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Alongside more than 50 years as a radio personality, Barry Holland has appeared on New Zealand TV screens many times. Holland has been a weather presenter and newsreader, and has commentated the Olympic Games and America’s Cup. He was also the presenter on a number of popular TV shows, including On the Mat, Top Town and Sunday Afternoon Sportsworld. 

In this ScreenTalk, Holland talks about:

• Feeling ‘special’ presenting the weather for the NZ Broadcasting Corporation
• Coming to terms with a mechanical autocue while reading the news
• Dealing with breakdowns on the set of game show Break 21
• Doing field interviews with athletes at The 1976 International Track Series
• How a rainstorm saw him ending up on a UK bloopers show
• Missing out on meeting Muhammad Ali on Sunday Afternoon Sportsworld
• How heartland New Zealand took to Top Town
• Being advised not to take on the hosting role of On the Mat
• Having to do crazy things during Telethon
• Facing freezing conditions on a mountain while filming a banking ad
• Wanting to be famously anonymous

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via this Creative Commons licence.

NZ On Screen: Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside