This eight episode series introduces a raft of expat New Zealanders based in the United Kingdom. Celebrating success across business and the arts, the show is directed and presented by London-based expat Hilary Timmins (It's in the Bag). Each episode is built around a loose theme (see descriptions below the player), and features two or three interviews. In total, director and presenter Hillary Timmins talked to over 30 expats — from chefs (Peter Gordon) to aerobatic pilots (Emmet Cox) to performers (Jonathan Lemalu), to Piano production designer Andrew McAlpine and Emmy-nominated sound designer Blair Jollands (who also worked on the sound for Dream Catchers).
...a lot of the firsts in this country have been New Zealanders, Australians, Americans, and I think it's partly because we don't know that we ought not to do it.– Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas on the success of expats in England, early in episode four
Dream Catchers Productions
Dream Catchers Productions
Produced in association with Kea, The New Zealand Society UK and the NZ-UK Link Foundation
Interview with director and presenter Hilary Timmins, The Otago Daily Times, July 2020
Profile of architect Anthony Hoete, Auckland University website
Official website for composer and sound designer Blair Jollands
Profile of lawyer Judith Mayhew Jonas, Birkbeck University website
Interview with yachting magnate Barrie Neilson, The Otago Daily Times
Video interview with music executive Milly Olykan, The Spinoff
Interview with coffee entrepreneur Tubbs Wanigasekera, Your Weekend (scroll down)
Profile of entrepreneur Mark Wilson, Waikato University website
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