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Jane Andrews

Producer/ Director

Jane Andrews launched production company Jam TV with Melanie Rakena in 2002. The partnership resulted in a run of award-winning shows which brought fresh energy to local factual programming. Off the Rails, South and long-running travel show Intrepid Journeys won high ratings and critical acclaim. Radar's Patch and Global Radar both won local awards. In 2015 Andrews debuted hit series DNA Detectives.

When we began making Intrepid Journeys we called it reality TV because we captured real things happening in the real world in real time. We started everyday with no interviews booked or even a run sheet of what we would aim to film. Where some saw a day that lacked a plan, we saw a day filled with potential. Jane Andrews writing about Intrepid Journeys for NZ On Screen, April 2020

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Interview

Jam TV: Melanie Rakena and Jane Andrews...

Interview, 2010

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NZ Story

2013, Director - Television

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Keep Calm and Carry On

2012, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Papua New Guinea (Pamela Stephenson Connolly)

2012, Executive Producer - Television

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Keep Calm and Carry On - First Episode

2012, Director, Producer - Television

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Global Radar

2011 - 2013, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Tanzania, Kenya and Zanzibar (Keisha Castle-Hughes)

2011, Executive Producer - Television

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Caravan of Life - First Episode

2011, Director, Producer - Television

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Global Radar - First Episode

2011, Director, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Oman (Tāmati Coffey)

2011, Director, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Tajikistan (Lynda Topp)

2011, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Turkey and Iran (Simon Gault)

2011, Director, Executive Producer - Television

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Radar's Patch

2010, Producer, Director - Television

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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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Radar's Patch - First Episode

2010, Director, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Ukraine (Kevin Milne)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Rwanda (Rhys Darby)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Laos (Ruben Wiki)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras (Anika Moa)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Sikkim and Darjeeling (Temepara Bailey)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Vanuatu (Brendan Cole)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Off the Radar

2008, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Sri Lanka (Shane Cortese)

2008, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Namibia (Jenny Shipley)

2008, Executive Producer - Television

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Off the Radar - Is Modern Christmas Sustainable?

2008, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Mali (Te Radar)

2007, Executive Producer - Television

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ICE

2007, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Libya (Jeremy Wells)

2007, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Madagascar (John Banks)

2007, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Nepal (Anton Oliver)

2007, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Russia (Marcus Lush)

2007, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - China (Miriama Smith)

2005, Director, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Cuba (Kim Hill)

2005, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Eastern Europe (Jeff Wilson)

2005, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Indonesia (Andrew Fagan)

2005, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Malaysia (Lisa Chappell)

2005, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Morocco (Dave Dobbyn)

2005, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Nicaragua (Rawiri Paratene)

2005, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Southern India (Chris Knox)

2005, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Turkey (Trelise Cooper)

2005, Director, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Uganda (Roger Hall)

2005, Producer - Television

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Our Lost War

2005, Director, Camera - Television

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Off the Rails

2004 - 2005, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Borneo (Tim Shadbolt)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Cambodia (Kerre Woodham)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - China (Katie Wolfe)

2004, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - East Timor (Karyn Hay)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Ecuador (Michael Laws)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - India (Pio Terei)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Mexico (Donald Grant Sunderland)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Mongolia (Hugh Sundae)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Myanmar (Jon Gadsby)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Nepal (Craig Parker)

2004, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Peru (Ewen Gilmour)

2004, Executive Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Syria and Jordan (Danielle Cormack)

2004, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Tibet (Paul Henry)

2004, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Vietnam (Robyn Malcolm)

2004, Producer - Television

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Off the Rails - Rail Rider (Episode Nine)

2004, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys

2003 - 2012, Producer, Director - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Bolivia (Peta Mathias)

2003, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Egypt (Marcus Lush)

2003, Producer - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Kenya (Peter Elliott)

2003, Director, Producer - Television

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Angela D'Audney - A Tribute

2002, Director, Producer - Television

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Today Live - Gaylene Preston on Titless Wonders

2001, Research - Television

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Today Live

2000 - 2001, Production Manager - Television

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Havoc

1997 - 1998, Production Manager, Field Director - Television

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Newsnight

1995, Reporter - Television

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Holmes

1994 - 1995, Reporter - Television

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What Now?

1999, Field Director, Post-Production Director - Television