The Sketchbook poster: the cast surround a mysterious antique sketchbook

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The Sketchbook

Nigel is a failed author, a divorced dad drowning in guilt, and a wedding toastmaster pushed around by everyone. Wanting him to be happy, his ten-year-old daughter draws him a girlfriend in the cursed antique sketchbook he gave her for her birthday. What's drawn in it comes to life. With dire consequences.

Format
Sitcom · Concept pilot
Status
Now on YouTube
Draw Nigel a date

“Could be worse.” “How?” “Could be raining.”

Young Frankenstein (1974)

About the production

A sitcom about a man whose love life is drawn by a ten-year-old.

The story

Nigel is an unsuccessful author who moonlights as a wedding toastmaster, pushed around by his colleagues and the guests alike. Divorced and full of single-dad guilt, he's spent years trying to get a book published.

When his boss Ray spikes his drink and lands him a driving ban, Nigel ends up on the bus, loses his daughter's birthday present and dashes into a charity shop for a replacement: a mysterious antique sketchbook.

Wanting her dad to be happy, his ten-year-old daughter draws him a girlfriend in it. What's drawn in the sketchbook comes to life. With dire consequences.

The pilot

The concept pilot is available to watch now on YouTube.

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