Backchat (stylised as Backch@t) is a New Zealand arts and culture show that aired from 1998 until 2000 on TV One.
[1][2][3][4] The show was hosted by Bill Ralston with movie reviews by Chris Knox.
[5][6] It had won Best Lifestyle Programme at the New Zealand Film and Television Awards for all the years that it aired.
[10][11][12][13] First aired on 22 March 1998, Backch@t looked at the arts and culture through a broad current affairs lens with each episode focusing around panel discussions, magazine-style segments, topical interviews and film, music and book reviews.
Within two years, the show was reduced in duration to an hour long and screened at around 10:30 pm on Sunday nights.