Close Up (TV programme)
Close Up | |
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Country of origin | New Zealand |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | TV One |
Release | 2 November 2004 30 November 2012 | –
Related | |
Close Up is a half-hour-long
The new Close Up began broadcasting on 2 November 2004 as a replacement for the Holmes show immediately after
Close Up was hosted by
Close Up competed with the
Personnel
Presenters
Presenter | Role | Tenure |
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Susan Wood |
Main presenter | 2004–2006 |
Mark Sainsbury | Main presenter | 2007–2012 |
Paul Henry | Backup presenter | 2004–2008 |
Mike Hosking | Backup presenter | 2008–2012 |
Greg Boyed | Backup presenter | 2011–2012 |
Reporters
- Gill Higgins
- Robyn Janes
- Daniel Faitaua
- Hannah Ockelford
- Matt Chisholm
- Michael Holland
- Corinne Ambler
- Dominic Bowden (entertainment reporter)
Producers
- Louisa Cleave
- Katherine McCallum
- Christopher Lynch
- Mike Valintine (executive producer)
Major New Zealand awards
Robyn Janes, Louisa Cleave (producer) and Corinne Ambler won Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme and the coveted Journalist of the Year awards at the 2009 Qantas Film & TV Awards. Robyn, Louisa and Corinne won for their series on the shocking state of two New Zealand schools - Wairoa's Tiaho Primary School and Whanganui Awa School. It was the second year in a row that Robyn has been recognised. She won the award for Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme in 2008 as well.
Previous version
In the 1980s, Close Up was a weekly, hour-long current affairs' programme, looking more in depth into domestic
Close Up cancellation
On 28 September 2012, TVNZ decided to cancel Close Up at the end of the year taking a new stance at the 7pm time slot. TVNZ head of news and current affairs Ross Dagan said "a new daily current affairs show with a distinctively different format." This also ended Mark Sainsbury's association with the state owned channel.[3]
The show ended on 30 November 2012.[4]
References
- Television New Zealand. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "CloseUp's Susan Wood to undergo surgery next week". The New Zealand Herald. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "TVNZ expected to axe Close Up".
- ^ Akoorie, Natalie (30 November 2012). "Race on for Close Up 2 as Sainsbury signs off". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2012.