Spin Doctors (TV series)

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Spin Doctors
Created by Tony Holden
Written by
Directed by
  • Tony Holden
  • Wayne Tourell
  • Belinda Schmid
Theme music composerPeter Blake
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes29
Production
ProducerTony Holden
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Release2001 (2001) –
2003 (2003)

Spin Doctors is a New Zealand political satire television series that debuted in 2001. [1] [2] It is a topical series written close to airtime to focus on current events. For the second series scripts where given to actors on Sunday evenings, the episodes were filmed on Mondays and Tuesdays with editing on the second day. It is then finalised on Wednesday and aired that night. [3] It is set in a fictional PR firm O'Connor and Associates. [4] In addition to the regular series there was a one-off Election Special in July 2002. [5]

Contents

Cast

Reception

The show rated around a seven or eight (256,000 to 270,000) in its first two years and was met with mixed reviews. [3]

Commenting on the start of the series Jo McCarroll of the Sunday Star Times said "the first episode of TV One's new satirical comedy simply wasn't very good." [6] On the same episode the Evening Post's Jane Bowron said "Last week's debut of Spin Doctors (9.35 pm, TV One, Tuesday) looks like we could be back in showbiz", adding "at last the country's getting a chance to healthily chuckle at ourselves on a weekly basis." [7] Sarah Daniell, also of the Evening Post, wrote "Lately, Kiwi TV humour has been no laughing matter. This is our best crack at comedy in years." [8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Grant, Frances (10 October 2001), "Chardonnay socialising in TV One's new drama 'Spin Doctors'", The New Zealand Herald
  2. ↑ "Putting a fresh spin on Kiwi satire", The Evening Post, 15 October 2001
  3. 1 2 McCarroll, Jo (28 April 2002), "In a Spin", Sunday Star Times
  4. ↑ "Masters of disasters", The Evening Post, 18 March 2002
  5. ↑ "Election puts flacks in a spin", The Post (Wellington), 9 July 2002
  6. ↑ McCarroll, Jo (21 October 2001), "It's not too late for a new spin on these doctors", Sunday Star Times
  7. ↑ Bowron, Jane (20 October 2001), "At last, laughing at ourselves again", The Evening Post
  8. ↑ Daniell, Sarah (17 October 2001), "This Kiwi comedy's no joke", The Evening Post
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