"Hard Cell": Netflix Casts For Catherine Tate Prison Comedy Series

Netflix has cast Hard Cell, the streaming streamer’s mockumentary for women’s prisons created by Catherine Tate (Doctor Who), on its roster.

Argonon-backed Leopard Pictures produced the series. Tate plays several characters, while a documentary crew follows HMP Wolseley’s inmates and staff.

Christian Brassington (Poldark), as Dean; Niky Warley (Call the Midwife), as Anastasia;

"Hard Cell": Netflix Casts For Catherine Tate Prison Comedy Series Lorna brown (Devils), as Cal; Caroline Harding, (Coronation Street), as Sal; Jola Olajide (“The Power”) as Charlee; and Duncan Wisbey (“Close to the Enemy”) as Martin.

Wardley and Alex Carter make up the Hard Cell creative team.