TV series
Gloss
1987 · 1 season
A glossy, slow-burning family saga of money and fashion, watched for its scheming and style rather than suspense.
- Created by
- Chris Bailey
- Genres
- Soap, Drama
- Starring
- Peter Elliott, Michael Morrissey, Donna Clark
- Overview
- Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family. It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia and around the world including Temuera Morrison, Miranda Harcourt, Peter Elliott, Lisa Chappell, Danielle Cormack and Kevin Smith. Writers for the show included James Griffin, who went on to write Outrageous Fortune, Rosemary McLeod and Ian Mune. The show's title theme song was performed by Beaver Morrison. The show has not been rescreened since its original screening, but selected extracts have been made available for viewing on NZ On Screen.
- How it feels
- Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, power, ambition, class
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
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- Created by
- Chris Bailey
- Genres
- Soap, Drama
- Starring
- Peter Elliott, Michael Morrissey, Donna Clark






