peter Gordon's Pacific Harvest

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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Music Nation - First Episode

1995, Executive Producer - Television

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Music Nation

1995, Executive Producer - Television

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Infocus - Smokefree Rockquest

1993, Producer - Television

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Hokonui Todd

1991, Co-producer, Director - Television

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Visual Symphonies - Otago

1991, Series Development - Television

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InFocus

1990 - 1995, Producer - Television

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TV3 Begins - First Transmission

1989, Subject - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Women Songwriters

1988, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Joni Mitchell

1988, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Mick Jagger

1988, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Neon Picnic

1988, Presenter, Interviewer - Television

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Radio with Pictures - The Pogues

1988, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Billy Bragg

1987, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Student Radio

1987, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - The Cramps

1986, Presenter - Television

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Radio with Pictures - The Violent Femmes

1986, Presenter - Television

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True Colours - First Episode

1986, Presenter, Production - Television

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Radio with Pictures - South Island Music

1984, Subject - Television

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Radio with Pictures - Christchurch 1982

1982, Subject - Television

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Eyewitness - Punk

1978, Subject - Television

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Radio with Pictures

1986 - 1988, Presenter, Presenter - Television