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An item from the 10 September 1985 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 26 February 1987 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 17 July 1987 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 19 October 1988 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 12 October 1988 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 14 February 1989 The Mainland Touch episode.
An item from the 23 February 1989 The Mainland Touch episode.
The Mainland Touch - Excerpts
Television (Excerpts) – 1985 - 1989
The Mainland Touch was a popular regional news magazine programme broadcast from Christchurch between 1980 until 1990. In excerpts here, Christchurch Botanic Gardens welcomes the arrival of spring with a daffodil festival while local gardening groups prepare a floral carpet. The Wizard of Christchurch battles Telecom over the colour of phone boxes and joins opponents of a proposed restaurant tower in Victoria Square. Punting on the Avon is extended, and a cockatoo hitches a ride in the garden city.
You can see it’s a beautiful cathedral, I don’t think the tower can be compared with the Cathedral.– Christchurch City Councillor Carol Evans
Key Cast & Crew
Michael Brown
Rob Cope-Williams
John Dunne
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