The comeback: Susan Wood on returning to TVNZ

When Susan Wood left television in 2006 she was not in a good place. She had just hada large part of her thyroid removed, she’d had a very public, bitter dispute with Television New Zealand executives about her salary as host of Close Up, and she wasn’t sure she could handle the chaotic life of a newsroom much longer.

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BBC blasted for use of Thatcher "Witch" song

Britain’s public broadcaster came under fire on Friday for compromising over the song Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead that was sent flying up the UK charts by a campaign to celebrate former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s death. The song from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is vying for the No 1 slot in the UK’s weekly list of the top 40 best-selling singles that are usually played in full on a BBC Radio 1 chart show on Sunday

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