Satirical, poignant and unashamedly honest, Cast Offs blows preconceptions of disability out of the water.
Each episode focuses on one character's story, offering a fresh and humorous insight into their lives. The series also features cameos from Thomas Turgoose (This Is England, Somers Town), Mark Heap (Green Wing), Vicky McClure (This Is England) and William Gaunt (King Lear).
Alison Walsh, Editorial Manager, Disability said, 'Channel 4 has made huge strides in casting disabled people across a range of our shows from Shameless and Hollyoaks to Gordon Ramsay's The F Word. We've brought on disabled directing talent in documentary series like New Shoots and The Shooting Party.
'The next big challenge was to find an imaginative, brave and ambitious way to cover disability in drama. We wanted innovation in form as well as content - to really test the outer limits of disability on TV. When Eleven Film brought us Jack Thorne and Cast Offs I knew we'd found it.'
Camilla Campbell, Commissioning Editor Drama Series said, "I'm enormously excited to be working on a show that feels as ground breaking as Cast Offs. With the fantastic talent behind and in front of the camera, this confirms Channel 4's commitment to bold and distinctive programming.'
The six-part drama series is made by Eleven Film for Channel 4. Joel Wilson produced the series; the executive producer is Judy Counihan. The series is directed by Miranda Bowen and Amanda Boyle, who have previously made short films for the channel's new talent strand, Coming Up.
