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Screw. Image shows left to right: Rose Gill (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), Ali Shah (Faraz Ayub), Jackie Stokes (Laura Checkley), Don Carpenter (Ron Donachie), Leigh Henry (Nina Sosanya), Gary Campbell (Stephen Wight)
Screw

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.

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A former HMP inmate on Screw

Drug-smuggling officers, prisoners refusing to eat Halal and a lack of mental health support: Channel 4's prison drama is packed with scenes that ring true time and time again.

Eric Allison, The Guardian, 10th February 2022

The week in TV: Screw; After Life

Screw seesaws rather too jerkily between liberal idealism and acid cynicism. After Life remains tonally bizarre: one moment suffocatingly mawkish, the next jarringly crass.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 16th January 2022

Prison drama meets workplace comedy in Screw

Following a string of brutal incarceration thrillers, Channel 4's new series is refreshing in its muted approach.

Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 6th January 2022

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell interview

As she prepares to wave goodbye to potty-mouthed Michelle from Channel 4's hit Irish sitcom, Beth Webb meets the rising actor to hear what's next.

Beth Webb, NME, 6th January 2022

Screw review - a warm, witty welcome to hell!

Nina Sosanya and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell star as prison officers in this impeccably observed show about life on the wing ... where secrets abound and naked inmates run amok.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 6th January 2022

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell interview

With a starring role as a prison warder in Screw, the actor is also soon to wave goodbye to playing a genuine sitcom sensation, Derry Girls's Michelle. She reflects on her long climb to overnight success, and what happens next.

Michael Segalov, The Guardian, 1st January 2022

Nina Sosanya leads cast in Channel 4 prison comedy Screw

Nina Sosanya will star in Screw, Channel 4's new comedy drama set in a prison. Jamie-Lee O'Donnell from Derry Girls and King Gary's Laura Checkley also feature in the cast list.

British Comedy Guide, 4th May 2021

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