Back Benches was a New Zealand political interview show, presented by Wallace Chapman and . It was primarily filmed at the Backbencher pub, across the street from Parliament Buildings in Wellington. The show was cancelled on TVNZ 7 in July 2012 when the station was shut down, being replaced with TV ONE +1, a timeshift of TV ONE. The final three episodes were filmed at the Shepherd's Arms Hotel after an after-hours kitchen fire at the Backbencher pub rendered it unusable.