Editing Austin Mitchell (section)

=== Journalism ===
He first became involved in television journalism while teaching history and politics in New Zealand in the 1960s. He fronted the current affairs show ''Compass'' and in 1965 conducted an interview series with leading politicians ''Men on the Hill'' in which he explored the balance of power among the institutions of modern government such as caucus, departments, cabinet, and parliament with an emphasis on the question of who governs?.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-men-on-the-hill-1965/series|title=The Men on the Hill &#124; Series &#124; Television &#124; NZ on Screen|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207210529/https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-men-on-the-hill-1965/series|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1966 he hosted a fortnightly television series ''Topic'' exploring an issue of the day<ref>New Zealand Listener, 20 May 1966</ref> and also fronted one-off television programmes – for example ''The New Zealand woman – who is she.''<ref>NZ Listener, 28 October 1966</ref> On returning to the UK he used his New Zealand television experience to become a [[journalist]] at [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company [[Yorkshire Television]] from 1969 to 1977, presenting their regional news programme ''[[Calendar (News)|Calendar]]'', although he spent a short period at the [[BBC]] in 1972. During his period at Yorkshire, Mitchell chaired a tense live studio discussion involving [[Brian Clough]] and [[Don Revie]], immediately following Clough's sacking by [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in 1974.<ref>{{YouTube|iTiIdbDBmZc|Entire segment of Revie/Clough interview}} Broadcast on the documentary ''Yorkshire Gold'', [[Yorkshire Television]], [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], 2004.</ref>