Chas Toogood is an award-winning documentary producer and director whose work has showcased the strength and determination of the human spirit.

Chas Toogood is an award-winning documentary producer and director whose work has showcased the strength and determination of the human spirit. He began his career as a news journalist and then moved on to a series of high profile documentaries including the Legends of the All Blacks series, Mark Inglis documentary No Mean Feat, and Sir Peter Blake – The Boy From Bayswater. Toogood has gone on to direct episodes of Wild Coasts with Craig Potton and Coast New Zealand.

In this ScreenTalk, Toogood talks about:

• Working for both radio and TV at NZBC News
• Being away from home a lot as a reporter on Top Half
• Having the chance to work with a legendary broadcaster on Holmes
• Feeling totally responsible for the documentary Twelve Days of Glory
• How the Paralympics became a major sporting event
• Being struck by Margaret Thatcher’s strength of presence when directing Paul Holmes’ interview with her
• An emotional visit to a war grave filming Legends of the All Blacks
• How the award-winning doco No Mean Feat was initially rejected
• Finding an alternative way to tell the story behind Sir Peter Blake  - The Boy From Bayswater
• Thinking he doesn’t really understand today’s TV audience

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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