ABC, Screen Australia, and Screen NSW have started production on a new five-part series about parenting titled The Role Of A Lifetime.
Starring Amanda Keller, Kate Ritchie, Nazeem Hussain and Maggie Dent, the cast alone is enough to have us intrigued!
Produced by Dreamchaser, television and radio personality Amanda Keller with host the series, exploring the complexities of modern parenting. Ritchie and Hussain will act out real-life parenting scenarios in an effort to guide the viewers in raising resilient, happy children.
Well-known parenting author, educator, and podcaster Maddie Dent will also feature, providing her expertise as the show continues.
Ritchie, the former Home and Away star, who now co-hosts Nova 96.9FM breakfast show, Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie, hasn’t appeared on TV since the Channel Seven miniseries, The Claremont Murders, in 2023 – her role in The Role Of A Lifetime marks her return to her TV roots.
The upcoming series is currently in production and is set to air in 2025.
Susie Jones, ABC’s Head of Factual said: “This series highlights the ABC’s commitment to innovation by blending factual content with scripted comedy. We believe our audiences will find this series both highly engaging and entertaining, as well as informative and enlightening.”
Kyas Hepworth, Head of Screen NSW added: “This series boldly explores the many contemporary and pertinent challenges facing parents today, while expertly blending factual and scripted comedy genres, with the help of Amanda Keller, Kate Ritchie, Nazeem Hussain and parenting expert Maggie Dent.”
“We are pleased to support Dreamchaser in bringing The Role Of A Lifetime to the ABC to help guide and empower the parents of today.”
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