TV3’s new drama Westside is set in the 1970s. But what was really on our TV screens back in the decade of flares and fondues? NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner takes a look back.
People who lived through the 1970s will no doubt have mixed feelings about the fact that the decade is now long enough ago for us to have a period drama set there. TV3's Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside opened in 1974 on Sunday night, and will move through the later 70s as the series progresses.
So, prompted by the fact that we now have a modern day TV show set in the 1970s, let's take a look back at what New Zealanders were actually watching at the time.
In 1974, Alistair Riddell and Space Waltz made people watching the New Faces section of the usually fairly tame Studio One talent show sit up and take notice. From the first blast of "watch out young love" it was pretty obvious these glam rockers were just a little bit different.
Here's Out on the Street by Space Waltz