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Synopsis

TV personality Jaquie Brown plays (and plays up) herself for delightful comic effect in this hit TV3 satire. Brown plays an egomaniacal reporter looking to climb the media ladder any which way she can. Auckland's aspirational set: a cast of Metro social page alumni and wannabes, are skewered with self-referential glee. The show won Best Comedy at the 2009 Qantas Film and TV Awards. This episode sees Jaquie striving to exit Woman's Day's 'Plump it Hottie' section, appropriating a tampon, and performing in a celeb singalong.

 

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 Gerard Johnstone
 Hayley Cunningham
 Jodie Molloy

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 a d  reid

a d reid

Why are we not allowed to read the credits??? they play at an insane rate . how do can you all involved in this production permit yourselves to be demeaned this way ?

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Quotes

A local sitcom that doesn't suck. 
The Jaquie Brown Diaries is just the kind of odd little nugget you hope some off-center cable channel is going to dig up and share. It’s a satirical New Zealand sitcom about the petty jealousies and awkward encounters of a grandiose TV news personality. A little bit of local fame has left our heroine Jaquie Brown with a rather warped self-image and a tetchy ego. In a way that vaguely recalls the HBO classic The Comeback, her self-delusions are delightfully cringe-worthy. 
The comic timing and the dialogue are edgily perfect. 

Awards

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards
NZ On Air Best Comedy Programme