Tag Archives: Frank Torley

A week or so ago Frank Torley, the executive producer of Country Calendar, came to Hamilton to speak at Wintec's Media Bites function. Here's what he had to say on why the programme's so successful and how the team go about telling stories: "I don't know... I'd like to believe that the New Zealand public recognises quality. The beginning of that process is research. If anybody says 'Why is Country Calendar successful?' -- research, research, research. Keep doing it, find the story. What is the story, what are the people like, what else can we do?