ABC Oz orders interactive comedy

Ludo Studio is producing #7DaysLater, an innovative crowd-sourced six-part multi-platform comedy for Australia’s ABC.

Created by Ludo’s Daley Pearson and Nick Boshier, the show invites the public to use social media to contribute storylines and characters based on a one-word theme each week. The first is ‘aliens.’

The #7DaysLater team, which includes Australian YouTube celebrities, has seven days to create a five-minute episode that will air on ABC2 and 30-minute versions for social media platforms.

Screen Australia’s multi-platform drama fund, Screen NSW and Screen Queensland have supported the project. It’s the first interactive comedy series commissioned by ABC TV head of entertainment Jennifer Collins.

Pearson created The Strange Calls, a comedy series about a young man who investigates bizarre phone calls that expose paranormal mysteries, for Hoodlum Entertainment and the show has been picked up by US video streaming service Hulu.

Last year US network ABC ordered a pilot based on the format.

#7DaysLater premieres on ABC2 at 21.00 on October 22.