Close Up
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Close Up is a half-hour long New Zealand
current affairs
programme produced by Television New Zealand
. The programme airs at 7.00pm weeknights (straight after One News) on TV ONE and is presented by Mark Sainsbury
with Paul Henry as the back up supporting host.
The show remains the country's most watched night news and current affairs show.
The new Close Up began broadcasting on November 2, 2004 as a replacement for the Holmes show immediately after Paul Holmes
announced his resignation from TVNZ and that he would be presenting a similar show on Prime
in 2005. The show was originally branded as Close Up at 7 using the existing Holmes studio but when the show relaunched in 2005 it was just branded as Close Up with a new-look studio.
Close Up was hosted by Susan Wood from its first show in 2004 until December 4, 2006 when she resigned from TVNZ, citing health problems.
Close Up competes with the TV3
current affairs show Campbell Live
, and shares the same time slot with TV2 drama Shortland Street
.
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Gill Higgins, Robyn Janes, Daniel Faitaua, Hannah Ockelford, Matt Chisholm, Michael Holland, Corinne Ambler.
Katherine McCallum,
Christopher Lynch,
Executive Producer: Mike Valintine
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.
topics of the day, much in the mould of 60 Minutes
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
current affairs
Current affairs (news format)
Current Affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
programme produced by Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand, more commonly referred to, and stylized as TVNZ, is a government-owned corporation television network broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific. It operates TV1, TV2, TVNZ7, TVNZ Heartland, TVNZ U and new media services....
. The programme airs at 7.00pm weeknights (straight after One News) on TV ONE and is presented by Mark Sainsbury
Mark Sainsbury (New Zealand)
Mark Sainsbury is a New Zealand current affairs television presenter. He currently hosts Close Up on TVNZ's TV ONE. Previously he was ONE News's political editor....
with Paul Henry as the back up supporting host.
The show remains the country's most watched night news and current affairs show.
The new Close Up began broadcasting on November 2, 2004 as a replacement for the Holmes show immediately after Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
Paul Holmes CNZM is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. he hosts Q+A on TV ONE, and the Saturday morning radio show on Newstalk ZB, where for 23 years until December 2008 he hosted the weekday breakfast show, the long-standing number one rating breakfast show...
announced his resignation from TVNZ and that he would be presenting a similar show on Prime
Prime Television New Zealand
Prime is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the UK and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
in 2005. The show was originally branded as Close Up at 7 using the existing Holmes studio but when the show relaunched in 2005 it was just branded as Close Up with a new-look studio.
Close Up was hosted by Susan Wood from its first show in 2004 until December 4, 2006 when she resigned from TVNZ, citing health problems.
Close Up competes with the TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...
current affairs show Campbell Live
Campbell Live
Campbell Live is a half-hour long New Zealand current affairs programme weeknights at 7.00pm, on TV3 and is hosted by New Zealand television personality, John Campbell...
, and shares the same time slot with TV2 drama Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
.
CloseUp Reporters
Entertainment Reporter (Los Angeles): Dominic BowdenDominic Bowden
Dominic Joseph Bowden . is a New Zealand television personality, host, radio and voice actor. He is best known as the host of the reality series New Zealand Idol. Bowden was also the host of TVNZs game shows Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old? and Dare to Win, which has a similar format to Minute...
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Gill Higgins, Robyn Janes, Daniel Faitaua, Hannah Ockelford, Matt Chisholm, Michael Holland, Corinne Ambler.
CloseUp Producers
Louisa Cleave,Katherine McCallum,
Christopher Lynch,
Executive Producer: Mike Valintine
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 newsNews
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
topics of the day, much in the mould of 60 Minutes
60 Minutes (New Zealand)
60 Minutes is the name of a television newsmagazine show currently broadcast in New Zealand on TV3. The show began in New Zealand in 1989 based on an American programme by the same name....
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