Media Insider podcast: Great Southern Television founder and owner Phil Smith on The Casketeers, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and other hit shows
The Casketeers sat on the shelf for almost a year and there were questions over who might fund anyone winning more than $250,000 in the Kiwi version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Phil Smith knew that as soon as he met Francis and Kaiora Tipene, he had two
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