Brian Edwards Biography
Brian Edwards CNZM is a New Zealand television interviewer, talkback radio host, media advisor, and author of Irish origin. He has also frequently written for National Business Review about local media developments.
How old is Brian Edwards? – Age
He is 85 years old as of 4 November 2022. He was born in 937 in Northern Ireland.
Brian Edwards Family – Education
When he was two years old, his father abandoned him after a disagreement with his mother. In his 2008 book Daddy Was a German Spy and Other Scandals, Edwards detailed his first 25 years, as well as his search for the truth about his mystery father. He attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution for his education.
Bryan Edwards Wife
He is married to Judy Callingham (Judy Coralyn Sylvia Callingham). Judy is a scriptwriter, television presenter, journalist, and media training consultant.
How much does Bryan Edwards make? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
Bryan Edwards Books
Edwards is also the author of several books, including a history of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, an autobiography, Daddy Was A German Spy, And Other Scandals, released in 2008, and a frequent newspaper and magazine contributor. He has a B.A. with honors from Queen’s University Belfast and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh.
Bryan Edwards Political Views
In the 1972 election, he ran unsuccessfully for Labour in the National-held Miramar seat. His campaign was disrupted when the New Zealand Truth reported that he was in a de facto relationship with his first wife while still married to her; this was deemed scandalous at the time.
Bryan Edwards Radio New Zealand
From 1994 to 1999, he hosted Radio New Zealand’s highly-rated show Top of the Morning, a role he returned to in 2006. He is also well-known for his television appearances, which he began in the 1960s.
Bryan Edwards Career
Subsequent to finishing a Specialist of Reasoning on Franz Kafka, Edwards started in TV after support from maker Linda MacDougall. His most memorable turn before the cameras, for Christchurch show Making the rounds, was considered unsuitable to air; following four hours of holding up while the external transmission group set up, Edwards got so apprehensive he forgot the greater part of his inquiries. Later episodes went better, and maker Des Monaghan welcomed him to try out for the Christchurch version of 60s magazine show Town and Around (Edwards discusses the show part of the way through the third clasp of this narrative). A Town and Around interview for certain 60s time mods and rockers won praise; Edwards feels it helped turn the show in a more valiant heading.
The vocations of Monaghan and Edwards rose pair. In 1968 Monaghan welcomed him to Auckland to do a report on the city’s Island populace for oft-dubious current undertakings show Compass. There he immediately started drawing in the consideration of the two crowds and pundits.
In 1969 Edwards was one of a threesome drafted to meet with American evangelist Billy Graham, for show Perspective. He got back to TV in 1975 with Edwards on Saturday. The live show blended music and talk. As Edwards talks about here, it purposely pushed the limits. At first matched on substitute ends of the week with a talk show featuring expat Kiwi Michael Dignitary, it evaluated exceptionally. The principal episode inspected homosexuality, while the second persuaded numerous watchers they were seeing live mystic medical procedure — essentially until the fact of the matter was uncovered.
Edwards started running media instructional classes in the mid 1970s. Between them, he and third spouse Judy Callingham have been counselors to four State leaders, including Helen Clark (who Edwards composed a book about). He has likewise invested energy as a journalist and radio personality, including a long term spell during the 90s, facilitating high evaluating Public broadcast Top of the Morning.
In 1989 Edwards and Callingham teamed up on the television docu-series Missing, which looked to associate individuals, including reception cases, tragically missing darlings and war veterans. All through the 90s, Edwards facilitated a run of oddball narratives (counting Wahine – The Untold Story and Life Sentence – The Crewe Murders), and had a standard meeting space on magazine show Sunday.
He got back to TV meeting in 2003 with Edwards at Large, a show which included disputable meetings with Rodney Stow away and creator Lynley Hood. Edwards contended at the time that “assuming you’re truly keen on what really matters to individuals, what shapes their characters, this is the very best work on the planet”.
In 1999 he was made a Friend of the New Zealand Request of Legitimacy (CNZM), for administrations to Broadcasting and Reporting.