00:00:31 The theft of 4 works f rom Visa Gold Art Award display; Shayne Howe, eye witness; Paula Savage, City Gallery; Gordon Harcourt, Backchat producer and purchaser of one of the stolen works; item on Australian Broadcasting Commission, a public not profit making broadcaster; Brian Johns, ABC managing director; George Negus, ABC journalist; Dr Julianne Schultz, media lecturer and author; Richard Alston, Australian communications minister; Robyn Williams, ABC science broadcaster. 00:14:00 Studio debate on national broadcasting with Pam Corkery, Alliance broadcasting spokesperson, Rodney Hide, ACT finance spokesperson and Joe Atkinson, Auckland University; ‘dog-cam’ video by Japanese video artist at the Physics Room, Christchurch. 00:32:30 Film review of ‘In the Company of Men’; with Chris Knox and Fiona Samuel, and short computer generated film ‘Blinder. 00:43:20 Natural History Film Unit celebrates 21st anniversary with film of Antarctica to music from Dunedin Sinfonia; Michael Stedman, Natural History NZ Ltd; Andrew Sewell, conductor; Mike Single, cameraman and double-bassist; interview with George Henare, starring in ‘Julius Caesar’ in Auckland. 00:56:00 An item on fine artist Donald Gibson, disabled and born with Usher’s syndrome; Bon Suter, tutor; Maree Bone, communicator; Karen Calder, artist. 01:02:00 Item on artist Frances Hodgkins; John Gow, John Leech gallery; listings; commercial break; 01:08:30 Backchat and letter of the week. 01:13:20 end

Backch@t is magazine-style arts and culture show.