Catherine Saunders on generous figures, genuine advice, and gyms
Posted on 10 January 2012
Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
Catherine Saunders has had a long career in both broadcasting and PR. She began her media career as a radio announcer in 1961 and produced a number of radio documentaries before crossing over to television as a continuity announcer. In the mid 60s, Saunders was a reporter on the current affairs programme
Town and Around. She was also a panelist on
Beauty and the Beast for 12 years, and co-hosted the chat show
Saunders and Sinclair. In the 90s, Saunders hosted
50 Forward with
Gordon McLauchlan - a show aimed at older viewers.
In this ScreenTalk, Saunders talks about:
- Doing 'silly' stories on the current affairs show Town and Around
- Working with intelligent articulate women
- How female presenters today have thin waists and perky breasts
- Shooting three weeks of shows in a day on Beauty and the Beast
- Tackling controversial topics on the show and offering serious advice
- How the audience didn't want advice from men on the show
- Working with the genius that was host Selwyn Toogood
- Being surprised by a mass protest on the chat show Saunders and Sinclair
- The reason co-host Geoff Sinclair left the show
- Having fun at a gym with Gordon McLauchlan on 50 Forward
This video is
available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a
Creative Commons licence.
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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