A Bird in the Helicopter - late 80s TV Bill Black and kakapo

[ZacYates]

My Mum recorded this sometime in the late 1980s. It's a short piece about legendary Kiwi helicopter pilot Bill Black and his transporting kakapo using Aerospatiale AS350 Squirrel ZK-HMY.

I don't know what show this is from nor when it was broadcast and would be grateful for any information so I can update the video description.

[Dave Homewood]

You need to clean your video heads Zac.

[Dave Homewood]

I don't know what show this is from nor when it was broadcast

It was a show called "That's Fairly Interesting", hence her reference to TFI. It was on TV back in 1987-1989, and starred Phil Gifford (as seen at the beginning), Tim Shadbolt, Phil Keoghan, the late Neil Roberts, and of all people Sue Kedgley who went on to be a Green MP.



But I think that reporter was Gloss star Kerry smith, wasn't it?

[Dave Homewood]

Ah yes, it was indeed the late Kerry Smith, and I see Belinda Todd also worked on the show as a presenter.

www.nzonscreen.com/title/thats-fairly-interesting-1987-e3e/series/credits

[ZacYates]

Dec 16, 2019 18:26:06 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

You need to clean your video heads Zac.

Agreed. Unfortunately for some reason this recording has always had an issue - the nasty burst of static and sound at around 35s has been part of the tape for as long as I can remember.