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Cast of 主播大秀work

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Behind the scenes with 主播大秀work's writer / producer Richard Melvin

So what鈥檚 主播大秀work about?

It鈥檚 the story of Sam and his family and friends. It鈥檚 a comedy based on real life. Sam鈥檚 trying to set up a business from home with his friend Al, but life keeps getting in the way.

Why did you want to tell this story?

Well, it鈥檚 based on my life with a chunk of Julia Sutherland and Sanjeev Kohli鈥檚 life in there too.

I used to be a medical sales rep, before I set up .

I work from home now, which is great, but it does throw up some challenges 鈥 mostly the TV, the fridge, my really comfy bed and a stream of children, family and other assorted visitors.

I wanted to tell the story because I think it鈥檚 funny, I find my life quite funny and when I turned some of my experiences into stand up comedy 鈥 the audience found them funny too. This seemed like the next natural stage. We鈥檝e got loads more stories to tell too.

So there's a bit of art imitating life?

Not a bit, a lot. Everything in this sitcom is based on real life events. Almost nothing is made up.

So who does the homework with your kids?

We both do. Our kids are quite young (primary 2 and primary 4) and I鈥檓 morally opposed to homework at this stage in life! So we whip through it and concentrate on creating our own adventures, stories and mysteries.

Who cooks in your house?

Mostly my wife Emma, but sometimes I cook 鈥 I鈥檓 good at the 鈥渆vent鈥 cooking 鈥 you know, the show off stuff.

And who does the cleaning?

I鈥檓 the best tidier, Emma鈥檚 the best at cleaning. We鈥檙e a team!

How did you cast it?

I鈥檝e wanted to work with Sanjeev Kohli for a long time, I鈥檓 a huge fan of his writing, he鈥檚 got funny bones. He really brought my ideas to life with the script and was the natural choice to play the lead role. I鈥檝e worked with Miles Jupp a lot over the years and I think he鈥檚 someone that can make breathing sound funny. I am always looking for opportunities to work with him. He鈥檚 a total natural. Julia Sutherland is getting better every day and is very much part of my team. We鈥檝e got a new show on Radio 4 together and she鈥檚 presented a few other series for Dabster Productions. I think she鈥檚 going to be a very big star soon. She wrote some nice words about her experiences of working on the show.