THE INIMITABLE STYLE OF GLORIA MIZZI - MaltaRightNow.com

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PAULA FLERI SOLER INTERVIEWS TV’S FOREMOST HOUSEHOLD NAME GLORIA MIZZI
Gloria Mizzi certainly needs no introduction to Maltese television audiences. Having pioneered “women’s programmes”
– now called magazine programmes – forty years ago, she is still working hard in the medium and is currently preparing
for her new venture on Net Television this autumn. I recently had the chance to sit down for a chat, and found her
intelligent, articulate, humorous, and passionate about whatever subject she discusses - be it television, cooking, her
family, protection of children, local politics or the current situation in the Middle East.
Gloria fell into television quite by chance when in 1966 a friend asked her to
present a spot on a programme. From that moment she never looked back and
has constantly been involved in the production of magazine programmes, which to
this day enjoy tremendous popularity. To what does she attribute this continuous
attraction “It’s not a matter of re-inventing the wheel,” she says matter-of-factly. “It
is a rehash, but you need to keep up with the times because topics are different.”
Gloria goes on to explain that it’s not just about handiwork and cooking, which are
staples for this kind of programme, but the programmes need to tackle subjects
which are current. She maintains there is great demand for knowledge. “I see
television as a form of entertainment”, she says “but first and foremost, as a source of
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