Close Up

For articles with similar titles, see Close up (disambiguation).

Close Up
Format	News/Current Affairs
Starring	Mark Sainsbury Paul Henry Mike Hosking Susan Wood (2004 - 2006)
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	TV ONE
Picture format	PAL
Original run	2004 – Present
External links
Website

Close Up is a half-hour long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme airs at 7.00pm weeknights (straight after One News) on TV ONE and is presented by Mark Sainsbury with Paul Henry as the back up supporting host.

The show remains the country's most watched night news and current affairs show.

The new Close Up began broadcasting on November 2, 2004 as a replacement for the Holmes show immediately after Paul Holmes announced his resignation^[1] from TVNZ and that he would be presenting a similar show on Prime in 2005. The show was originally branded as Close Up at 7 using the existing Holmes studio but when the show relaunched in 2005 it was just branded as Close Up with a new-look studio.

Close Up was hosted by Susan Wood from its first show in 2004 until December 4, 2006 when she resigned from TVNZ, citing health problems^[2].

Close Up competes with the TV3 current affairs show Campbell Live, and shares the same time slot with TV2 drama Shortland Street.

CloseUp Reporters

Entertainment Reporter (Los Angeles): Dominic Bowden . Gill Higgins, Robyn Janes, Daniel Faitaua, Hannah Ockelford, Matt Chisholm, Michael Holland, Corinne Ambler.

CloseUp Producers

Louisa Cleave, Katherine McCallum, Christopher Lynch, Executive Producer: Mike Valintine

MAJOR NEW ZEALAND AWARDS

Robyn Janes, Louisa Cleave (producer) and Corinne Ambler won Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme and the coveted Journalist of the Year awards at the 2009 Qantas Film & TV Awards. Robyn, Louisa and Corinne won for their series on the shocking state of two New Zealand schools - Wairoa's Tiaho Primary School and Whanganui Awa School. It was the second year in a row that Robyn has been recognised. She won the award for Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme in 2008 as well.

Previous version

In the 1980s, Close Up was a weekly, hour-long current affairs' programme, looking more in depth into domestic news topics of the day, much in the mould of 60 Minutes.

Previous logo

Old Logo

References

1. ^ "Paul Holmes leaving TVNZ". Television New Zealand. November 2, 2004. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425824/456472. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 
2. ^ "CloseUp's Susan Wood to undergo surgery next week". The New Zealand Herald. December 4, 2006. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=72&objectid=10413740. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 

External links

• TV ONE minisite