Airdate: Summer Love
First look at Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope anthology of eight very different holiday stories at one beach house.
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New eight-part comedy anthology Summer Love is coming to ABC in August.
Created and produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (Upper Middle Bogan, Very Small Business) centres around eight very different holiday stories at one beach house.
The ensemble cast includes Miranda Tapsell, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Nazeem Hussain, Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Tim Draxl, Alison Bell, Bjorn Stewart and Annie Maynard.
Our Summer Love stories and characters include: old friends Jules (Sibylla Budd) & Tom (Patrick Brammall) & Jonah (Stephen Curry) & Steph (Harriet Dyer), who discover their friendship may have reached its expiry date; surprise instant parents Kelly (Miranda Tapsell) & Craig (Richard Davies); aspiring rapper Imran (Nazeem Hussain) and his surgeon girlfriend, Nabilah (Sana’a Shaik), who grapple with Imran’s abandonment issues; chalk-and-cheese couple Luke (Tim Draxl) & Olly (Harry McNaughton), whose one-year anniversary brings a surprise interloper into their relationship; strangers Marion (Robyn Butler) & Eddy (Wayne Hope), who find themselves forced to stay together after a double booking; Charlie (Chenoa Deemal) & Zeke (Bjorn Stewart) whose trial separation is not going to get in the way of their annual beach weekend; sisters Hannah (Alison Bell) & Alex (Annie Maynard), who leave their chaotic family lives behind for a holiday recharge; and troubled teenager Frankie (Charlotte Maggi) is surprised when unknown visitor Trevor (Keith Robinson) suddenly arrives on the front lawn.
Production Credits:  A Gristmill Production. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen, the ABC and Kinetic Content. Written by: Kodie Bedford, Alison Bell, Patrick Brammall, Robyn Butler, James Colley, Harriet Dyer, Wayne Hope, Nazeem Hussain, Jayden Masciulli, Kate Mulvany, Bjorn Stewart, Miranda Tapsell & Nath Valvo. Produced by: Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. Associate Producer: Louisa Kors. Executive Producers: Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope and Greg Sitch.  ABC Executive Producer: Todd Abbott. Kinetic Content Executive Producers: Chris Coelen and Melissa Myers.
Wednesday 31 August at 9pm on ABC.
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3 Responses
David, how could you forget The Librarians which Wayne and Robyn both produced and directed??
I didn’t, or Little Lunch, or The Inbestigators. ABC’s release actually only listed UMB, so I added another.
Thanks. This should be good. I enjoy the ideas Robyn and Wayne develop and come together.