Screw
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2022 - 2023
- 12 episodes (2 series)
A comedy drama about a team of prison officers. Stars Nina Sosanya, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Laura Checkley, Stephen Wight, Faraz Ayub and more.
Press clippings
Channel 4 axes popular prison drama after just two series
Fans have been left gutted as Channel 4 has seemingly axed once-popular prison drama, Screw.
The show aired for two series on the channel over the past two years but it seems that the programme has been cancelled for good.
Jake Penkethman, The Sun, 4th February 2024Reviews - The Royle Family: Down The Back Of The Sofa; Screw
A poignant reminder of a rare comic genius.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 15th September 2023Screw review
Channel 4 comedy-drama Screw avoids 'difficult second album syndrome' by ratcheting up the tension and building up the laughs.
Philip Cunnington, Edinburgh Evening News, 2nd September 2023Screw review
Gallows humour nicely balances the simmering tension on C Wing.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 31st August 2023Screw review
This prison drama has all the excitement of an episode of Teletubbies.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 30th August 2023Screw review
When TV is this gripping, who cares if it's realistic?
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 30th August 2023Screw review
Shades of Porridge in this authentic prison drama.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 30th August 2023Jamie-Lee O'Donnell interview
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and her prison drama Screw: 'For so long I was told my Derry accent was too strong, too working class'.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 27th August 2023Second series of Screw to film next week in Glasgow
The second series of prison drama Screw is set to begin filming at BBC Studioworks' Kelvin Hall in Glasgow next week (7 November).
The Knowledge, 1st November 2022Screw Series 2 coming to Channel 4
Channel 4 has announced the recommission of its prison comedy drama, Screw.
British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2022