Living The Dream. Image shows from L to R: Mal Pemberton (Philip Glenister), Jen Pemberton (Lesley Sharp), Tina Pemberton (Rosie Day), Freddie Pemberton (Brenock O'Connor). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
Living The Dream
- TV comedy drama
- Sky One
- 2017 - 2019
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama about a family who move to America to run a caravan park. Stars Philip Glenister, Lesley Sharp, Rosie Day, Brenock O'Connor, Leslie Jordan and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Living The Dream. Image shows from L to R: Mal Pemberton (Philip Glenister), Aiden (Leslie Jordan). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
The Pembertons pack up their home in not-so-sunny Yorkshire and head for Florida and the promise of beautiful weather at the Kissimmee Sunshine Park. What dad Mal discovers upon their arrival is ... not quite as he'd expected.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 2nd November 2017
- Time
- 2am
- Channel
- Sky One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
| Philip Glenister | Mal Pemberton |
| Lesley Sharp | Jen Pemberton |
| Rosie Day | Tina Pemberton |
| Brenock O'Connor | Freddie Pemberton |
| Leslie Jordan | Aiden |
| John Crosby | Ryan |
| Regina Curtin | Dorothy |
| Paula Wilcox | Maureen |
| Kevin Nash | Troy |
| Michael Ray Davis | Pastor Wilson |
| Kim Fields | Rhoda |
| Randy Havens | Casper |
| Jimmy Akingbola | Paul |
| Pat Yeary | Mrs Apter |
| Scott Poythress | US Visa Official |
| Anthony Paderewski | Tom Jerry |
| Matthew Brady | Dean Bootie |
| Daryl Shorter | County Officer |
| Mick Ford | Writer |
| Sophie Williams | Script Editor |
| Saul Metzstein | Director |
| James Dean | Producer |
| Luke Alkin | Executive Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
| Simon Curtis | Executive Producer |
| Mick Ford | Executive Producer |
| Jon Mountague | Executive Producer |
| Lynn Appelle | Line Producer |
| Beverley Horne | Post Producer |
| Matthew Cannings | Editor |
| Michael Ralph | Production Designer |
| Nicky Bligh | Casting Director |
| Chad Darnell | Casting Director |
| Michael Hothorn | Casting Director |
| Tim Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Gina Ruiz | Costume Designer |
| Oli Julian | Composer |
| Darren Finch | Costume Designer |
| Randall Ehrmann | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Living the Dream: comedy drama at its most lightweight
Living the Dream, Sky1's new six-part series, is billed as a "comedy-drama". No genre makes the heart sink quite so fast. All good comedy is weighted with pathos, just as dramas can be all the bleaker for the odd belly laugh. In British programming, "comedy drama" is a byword for "light viewing," usually a warning that what follows will be neither one thing nor the other.
Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 2nd November 2017