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Sunny Skies
''Sunny Skies'' is a New Zealand comedy television show that aired on TV3 in the summer of 2013. The show stars Tammy Davis and Oliver Driver as two brothers who unwittingly inherit a local campground. Plot ''Sunny Skies'' is a New Zealand comedy starring Oliver Driver and Tammy Davis as two brothers who unwittingly discover they’ve inherited a campground. Oliver Driver plays Oscar, a sharp-edged, arrogant businessman, intent on gaining profit from the Sunny Skies campground. Tammy Davis plays his brother Deano, who loves a laugh with the new friends he’s discovered. The show was created by Mike Smith and Paul Yates. Cast and characters Main cast * Oliver Driver plays Oscar, a business man who specialises in human resources despite being terrible with people. Oscar is cynical, witty, stingy, easily bored, not good with people (though secretly wishes he was), hypochondriac, Mummy’s boy, fastidious and he's bordering on obsessive compulsive. * Tammy Davis plays Deano, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Driver
Oliver Driver (born 22 November 1974) is a New Zealand actor, director, broadcaster and television presenter. Television Driver was the host of ''Let's Be Frank'', and the Creative Director of New Zealand's only alternative music television station, ALT TV. The channel is now no longer on air. He co-hosted TV3's early morning news show ''Sunrise'', which was cancelled on 8 April 2010. Driver played Mike Galloway, a pot-smoking nurse on the long-running New Zealand drama ''Shortland Street'' as well as starring in a comedy called ''Serial Killers'', which was based on the lives of six storyliners working on a Shortland Street-style hospital based soap. For three years he hosted the TVNZ arts programme ''Frontseat''. Driver returned to ''Shortland Street'' in the 2010s as a co-producer and director for numerous episodes. He finished a three-year contract in 2008 of voicing advertisements for The Warehouse, a nationwide retail store in New Zealand. Driver is known outside of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammy Davis
Tammy Davis is a New Zealand actor, best known for his role as Munter on the hit New Zealand comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune''. He grew up in Raetihi, New Zealand. Career Davis has performed in both film and television, including ''Black Sheep'', ''Whale Rider'' and in Taika Waititi's short film ''Tama Tu''. He also starred as Mookie in '' What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?'', the sequel to '' Once Were Warriors''. Davis made his feature film direction debut on the 2015 film, ''Born to Dance'', released in September 2015. In 2017 he joined George FM, where he is currently a host on the breakfast show alongside General Lee. In 2020, Davis starred as Vice Principal Trev in ''The Eggplant'', a New Zealand-teen-drama crime-comedy series released to TVNZ OnDemand and YouTube. In 2021, he was a contestant on '' Celebrity Treasure Island 2021''. Filmography Television Film Personal life Of Māori descent, he identifies with Ngāti Rangi and Atihaunui a Paparangi and is the hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgana O'Reilly
Morgana O'Reilly (born 19 August 1985) is a New Zealand film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in several theatre productions and created the one-woman play ''The Height of the Eiffel Tower'', which she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014. O'Reilly played Lynn Matthews in the biographical television film ''Billy'' and starred as Kylie Bucknell in the horror-comedy '' Housebound''. She has made appearances in '' Nothing Trivial'', '' Sunny Skies'', '' This is Littleton''. O'Reilly played Naomi Canning in ''Neighbours'' from 2013 until 2015. She made guest appearances in 2020 and 2022. She starred in sitcom '' Mean Mums'' and joined the cast of '' Wentworth'' as Narelle Stang in 2019. O'Reilly and her husband Peter Salmon created the comedy-thriller ''INSiDE'', which won the International Emmy Award for Best Short-Form Series in 2021. Early life Morgana Le Fay Naomi Jane O'Reilly was born in New Zealand to Mary-Jane, a dancer and choreographer, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three (TV Channel)
Three (), stylised as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first private broadcasting, privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on terrestrial and satellite. Vodafone also carries the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that was switched off on 1 December 2013. Three is a general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand, with a news element under the banner of ThreeNews. Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time. History Establishment Applications to apply for warrants to operate New Zealand's third national television network opened in early 1985 and closed on 29 March 1985. There were four regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
