Brian Edwards: TV current affairs legend...
Irish import Brian Edwards made a big impact on current affairs in New Zealand. First seen on 1960s regional show Town and Around, he made his name as a no-nonsense interviewer on Gallery. On that show he helped bring about the end of a union dispute with the Post Office, live on air. Edwards on Saturday followed, and was a ratings hit. Later the veteran broadcaster helped launch long-running consumer rights show Fair Go, and hosted radio show Top of the Morning.
In this ScreenTalk, Edwards talks about:
- How being on Town and Around saved him from being a miserable academic
- Getting a reputation for being an "aggressive interviewer" on Gallery
- Annoying SIS boss Bill Gilbert after naming SIS agents during a Gallery interview
- His take on solving the infamous 1970 Post Office strike on air
- Insulting just about every sector of society on show Edwards on Saturday
- How Fair Go changed the rules of television by naming and shaming the "baddies"
- Why he thinks the Fair Go has lost its community appeal
- Finding live show Edwards at Large nerve-racking
- Great current affairs now being marginalised on television
Interview Credit
Copyright
This video was first uploaded on 26 July 2011, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
