A new Australian medical drama has commenced filming in Sydney.
The Stan Original production, “The F Ward”, will be led by Emmy Award-winning actress Anna Friel (“Pushing Daisies”, Marcella”), alongside a stacked cast that includes Ioane Sa’ula (“Bump”), Lola Bond (“Upright”), Dan Wyllie (“Love My Way”), Alex Fitzalan (“Prosper”) and Annie Boyle (“Colin From Accounts”).
Per Stan, the show follows “brilliant, flawed interns whose careers are on life support. Sent to the under-funded Pines Hospital in Sydney for a final chance, they must overcome their insecurities, their past and their own expectations, in a hot house environment where the stakes are life and death”.
“The F Ward” is co-created by “Bump” executive producers, Dan Edwards and Kelsey Munro.
“These young doctors are at this wild crossroads where they’ve messed up, they’re on their last chance, they’re in a crumbling pressure cooker of a hospital making life-or-death decisions—but they’re also still figuring out who they are, what they believe, whether they’re good people, who they are in love with,” Edwards and Munro said.
“They can diagnose a pulmonary embolism, but they can’t diagnose their own blind spots or personality flaws. That contradiction felt like the perfect place to tell true, funny, heartbreaking stories about the people who take care of the rest of us.”
Nine Entertainment’s Executive Director, Entertainment Content Commissioning, Michael Healy, said the company is excited to work with the “Bump” team again and bring a first ever medical drama to Stan.
Love Film & TV?
Get your daily dose of everything happening in music, film and TV in Australia and abroad.
“‘The F Ward’ is fresh, original and at its core is about an incredible cast of characters – brilliant and driven, but also incredibly flawed – and the life-or-death world they operate in. Featuring a powerhouse ensemble of brilliant Australian actors and prominent internationally renowned talent at the helm, this high-stakes, uniquely Australian drama is set to resonate globally,” he said.
“We cannot wait to share this with viewers soon.”
A release date is yet to be confirmed.