Nothing Trivial - First Episode

Nothing Trivial followed the lives and loves of five friends in their 30s and 40s, who compete in a weekly pub quiz. In this first 10 minutes of the debut episode, the Sex on a Stick team — played by Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Nicole Whippy, Debbie Newby-Ward and Blair Strang — gather at The Beagle to wrestle with John Wayne Bobbit trivia, and the trials of nearing middle age. The show was created by Rachel Lang and Gavin Stawhan (Go Girls). In the background piece, Lang explains how the show came to be, and argues Kiwis could give its professional actors more credit.

New local series Nothing Trivial seems to have been ordered up just for me. It made me laugh: “It would be like rooting a cheese grater.” It made me cry. I mean, really cry. “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” It made me learn stuff: the 54th element on the periodic table is xenon. What more do you want out of a TV show?

– Deborah Hill Cone reviewing the first episode, 17 July 2011 NZ Herald

Key Cast & Crew

Rachel Lang

Writer, Creator, Executive Producer

Gavin Strawhan

Executive Producer, Creator, Writer

Mark Beesley

Director

Britta Hawkins (née Johnstone)

Producer

Chris Bailey

Producer, Executive Producer

Tahei Simpson

As: Doctor