Retrograde is an Australian narrative comedy series which first screened on the ABC in July 2020. It follows the lives of a group of thirty-something friends as they drown their sorrows at a virtual bar during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Cast Pallavi Sharda as Maddie Ilai Swindells as Ramsay Maria Angelico as Isabel Esther Hannaford as Sophie Nicholas Boshier as Dylan Max Brown as Rob Guest cast Ronny Chieng as Glen Shapoor Batliwalla as Dad Julian Haig as Hot Alan Luxy Mu as Maya Production Retrograde is a six part series created by Mark O'Toole & Meg O'Connell and is directed by Natalie Bailey. The executive producer is Kurt Royan and producers are Meg O'Connell, Dan Lake, and Jackson Lapsley Scott. It is an Unless Pictures & Orange Entertainment Co production for the ABC. The series was conceived of in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, when O'Connell helped organise a virtual bar similar to the one featured in the show. She and Scott then pitched the idea to Que Minh Luu less than a week later, and the show began production. The show was shot remotely via a series of Zoom calls between the producers, crew, and actors. Filming started in mid-June, just three weeks before its 8 July debut. See also At Home Alone Together Connecting... - a US sitcom with a similar premise broadcast in the fall of 2020 References External links Official website 2020 Australian television series debuts Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian comedy television series Television shows about the COVID-19 pandemic