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9 episodes

'I just want to go now'
30/04/2019 | 20 mins.
So how did the failure that was Melody Rules affect the people involved? In this final episode, Geoff's on the road to find out and to discover what he's learned about himself and his perceived failure.

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'The Network would say, here's what we're going to do, blah blah blah'
24/04/2019 | 22 mins.
What were the Network people thinking when they made Melody Rules? Geoff gets their - surprisingly positive - take on the experience.
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'There was just... vitriol in the air'
16/04/2019 | 20 mins.
Melody Rules is finally unleashed on a hyped-up New Zealand public and is greeted with virtual (and actual) hostility.
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'The one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind'
09/04/2019 | 24 mins.
Geoff tracks down John Vorhaus, the sitcom guru. How did John get the job of training the young writers and what did he make of it all?
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'Just f#&%ing stand there and say your line!'
02/04/2019 | 21 mins.
Geoff tracks down the man who directed all 40 episodes of Melody Rules and hears about the challenges he faced: inexperience, arguments with the actors, news cameras on loan, making a sitcom in a broom closet.
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About The Worst Sitcom Ever Made

Geoff Houtman was part of the team that created the worst sitcom ever made. It's haunted him for 25 years. Now he's on a quest to see what lessons we can learn about failure in general.

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