Pushers | Preview (Channel 4)

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, new comedy Pushers (previously announced as Disability Benefits) is coming to Channel 4.

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

People have underestimated Emily her entire life. If they’re not patronising her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than to be entirely written off by the same broken system which exists to protect the law? 

Joining the cast of Pushers alongside Rosie are Ryan McParland (Say Nothing, Halo) as Ewen, Jon Furlong (The Last Kingdom, Adolescence) as Sean, Lynn Hunter (The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Tuckers) as Pat.

Plus Rhiannon Clements (Vera, Power of Parker as Jo, Ruben Reuter (The Dumping Ground, The Syndicate) as Harry, Libby Mai (We Are Lady Parts, The Chelsea Detective) as Hope, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch (Coronation Street, The Moor) as Minibus Masir and Clive Russell (Game of Thrones, One Piece) as Emily’s dad Clive.

Pushers (6x30’) begins Thursday 19th June at 10pm on Channel 4.