Tate said: \u201cThe process is kind of completely the same, only my stuff was all shot in front of a studio audience and obviously this isn\u2019t. And so what I don\u2019t have is the direct connection with the audience straight there.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>When asked about working with the streamer, Tate said: \u201cI have to say, working with Netflix creatively was a fantastic experience. I hoped but didn\u2019t expect to get the amount of creative freedom that I got, and so I\u2019m so grateful to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I have to say, from a script point of view they were fairly hands-off but when the notes came they were really insightful and moved the project forward. So I thought it was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hard Cell was first announced in June 2021<\/a>, with executive producer Kristian Smith calling the series \u201cfunny and touching all at once\u201d.<\/p> The show follows the prison\u2019s Governor Laura who believes that creativity leads to rehabilitation, and therefore plans to put on a musical starring the inmates and directed by ex-EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison (playing herself).<\/p>\n The cast includes Tate, Fergison, Christian Brassington (Poldark), Jola Olajide, Niky Wardley (The Catherine Tate Show) and Peter Singh (The Capture).<\/p>\n You can watch the trailer now<\/a> and can read RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u2018s review of the series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hard Cell is available to stream on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0from Tuesday 12th April 2022. Check out more of our\u00a0Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 11 April 2022 at 12:00 am Catherine Tate\u2019s new prison comedy Hard Cell is dropping on Netflix tomorrow (12th April), with this being her first collaboration with the streamer. The 6-part mockumentary is set in fictional female prison, HMP Woldsley, and stars Tate as multiple characters including Governor Laura Willis, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13642,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows.jpg",1621,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/catherine-tate-explains-how-hard-cell-differs-from-her-previous-shows.jpg",1621,1080,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 11 April 2022 at 12:00 am Catherine Tate\u2019s new prison comedy Hard Cell is dropping on Netflix tomorrow (12th April), with this being her first collaboration with the streamer. The 6-part mockumentary is set in fictional female prison, HMP Woldsley, and stars Tate as multiple characters including Governor Laura Willis,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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