''Being Victor'' was a web and television series set in Glasgow, Scotland. It was produced by
Shed Media Scotland.
Synopsis
Vinnie Dupe (
Dean Smith
Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball Coach (basketball), head coach. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North C ...
) is seventeen years old, and he’s doing his
Highers
In the Scottish secondary education system, the Higher () is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualifications of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC) offered by the Scottish Qualifications ...
at Queen Mary’s College in Glasgow, Scotland. He used to get a hard time at school, but college isn’t too bad, and Vinnie has an active online life to keep him busy, blogging as his witty, scathing alter ego as "Victor Sage".
Vinnie’s best friends are Eva and Doyle. It’s always been the three of them, a slightly goofy clique happy to hover round the edges of cool. But nothing stays the same forever, and things are about to change as Eva starts dating Danny Burton (
Sam Robertson
Samuel Robertson (born 11 October 1985) is a Scottish actor and model from Dundee, Scotland. He is best known for portraying Adam Barlow in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', and Flynn in the E4 comedy-drama series '' Beaver Falls' ...
), college goldenboy and Vinnie's tormenter. Vinnie is determined to split them up and uses his blog to interfere in his friends' lives with some dire consequences.
Release
''Being Victor'' was first released via the internet by
MTV UK
MTV is a British pay television channel focusing on reality TV and music programming operated by Paramount Networks UK & Australia.
The channel launched as part of MTV Networks Europe localisation strategy in 1997. MTV UK (previously MTV UK & I ...
on 7 September 2010 in a 20-episode form, each up to 10 minutes in length.
STV had then broadcast the series on television from 5 October 2010, re-edited into 6 episodes running at approximately 25 minutes.
Victor's blog and Twitter account went live July 2010, prior to the release of the show.
Production
The commission was awarded by CTVC in June/July 2009 to Shed Media Scotland, who developed and produced the concept. The project was then match-funded by the Digital Media IP Fund (jointly financed by the
Creative Scotland
Creative Scotland ( ; ) is the development body for the arts and creative industries in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government (, ) is the execut ...
Innovation Fund and
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise () is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which encourages economic development, Business, enterprise, innovation, international and investment agency, investment in business. The body covers the eastern ...
) in August 2009.
The series featured music by: Pooch, X-Lion Tamer, Miniature Dinosaurs, MandaRin, Kochka, Found, Fangs, Cancel the Astronauts and Any Colour Black.
Articles
Shed Wins Online Drama CommissionMTV Press Release for ''Being Victor''Creative Scotland-supported digital drama to debut on MTVSTV Press Release''Being Victor'' in Roughcuts magazine
External links
*{{IMDb title, 1721191
''Being Victor''
on TrueTube
2010 British television series debuts
Internet soap operas
2010s teen drama television series
British drama web series
Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios