Assignment The Surrogate
Tape damage throughout, pictures unstable but usable.
An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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1Kim Cotton was the first woman to give birth to a baby which would be sold to a childless couple. Since then governments around the world have regulated the practice. But now there is a call for the tightening of the surrogacy laws.
Reporters
- Martin Bashir (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
Speakers
- Sonja and Clemens Peeters (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Karen and Mike Roche (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Kim Cotton (Chair - Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy) Ed and Jean Hunter (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Gena Dodd (Secretary COTS)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- The Surrogate
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 9 April 1998
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
Episode Description
- Tape damage throughout, pictures unstable but usable.
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
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Reporters
- Martin Bashir (Reporter, BBC Panorama)
Speakers
- Sonja and Clemens Peeters (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Karen and Mike Roche (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Kim Cotton (Chair - Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy) Ed and Jean Hunter (Claim to be Parents to the Boy) Gena Dodd (Secretary COTS)