Back Benches

Back Benches was a New Zealand political interview show, presented by Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie. It was primarily filmed at the Backbencher pub, across the street from Parliament Buildings in Wellington.

This article is about the New Zealand television show. For other uses, see Backbench (disambiguation).

Back Benches
Presented by
  • Wallace Chapman
  • Charlotte Ryan
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes102
Production
ProducerCaroline Hall Bruner
Production locationsBackbencher pub, Wellington
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time44–50 minutes
Production companyTVNZ
Original release
NetworkTVNZ 7
Release2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)

The show was cancelled on TVNZ 7 in July 2012 when the station was shut down, being replaced with TV ONE +1, a timeshift of TV ONE. The final three episodes were filmed at the Shepherd's Arms Hotel after an after-hours kitchen fire at the Backbencher pub rendered it unusable.

In August 2012, Prime TV expressed interest in reviving the series with a similar format. On 13 September 2012, it was confirmed that Prime would be bringing the show back in February 2013 by one of the show's hosts, Wallace Chapman. On 27 March 2013, the start date for the new series was confirmed as 10 April 2013 by Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie.

On 28 September 2017, it was announced by the producer Caroline Brunner on Twitter that Back Benches had aired its final show. The public agency that funds media, New Zealand On Air, did not renew funding for Back Benches.

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