City Life (1996)

About This Series

City Life is a drama series. Its leading cast includes Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell and Oliver Driver. It premiered on July 15, 1996 on TVNZ 1. TMDB lists 2 seasons and 26 episodes so far and has ended.

Synopsis

City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose Place. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title 96 Oriental Parade. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to City Life. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode after being hit by a car on the way to his wedding, and he left his apartment building to all of his friends. However, Damon's fianceè vowed to fight for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Claudia Black Angela Kostapas 26 episodes
• Lisa Chappell 26 episodes
• Oliver Driver 26 episodes
• Charles Mesure Ryan Waters 26 episodes
• Jack Campbell 26 episodes
• L Laurie Foell 26 episodes
• John Freeman 26 episodes
• Katrina Browne 26 episodes
• Kevin Smith 2 episodes

Seasons

• Season 11996 · 10 episodes
• Season 21997 · 16 episodes