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Disability Benefits

SYNOPSIS

Disability Benefits is a new Blaps from Channel 4, available to watch now on All4 and YouTube here.

Having been made redundant, and with her state benefits cut to shreds, a young woman with very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Rosie Dawkins isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting – and, on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.

People have underestimated Rosie her entire life; if they’re not patronizing her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not even there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than being written off by the same system that exists to protect the law?

Disability Benefits stars Rosie Jones as Rosie and featuring Ryan McParland, Guy Rhys, Angela Griffin, Lynn Hunter, Mark Monero and Will Brown. Disability Benefits was written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, directed by Sophie King and produced by Charlie Laurie. The Executive Producers for Merman were Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan; the Executive Producers for 2LE were Tom Thostrup & Michael Livingstone. Disability Benefits was commissioned by Laura Riseam.

Created and written by
Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows

Director
Sophie King

Producer
Charlie Laurie

Executive Producers
Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan for Merman; Tom Thostrup and Michael Livingstone for 2LE

Starring
Rosie Jones, Ryan McParland, Guy Rhys, Angela Griffin, Lynn Hunter, Mark Monero and Will Brown

Broadcaster
Channel 4

UK Transmission Date
6th May 2022

Award wins
C21 International Drama 2022 Newform Drama Series

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