Damned is a British television sitcom shown on Channel 4. It is set in the office of the children's services department of fictional Elm Heath Council.^[1]

Production

In March 2014, Sky Arts announced that it was reprising its Playhouse Presents series of self-contained television plays. Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks penned a script for what was hoped to be a pilot episode. Sky Arts aired the episode but never commissioned it to series; so Brand, Banks, and comedic writer Will Smith re-developed it for Channel 4, who announced its commission in May 2016.^[2]

Broadcast

The first series premiered on Channel 4 on 27 September 2016, and concluded on 1 November 2016. In February 2017, Channel 4 commissioned a second six-episode series.^[3] Series 2 began broadcasting on 14 February 2018.^[4] Episode 5 of the second series was not aired as planned on 14 March 2018 to make space for a tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking, who had died a day earlier. The episode was then aired a week later on 21 March 2018 as a double feature alongside the sixth and final episode of the second series.

Cast and characters

• Rose Denby (Jo Brand) – Series 1–2 – Senior Social Worker
• Alastair (Al) Kavanagh (Alan Davies) – Series 1–2 – Senior Social Worker
• Martin Bickerstaff (Kevin Eldon) – Series 1–2 – Senior Social Worker then Team Leader, former banker, on medical leave throughout series 1.
• Denise (Georgie Glen) – Series 1–2 – Cluster Manager.
• Nitin (Himesh Patel) – Series 1–2 – Social Worker, former Metropolitan Police Service constable.
• Natalie (Nat) (Isy Suttie) – Series 1–2 – Executive Assistant from a temp agency.
• Ingrid (Morwenna Banks) – Series 1–2 – Senior Social Worker, foster carer, on medical leave throughout series 1.
• Mimi (Lolly Adefope) – 2 – Student Social Worker on placement.
• Cass (Sara Powell) – Series 1–2 – Psychologist.

Episodes

Pilot (2014)

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2018)