Fresh off the back of Wimbledon, there's a new show hitting Amazon Prime Video this week to satisfy tennis fans who may be feeling the post-tournament void - and what’s really ace about the series is that its two leads are Irish actors.
Poldark's Aidan Turner and rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland star in Fifteen-Love, a "provocative new drama set in the world of elite tennis", which premieres on Friday 21 July.
Find out everything you need to know about the show here.
What's it about?
The six-part drama series explores the story of Justine Pearce (Hyland), a dynamic young British sports prodigy, who had a meteoric rise in the world of Grand Slam tennis.
Turner plays Glenn Lapthorn, Justine's former coach with whom she shared an intense rapport.
After Justine's dream of sporting glory are cut short, she makes a series of explosive allegations against her former coach, forcing the world of tennis to reconsider everything they thought they knew about Justine and Glenn's past success.
Is Glenn really the nice guy he outwardly projects? Or does Justine just bear a grudge?
Who's starring in it?
Carlow actress Ella Lily Hyland stars as Justine. Hyland trained with The National Youth Theatre in her teens and studied at The Lir Academy at Trinity College in Dublin.
Hyland got her break in Channel 5's TV series Intruder in 2021 and stars in Silent Roar, the directorial debut of BAFTA-winning Scottish filmmaker Johnny Barrington.
She gives a strong performance here as a character who is initially somewhat arrogant and dislikeable – that is until a revelation midway during the series forces you to rethink everything you thought you knew about her.
Hyland has said of her character, "She's chaotic but also driven, which felt like a really liberating role to play. I felt it deep in my bones. She’s magnetising."
She had not played tennis prior to taking the role, but luckily her cousin is a tennis coach and helped her ahead of the audition.
Aidan Turner plays her charming coach in a role that the actor says is one of his darkest to date.
What can we expect?
Lust, lies, power and deceit.
Examining the intense physical and mental pressures of professional sport, Fifteen-Love promises a "gripping and sensitive exploration of trust, power and obsession, and what can be lost when you'll do anything to win..."
Expect slick visuals, moral conundrums and lots of head-scratching as you try to figure out which characters are telling the full truth.
Where can I watch it?
Fifteen-Love premieres on Prime Video on Friday 21 July and you can watch the trailer here:
