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Genre
  
Comedy-drama

Final episode date
  
4 December 2013

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Developed by
  
South Pacific Pictures

Network
  
TVNZ 1

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Created by
  
Gavin Strawhan Rachel Lang

Written by
  
Gavin Strawhan Rachel Lang Kate McDermott Fiona Samuel Nick Ward

Directed by
  
Mark Beesley Murray Keane Josh Frizzell John Laing Katherine McRae Peter Salmon Mike Smith

Starring
  
Shane Cortese Tandi Wright Blair Strang Nicole Whippy Debbie Newby-Ward

Program creators
  
Rachel Lang, Gavin Strawhan

Cast
  
Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Blair Strang, Kyle Pryor

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Nothing Trivial is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, produced by South Pacific Pictures. The series is created by the duo of Gavin Strawhan and the co-creator of Outrageous Fortune, Rachel Lang. The pair, who also created the shows Go Girls and This Is Not My Life, both write and executive produce the show.

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The series is set around five characters who meet at a pub quiz. All share the characteristic of being unlucky in love.

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The series began airing on TV One in July 2011 and the first episode had the highest number of viewers of any locally-made drama debut since 2000.

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  • Shane Cortese plays Mac Delany; an advertising guy with a heart of gold who specializes in general knowledge.
  • Tandi Wright plays Catherine Duvall; an attractive, intelligent and acerbic doctor who specializes in medicine, science, and anything about France.
  • Blair Strang plays Brian King; a plumber and serial womanizer who specializes in sports, eighties music and geography.
  • Nicole Whippy plays Michelle Hardcastle; a franchise owner and vengeful recently divorced wife who specializes in celebrity gossip.
  • Debbie Newby-Ward plays Emma Wedgewood; a teacher and eternal optimist who does good sympathy and specializes in food and animals.

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  • Will Hall plays Cory; The antagonistic leader of the opposition pub team
  • Katherine Kennard plays Jo Delany; Mac's vindictive ex-wife and mother of his children
  • Barnie Duncan plays Scotty; Michelle's philandering ex-husband
  • Aaron Ward as the Quiz Master; The man who runs the quiz
  • Manon Blackman plays Celeste Duvall; Catherine's teenage daughter
  • Elizabeth Hawthorne plays Anne; Catherine's mother
  • Tim Balme plays Jules; Celeste's father
  • Simon Mead plays Noah Delany; Mac & Jo's eldest son
  • Dylan Holmes plays Frank Delany; Mac & Jo's youngest son
  • Jason Hoyte plays Smudge; Mac's business partner, real name Malcolm.
  • Mark Mitchinson plays David Mannering. Michelle's therapist in season 3.

    • Cortese said that the cast were already friends before filming started.

    Production

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    In November 2010 it was confirmed that the creators of Go Girls had created a new show and it may be airing on TV One. In December 2010 funding was approved for the show and NZ on Air representatives were said to be excited. 6.9 million was given to the show for a 13 episode run. In March 2011 it was confirmed the show will air later in the year and was described as; "a light-hearted and comedic drama based around five friends with two things in common: a pub quiz and the fact that each of them is unlucky or unhappy in love." Blair Strang, Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Nicole Whippy and Debbie Newby-Ward were announced to be in the cast. The show made its debut in July 2011. On 10 October 2011 it was announced that funding had been given for a second season. On 13 March 2014, New Zealand on Air confirmed that they will help fund a two-hour telemovie to give fans closure.

    Reception

    The show was met with commercial and critical acclaim. The show gained the record of the highest number of viewers of any locally-made drama debut since 2000. Deborah Hill Cone from the New Zealand Herald stated; "The writing on Nothing Trivial is good enough to have been penned by the guru of romantic comedy, Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and A Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary). The characters in Nothing Trivial really come alive from the first episode. They seem like people you could know but, of course, wittier... It is a treat." While Simon Wilson agreed with the well structured writing, saying; "(The writing) is witty, it's sharp, it's very tightly put together. The people are walking clusters of mistakes and they are trying to come to terms with that and deal with that. The series will become a celebration of friendship and where friendships might lead. If you do that well, it makes charming television and they are so far doing it well." Melanie Parkes of Yahoo also stated; ""The humour is uniquely and distinctly Kiwi... You don't have to be interested in competitive quizzing to enjoy Nothing Trivial, although if you're a regular pub quizzer yourself, you'll certainly find something pleasantly familiar about it."

    It was reported in August 2011 that pub quizzes were receiving a huge surge in popularity due to the success of Nothing Trivial.

    References

    Nothing Trivial Wikipedia
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