PeterGrattan
- Producer
As a musician and TV producer, Peter Grattan's influence on New Zealand's entertainment scene is substantial. The guiding hand behind the creation of formative Kiwi music shows including the iconic Radio With Pictures and Shazam, Grattan's experience in the TV industry extends to the United Kingdom and the United States, where he now lives.
Screenography
Biography
Born in Cheshire, England to an English father and a Welsh mother, Peter Grattan arrived in New Zealand in 1957 at the age of six. The family settled first in Oratia in West Auckland. Grattan's first exposure to music was learning the piano. But it was the emergence of the Beatles and especially the influence of Ringo Starr that launched his life-long obsession with drumming.
“I cherish those Shazam! days of producing vids for the kiwi icons from Dobbyn to Fagan.”