Retrograde is an Australian narrative comedy series which first screened on the ABC in July 2020. It follows the lives of a group of thirty-something friends as they drown their sorrows at a virtual bar during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]
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Genre | Comedy |
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Directed by | Natalie Bailey |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Unless Pictures & Orange Entertainment Co Production |
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Network | ABC |
Release | 8 July 12 August 2020 | –
Retrograde is a six part series created by Mark O'Toole & Meg O'Connell and is directed by Natalie Bailey. The executive producer is Kurt Royan and producers are Meg O'Connell, Dan Lake, and Jackson Lapsley Scott. It is an Unless Pictures & Orange Entertainment Co production for the ABC.
The series was conceived of in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, when O'Connell helped organise a virtual bar similar to the one featured in the show. She and Scott then pitched the idea to Que Minh Luu less than a week later, and the show began production.[2]
The show was shot remotely via a series of Zoom calls between the producers, crew, and actors.[2] Filming started in mid-June, just three weeks before its 8 July debut.[3]