McPhail and Gadsby
Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The Health Department's advertisements for AIDS prevention 2. Sir Robert Muldoon advertising for Sabco, an Australian company specialising in cleaning and garden products 3. The Government's GST advertising campaign 4. Take-offs of financial television programmes Credo and Money-Go-Round 5. Allegations of sexism in the Labour Caucus 6. The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) America's Cup Challenge advertisement 7. Musical performance by Ricky Lee
Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.
Primary Title
- McPhail and Gadsby
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 20 September 1986
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.
Episode Description
- Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The Health Department's advertisements for AIDS prevention 2. Sir Robert Muldoon advertising for Sabco, an Australian company specialising in cleaning and garden products 3. The Government's GST advertising campaign 4. Take-offs of financial television programmes Credo and Money-Go-Round 5. Allegations of sexism in the Labour Caucus 6. The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) America's Cup Challenge advertisement 7. Musical performance by Ricky Lee
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Comedy
Hosts
- David McPhail (Host)
- Jon Gadsby (Host)
Contributors
- Joh Gadsby (Writer)
- A K Grant (Writer)
- David McPhail (Writer)
- John Lye (Director)
- John Lye (Producer)
- BCNZ (Production Unit)