{"id":14903,"date":"2021-05-06T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:54:37","slug":"channel-4s-screw-sets-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4\u2019s Screw Sets Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nina Sosanya, Jamie-Lee O&#8217;Donnell, Stephen Wight, Faraz Ayub, Ron Donachie and Laura Checkley have all joined the cast of <em>Screw<\/em>, a new drama produced by STV Studios for Channel 4.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series by BAFTA-nominated writer Rob Williams (<em>The Victim<\/em>, <em>Killing Eve<\/em>) explores the uncensored, shocking and often darkly funny reality of life as a prison officer in an all-male prison in 21st-century Britain. Banijay Rights will manage global distribution for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Among the \u201cscrews\u201d the series follows is Leigh (Sosanya), a woman who has devoted her entire adult life to this prison and its population\u2014but who has her own secrets that if discovered could cost her more than her job. There\u2019s also Rose (O\u2019Donnell), a 21-year-old trainee officer, Ali (Ayub), Gary (Wight), Don (Donachie) and Jackie (Checkley).<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Hollick, Channel 4 head of drama, said: \u201c<em>Screw<\/em> offers the audience an insight into the challenges and struggles faced behind bars for both prisoners and officers; told with humor, humanity and hope. I\u2019m so excited for our brilliant, distinctive cast, led by the superlative Nina Sosanya, and I hope Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell\u2019s dramatic new role will her see fast becoming an iconic face of Channel 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Brown, STV Studios\u2019 creative director of drama, added: \u201cWe are incredibly excited about the extraordinary group of actors we\u2019ve assembled for <em>Screw<\/em>. Rob Williams\u2019s compelling, hilarious and thought-provoking scripts couldn\u2019t be in better hands; we can\u2019t wait to see audiences falling in love with our brilliant prison officer \u2018family\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nina Sosanya, Jamie-Lee O&#8217;Donnell, Stephen Wight, Faraz Ayub, Ron Donachie and Laura Checkley have all joined the cast of Screw, a new drama produced by STV Studios for Channel 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":14904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[233,4450,4032],"class_list":["post-14903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-screw","tag-stv-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4\u2019s Screw Sets Cast - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4\u2019s Screw Sets Cast - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nina Sosanya, Jamie-Lee O&#039;Donnell, Stephen Wight, Faraz Ayub, Ron Donachie and Laura Checkley have all joined the cast of Screw, a new drama produced by STV Studios for Channel 4.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-06T13:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-06T14:54:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/09\/Channel4-619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/\",\"name\":\"Channel 4\u2019s Screw Sets Cast - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-06T13:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-06T14:54:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4s-screw-sets-cast\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel 4\u2019s Screw Sets Cast\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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