Cadbury Dream Factory | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Directed by | Mitchell Hawkes Justin Hawkes |
Presented by | Brooke Howard-Smith |
Starring | Kimberley Crossman Walter Neilands Guy Montgomery Jesse Griffin |
Country of origin | New Zealand |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | John McDonald |
Producer | Hayley Cunningham |
Editors | Carl Budden Doug Dillaman |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | MediaWorks |
Original release | |
Network | TV3 |
Release | 20 February – 10 April 2014 |
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