Synopsis

Sordid Lives: The Series is the story of a small town Texas family presided over by Peggy, a good Christian woman who begins a secret affair with a married man as she takes in the town bar singer who has just been released from prison. Peggy’s wild child daughter LaVonda lives with Peggy’s chain-smoking sister, while Peggy’s good girl Latrelle hides a growing pill problem. Peggy’s third child “Brother Boy” Ingram is locked in a mental institution where he performs as Tammy Wynette. He plots to escape while he attends therapy sessions with the crazy Dr. Eve who believes she can dehomosexualize him.

LaVonda’s white trash best friend Noleta lives in a trailer in Sissy’s backyard and is growing unhinged as she discovers that G.W., her husband with two wooden legs, is cheating on her. Peggy and G.W. begin their affair at the bar in town amidst a small crowd of regulars including brothers Wardell and Odell, Bitsy and this bar’s crazy old fly Juanita. They are galvanized into action as the Baptist Church in town decides to close down the bar. Latrelle’s son Ty is an actor living in Los Angeles and struggling to come to terms with his homosexuality. He has his first boyfriend and attempts to deal with his stalker ex-girlfriend while coming out to his friends and family. Sordid Lives is the universally relatable story of a town of family and friends and the trials and tribulations they go through as they learn to see each other for who they are instead of who they wish each other to be.

Writer / Director / Executive Producer: DEL SHORES - Queer as Folk, Dharma and Greg.
Producers: STAN BROOKES & ROB ERIC, BONNIE BEDELIA (Latrelle Williamson): Heart Like A Wheel, Die Hard, Die Hard 2
BETH GRANT (Sissy Hickey) No Country For Old Men, Little Miss Sunshine
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (Bitsy Mae Harling): Grease, Xanadu
LESLIE JORDAN (Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram): Will and Grace, Ugly Betty.
RUE MCCLANAHAN (Peggy Ingram): Golden Girls, Starship Troopers
CAROLINE RHEA (Noleta Nethercott): Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Christmas With the Kranks
Introducing JASON DOTTLEY

Date:2007

Duration:12 x 30 min R-rated programmes/12 x 22 min PG13-rated programmes

Rights:All media rights

Territories:Worldwide

Production Company:Scout Productions & Once Upon A Time Productions