Facelift - First Episode

Political figures and popular broadcasters were prime targets in Gibson Group's topical sketch comedy series. In this first episode John Campbell, Kim Hill, Don Brash (then leader of the National Party) and Prime Minister Helen Clark all get the Facelift treatment, with actors impersonating their subject via voice, movement and prosthetic makeup. Facelift provided an early showcase for man of many voices, Cohen Holloway (Boy, Bellbird). Holloway depicts MP Winston Peters as a suave wheeler-dealer and delightfully skewers effusive broadcaster John Campbell.

Politics creates strange bedfellows, Helen.

– Don Brash (Alan Brunton) chats with Prime Minister Helen Clark

Key Cast & Crew

Cohen Holloway

As: John Campbell, Rodney Hide, Parekura Horomia, Tana Umaga, various roles

Chris Ellis

Producer

Grant Walker

As: Paul Holmes

Georgina Christensen

As: Kim Hill, various roles

Lorae Parry

As: Helen Clark, Clive Woodward, various roles, Writer

Thomas Robins

Director