{"id":81085,"date":"2025-09-23T13:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/81085\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:39:12","slug":"rose-matafeo-felicity-kendal-cast-in-sky-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/81085\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Matafeo &#038; Felicity Kendal Cast In Sky Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rose-matafeo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rose-matafeo\" data-tag=\"rose-matafeo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Matafeo<\/a> is returning home for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sky\" data-tag=\"sky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky<\/a> New Zealand\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/small-town-scandal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_small-town-scandal\" data-tag=\"small-town-scandal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Small Town Scandal<\/a>, as she is cast opposite British star <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/felicity-kendal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_felicity-kendal\" data-tag=\"felicity-kendal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felicity Kendal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMatafeo will play Toby\u2019s cousin Carol in the TV adaptation of the hit podcast, while Kendal is Toby\u2019s mother Sue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFilming has now wrapped on the adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tom-sainsbury\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tom-sainsbury\" data-tag=\"tom-sainsbury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Sainsbury<\/a>\u2019s iHeartRadio NZ true-crime parody podcast of the same name. Set to premiere in 2026, Small Town Scandal follows Toby (Sainsbury), a disgraced journalist turned podcast host, who returns to his rural hometown to investigate the bizarre death of his millionaire uncle \u2013 killed, suspiciously, by an automatic lawnmower. As Toby dives deeper into the case, he finds himself surrounded by a cast of quirky, eccentric townsfolk \u2013 all with secrets of their own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEmmy winner Morgana O\u2019Reilly, another New Zealander, has already been announced in the show opposite Alexander England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMatafeo, who was born in Auckland, is the award-winning creator and star of HBO-BBC comedy Starstruck. Kendal, meanwhile, is known for The Good Life and Rosemary &amp; Thyme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSainsbury said: \u201cI\u2019ve always loved the quirks of small-town life and getting to bring Small Town Scandal from podcast to screen with such an incredible cast like this has been a dream. A satirical take on small-town drama and true-crime obsession \u2013 it\u2019s absurd, heartfelt, and full of mystery.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc-studios\" data-tag=\"bbc-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Studios<\/a> is selling Small Town Scandal at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mipcom\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mipcom\" data-tag=\"mipcom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MIPCOM<\/a> and it will premiere in 2026 on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sky-new-zealand\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sky-new-zealand\" data-tag=\"sky-new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky New Zealand<\/a>. It is directed by Ghazaleh Gol and Calvin Sang, produced by Georgina Conder (The Moon Is Upside Down, Night Raiders), Carthew Neal (Jojo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Sainsbury (Loop Track). It was commissioned by Head of Sky New Zealand Originals, Thomas Robins for Sky Open, Sky Go and Neon, and made with the support of New Zealand On Air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rose Matafeo is returning home for Sky New Zealand\u2019s Small Town Scandal, as she is cast opposite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[54438,18,117,54439,19,17,54440,54441,54442,4657,54443,54444,54445,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-81085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc-studios","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-felicity-kendal","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-mipcom","15":"tag-morgana-oreilly","16":"tag-rose-matafeo","17":"tag-sky","18":"tag-sky-new-zealand","19":"tag-small-town-scandal","20":"tag-tom-sainsbury","21":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}