The Jaquie Brown Diaries
| The Jaquie Brown Diaries | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Gerard Johnstone Jaquie Brown Hayley Cunningham |
| Directed by | Gerard Johnstone |
| Starring |
Jaquie Brown Ryan Lampp Hannah Banks Madeleine Sami |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Gerard Johnstone Jaquie Brown |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV3 (New Zealand) |
| Picture format |
PAL (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 25 July 2008 – 11 December 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
The Jaquie Brown Diaries is a satirical New Zealand sitcom in which real-life television personality Jaquie Brown plays a fictionalised, over-ambitious, status-obsessed version of herself. The series was created by Gerard Johnstone, Jaquie Brown and Hayley Cunningham and premiered 25 July 2008 on TV3. The US cable television channel Logo began broadcasting the series' episodes to date 12 June 2010.
The show highlights the unglamorous reality of being a celebrity in New Zealand. It depicts fame as a game that can never be won. Jaquie's character is far from perfect. She's insecure, petulant and selfish, which makes her ultimately more human and relatable as a result.
Jaquie Brown and writer/director Gerard Johnstone first worked together on New Zealand music channel C4. In 2005 Brown left the station to become the quirky news reporter on Campbell Live. After hearing Jaquie's anxieties about her career, the pitfalls of being a minor celebrity, and being recognised by her gynaecologist, Johnstone came up with the idea of Brown playing herself in a sitcom which would parody voice-over narrated female skewed television shows such as 'Sex and the City' and 'Desperate Housewives'.
The Jaquie Brown Diaries was produced independently through Brown & Johnstone's own company, Young, Gifted & Brown. Jaquie Brown had never acted professionally or received any acting training. It was also the professional debut of writer/director/editor Gerard Johnstone. Many episodes of the series were co-written with Jodie Molloy, an ex-TV3 publicist. Hayley Cunningham produced the first series. The second series was produced by Matt McPhail.
The show debuted to unanimously positive reviews. It was dubbed 'A miracle' by The Listener[1] for the fact that it was a NZ sitcom 'that doesn't suck', an observation which drew on NZ's troubled past when it comes to narrative comedy. The first series won best comedy at the Qantas Film and Television Awards [2], was the top NZ show in The Herald's 'Best on the Box'[3] for 2008, and was declared best local comedy or TV show in several publications such as The Listener, Metro magazine and Jaquie Brown was voted one of the New Zealanders of the year in both the NZ Herald[4] and North and South magazine.
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