Rosie Jones’s first ever sit com comedy Pushers is set to air on Channel 4 next month. Written by Rosie, who also stars, and Peter Fellows, Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap.
Channel 4 summarises Pushers as follows:
“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. 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?”
Rosie Jones has become a familiar face on Channel 4, having appeared on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, The Last Leg and her BAFTA-nominated series Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. Her first solo show for the channel saw Rosie visiting a number of UK tourist destinations, joined by other celebrities.
Pushers will be her first sitcom role leading a talented cast, appearing alongside 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’, 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’.
The series was commissioned following the award-winning Comedy Blap named Disability Benefits, which was created by Rosie Jones, Peter Fellows and Tom Thostrup. Channel 4’s Comedy Blaps have historically been a development breeding ground for several series commissions, including We Are Lady Parts, Stath Lets Flats, Home and Dead Pixels (E4).
