T
he iconic programme 
which ran for 20 years 
is showing on Sky 
Channel 83, at 5.30pm 
Saturdays, and is repeated 
three times during 
the week at various times.
"We finished on TV3 in March 
2016," said host Geoff Thomas, 
"And since then a whole generation 
of Kiwis has grown who have 
never seen it, so we are running 
all the old shows around again."
Geoff said the response from 
around the country had been 
amazing. "It is very humbling to 
receive messages from people I 
haven’t seen for many years, saying 
how they are looking forward to 
seeing some of the shows again."
It started back on April 8, and 
the first series of 25 episodes 
was from 2011. "The reason I am 
running this series to start with is 
technical. That is when we went 
digital and it is easy to broadcast 
from the original masters. There are 
about 125 episodes to run through 
so it will take a while, but then 
we will have to go back to earlier 
shows which are still on tape."
"Hopefully people will enjoy the 
shows which feature characters 
in the outdoors all around 
the country and overseas."
Outdoors with Geoff is an iconic 
kiwi TV programme that ran for 
twenty years and finished in 2016.
Host Geoff Thomas is a keen 
hunter and fisho who says 
the response from around the 
country is amazing, with the 
show’s re-runs now on Sky 83. 
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