Tony Holden has produced and directed hundreds of hours of television, from pioneering comedies A Week Of It and Gliding On, to Radio with Pictures, Shortland Street and Dancing with the Stars. Holden’s roles over his long screen career include Head of Production at South Pacific Pictures and General Manager of Commissioning and Production at TVNZ.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Holden talks about:
- Auditioning and inviting Karyn Hay to host Radio with Pictures
- Learning the art of comic timing
- How office comedy Gliding On struck a chord with New Zealanders
- Shooting live to tape on A Week Of It
- The early days working with Billy T James
- His emotions producing Billy, the tele-movie about Biilly T James
- Heading commissioning at TVNZ
- The future of New Zealand television
Interview Credit
Interview, Camera and Editing – James Coleman
“I got a letter from this woman saying 'Phil O'Brien is rubbish, I could do miles better than him.' . . . so I got her down for an audition. Her name was Karyn Hay. . . ”
Tony Holden on Karyn Hay becoming the new host of Radio With Pictures
Copyright
This video was first uploaded on 22 August 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.
