NITV announced its first ever commission of a scripted live-action series, Grace Beside Me, and Casino resident Jon Bell will be part of the production team.

Jon Bell has been part of the writing and procution teams for recent hit TV series The Gods of Wheat Street and Cleverman, plus comedy series Black Comedy where he was also an actor.

With major production investment from Screen Australia's Indigenous Department, Screen Queensland, the ABC and assistance from Screen NSW, Grace Beside Me is the story of an extraordinary girl trying to lead an ordinary life.

In an Australian first, the series consisting of 13 x 26 minute episodes will be screened on three subsequent networks.

Grace Beside Me will premiere on NITV, followed by a secondary broadcast on the ABC, and a third release on subscription TV channel Disney Australia.

Adapted from the award winning novel by Sue McPherson, Grace Beside Me follows Fuzzy Mac, whose life is turned upside down when, at the age of 13, she discovers she can see ghosts and spirits.

All Fuzzy wants is to fit in and have fun with her mates.

It's hard enough navigating the highs and lows of becoming a teenager while living with your eccentric Nan and Pop, without also having to deal with needy ghosts, mischievous totems and cantankerous Ancestors.

Combining whimsy, adventure, comedy and drama, Grace Beside Me will take 8 to 12 year old audiences on a roller coaster adventure as Fuzzy reluctantly learns to accept her gift and understand its importance.

With one foot in the Indigenous realm of culture, Country - and spirits - and the other firmly planted in the world of a 21st century teenager, Fuzzy Mac's journey is to realise she belongs to both in her own unique way.

She must learn to be herself and to walk in two worlds.

Grace Beside Me is produced by Lois Randall (The Gods of Wheat Street, Nan and a Whole Lot of Trouble) and Dena Curtis (8 MMM Aboriginal Radio, Nan and a Whole Lot of Trouble ) with direction by Beck Cole (Black Comedy, Redfern Now,The Warriors) and Adrian Russell Wills (Wentworth, Redfern Now, The Warriors).

Besides Mr Bell, writers include Danielle MacLean (Little J and Big Cuz, Double Trouble, Blown Away), , Sue McPherson (Grace Beside Me, Nan and a Whole Lot of Trouble), Briar Grace-Smith (Being Eve, Kaitangata Twitch), Adrian Russell Wills (Redfern Now, Ready for This), Tristan Savage (Gubbament Man, Un-Australian) and Erica Glynn (Little J and Big Cuz).