DISABILITY BENEFITS
(Channel 4, 2022)
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 patronisng 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?
Starring Rosie Jones, DISABILITY BENEFITS also features Ryan McParland, Guy Rhys, Angela Griffin, Lynn Hunter, Mark Monero and Will Brown.
It 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 and 2LE Tom Thostrup and Michael Livingstone.
WINNER - Best Newform Drama Series - C21 International Drama Awards 2022
WINNER - Best New Scripted Director - Edinburgh TV Fest’s New Voice Awards 2023