{"id":29886,"date":"2023-02-07T16:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1781623"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:01:41","slug":"channel-4-teases-teen-drama-consent-with-hard-hitting-first-look","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/channel-4-teases-teen-drama-consent-with-hard-hitting-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 teases teen drama Consent with hard-hitting first look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Over-achieving student Natalie learns the disturbing truth about a fellow student in a first look at Channel 4 factual drama Consent. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 07 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><strong>Warning \u2013 the following article contains adult subject matter and discussion of themes that some readers may find upsetting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One-off factual drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/consent-cast-channel-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Consent<\/a>\u00a0airs on Channel 4 tonight, with the film exploring how young people\u2019s sexual expectations are distorted by easy access to pornography \u2013 and the broadcaster has shared an uncomfortable first-look at the upcoming programme.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, which can be exclusively shared by <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, privileged student Archie tells new friend Natalie that they had sex at a recent party. However, Natalie cannot remember the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the f**k happened at the party?\u201d she asks, horrified, before revealing that she can\u2019t remember.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, you remember. I was drunker than you,\u201d he replies, before she asks whether they had slept together and if he had used a condom.<\/p>\n<p>After he falls silent, she continues: \u201cYou went too far, I didn\u2019t want this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the first-look clip below, which contains <strong>strong language and adult themes<\/strong>.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6319926806112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written by first-time writer Emma Dennis-Edwards, Consent is based on hundreds of testimonies of young people from both state and private school backgrounds and stars newcomer Tom Victor as a rich, academic achiever whose friendship group is dominated by porn culture.<\/p>\n<p>When female students join the fictional private school, he meets scholarship student Natalie (Lashay Anderson) and they bond over feeling like outsiders, but when \u201cboundaries are crossed\u201d and \u201ctrust is broken\u201d at a party one night, \u201cnothing will ever be the same between them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long drama examines how the school deals with Natalie\u2019s accusation and stars <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-2-release-date-netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Heartstopper<\/a>\u2018s Rhea Norwood, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/house-dragon-season-2-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">House of the Dragon<\/a>\u2018s Ty Tennant, Screw\u2019s Denzel Baidoo, The Serpent Queen\u2019s Alex Heath and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-boss-neville-sophie-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Death in Paradise<\/a>\u2018s Kimberley Nixon, who plays school teacher Ms Parkinson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/TyTennantConsentChannel4-59ac1b1.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/TyTennantConsentChannel4-59ac1b1.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Ty Tennant in Consent.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Speaking about writing Consent, Dennis-Edwards said she was \u201cshocked but not entirely surprised\u201d by the culture of toxic masculinity and misogyny when researching the drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst social media has proved to be an amazing tool for young people to express themselves socially and politically it must also take some of the responsibility for the misogyny and sexual harassment that has become almost commonplace in our schools,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you\u2019ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/rapecrisis.org.uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rape Crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/&quot;\" 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