Talk Talk - Series One

Episode Guide for Season One

By NZ On Screen team 02/10/2023

Episode One
Actor Emily Barclay talks about acting and her negative experiences in Hollywood, SJD performs 'Lucifer', and artist Dick Frizzell discusses why he stayed in New Zealand, and the country's changing art landscape.

Episode Two
Anika Moa talks about her parents, coming out and her third album In Swings the Tide, and performs its second single 'My Old Man'. Then writer/actor Jonathan Hardy talks about sci-fi series Farscape.

Episode Three
Author Shonagh Koea discusses her memoir The Kindness of Strangers. Young pianist John Chen performs Maurice Ravel's Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin. Artist Séraphine Pick talks about her artistic family. 

Episode Four
Poet Tusiata Avia recalls growing up Samoan in Christchurch. Warratahs singer Barry Saunders performs 'One Red Morning'. Thespian Colin McColl talks about being artistic director of Auckland Theatre Company. 

Episode Five
Niuean artist John Pule talks about his multidisciplinary art and the challenges of visiting Niue, Dan Sperber Complex perform 'Does Your Computer Make Love', and Dunedin clothes designer Tanya Carlson talks surfing and fashion.  

Episode Six
Barry Lett talks about how he became an art dealer and artist, Auckland band Lucid 3 perform their song 'Oh Sister’, Ngila Dickson discusses costume designing for the big screen.

Episode Seven
Peter Lange discusses being a ceramicist and sculptor. Opera singer Helen Medlyn and pianist Penny Dodd perform 'Cara sposa' from George Handel's opera Rinaldo. Then Medlyn on finding her love for performing and applause.

Episode Eight
Moana Maniapoto talks about overseas reactions to her music, and sings 'Pae o Riri' from upcoming album Wha, with her sister Trina. Scientist and writer Lloyd Spencer Davis explains the importance of science communication.

Episode Nine
Glenn Colquhoun discusses being a doctor and a poet, then NZTrio perform the third movement of John Psathas' Island Songs. Director Florian Habicht talks about taking risks to make quirky films. 

Episode Ten
Choreographer Shona McCullagh talks dance and Limbs Dance Company, and Dimmer perform 'Going Nowhere'. Then director Vincent Ward discusses Rain of the Children, River Queen, making commercials, and time in Hollywood.

Episode Eleven
Musician Greg Johnson talks about living and working in the United States, and performs his song 'Yesterday and Today'. Author Emily Perkins writes about creating a male character for her novel Novel about My Life.    

Episode Twelve
Madeleine Sami recalls acting early on, then Hammond Gamble performs 'You Cheated Me' from his album Ninety Mile Days. Then Derek Henderson talks about photographing everything from celebrities to Waikato townies.

Episode Thirteen
Jenny Raven recalls starting out in marching bands and becoming an orchestral percussionist, and Bleeders play ‘No Hope Left' from their self-titled album. Then restaurateur Tony Astle talks about arty people making good chefs.