Screw

Select Sessions: Roles in Location Management | ScreenSkills Select/RTS Scotland

In this ScreenSkills Select industry insight webinar, in partnership with RTS Scotland, an expert panel takes a deep dive into the Locations Management department.

Hear how the doors opened for these managers and learn about the productions they have worked on.

The webinar is facilitated by Fred Hannah, Curriculum Manager, Media and TV, Glasgow Clyde College.

Guest Speakers:

Stephanie Ariño - Location Assistant (Mayflies, The Lovers) and Trainee Unit Manager (Screw)

Prison dramedy Screw renewed for second series

The series one finale saw tragedy strike C Wing at Long Marsh male prison, which leaves Leigh Henry (Nina Sosanya) and her beleaguered staff looking to make a fresh start.

But with changes at the very top and a fresh intake of both staff and prisoners, Leigh’s new bond with Rose (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) will be tested to the limit.

The guards continue striving to improve the complex lives of those in their care, only for rumours of an undercover cop on the wing to upend the order and threaten to blow open a criminal plot involving at least one of the officers.

Channel 4 releases first look image for ensemble prison drama Screw

(credit: Channel 4)

Inspired by the creator’s experience of working and volunteering in prisons, Screw follows the staff of C Wing in the busy men’s prison Long Marsh, a place brimming with humour, emotional high stakes and danger for prisoners and officers alike.

Leading the group of prisoner officers, also known as ‘screws’, is Leigh (Nina Sosanya, His Dark Materials), a woman who has devoted her life to the prison and its population.

Channel 4 announces cast for new drama Screw

Laura Checkley, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Stephen Wight, Faraz Ayub, Ron Donachie and Laura Checkley(credit: Channel 4)

Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials) leads the cast as Leigh, the head of the team of 'screws' formally known as prison officers, who has devoted her life to the all-male prison and its inmates. Working on an overpopulated wing and having to battle against broken bureaucracy and short-term thinking, Leigh works hard to keep her inmates in line and support them when they need it. However, to her work team, she remains an enigma, with her own dark secrets that could cost her more than her job if they were ever discovered.