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Give It A Whirl 1 - Causing a Commotion (First Episode)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2003

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Bernie Allen

Subject

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Ray Columbus

Subject

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Peter Elliott

Narrator

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Mark Everton

Director, Writer, Interviewer

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Anna Bailey

Photo Archivist

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Robert Boyd-Bell

NZ On Air Consultant

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Jude Callen

Other

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Richard Driver

Producer, Series Development

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John Fraser

Editor

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Irene Gardiner

Network Executive

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Michael Higgins

Writer, Research, Associate Producer

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Colin Hogg

Writer, Story Consultant

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Simon Morris

Series Development

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Ian Morris

Composer - Theme Music

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Anthony Nevison

Sound Recordist, Sound Recordist

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Michael O'Connor

Additional Camera Operator

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Steven Orsbourn

Cinematographer

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Samuel Richards

Sound Mix

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Norm Skipp

Online Editor

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Erina Tamepo

Production Manager

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Greg Wignall

Sound Recordist - Melbourne

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