Facelift - Best of 2004

This never broadcast episode collects the best moments from season one of Gibson Group's 'prosthetically enhanced' comedy show. There's digs galore at media personalities and politicians. The writers have fun placing veteran broadcaster Paul Holmes (brilliantly played by Grant Walker) and his rival John Campbell (Cohen Holloway) in the ring, for a send-up of celebrity boxing match Fight for Life. Don Brash (Alan Brunton) imagines a New Zealand under the rule of 'the Don', and former PM David Lange pops in to show Helen Clark (Lorae Parry) how to tell a tale.

We wanted to evolve the whole Public Eye concept, which was those great big rubbery puppets they had back in the 80s, and see if we could achieve caricatures that had real human eyes and which could move around in a real environment.

– Facelift producer Chris Ellis, in an interview with the NZ Herald, 1 July 2004

Key Cast & Crew

Lala Rolls

Editor

Lorae Parry

Writer, As: Helen Clark

Paul Yates

Script Editor, As: Various roles

Cohen Holloway

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

Grant Walker

As: Paul Holmes, Murray Deaker, various roles

Thomas Robins

Director