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Des Monaghan

Producer, Executive

Des Monaghan has worked as a producer and network executive in both New Zealand and Australia. A pioneering force in local current affairs, he went on to beome TVNZ's Controller of Programming, and sue Prime Minister Robert Muldoon for defamation. In 1996 Monaghan joined Bob Campbell to found Australasian production company Screentime, producers of the globally successful Underbelly drama franchise. 

New Zealand has a world class TV Industry from production to broadcasting, and I'm proud to have been a small part of its history and its future with my ongoing association with Screentime NZ. Des Monaghan

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Interview

Des Monaghan: Pioneering TV journalism, ending the Post Office strike and waiting for David Frost...

Interview, 2015

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred

2010, Subject - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity

2010, Subject - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty

1990 - 1992, Executive Producer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Deceptive Appearances

1990, Executive Producer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Ride a Black Horse

1990, Executive Producer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - The Birdman

1990, Executive Producer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - A Horse Like Beauty (Episode Two)

1990, Executive Producer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - The Old World

1990, Executive Producer - Television

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Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)

1989, Executive Producer - Television

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25 Years of Television - Part One

1985, Subject - Television

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Seven Days

1975 - 1977, Producer - Television

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Frost Over New Zealand - The Leaders

1973, Producer - Television

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Sporting Life

1973 - 1981, Creator , Producer - Television

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Frost Over New Zealand

1973, Producer - Television

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Gallery - Jews

1973, Producer - Television

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Gallery - Mururoa protest interview with Bill Ralston

1973, Producer - Television

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Gallery - The Chinese Community

1972, Producer - Television

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Tank Busters

1970, As: Detective - Television

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Gallery - Ending the Post Office Go-Slow

1970, Producer - Television

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John Rowles, Ladies and Gentlemen

1969, Producer - Television

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M'Lady

1969, Producer - Music video

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Gallery

1968 - 1973, Producer - Television

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Compass

1964 - 1969, Producer - Television