A Well Matched Pair
Morris, Clive "TV Personality Parade" (1976)
About 16 years ago Relda Familton worked with Bas Tubert as his technician for the 2ZB breakfast and Sunday afternoon request shows.
And they came together again for Television Two's Wellington regional current affairs programme Two at Seven, which started last November.
Being a news frontman has been something new for Bas, though, because he has always kept healthy distance from television work, except for a stint as continuity announcer hack in the early sixties when television was struggling to get airborne in New Zealand
I like the idea of working with a team
was all an excited Bas, father of four, could muster when notification of his acceptance as front man for programme came through.
Two at Seven has as the form of a 10-minute network report from Auckland dealing with national and international news, then 20-minutes of a magazine type programme incorporating the weather.
And that is where Reida has come in.
She was particularly happy have gone back to television via a community-orientated programme like Two at Seven
The last time I did thing like that was five with Town and Around. I really looked foward to it. For me, it has as been like turning the clock back five years, although I'm sure the producer wouldn't like to hear the programme talked about like that,
she said.
Relda's friendly manner has always been a feature of her television work. Her stints as a judge on Studio One talent quest were notable for her well-informed digs which often drew blood, albeit good naturedly
Hawera-born and educated in Wanganui, Relda spent some time at the University of Wisconsin as an exchange student. She became interested in broadcasting after a short spell on a private American station and joined the old NZBC as a technical assistant in 1961. She has been an announcer since September, 1963, lately making quite a name for herself on 2ZM.
A competent horse-woman who loves animals and likes to dabble in art, Miss Familton readily confesses to a fondness for food, wine and people
.
Before his television appointment, Bas Tubert was beginning to think he would kick the bucket and still be with radio doing the same thing
.
But I enjoyed my time on radio. People have asked me how I could go on doing the same thing every Sunday.
I did take it seriously and after the request session was over I could choose my own music-I have always liked music.
He was never certain that a radio background would make him a first choice for television work.
He came through well in an audition, however, and the job was his.
I did not hold much hope of getting it,
he said
But TV2 was not looking for the Edwards-type, get your-man interviewer
I could never be one of those, but fortunately they were after a man who could conduct an interview which could be understood by all the family.
This is how I managed to make it.
Two's Television Wellington producer, Rod Vaughan, had the last word on Reida and Bas:- They were chosen from a "significant number of past, present and possible broadcasters. We're very happy with the way both are turning out. They both experienced and very professional performers.
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