Jude Dobson became famous in New Zealand as co-host of nightly game show Sale of the Century. She went on to present a range of lifestyle series on TVNZ including Open Home, Alive and Kicking, and NZ Living. In 1997 she began hosting five nights a week magazine show 5:30 with Jude. Since then she has set up her own production company and produces media content about parenting.

In this ScreenTalk, Dobson talks about:

• How Sale of the Century beat out the news in the ratings
• Dealing with negative mail from the public
• Her thoughts looking back on the show 
• Moving into working on lifestyle shows on TVNZ
• Working with future mayor Dave Cull on Open Home
• Her initial reluctance to take on hosting 5:30 with Jude
• How a lampshade upset a viewer
• Becoming a panelist on agony aunt show How's Life?
• Having to find funding for her parenting show Nought to Five
• The reason she set up Raising Children
• Enjoying doing the Family Health Diary infomercials

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

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