Nothing Trivial - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2011

Nothing Trivial followed the lives and loves of five friends in their 30s and 40s, brought together by a weekly pub quiz. In this opening episode, the unlikely group of strangers — played by Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Nicole Whippy, Debbie Newby-Ward and Blair Strang — gather for the first time at The Beagle pub to play as team 'Sex on a Stick'. Together, they tackle trivia and the trials of nearing middle age. The show was created by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan (Go Girls). In the background article, Lang explains how the show came to be, and argues Kiwis could give their 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 on the series' first episode, NZ Herald, 17 July 2011