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Life's a drag came about from a book I wrote years ago, roughly based on my life. People had always said “why haven't you written a TV show about it?”. It was never really something I had thought about, to be honest. I had written various scripts for theatre before, but never TV.
Anyway I started working at a studio and found myself sitting around for hours upon end waiting for clients and getting bored. So one day I decided to attempt to write a TV Script and I started writing the pilot episode.
Once I started writing I couldn’t stop and the more I wrote, the more ideas came into my head. So after a couple of months of re-write’s, I thought I’d see how it sounded with some actors. The people I first asked were not available but after speaking to friends from previous projects I started to find a cast.
The first cast member was James Dandridge, who I had meet while taking part in a local stage production of ‘Allo Allo’. Next was my dear friend Rachael Linnen, who I’d worked with over 10 years ago.
I was struggling to find the right person for the final main cast member when James Dandridge mentioned a friend, who I auditioned and was so impressed with that I casted her immdiately. So, Tina Louise Day join the cast as the final main character. I decided to play the character based on me.
Once I started writing I couldn’t stop and the more I wrote, the more ideas came into my head. So after a couple of months of re-write’s, I thought I’d see how it sounded with some actors. The people I first asked were not available but after speaking to friends from previous projects I started to find a cast.
The first cast member was James Dandridge, who I had meet while taking part in a local stage production of ‘Allo Allo’. Next was my dear friend Rachael Linnen, who I’d worked with over 10 years ago.
I was struggling to find the right person for the final main cast member when James Dandridge mentioned a friend, who I auditioned and was so impressed with that I casted her immdiately. So, Tina Louise Day join the cast as the final main character. I decided to play the character based on me.
When did you start filming?
We did plan to start filming last December but due to various issues this was put on hold. Then in January it all started coming into place. We had a few more read throughs and held auditions for all the supporting cast, and finally, after nearly a year of planning, we filmed the pilot episode on Sunday 27th April, which is now in post production. We have the very talented Maddin productions filming and editing the complete series. I meet Lee, the owner, at a charity event I was asked to judge. Lee was filming the event and we got speaking; the rest is history!
We did plan to start filming last December but due to various issues this was put on hold. Then in January it all started coming into place. We had a few more read throughs and held auditions for all the supporting cast, and finally, after nearly a year of planning, we filmed the pilot episode on Sunday 27th April, which is now in post production. We have the very talented Maddin productions filming and editing the complete series. I meet Lee, the owner, at a charity event I was asked to judge. Lee was filming the event and we got speaking; the rest is history!
When and where is the show going out?
The pilot will first air at Vidfest (Comiccon) on Sunday 25th May at 12pm GMT. It will then be released onto our youtube channel on Monday 26th May at 7:15pm, with a new episode being released every Monday at 7:15pm.
We start filming the complete series ‘one’ on the 18th May and are in conversation with a TV channel, who we cannot yet name, and if all goes to plan our series will also be shown on there too.
The pilot will first air at Vidfest (Comiccon) on Sunday 25th May at 12pm GMT. It will then be released onto our youtube channel on Monday 26th May at 7:15pm, with a new episode being released every Monday at 7:15pm.
We start filming the complete series ‘one’ on the 18th May and are in conversation with a TV channel, who we cannot yet name, and if all goes to plan our series will also be shown on there too.
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Website: https://www.lifesadragtv.co.uk
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