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PeterMorritt

  • Director
  • Producer
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During a broadcasting career spanning more than three decades, versatile producer/director Peter Morritt produced and directed a run of shows for state television, from current affairs to talk shows, including the first two seasons of Fair Go. London-born Morritt retired in 1996.

Screenography

Carols by Candlelight
1993 - 1998 Director, Producer Series
Questions, Please
1988 Producer Television
Crimewatch
1987 - 1995 Producer Series
Then Again - Strongman Mine
1986 Producer Television
Then Again - John Clarke interview
1986 Producer Television

Biography

London-born and bred, Peter Morritt tossed a coin and moved to New Zealand around the age of 20. By then he had already worked in television: one of his first jobs involved fixing them.

In New Zealand Morritt got a job at radio station 2ZB as a technical operator, working with legendary radio personality Aunt Daisy along the way. Over the next few years he did various technical jobs across radio and television, including maintaining transmitters and installing studio equipment.

Awards

1978 Feltex Television Awards
Best Information Programme: Fair Go

“A very confident and highly respected team leader; his delightful sense of humour never left him. He was always able to relieve any crew tension with a laugh or one of his clever quips.”

— Ron Pledger, longtime broadcasting colleague

Related images

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The original team behind Fair Go team: from left, reporter Gillian McGregor, Presenter Brian Edwards, lawyer Mike Camp (at back), director/researcher Michael McDonald, PA Anne Keating (in glasses), reporter Spencer Jolly, and at front right, producer Peter Morritt. Reporter Judith Fyfe and her spectacles are hidden behind McGregor.