editing computer and began turning out fishing shows for Triangle TV which is now Stratos TV on the Freeview network. They bought a half hour of time from Triangle and produced their shows themselves. Linda is a professional photographer and she took the role of camerperson, Bill taught himself how to use the editing equipment and off they went. In 1999 they met up with Steve Beston from the then Macau Motors which sold 4WD's. In association with Steve they began producing a 4x4 trek series about a group of ordinary people doing 4x4 tracks around the South Island. They have produced 60 4x4 trek shows since then, which continue to screen on Cue TV today. Bill became associated with Cue TV in 2004 when they went up on to the Sky network and Bill saw an opportunity there to get his shows out to a New Zealand wide audience rather than just Auckland. Since then Cue TV is also on the up and coming Freeview network on channel 23 and Bill's shows can now go out to an even wider audience. Cue TV is based in Invercargill and has become a well watched TV channel.

Bill has always wanted to produce a trucking show. Over the years he has collected video and photos of old trucks, and interviewed a few people along the way. This year (2009) Bill has at last realised his dream and has began down the long road of New Zealand trucking. He has a passion for the old trucks and the basis of his trucking series, Talking Trucks, is to talk to some of the older generation truckies and get them to tell their stories about their days in trucking. To add the contrast he is also talking to the modern generation, looking at the modern fleet and what's involved in today's world of trucks. So if you know of anyone who was in trucking in the 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's and would be interested in telling their story to Bill, email Bill.

Bill's own experience with trucks was mainly in his youth. He began driving an Austin van delivering booze around Auckland for Hutchinson's Wholesale. As time went by, they needed someone to drive their Loadstar Austin and asked Bill if he'd like to go for his heavy traffic licence. He jumped at the chance and got it. His immediate thought was he now had the opportuity to drive bigger and better trucks. He started with Ridgeway's Circus and old Charlie Ridgeway pointed to an A series Bedford, with two trailers on behind. One the lion's cage (Leo) and the other a caravan which was the single workers bunkhouse. Bill also got to drive an International cab over like the one in Richardson's museum, and that was also another unforgettable experience. As luck would have it, the lion's cage became over weight due to a law change at the time, and about 15 other trailers in the circus fleet now required a heavy trailer licence to tow them. The cops turned up one day and the drivers all had to back a Commer artic around two or three drums. Once done, they dished out all the heavy trailer licences including Bill's. Bill then decided it was artic time and took a job in Auckland driving an artic transferring RSJ's around the town. What this did was give plenty of backing practice because it meant backing into loading docks in very tight places around the city. So practice done, it was time to move onto to bigger things. Bill Prescott from Tairua on the Coromandel was advertising for an artic driver for their general goods run from Auckland to Tairua. Bill got to drive his dream truck of the time, an FF Austin. This was the flashest truck around... according to Bill anyway. Bill had about 3 1965 TS3 Commers, an old KEW Dodge with an LAD cab, as well as a 1958Austin for local work. Bill remembers that time with affection, because it was all a great adventure for him. Bill left in 1967 and went back to Auckland to begin a career in recreational fishing.

In 1979 Bill went back to trucking for a couple of years with Foodstuffs in May Rd in Auckland and started off driving one of their TK Bedford grocery delivery trucks, and then went on to a Hino artic delivering their new cages to mainly supermarkets. Foodstuffs bought a TM Bedford artic with a Detroit 2 stroke which replaced the overworked Hino and Bill enjoyed this until he left to go back to recreational fishing in 1981.