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25 Years of Television

Curated by NZ On Screen team 15 items
Three television specials and a run of live performances from 1985, celebrating the 25th anniversary of New Zealand television
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25 Years of Television
25 Years of Television
Curated by NZ On Screen team

Overview

In 1985 Television New Zealand went all out to celebrate the 25th anniversary of local TV. Three specials marked the occasion. Two-parter 25 Years of Television was the most comprehensive: in part one, newsreader Dougal Stevenson chronicled the path from the one channel days of the 1960s, to a second channel in 1975 (TV3 didn't launch until 1989). A variety show (see musical excerpts below) — also called 25 Years of Television — featured performances by everyone from Dinah Lee to Ray Woolf. Lastly Network New Zealand went behind the scenes at TVNZ.

Television

25 Years of Television - Part One
Television 1985
Network New Zealand
Television 1985
25 Years of Television - Funny Moments
Television 1985
Rip It Up - performed by Tom Sharplin
Television 1985
Don't You Know Yockomo / Do the Blue Beat - performed by Dinah Lee
Television 1985
Join Together - performed by Steve Allen
Television 1985
Timothy - performed by The Chicks
Television 1985
Gimme Some Lovin' - performed by Mr Lee Grant
Television 1985
Nothing But Dreams - performed by Tina Cross
Television 1979 - 1985
Pinocchio - performed by Maria Dallas
Television 1985
If I Needed You - performed by Jodi Vaughan and Brendan Dugan
Television 1985
Penny Lane - performed by Ray Woolf
Television 1985
Streets of Laredo - performed by John Grenell
Television 1985
Beautiful Lady - performed by Patsy Riggir
Television 1985
L’Amour est l’Enfant de la Liberte - performed by The Rumour
Television 1985