NEW AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL DRAMA ABOUT INTERN UNDERDOGS, THE STAN ORIGINAL THE F WARD IS NOW IN PRODUCTION

Starring Emmy® Award winner Anna Friel, Ioane Sa'ula, Lola Bond and Dan Wyllie, The F Ward is currently filming in Sydney.

October 15, 2025 – Just what the doctor ordered. Stan today announced that production has commenced for the six-part Stan Original The F Ward, a medical drama about interns who have f*cked up and are on their last chance.

The F Ward is about 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.

Co-created by Dan Edwards (Stan Original Bump, Romper Stomper) and Kelsey Munro (Stan Original Bump) and produced by John Edwards, Dan Edwards and Kelsey Munro for Roadshow Rough Diamond, the Stan Original The F Ward will star International Emmy® Award winner Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies, Marcella), Ioane Sa’ula (Stan Original Bump, The Fall Guy), Lola Bond (Last Days of the Space Age, Upright), Dan Wyllie (Love My Way), Alex Fitzalan (Stan Original Prosper, Chevalier), Emily Barclay (Babyteeth, Suburban Mayhem), Annie Boyle (Colin from Accounts) and Rishab Kern.

Nine Entertainment’s Executive Director, Entertainment Content Commissioning, Michael Healy said: “From the incredible team behind Bump, we’re thrilled to bring our first Stan Original medical drama to the slate. 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. We cannot wait to share this with viewers soon."

Co-creators Dan Edwards and Kelsey Munro said: “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. 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.”

Screen Australia Director of Narrative Content Louise Gough said: “There’s no doubt that this hospital set dramedy about misfits and medicine will strike the right tone with Australian and global audiences. Dan Edwards and Kelsey Munro bring heart, humour and smarts, and with an all-star cast, audiences will fall in love with and root for them all.”

Head of Screen NSW Kyas Hepworth said: “Produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond, a team who have mounted some of the country’s most successful, and beloved, screen stories, and written by Bump co-creator Kelsey Munro, The F Ward promises to be another captivating and entertaining addition to Stan’s slate of original Australian content. Through the Made in NSW – TV Drama Fund, Screen NSW is attracting and supporting high-end Australian screen projects in the state, and I’m thrilled to welcome The F Ward to Sydney, with the series expected to create 550 local jobs across cast, crew and post-production.”

The Stan Original The F Ward is written by Kelsey Munro, Jessica Tuckwell, Shanti Gudgeon, Nick Coyle and Jack Yabsley and directed by Natalie Bailey (Down Cemetery Road) and Neil Sharma (Stan Original Critical Incident). A Roadshow Rough Diamond and CBS Studios Production with major production investment from Stan and Screen Australia. Financed with support from Screen NSW’s Made in NSW – TV Drama Fund. Distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside of Australia. Stan Executive Producers are Andy Ryan and Alicia Brown.

The Stan Original The F Ward is now in production. 

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