Step Dave

Step Dave is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series written by Kate McDermott.^[1] It began airing its first series in New Zealand on 11 February 2014. It was renewed for a second series, which began airing on 1 September 2015. Jono Kenyon announced the show would not be returning for a third series.^[2]

Step Dave
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Kate McDermott
Starring	Sia Trokenheim Jono Kenyon Rawiri Jobe Tania Nolan Aidee Walker
Composers	Joel Haines Lukasz Buda Conrad Wedde Samuel Scott
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Kelly Martin Chris Bailey
Producer	Mark Beesley
Cinematography	Rewa Harre
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	South Pacific Pictures
Original release
Network	TV2
Release	11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) – 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)

Premise

Dave Robinson, a 24-year-old New Zealand bartender, falls in love with Cara Gray, a 39-year-old day spa co-owner with three children.

Cast and characters

Main cast Sia Trokenheim as Cara Gray[3] Jono Kenyon as Dave Robinson[3] Rawiri Jobe as Aaron "Azza",[3] Dave's flatmate Tania Nolan as Julia Deering,[3] Cara's sister Aidee Walker as Jenny "Jen",[3] Cara's best friend and business partner Guest cast Jaime McDermott as Whitney [4] Nic Sampson as Hamish[5] Lucinda Hare as Kat[6] Andrea Kelland as Lucy[7] Jacob Tomuri as Nathan[8] Willa O'Neill as Anne-Marie Ascia Maybury as Bianca-Faye Jason Hood as Steven[9] Josh Thomson as Sal[10] Jamaica Vaughan as Rose Russell[11] Joy Buckle as Pip[12] Robert Jozinović as Ryan[13]

Secondary cast William Wallace as Phillip Deering,[3] Julia's husband Lisa Harrow as Marion Gray,[14] Cara's ex-mother-in-law Maya Wyatt as Scarlett Gray,[15] Cara's 16-year-old daughter Lily Powell as Jasmine Gray,[15] Cara's 13-year-old daughter George Beca as Logan Gray,[15] Cara's 8-year-old son J.J. Fong as Betty[16] Tainui Tukiwaho as Hugo,[3] Dave's boss Recurring cast Arlo Gibson as Liam Hamilton[17] Richard Lambeth as Dylan Peter Muller as Michael[16] Kimberley Crossman as Stacey, Dave's ex-girlfriend (series 1) Nathalie Boltt as Natalie Robinson,[18] Dave's mother Francis Mountjoy as Alec[19] Millen Baird as Stewart "Stewie" Gray,[20] Cara's ex-husband Amanda Tito as Georgia[21] Delaney Tabron as Xandra,[22] Hugo's friend (series 2) Aaron Jeffery as Warren Robinson,[23] Dave's father (series 2) Shane Cortese as Eugene Russell[24] (series 2)

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		11 February 2014 (2014-02-11)	6 May 2014 (2014-05-06)
2	13		1 September 2015 (2015-09-01)	24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)

Series 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Starry Eyed"	Britta Hawkins	Kate McDermott	11 February 2014 (2014-02-11)
Cara gets stuck in a pub toilet while on a blind date, and injures her ankle climbing out the window. Dave takes her to hospital and is attracted to her, but she turns down his offer of anything more. He returns her shoe the following day and persuades her to go on a date with him, but it ends badly when he discovers she is fifteen years older than him and has three children. He can't stop thinking of her and they reunite.
2	2	"Early Days"	Britta Hawkins	Kate McDermott	18 February 2014 (2014-02-18)
3	3	"The Clown and the Bear"	Murray Keane	Kate McDermott	25 February 2014 (2014-02-25)
4	4	"Worlds Collide"	Murray Keane	Kate McDermott	4 March 2014 (2014-03-04)
5	5	"My Room"	Michael Hurst	Rachel Lang	11 March 2014 (2014-03-11)
6	6	"Knocked-Up Natalie"	Michael Hurst	James Griffin	18 March 2014 (2014-03-18)
7	7	"Promise and Deliver"	Michael Hurst	Kate McDermott	25 March 2014 (2014-03-25)
8	8	"Rock Bands and Reefer"	John Laing	Sarah Nathan and Kate McDermott	1 April 2014 (2014-04-01)
9	9	"Goodbye Princess"	John Laing	Steven Zanoski, Rachel Lang and Kate McDermott	8 April 2014 (2014-04-08)
10	10	"Grow Up"	Oliver Driver	Rachel Lang	15 April 2014 (2014-04-15)
11	11	"Crowded House"	Oliver Driver	Kate McDermott	22 April 2014 (2014-04-22)
12	12	"Let It Go"	Britta Hawkins	Gavin Strawhan and Kate McDermott	29 April 2014 (2014-04-29)
13	13	"No More Escaping"	Britta Hawkins	Kate McDermott	6 May 2014 (2014-05-06)
Dave is trying to forget Cara by having much casual sex before he goes overseas. When Cara and Dave bump into each other at Dylan and Alec's wedding, it's awkward.

Series 2 (2015)

On 31 July 2014, the show was renewed for a second series of 13 episodes.^[25]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Stepping Up"	Oliver Driver	Kate McDermott	1 September 2015 (2015-09-01)
15	2	"Mr Popular"	Oliver Driver	Gavin Strawhan	8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
16	3	"Threesome"	Murray Keane	Shoshana McCallum	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
17	4	"Secrets"	Murray Keane	Karen Curtis	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)
18	5	"Good Lies"	Britta Hawkins	Kate McDermott	29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)
19	6	"Good Father Material"	Britta Hawkins	Max Currie and Kate McDermott	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
20	7	"Trust Me"	Britta Hawkins	Aidee Walker and Kate McDermott	13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
21	8	"Mr Wrong"	Ian Hughes	Gavin Strawhan	20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)
22	9	"The Home-wrecker"	Ian Hughes	Kate McDermott	27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)
23	10	"Inappropriate"	Murray Keane	Gavin Strawhan	3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)
24	11	"Make Believe"	Murray Keane	Shoshana McCallum and Kate McDermott	10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)
25	12	"Kids"	Michael Hurst	Karen Curtis and Kate McDermott	17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
26	13	"Will You, Won't You?"	Michael Hurst	Kate McDermott	24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)

International broadcast

• Australia – Step Dave began airing on GEM from 7 January 2015,^[26] however it was pulled from the channel after just one episode.^[27] It has since been airing on channel 9 at 2.00am on Fridays since 2016.^{[citation needed]}

U.S. version

It was announced it is going to get a remake which has been put into development by NBC, which Sean Hayes will be among the executive producers, alongside South Pacific Pictures' Kelly Martin and Chris Bailey. The American version will be written by Emily Cutler, who has previously worked on The Odd Couple and Community.^[28]

DVD release

Title	Set details	DVD release dates
		Region 4[29]
Step Dave	Discs: 3 Episodes: 13	14 May 2014 (2014-05-14)

References

1. "Step Dave takes a step towards big success". Fairfax New Zealand. 12 February 2014.
2. "Jono Kenyon: 'Time to wave goodbye' to Step Dave". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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14. Croot, James (11 March 2014). "Dramedy draws Harrow back home". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
15. "Meet Scarlett, Jasmine and Logan". Television New Zealand. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
16. "Future uncertain for Step Dave's Betty". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
17. Simich, Ricardo (19 October 2015). "Spy: New faces on the Street". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
18. Pellegrino, Nicky. "My Beauty Secrets: Nathalie Boltt". New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
19. "Actor Biography" (PDF). Johnson & Laird. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
20. "Step Dave a step below where it should have been". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
21. "Actor Biography" (PDF). Johnson & Laird. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
22. "Step Dave's Delaney Tabron on magazines and faxing a Sex Pistol". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
23. Christian, Dionne (30 August 2015). "Wentworth star steps up as Dave's dad". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
24. Nealon, Sarah (24 October 2015). "Shane Cortese on the state of New Zealand television". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
25. Regan (31 July 2014). "Outrageous Fortune prequel, Step Dave 2 get funding". Throng. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
26. Knox, David (5 January 2015). "Airdate: Step Dave". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
27. Knox, David (15 January 2015). "Gone: Step Dave". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
28. "Will and Grace star behind Step Dave's American remake". 5 October 2017.
29. Region 4 DVD set:

    • "Step Dave". Mighty Ape. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Production website
• Step Dave at IMDb