Burying Brian

Burying Brian is a New Zealand television miniseries produced by Eyeworks Touchdown which premiered on Television New Zealand's TV One on 2 July 2008, and ran for 6 episodes.^[1] The series is about Jodie and her three female friends. At the beginning of the first episode, Jodie's husband Brian dies during a domestic dispute. Jodie believes that she may go to jail for his murder, but her friends convince her not to report the death, but instead to bury the body and make it appear that he has run off with another woman.^[2]

Burying Brian
Created by	Maxine Fleming Gavin Strawhan
Written by	Gavin Strawhan
Directed by	Peter Burger Chris Bailey
Starring	Jodie Dorday Rebecca Hobbs Carrie McLaughlin Ingrid Park Craig Hall Shane Cortese
Opening theme	"Sleeping During the Day" by The Mint Chicks
Ending theme	"Sleeping During the Day" by The Mint Chicks
Composers	Callie Blood Wayne Bell
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Julie Christie
Cinematography	Wayne Vinten
Editors	Gary Hunt David Ross
Production company	Eyeworks Touchdown
Original release
Network	TV One
Release	2 July (2008-07-02) – 6 August 2008 (2008-08-06)

Although the series was a ratings success, no further episodes were made after the first season.^[3]

Cast and characters

• Jodie Dorday as Jodie Welch
• Rebecca Hobbs as Gerri Marchand
• Carrie McLaughlin as Theresa Donnelly
• Ingrid Park as Denise Crowley
• Craig Hall as Pete Donnelly
• Shane Cortese as Brian Welch
• Josh Leys as Josh Welch
• Ruby Love as Kendall Welch
• Scott Wills – Warren Crowley^[4]
• Hannah Marshall – Kimberley^[5]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Episode One"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	2 July 2008 (2008-07-02)
2	"Episode Two"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
3	"Episode Three"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	16 July 2008 (2008-07-16)
4	"Episode Four"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	23 July 2008 (2008-07-23)
5	"Episode Five"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	30 July 2008 (2008-07-30)
6	"Episode Six"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	6 August 2008 (2008-08-06)

References

1. "New local comedy Burying Brian starts in July". 19 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
2. Wichtel, Diana (12 July 2008). "A death in the family". New Zealand Listener. 214 (3557).
3. "Excellent start for Burying Brian". Eyeworks. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009.
4. Herrick, Linda (3 July 2008). "TV Review: Burying Brian". The New Zealand Herald.
5. Hannah Marshall as Kimberley, BURYING BRIAN, TV ONE, tvnz.co.nz

External links

• Television New Zealand page
• Nga Taonga Sound & Vision