So my new job is head writer on a South Africa drama called Umlilo (the fire). I’m working on Season 3. It’s the story of a Zulu man in Johannesburg married to three women (wait, was the first wife just murdered?!). We have everything: wives, jealousy, kidnapping, trucks running goods to the Congo, dark secrets emerging from the past . . . .
Working on the show is a total pleasure. As head writer I guide the development of the story lines and then work with the six other writers on the scripts (while writing a couple episodes of my own.) It’s perfect: great cast, first class production company, wonderful writers, the chance to really dig myself into a show over a million people watch every week.
Here’s a summary of Season One. Season Two now airing on Mondays at 9pm on etv. Season Three (which I’m working on) will air early 2016.
