Flatmates (New Zealand TV series) explained

Company:	Top Shelf Productions
Executive Producer:	Geoff Steven
Country:	New Zealand
Network:	TV4
Num Episodes:	5
Producer:	Vincent Burke Louise Fisher

Flatmates is a New Zealand reality show.^{[1] [2]} It followed the lives of several house friends while they were living under the same roof. The show was broadcast on the now-defunct channel TV4 in 1997, and ran for two seasons with the follow-up, More Flatmates.^{[3] [4] [5]} The show was produced by Top Shelf Productions and funded by NZ On Air.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} The show was a finalist for the New Zealand television awards in 1998.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Screen. NZ On. Flatmates Series Television NZ On Screen. 2021-07-29. www.nzonscreen.com. en.
2. Web site: 2006-10-01. Top Shelf Productions. 2021-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20061001223622/http://www.topshelfproductions.co.nz/index.php?page=programmes.php&cat_id=Documentary_Soap_Series&item_id=1&action=showItem. 2006-10-01.
3. Web site: FLATMATES: EPISODE 01. 2021-07-29. ngataonga.org.nz. en.
4. Web site: MORE FLATMATES: EPISODE 01. 2021-07-29. ngataonga.org.nz. en.
5. Web site: Screen . NZ On . Flatmates Series Television NZ On Screen . 2023-02-14 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
6. Web site: NZ On Air. 2021-07-29. www.nzonair.govt.nz. en.
7. Web site: Henderson. Calum. 2016-05-26. The NZ dream of the 90s is alive in the pioneering reality TV show Flatmates. 2021-07-29. The Spinoff.
8. Web site: Flatmates (2007). 2021-07-29. PressReader.
9. Web site: Throwback Thursday: NZ's worst ever reality TV shows. 2021-07-29. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
10. Web site: Taonga. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. Light entertainment and sport. 2021-07-29. teara.govt.nz. en.
11. Web site: Weekend Rewind: Remember these? NZ's original reality TV obsessions. 2021-07-29. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
12. Web site: Screen. NZ On. Flatmates - 1, First Episode Television NZ On Screen. 2021-07-29. www.nzonscreen.com. en.