Julia Gillard says she’s looking forward to a new comedy series about the PM’s life at The Lodge.
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is out to show she has a sense of humour.
The PM, who is battling low poll figures and an attack on her carbon tax policy, says shes looking forward to a new comedy series about life at the prime ministers official residence in Canberra.
The ABC has commissioned the four-part series, At Home with Julia, which is being billed as “part rom-com, part guaranteed lawsuit”.
The series will screen later this year and is being filmed in a north Sydney mansion.
Ms Gillard said she was familiar with actress Amanda Bishops impersonation of her from the Seven Networks Double Take in 2009.
“Shes hilarious and does a very good job,” Ms Gillard told ABC Radio.
The role of First Bloke, Tim Mathieson, will be played by Phil Lloyd, who starred in Review with Myles Barlow.
Ms Gillard joked that perhaps she could delegate some of her work to Ms Bishop.
“It may come in handy having a double because there could be days where theres an extra commitment and I could get her to go,” she said.
Ms Gillard laughed off the prospect of the series portraying sex scenes in the prime ministers office.
“Lots of work gets done in the prime ministers office,” she said.
“Something tells me if the (show) is going to be laugh-a-minute it wont be very true to real life.
“Being prime minister is a lot of work and a very serious job.”
Bishop says the series will be an intimate portrayal of the first couple but not an intrusive one.
“We agreed the first couples bedroom was off-limits,” she said in a statement.
