Philip Glenister & Lesley Sharp Are ‘Living the Dream’ On Sky 1
Philip Glenister & Lesley Sharp Are ‘Living the Dream‘ in a brand new comedy drama coming to Sky 1, from the makers of ‘Cold Feet’.
The six part series follows a British family, the Pembertons – husband Mal (Glenister – Outcast, Mad Dogs), wife Jen (Sharp – Scott & Bailey, Paranoid) and their two teenage kids, Tina and Freddie – who decide it’s time to leave rainy England and move to the sunshine state of Florida.
“Living the Dream is going to be great fun – a sparky, funny comedy drama that both embraces and punctures the notion of living the great American dream,” commented Adam MacDonald, director of Sky 1. “I can’t wait to see Phil, Lesley and the Big Talk gang take the Sky 1 viewers on an adventure of a lifetime.”
Mal’s bought an RV Park with plans for a booming family-run business, but it soon turns out that they are not going to be living the dream they hoped. Before they’ve even settled in, Mal discovers that the park is home to a group of eccentric residents who are not exactly thrilled to meet their new owners. Jen has to learn how to survive American suburbia and the kids have to navigate a US high school.
With culture clashes aplenty, life in Britain soon seems even further away than they’d thought it would. But with the support of each other and their crazy new friends, they begin to learn how to live the American dream.
Alongside Philip Glenister as Mal and Lesley Sharp as Jen, the series will also star Rosie Day (Prime Suspect 1973, Outlander) as Mal and Jen’s teenage daughter Tina, Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones, Dickensian) as teenage son Freddie, Kim Fields (The Facts of Life) as their larger than life neighbour Rhoda, Kevin Nash (Magic Mike) as ex wrestler and park resident Troy, Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace) as busy-body, park resident Aiden, Paula Wilcox (Mount Pleasant) as Maureen and Jimmy Akingbola (Rev.) as Paul.
The series has been created and written by Mick Ford (Single Father, The Five), produced by Big Talk Productions (Cold Feet, Mum, Rev.) and will be directed by Saul Metzstein (Doctor Who, You, Me and the Apocalypse) and Philippa Langdale (Dickensian, Skins).
Filming on ‘Living the Dream‘ has begun recently in the US, and it will be available on Sky 1 and online streaming service NOW TV later this year.
