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Gloss - First Episode
Gloss - First Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1987 Captioned Drama Soap Opera
The first of four parts of the full length first episode from series one.
The second of four parts of the full length first episode from series one.
The third of four parts of the full length first episode from series one.
The fourth of four parts of the full length first episode from series one.
The credits from episode one.
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From the Archives: Five Decades (1990s)- Peter Elliott
Actor Peter Elliott remembers Gloss
Close to Home - First Episode
Stars Illona Rodgers and Gloss creator Janice Finn
The Shadow Trader
Also stars Miranda Harcourt and Peter Elliott
Old Money - Nathan, Myers, Wilson, Horton, Winstone
Rich real life Kiwi dynasties
Desperate Remedies
More melodrama in fabulous outfits
Intrepid Journeys - Malaysia (Lisa Chappell)
Lisa Chappell travels to Malaysia
Corbans Fashion Collections - 1994
Features actor Simon Prast as MC
Beyond the Bombay Hills
Peter Hawes explores Auckland in 1986
Jafas
Documentary about attitudes to Aucklanders
That's Fairly Interesting - Series One, Episode 13
Another iconic 80s TV show
The New Adventures of Black Beauty - The Birdman
Also starring Ilona Rodgers
Gloss - Kevin Smith's TV debut
Kevin Smith's TV debut
The Marching Girls - Mahara's Story
Another 80s classic TV series
Revolution - 2, The Grand Illusion
Series on NZ social and economic change in the 1980s
Gliding On - No Smoke Without Fire (First Episode)
Life in another kind of 80s office
Sailing Away
More 80s haircuts
Someone Else's Country
A documentary looking at the reality behind the gloss
The Jaquie Brown Diaries - Brown Sweat (Episode Three)
Also features Geeling Ng
Loose Enz - Graham's Mum and the Goulden Tour
Another maternal role for Yvonne Lawley
The Billy T James Show (Sitcom) - Excerpts
Ilona Rogers played Billy T's wife in this sitcom
Homeward Bound - First Episode
The ultimate NZ big city drama
Hands of My Heart
A different take on 1987
Ngaio Marsh Theatre - Died in the Wool
Also features Ilona Rodgers
Savin' Up
Things money can't buy in the 80s
That's Fairly Interesting - Phil Keoghan Montage
Another iconic 80s TV show
Voiceover
Documentary directed by Miranda Harcourt
When Love Comes
Features actor Simon Prast
Gloss - Jim Hickey cameo
An excerpt from the second series
All Things Being Equal - 22 Sept 1978 Episode
Also written by Rosemary McLeod
Impressions of New Zealand
More mid-80s NZ
Weekend - Porsche
More 80s excess
Kaleidoscope - Town Planning
More 80s era Auckland
Good Luck to You
More Auckland of the era
The City And The Suburb (part two)
Beaver also sang the opening song on this
Shortland Street - Chris and Rachel's wedding
Another classic screen wedding
All Talk with Anika Moa - First Episode
Features real housewives of Auckland
Winners & Losers: The Woman at the Store
Another award-winning Ilona Rodgers role
RIP Beaver, missing that voice already :(
Philip 5 Apr 2014 - 04.13am
Hi there who was the guy every one hated in Gloss? I remember back in 1990.ish Me and him and Rob McGlocklin(sp) tied one on at a club in Christchurch. Rob was a great guy and this fella was too. Im old and live in the US now but what a bloody fun time it was.
Michael 2 Mar 2014 - 04.53pm
I used to watch this and I love it !!!! All this years I never forgot Gloss !!! I got myself searching and here I am watching it Again...Kisses and hugs from Portugal
Maria 21 Nov 2013 - 06.12am
I used to love this series!
MzBoo 29 Nov 2011 - 08.53pm
does anyone know what episode it was when the guy was hit on the head and fell off the wharf died and was found by some kids on the beach ?
gavin 20 Nov 2011 - 12.21am
I am amused beyond belief that this episode was written by the ever-sarcastic Rosemary McLeod. I wonder if she puts it on her CV?
Rose 24 Jul 2011 - 10.09pm
Great stuff. Can the other episodes please be made available somehow? I would definitely buy the series, either as download, pay-per-view/rental, or even DVD.
Danny Wolters 25 Jun 2011 - 11.55am
Gloss is fond 80's memories of TV, TVNZ dust of the archive of this TVNZ classic, as me and many more kiwi's would love to see this calssic re screened.
dean 30 Oct 2010 - 11.40pm
Please put it out on DVD
rachael 6 Jul 2010 - 07.14am
It is with great sorrow that I report the popular New Zealand singer and entertainer Beaver who was the voice behind the Gloss theme music has lost her battle with cancer and passed away 6:30am Monday 24th May 2010. Rest in peace Angel. x x x
Chris 27 May 2010 - 12.34am
When can we buy it on DVD????
Wellington fan 24 May 2010 - 10.03pm
Please please please please, I am begging you, TVNZ, I want them into DVDs and put CAPTIONS & SUBTITLES into them as well because GLOSS used to have teletext subtitles on TV when I watched it when I was 13 to 16 years old.. I loved it and never missed every episode as I am profoundly deaf.. its great to see it here but where are the captions? Lots of us in the deaf community had fond memories of GLOSS as it was so exciting that time as it was even before Shortland Street...
keep me informed..!!
Abbie Twiss 12 May 2010 - 02.44pm
Did you notice Alma Johnston among the wedding guests? She was NZ's first female TV announcer and I learnt speech and drama from her at Titirangi in the 1970s. She married Tim Evans-Freke, also a TV announcer, but he died many years ago. I believe Mrs Evans-Freke is still teaching in Auckland and involved in the arts community.
Caron Eastgate Dann 23 Dec 2009 - 03.09pm
OMG the awesomeness of the time before eyebrow waxing, photoshop and botox. More pox and crows feet than i have seen in a long time. I cant believed one person could wear that much foundation. Keep it up NZonScreen.
Marnia 27 Oct 2009 - 01.56pm
Please post more episodes! You have made this expat Kiwi very happy.
Catherine J 27 Oct 2009 - 09.29am
The knitwear! The ear-rings! The accents! What a brilliant snapshot of our (imaginary) lives in the late '80s. Hooray for Gloss and all it stands for.
Lindis Capper-Starr 23 Oct 2008 - 11.24pm
I loved it! It was especially strange seeing panoramas of Auckland without the Skytower to use for orientation.
One big thing though - I wasn't happy with a break being put in before the credits. This wasn't part of the original broadcast and it was obvious that the closing theme music was meant to kick in to underscore the drama of Maxine's sudden arrival at the wedding. Instead a tiny snatch of the theme played, then the clip abruptly ended, ruining the flow!
Why not stick with the original ad breaks for splitting up the episodes?
I'm really looking forward to seeing future episodes!
Robyn Gallagher 23 Oct 2008 - 12.39pm
Check out Chelsea's flash of the Über cool Sony WALKMAN SPORTS WM-AF54!
eru brown 23 Oct 2008 - 05.20am
Woo spot the WM-AF54 Sony Walkman sports! Yellow headphones before white!
eru brown 23 Oct 2008 - 05.14am
This old classic!
A Boyd 22 Oct 2008 - 06.05am
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