Episode 6: Office romantics

Callum is a writer and performer originally from sunny South Wales. A lifelong comedy fan, he has written and performed in sketch shows and opening mic nights in London and back home. As a writer, he mostly writes for TV, his work usually taking on a satirical, surrealist, or darkly comic nature. His short film ‘Have a Biscuit’ has been shown at a number of festivals, and he is currently working on another short film about a visit to a psychic medium that goes wrong.

“I love finding comedy in the mundane, and it doesn’t get more mundane than a call centre. There’s something freeing about writing characters who are just bad people, and it’s even more pleasing when you oversee them getting their comeuppance. I knew from the start that since three is the golden rule in comedy that telling the story was in three phone calls was key. Firstly, things are good, then there’s a complication, then things go awry. I should also note that my parents met when they were both working in an office, but it didn’t quite go like this!”

Credits

Written by Callum Jones
Directed by Ano Okera.
Produced by Bruce Bigg & Ano Okera.
Associate produced by Stephane Ugeux.

Starring: Kieran Taylor Ford as Tony, Kim Dang as Cheryl, Tom Summerhill as Dean, and Michaella Moore as The Boss. 

Kim Dang as Cheryl

Michaella Moore
as The Boss