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Gliding On - Mastermind (Series Four, Episode Five)

Television (Full Length) – 1984

It must be a joke — someone's having me on. It's an invitation to audition for Mastermind.
– The boss (Ken Blackburn)
John was a little bit similar to myself because I was actually working for the NZBC at the time, so it was a little bit of a documentary — no not really, he was a cheeky little underachiever in the public service.
– Ross Jolly on playing the role of John, RNZ, April 2021

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