Kelsey Munro is a Producer, Creator, & Writer, Researcher and Journalist from Sydney, and the Co-Creator, Producer and Head Writer of the original Stan comedy-drama series Bump (2021-2025) and The F Ward (2026).

Bump ran for five seasons after its debut in January 2021; plus a Christmas film in 2025. It screened on the BBC (UK), the CW (US) and HBO Latin America, and won Best Narrative Comedy Series at the 2026 AACTA Awards.

Medical, comedy-drama The F Ward starring Anna Friel, Dan Wylie and Ioane Sa’ula (Roadshow Rough Diamond/CBS Studios/Stan, 2026) sold to over 100 territories including Channel 4 in the UK, becoming the fastest-ever selling Australian drama internationally following its release in July 2026.

Kelsey is currently developing a host of original projects which include Dark Tide (Dreamchaser/ABC/Banijay) and Dog People (Guesswork/Disney+).

Bump was Kelsey’s first commissioned TV show. She has also written episodes for the crime drama Scrublands (Easy Tiger/Nine Network/Stan, 2023) and the coming-of-age drama Year Of (Roadshow Rough Diamond/Stan, 2023).

She was previously a Lowy Institute research fellow and a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra where she led a major project on authoritarian technology and human rights, and co-authored a landmark report into forced labour in global supply chains. As a journalist she was a news reporter covering state politics and education policy for the Sydney Morning Herald, where she was also a Senior Editor; and worked as a features writer for The Guardian and Rolling Stone, among others.

Kelsey lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and kids.

WRITER/CREATOR/PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THE F WARD
Roadshow Rough Diamond/Stan, 2026
Producer – Season 1
Creator (Co-Created with Dan Edwards)
Writer – Season 1 (Episodes 1, 3, 6)

BUMP
Roadshow Rough Diamond/Stan/The CW/BBC/
HBO Max Latin America, 2021-2024
Producer – Seasons 2-5
Creator (co-created with Claudia Karvan) – Seasons 1-5
Writer – Season 5 (Episodes 1, 3, 8, 10)
Season 4 (Episodes 1, 5, 9, 10)
Season 3 (Episodes 1, 4, 9, 10)
Season 2 (Episodes 1, 2, 5, 10)
Season 1 (Episodes 1, 2, 10)

SCRUBLANDS
Easy Tiger Productions/Stan, 2023
Writer – Season 1 (Episode 2) 

YEAR OF
Roadshow Rough Diamond/Stan, 2023
Writer – Season 1 (Episodes 2 & 9)

DARK TIDE – In development
Dreamchaser/ABC/Banijay, 2024-present
Co-Creator
Executive Producer
Writer

DOG PEOPLE – In development
Guesswork TV/Disney 2024-present
Creator
Executive Producer
Writer

IRONSIDE – In development
Roadshow Rough Diamond, 2021
Co-Creator
Writer