Spot On - The Making of Country GP

Television (Excerpts) – 1984

This report from beloved kids series Spot On explores Mason Valley, the 1940s replica town built especially for period drama Country GP. Presenter Sandy Beverley chats with set designer Norman Cook and meets Gay Berquist, who sources the period furniture and household items needed to recreate 1946 interiors. Reporter Helen McGowan experiences life as a featured extra on a TV set. With her lines sorted, she goes through costume and makeup, then boards the crew bus alongside actors Michael Haigh and Country GP lead Lani Tupu, ready for the 20 minute drive from Avalon Studios to the Whitemans Valley set.

What you see here is the result of thousands of hours of work. Everything was very carefully planned, and then built or brought in, until the set here in Mason's Valley resembles as closely as possible an authentic New Zealand town in 1946.
– Reporter Sandy Beverley looks around the Country GP set in Whitemans Valley