Australian medical drama The F Ward is going global. Paramount revealed Thursday that it has sold the series to broadcasters and streamers covering 100 international markets, including Channel 4 in the U.K., CBC in Canada, JioHotstar in India and HBO Asia across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong, among many others.
The six-part series, which premiered on Stan in Australia on July 17 and has been well received by local critics, follows a group of medical interns who have already failed once — through misjudgment, medical error or concealed personal issues — and are dispatched to the chronically underfunded Pines Hospital in Sydney for a final chance to complete their training. Anna Friel stars as Dr. Gloria Wall, the exacting head of surgery charged with salvaging the misfits, with Dan Wyllie as her warmer second-in-command, and Ioane Sa’ula, Lola Bond and Alex Fitzalan playing interns.
Paramount Global Content Distribution, which handles the series outside Australia, also closed deals with SkyShowtime across 22 European territories, Claro video in 16 Latin American markets and AMedia Networks throughout Central Asia and the Caucasus. Other buyers include Streamz in Belgium, Quebecor Content for French-speaking Canada, Cosmote TV in Greece, RTE in Ireland, Siminn in Iceland, Sky in New Zealand, and Megogo and Kyivstar TV in Ukraine.
