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Living the Dream (2004–2004) — drama · comedy on TVNZ 2

The answer: Concluded October 12, 2004.
Living the Dream poster
Genre
Drama · Comedy
Network / streamer
TVNZ 2
Premiered
August 10, 2004
Ended
October 12, 2004
Runtime
~60 min per episode
1season
10episodes

About Living the Dream

What would you do if your entire world turned out to be fake? If a group of writers, producers and actors spent six months creating TV's most elaborate experiment all around you? If they plotted your every move, recorded it 24 hours a day and put it on national television... well that's exactly what happened to Sam Chambers in Living the Dream. The star nine actors are: Sarah Thomson as Tiffany, the rich bitch; Stephen Hall as Mule, the ex-SAS soldier; Jason Fitch as Mick the prick; Victoria Blackman as Mary, the virgin; Awanui Simich-Pene as Rima the schemer; Jeremy Birchall as Billy, the gay guy; Charlie McDermott as Ben, the best mate; Kirsty Cooke as Betty the new age flake, and Mark Ferguson as the smarmy host. Over the coming weeks, Sam and his eight housemates compete in increasingly bizarre challenges - all of them designed to push the actors and Sam to the limit, and to parody real reality TV shows. Can a bunch of actors step up to the challenge of remaining in character 24/7 and convincing Sam they are real? As well as challenges and the sheer astonishment of living with such extreme characters, each episode features an elimination. Although these are also set-up, Sam's real vote often threatened to affect the outcome- so behind the scenes the producers and writers were continually rewriting the actor's stories.

Living the Dream episode schedule

10 aired

Aired · 10

DateEp.Title
October 12, 2004 S1·E10 Episode 10: All Is Revealed
October 5, 2004 S1·E9 Episode 9: Pen-Ultimate Warriors
September 28, 2004 S1·E8 Episode 8: Just Four Left
September 21, 2004 S1·E7 Episode 7: La Cucaracha
September 14, 2004 S1·E6 Episode 6: Sam Go Bye Bye?
September 7, 2004 S1·E5 Episode 5: Breaking The Chains
August 31, 2004 S1·E4 Episode 4: Sam Re-Writes The Script
August 24, 2004 S1·E3 Episode 3: Mule Acts Like An Ass
August 17, 2004 S1·E2 Episode 2: It Just Gets Crazier
August 10, 2004 S1·E1 Episode 1: The Deception Begins