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 Town and Around: Auckland Highlights
 Hang On A Minute Mate
 Open House - Happy Birthday (Episode One)
 The Game of Our Lives - Home and Away
 Crump
 Talk Talk - Season Three, Episode Seven

Synopsis

On this episode of the book show hosted by novelist Emily Perkins, the panel discusses Rachael King’s gothic toned second novel Magpie Hall. There’s a visit to Governors Bay on Banks Peninsular to meet a book club with a multi-national feel; and TVNZ journalist Tim Wilson talks about his favourite book – the ultimate in weighty tomes, Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. In his ‘Under the Covers’ piece, Finlay Macdonald explores ‘A Good Keen Man’, Barry Crump’s breakthrough novel from 1960 – the work of a “man of the land with the soul of a poet”.

Credits (17)

 Mitchell Hawkes

Mitchell Hawkes
Director

 Brendon Butt

Brendon Butt
Director

 Matthew Barrett

Matthew Barrett
Director

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 Crump

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Television, 1999 (Excerpts)

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 Hang On A Minute Mate

Hang On A Minute Mate

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A film based on Crump’s stories

 Town and Around: Auckland Highlights

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 The Game of Our Lives - Home and Away

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 Open House - Happy Birthday (Episode One)

Open House - Happy Birthday (Episode One)

Television, 1986 (Full Length Episode)

Emily Perkins acted in this drama series

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Added 04 March 2011

Quotes

Unusually for a show about books, it’s certainly action packed 

– Colin Hogg (Producer)