From the Archives: Five Decades (1990s)- Peter Elliott

This Heartland channel series marked 50 years of television in New Zealand. Each episode chronicled a decade of screen highlights, alongside an interview with a personality who worked in that era. In this excerpt from the 1990s episode, host Andrew Shaw chats to Peter Elliott about his TV career, from painting the floor for Grunt Machine to becoming a high profile actor (Gloss,  Shortland Street), and presenter (Captain’s Log). Elliott reflects on the Shortland Street (and Civil Defence advert) curse, and the screen industry’s growing confidence in telling local stories. 

At school I'd always thought that actors were laughable, and a bit up themselves…

– Peter Elliott on what he thought of actors as a youngster

Key Cast & Crew

Peter Elliott

Subject

Kathryn Quirk

Producer

Andrew Shaw

Interviewer