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Life And Death In The Warehouse
''Life and Death in the Warehouse'' is a 2022 British television drama film, inspired by real stories of warehouse workers in Britain and the poor conditions they work in. It is written by Helen Black, and stars Poppy Lee Friar and Aimee-Ffion Edwards. Plot Floor worker Alys (Friar) works in a distribution centre, under a demanding sixty-hour week on top of being pregnant. When her old friend Megan (Edwards) joins the team as a trainee manager, Alys hopes their shared history will benefit her. But, desperate to keep her new job, Megan is soon pushing Alys' work (her 'pick rate') to a dangerous extent. Cast * Poppy Lee Friar as Alys * Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Megan *Aled ap Steffan as Devon *Natalia Kostrzewa as Nadia *Maja Laskowska as Karina *Leon Charles as Craig *Darren Evans as Ricky Casting by Leigh-Ann Regan Casting Associates (LARCA), led by Leigh-Ann Regan. Casting associate Oliver Williams. Production Black had met Aysha Rafaele and Marco Crivellari at BBC Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Black (writer)
Helen Black is a British screenwriter and novelist, best known for her work on the BBC drama ''Time (2021 TV series), Time'' and the film ''Life and Death in the Warehouse''. Career Black grew up in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She studied Law at Hull University and worked as a solicitor for many years, with a specialty in childcare. Her experiences would inspire her to write a series of legal thriller novels, centering on lawyer Lily Valentine, beginning with ''Damaged Goods'' (2005). In 2017, Black won the Kudos North Award, for her television script ''Galaxy''. This success led to her acquiring an agent and then writing on series such as ''Clink (TV series), Clink'', ''Death in Paradise (TV series), Death in Paradise'' and ''Grantchester (TV series), Grantchester''. In 2022, BBC Three aired Black's film ''Life and Death in the Warehouse'', about a pair of women working exploitative conditions in a distribution centre. Black had met Aysha Rafaele and Marco Crivellari at BBC Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |