Tough Love
As of September 8, 2026, Tough Love is a series that is currently in production. Five production companies are attached, including Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia, Foxtel Group and Screen Australia. Attached are directors Trent O'Donnell and Madeleine Dyer; creator Rick Donald; executive producers Michael Brooks, Daniel Monaghan and 2 others; and producers Hamish Lewis and Xanthe Heubel. It is filming in Sydney, Australia. Production List last updated this listing on September 8, 2026.
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Project Summary
Tough Love is an eight-episode comedy series now filming in Sydney for Australian streamer Binge. Created, written by, and starring Rick Donald, the series follows Kerry Hart (Miranda Otto) as she confronts a cancer diagnosis and the alarming realization that her adult children—39-year-old Shane (Donald), daughter Steph (Liz Kingsman), and middle son Rodney (Hugo Johnstone-Burt)—are incapable of managing life without her. Jay Ryan plays Mick, Kerry's partner. The series is directed by Trent O'Donnell and Madeleine Dyer, the team behind Binge's breakout comedy Colin from Accounts. Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia is producing with funding from Foxtel, Screen Australia, and Screen NSW. Principal photography is underway across Sydney locations, with the series scheduled to premiere on Binge in 2027.
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Cast & Crew
Writing
| Creator | Rick Donald |
| Writer | Rick Donald |
Directing
| Director | Trent O'Donnell |
| Director | Madeleine Dyer |
Production
| Producer | Hamish Lewis |
| Producer | Xanthe Heubel |
| Executive Producer | Michael Brooks |
| Executive Producer | Rick Donald |
| Executive Producer | Daniel Monaghan |
| Executive Producer | Lana Greenhalgh |
| Executive Producer | Joshua Longhurst |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/tough-love (last updated Sep 8, 2026).