ABC begins production on Sam Simmons sketch show Problems

Production has begun today on a new ABC sketch comedy series from comedian Sam Simmons, a former Triple J presenter and finalist of Edinburgh Comedy Festival’s top award in 2011.

Called Problems, there will be four initial episodes with the series slated for late 2012.

The production company behind the show is Guesswork Television, the production arm of Token Group, one of the main talent management firm for comedy in Australia.

Kevin Whyte, EP for Problems and MD for Token Group, told Encore: “Each episode will have a story arc from Sam and built around that will be characters and sketches, some in Sam’s ‘world’ and others in a world of their own. It will be set in the suburbs but is not  a riff on suburban life, Australia is the suburbs and their cream brick endlessness provide a great backdrop for our odd little world.”