Mix Tape (miniseries)

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Mix Tape
GenreRomance
Based onMix Tape by Jane Sanderson
Screenplay byJo Spain
Directed byLucy Gaffy
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Alison Hurbert-Burns
  • Lana Greenhalgh
  • Clare Mirabello
  • David Fortier
  • Ivan Schneeberg
  • Nick Nantell
  • Erik Pack
Producers
  • Aoife O’Sullivan
  • Tristan Orpen Lynch
  • Angie Fielder
  • Polly Staniford
Production companies
  • Foxtel Group
  • Aquarius Films
  • Subotica
Original release
Network Binge

Mix Tape is an upcoming Irish-Australian miniseries starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess to debut in 2025. It is adapted from a novel of the same name by Jane Sanderson.

Contents

Premise

In Sheffield in 1989, a blossoming romance develops Alison and Daniel. Many years later, and living in opposite sides of the world, they reconnect over a shared memory they have of a song. [1]

Cast

Production

The project was announced in August 2023, as a collaboration between Screen Australia, Screen Ireland and Binge . [2] The four-part series is directed by Lucy Gaffy and adapted by Jo Spain from the Jane Sanderson novel Mix Tape. It is produced by Australia’s Foxtel Group and Aquarius Films, and the Irish company Subotica. The series is produced by Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch for Subotica and Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford for Aquarius Films. Executive producers include Alison Hurbert-Burns, Lana Greenhalgh, Clare Mirabello, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Nick Nantell, and Erik Pack. [3] [4]

Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess were confirmed in the cast in May 2024. [5] Florence Hunt and Rory Walton-Smith joined the cast in June 2024. [6]

Filming took place in Sydney, Australia in May 2024. [7] Filming took place in Dublin and County Wicklow in Ireland in June and July 2024. [8]

Broadcast

In Australia the series will be broadcast on streaming service Binge . [9] In October 2024, it was confirmed that the series will debut in 2025. [10]

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