Double Booking

Television (Full Length) – 1998

Starring Kevin Smith and Theresa Healey, Double Booking is a half-hour tale of a bloke, reluctantly celebrating his stag night, who meets a woman trapped at her hen's party. When the two groups collide at a restaurant, wedding days are threatened, and much ado occurs. The cast is a virtual Gloss reunion. Double Booking was one of a series of comedy pilots made for TVNZ. None became a series, but James Griffin did score a Best Comedy Script gong at the 1999 New Zealand TV Awards. Griffin writes here about the challenges of creating something that worked on its own, but also had the potential to lead into a series.

The only women Brett wants to see tonight are naked ones with tassels!
– Neville (Mark Ferguson) introduces himself to the women at their hen's night

Key Cast & Crew

Theresa Healey

As: Jane

Jo Briant

As: Karen

James Griffin

Principal Writer

Kevin Smith

As: Brett

Mark Beesley

Director

Sean Rundle

Producer

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Produced by

South Pacific Pictures
The Humour Mill

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air

Produced by Humour Mill — a partnership of Tania Stiles, James Griffin and Sean Rundle, in association with South Pacific Pictures and TVNZ