Retrograde (TV series)

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Retrograde
GenreComedy
Created by
  • Mark O'Toole
  • Meg O'Connell
Directed byNatalie Bailey
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Meg O’Connell
  • Dan Lake
  • Jackson Lapsley Scott
Running time22 minutes
Production companyUnless Pictures & Orange Entertainment Co Production
Original release
NetworkABC
Release8 July (2020-07-08) –
12 August 2020 (2020-08-12)

Retrograde is an Australian narrative comedy series which first screened on the ABC in July 2020. It follows the lives of a group of thirty-something friends as they drown their sorrows at a virtual bar during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Cast[edit]

Guest cast[edit]

  • Ronny Chieng as Glen
  • Shapoor Batliwalla as Dad
  • Julian Haig as Hot Alan
  • Luxy Mu as Maya

Production[edit]

Retrograde is a six part series created by Mark O'Toole & Meg O'Connell and is directed by Natalie Bailey. The executive producer is Kurt Royan and producers are Meg O'Connell, Dan Lake, and Jackson Lapsley Scott. It is an Unless Pictures & Orange Entertainment Co production for the ABC.

The series was conceived of in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, when O'Connell helped organise a virtual bar similar to the one featured in the show. She and Scott then pitched the idea to Que Minh Luu less than a week later, and the show began production.[2]

The show was shot remotely via a series of Zoom calls between the producers, crew, and actors.[2] Filming started in mid-June, just three weeks before its 8 July debut.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "ABC series Retrograde starts in july". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Retrograde, ABC TV's new show, pulls apart life under coronavirus lockdown". ABC News. 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Retrograde ABC: TV show filmed completely in lockdown". The New Daily. 7 July 2020.

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