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Finlayson produced the highly acclaimed kidult show Under the Mountain and the successful police drama Mortimer’s Patch, as well as the films Other Halves and The Grasscutter. In this ScreenTalk, Finlayson talks about: His excitement and naivety upon becoming a reporter on Town and Around; The cynicism behind the wholesome family show Stars ...
- Tom Finlayson
The show's magazine format allowed for its share of lighter...
- Tom Finlayson
Tom Finlayson is a producer, director and writer who has an impressive track record in New Zealand television. He began his TV career as a reporter on Town a...
The show's magazine format allowed for its share of lighter moments: more than once Finlayson found himself alongside Barry Crump, acting out scenes based on Crump's novels. He also made a cameo appearance in 1967 teleplay Slipknot, a murder mystery set in the Auckland art world.
Sep 7, 2020 · Tom Finlayson was named a winner of the 2020 Orwell Youth Prize for their piece, 'Not so Welcome Break'. Rain covered the windscreen. It was the type of rain that stuck to you and wouldn’t leave. It blurred the neat pine trees lining the road and the towering turbines spinning so smugly above.
Fear and suspicion mounts, and Mortimer brings in help from the city: prejudiced detective Chris Knight (Ken Blackburn). Don Selwyn plays Sergeant Bob Storey. In this background piece, Mortimer's Patch producer Tom Finlayson writes about the show's birth, death and double resurrection.
Mortimer's Patch (1980-84) New Zealand's Home-grown cop show is set in the kind of town we all know - green Hills, dirt roads, stock trucks, a few shops and a pub. Follows the activities of the local policeman, Detective. Sergeant. Doug Mortimer.
Under the Mountain is an eight-part television series based on the 1979 novel of the same name written by Maurice Gee, first transmitted in 1981 and produced by Television New Zealand. Many of the minor roles in this series were played by people who were at the time well known performers in New Zealand.
