EXCLUSIVE: Rose Matafeo returns home for Sky New Zealand Scandal of the small town, As it is sunk in front of British star Felicity Kendal.
Matafeo will play the cousin of Toby Carol in the television adaptation of the successful podcast, while Kendal is Toby Sue’s mother.
The shooting has now wrapped the adaptation of the Podcast Parody of the Tom Sainsbury Tim Crime Parody of the same name. Defined in first in 2026, Small town scandal Follows Toby (Sainsbury), a disgrace journalist who has become a host of Podcast, who returns to his rural hometown to investigate the bizarre death of his millionaire uncle – killed, with suspicion, by an automatic lawn mower. While Toby plunges more deep into the case, he finds himself surrounded by a casting of eccentric eccentric cities – all with secrets.
The winner of the Emmy Morgana O’Reilly, another New Zealander, has already been announced in the program opposite Alexander England.
Matafeo, who was born in Auckland, is the award-winning and star creator of HBBC comedy Starstruck. Kendal, meanwhile, is known for Good life And Rosemary and thyme.
Sainsbury said: “I have always loved the quirks of the life of the small town and that I can bring Small town scandal From the podcast on the screen with such an incredible casting like this was a dream. A satirical vision of the drama of a small town and the true obsession with crime – it is absurd, sincere and full of mystery. »»
BBC Studios sells Small town scandal In Mipcom and it will be presented in 2026 on Sky New Zealand. It is led by Ghazaleh Gol and Calvin Sang, produced by Georgina Conder (The moon is upside down, night raiders), Carthew Neal (Jojo Rabbit, Wilderpeople hunt) and Sainsbury (Loop track). He was ordered by the head of Sky New Zealand Originals, Thomas Robins for Sky Open, Sky Go and Neon, and supported New Zealand on the air.
