Burying Brian

New Zealand TV series or programme

Maxine Fleming
Gavin Strawhan

Written byGavin StrawhanDirected by

Peter Burger
Chris Bailey

Starring

Jodie Dorday
Rebecca Hobbs
Carrie McLaughlin
Ingrid Park
Craig Hall
Shane Cortese

Opening theme"Sleeping During the Day" by The Mint ChicksEnding theme"Sleeping During the Day" by The Mint ChicksComposers

Callie Blood
Wayne Bell

Country of originNew ZealandOriginal languageEnglishNo. of episodes6 (list of episodes)ProductionProducerJulie ChristieCinematographyWayne VintenEditors

Gary Hunt
David Ross

Production companyEyeworks TouchdownOriginal releaseNetworkTV OneRelease2 July (2008-07-02) –
6 August 2008 (2008-08-06)

Burying Brian is a New Zealand television miniseries produced by Eyeworks Touchdown which premiered on Television New Zealand's TV One on 2 July 2008, and ran for 6 episodes.^[1] The series is about Jodie and her three female friends. At the beginning of the first episode, Jodie's husband Brian dies during a domestic dispute. Jodie believes that she may go to jail for his murder, but her friends convince her not to report the death, but instead to bury the body and make it appear that he has run off with another woman.^[2]

Although the series was a ratings success, no further episodes were made after the first season.^[3]

Cast and characters

Jodie Dorday as Jodie Welch
Rebecca Hobbs as Gerri Marchand
Carrie McLaughlin as Theresa Donnelly
Ingrid Park as Denise Crowley
Craig Hall as Pete Donnelly
Shane Cortese as Brian Welch
Josh Leys as Josh Welch
Ruby Love as Kendall Welch
Scott Wills – Warren Crowley^[4]
Hannah Marshall – Kimberley^[5]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Episode One"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	2 July 2008 (2008-07-02)
2	"Episode Two"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	9 July 2008 (2008-07-09)
3	"Episode Three"	Peter Burger	Gavin Strawhan	16 July 2008 (2008-07-16)
4	"Episode Four"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	23 July 2008 (2008-07-23)
5	"Episode Five"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	30 July 2008 (2008-07-30)
6	"Episode Six"	Chris Bailey	Gavin Strawhan	6 August 2008 (2008-08-06)

References

^ "New local comedy Burying Brian starts in July". 19 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
^ Wichtel, Diana (12 July 2008). "A death in the family". New Zealand Listener. 214 (3557).
^ "Excellent start for Burying Brian". Eyeworks. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009.
^ Herrick, Linda (3 July 2008). "TV Review: Burying Brian". The New Zealand Herald.
^ Hannah Marshall as Kimberley, BURYING BRIAN, TV ONE, tvnz.co.nz