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- Title
- Serial Killers - Full Series
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This seven-part comedy involves a group of soap opera writers, actors and the network they have to answer to. Stressed scriptwriter Pauline (Robyn Malcolm) deals with her ex and the rest of her unruly writing team — plus the demands of her patronising producer (Tandi Wright). En route, the team variously deal with pregnancy and scriptwriting software (episode two), a cast member's urge to appear more manly (episode three), orders to resurrect a dead character (episode four), product placement...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2004
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/serial-killers-full-series-2004
- Related subjects
- soap / satire / shortland street / writers / nz on air / new zealand on air / divorce / relationships / flirting / egotism / urinal / car park / behind the scenes / pregnancy / competition / management / wedding / writers' room / smoking / male identity / duck shooting / bar / party / men's group / memo / product placement / sponsorship / car accident / television network / sexuality / gay / fancy dress / tikanga / compromise / commercial television / ego / security fence / office politics / treaty of waitangi / ethics / condescending / script approval / hui / celtic gods / political correctness / bicultural / producer / commercial pressures / resurrection / dead characters / dispensable actor / kaihautū / cultural sensitivity / scriptwriting / citroën / medical drama / meta / self-referential / chain of command / software / rivalry / celibacy / media / romeo and juliet / funeral / cafetaria / resignation / road rage / cross-dressin / cross-dressing / melodrama / māori advisor
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