SCREW: S01E02

Screw
Series 1/Episode 2
Thursday 13 January 2022
Channel 4
21:00


Devised by Rob Williams
​Written by Rob Williams
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Series Producer: Brian Kaczynski
Executive Producer: Sarah Brown
Executive Producer: Rob Williams

An STV Studios production for Channel 4

Drama starring Nina Sosanya, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Laura Checkley, Stephen Wight, Ron Donachie and Faraz Ayub.

Welcome to C Wing in a busy men's prison, a place that’s bursting at the seams with humour, emotional high stakes and danger for prisoners and officers alike.

At the head of a group of embattled prison officers is Leigh a woman who has devoted her entire adult life to this prison and its population.

Leigh keeps her inmates in line and has their backs when they need it. Into the pressure cooker of Long Marsh Prison enters Rose, a 21-year-old trainee officer.

It is a baptism of fire even for this street-smart young woman.

She joins fellow screws Ali, Gary, Don, and Jackie.

Prison as you've never seen it before: through the embattled, inspiring characters who work there.

Supervising officer Leigh Henry is coming under increased pressure to produce her birth certificate, to secure the promotion she so desperately wants.

But how far will she go to get it?

The return of a troublesome old adversary on the wing is the last thing Leigh needs, and her controversial strategy to help a prisoner who is being intimidated pits her against Gary, but could bring an unexpected solution to her problem.

Meanwhile, with the help of her colleagues, probationer Rose starts to find her feet in this terrifying new world.

But a tense encounter with a prisoner reminds Rose what is really at stake. 

CAST

Nina Sosanya as Leigh Henry
Riley Carter as Troy Walker
Jake Davies as Stephen Childs
Chicho Tche as Jimmy Caplan
Stephen Wight as Gary Campbell
Ben Tavassoli as Louis Costa
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Rose Gill
Faraz Ayub as Ali Shah
Bill Blackwood as Tony Tanner
Laura Checkley as Jackie Stokes
Ron Donachie as Don Carpenter
Alistair Lock as Dean Gill
Jorden Myrie as Raheem Bennett
Keiron Crook as Farrow
Nathan Vaughan Harris as Kam
Matthew Stirling as Morley
Nebli Basani as Sula
Nicholas Lumley as Larry
James Foster as Google
Mark Newsome as Streaky