''Fifteen-Love'' is a British drama television series created by Hania Elkington and

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, starring Ella Lily Hyland and

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. It premiered on

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on 21 July 2023.

Synopsis

A former tennis prodigy makes an explosive allegation against her former coach with whom she reached a semi-final at the

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. Five years on from a bad injury she has entered therapy with a new psychologist whilst he is still coaching a new prospect.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

Production

In May 2022, it was revealed Amazon Prime had greenlit ''Fifteen-Love'', a six-part series created by Hania Elkington, who acts as scriptwriter and executive producer. The show is produced by World Productions and directed by Eva Riley for the first three episodes and Toby MacDonald the latter three. The series is produced by Natasha Romaniuk. Elkington said of the project's theme "Writing this drama…has been revelatory. I hope that Fifteen-Love has the same effect on its audience, and can become another valuable part of this urgent, emerging story." In August 2022, it was announced

and Ella Lily Hyland would star in the series. Also joining the cast were

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Tom Varey Tom Varey is a British actor. He is known for his roles in '' Pond Life'', ''No Offence'' and '' Ridley Road''. Early life Varey grew up in Mossley, Greater Manchester. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for three years from 2011 ...

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, Manon Azem,

Elizabeth Berrington Elizabeth Berrington (born 3 August 1970) is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in '' Waterloo Road'', Paula Kosh in '' Stella'', Mel Debrou in ''Moving Wall ...

, Amar Chadha-Patel,

Steffan Rhodri Steffan Rhodri (born 1 March 1967) is a Welsh film actor, best known for portraying Dave Coaches on ''Gavin & Stacey'', Reg Cattermole in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and as the voice of Drippy in '' Ni no Kuni: Wrath of ...

, as well as Maria Margarida Almeida and Harmony Rose-Bremner. Ella Lily Hyland trained for the tennis scenes and was helped on set by tennis coach and former-pro

Naomi Cavaday Naomi Kathleen Cavaday (born 24 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She retired in April 2011 to take up a coaching role with the Lawn Tennis Association. At the time of her retirement, she was the Br ...

. Filming took place in

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. The Longwood Academy was filmed at

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in Hertfordshire. Grand Slam scenes were filmed in Edinburgh and Eastbourne.

Release

The series was released on

on 21 July 2023.

References

External links

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