Campbell Live

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Campbell Live
Campbell Live logo
Format	News program
Starring	John Campbell Carol Hirschfeld Jaquie Brown
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TV3
Original run	2005 – present
External links
Official website

Campbell Live is a half-hour current affairs programme weeknights at 7 p.m., following 3 News on TV3. It is hosted by New Zealand TV personalities John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld (who is also the producer). Campbell Live has interviewed various notable personalities, including Al Gore, Robert Fisk, Tony Blair, and an array of New Zealand politicians.

1 Show timetable
2 History
3 Awards
4 Presenters and reporters
5 External links

[edit] Show timetable

John Campbell (Monday-Thursday) (Producer Friday)

Carol Hirschfeld (Friday) (Producer Monday-Thursday)

[edit] History

TV3 announced their decision to start a 7pm Current Affairs show in November 2004 after Paul Holmes, who presented a Current Affairs show called Holmes on TV1, left TVNZ to host a similar show on Prime.

Campbell Live started production in February, 2005 after John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld left their 3 News presenter positions to host and produce respectively the current affairs show. The show first aired on the 21st of March 2005 with the first story being about fake drivers licences[1].

As the show progressed, new reporters joined the team, such as C4's music host personality Jaquie Brown who now produces human interest stories for the programme.

Among the programmes Campbell Live competes with are TV ONE current affairs show Close Up (hosted by Mark Sainsbury) and TV2 drama Shortland Street.

[edit] Awards

Campbell Live won two awards at the 2006 Qantas Television Awards [2] including Best Current Affairs Series. The second award was for the Best News or Current Affairs Presenter for John Campbell.