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The Topp Twins

Curated by NZ On Screen team 43 items
A collection celebrating Kiwi singing and comedy legends the Topp Twins.
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The Topp Twins
The Topp Twins
Curated by NZ On Screen team

Overview

The Topp Twins are absolutely positively New Zealand entertainment legends, as this collection of songs, comedy, characters and interviews demonstrates. NZ On Screen's Topp Twins Collection also overflows with written tributes. Musician Don McGlashan, Wellington Paranormal actor Karen O'Leary, and Topp Twins manager Arani Cuthbert and ex-manager Brian Sweeney offer laughter, appreciation, or both; plus writer Bianca Zander summarises the range of Jools and Lynda Topp's work on-screen. So dig in!

Profiles

Profile picture of Jools Topp
Jools Topp
Performer
Profile picture of Lynda Topp
Lynda Topp
Performer

Television

In Search of the Lonesome Yodel
Television 2000
The Topp Twins and the APO - William Tell Overture
Television 2010
Radio with Pictures - The Topp Twins in Sydney
Television 1986
That's Country - The Topp Twins Sing 'Sad Dog'
Television 1984
Variety Spectacular - A Night with the Stars
Television 1989
6.30PM News - The Topp Twins Sing 'Radiation' at the Beehive
Television 1985
The Topp Twins - Highland Games
Television 2000
Shortland Street - Dawn and Ali's Wedding
Television 2018
Eyewitness News - The Topp Twins
Television 1982
Topp Country - For the Love of the Topps
Television 2014
Ken's Hunting and Fishing Show - Tongariro
Television 2007
Sunday - The Topp Twins
Television 2022
Sunday - Brave Heart
Television 2007
Holmes - Topp Twins Mayoral Campaign
Television 1998
Holmes - The Topp Twins on the Farm
Television 2003
Cathay Pacific Destination Planet Earth - Paris
Television 1997
3 National News - 1996 Election Night Report
Television 1996
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Pasifika
Television 1998
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: The Waka
Television 1996
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: A & P Show
Television 1996
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Speedway
Television 1998
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Otago
Television 1998
The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: The Beach
Television 1996
Intrepid Journeys - Tajikistan (Lynda Topp)
Television 2011
Great New Zealand River Journeys: The Waikato River with Lynda Topp
Television 1992
The People Next Door
Television 1994
Tonight With Cathy Saunders - Series Two, Episode Five
Television 1986
Heartland - Grey Lynn
Television 1993
Ten Guitars
Television 1996
The Listener Gofta Awards 1987
Television 1987
Hero Parade 1998
Television 1998
Beyond a Joke!
Television 1996
Highwater
Television 1997

Collection Gallery

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Durham Street, Auckland, 1982: the Topp Twins on the way to an interview at radio station 1ZB. Photo by Bruce Connew.
Photo by Bruce Connew
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Camp Mother and Camp Leader at the Horowhenua A&P Show.
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Lynda Topp (left) and Jools Topp (right).
Kindly supplied by Arani Cuthbert of Diva Productions.
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The Topp Twins and comic duo Slick Stage, after a rehearsal for a university tour in January 1981. From left: Peter Rowell, Peta Rutter, Lynda Topp and Jools Topp.
Supplied by Brian Sweeney
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The Topp Twins hit Wellington. Jools Topp (left) and Lynda Topp (right).
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
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Ken & Ken share their thoughts on the 1996 general election.
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The Topp Twins.
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The Topp Twins meet Xena Warrior Princess in documentary In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (2000). From left to right, Jools Topp, Lucy Lawless and Lynda Topp.
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Lynda Topp (left) and Jools Topp (right) are made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004. They were made Dames Companion of the Order in 2018.
Photographer: Craig Simcox. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
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The Gingham Sisters, two of the Topp Twins' earliest characters. Photo by Sally Tagg.
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The Topp Twins in the Pasifika episode of Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set.
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The Gingham Sisters meet a cow at the Horowhenua A&P show, on an episode of Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set.
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Hinewehi Mohi and the Topp Twins take the mike during the 40th anniversary tribute concert Topp Class (2022) Photo by Norrie Montgomery.
Photo by Norrie Montgomery
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Ken and Ken, in the Otago episode of Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set.
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Camp leader (Jools Topp) tries to do a triathlon, in the Beach episode of Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set.
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Arani Cuthbert:  longtime manager of The Topp Twins, and producer of much of their work for the screen.
Photo by Huw Morgan.
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From left to right:  The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls director Leanne Pooley, producer Arani Cuthbert, Lynda Topp and Jools Topp with their 2009 Qantas Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film costing under $1 Million.
Photo supplied by Throng.