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Hard Cell

  • TV Series
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.3K
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Catherine Tate in Hard Cell (2022)
Events planner-turned-women's prison governor Laura Willis documents the thrills and spills of life behind bars in this delightfully dry comedy series.
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A documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley while Catherine Tate portrays multiple characters to capture the penal system at its brutal humorous best.A documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley while Catherine Tate portrays multiple characters to capture the penal system at its brutal humorous best.A documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley while Catherine Tate portrays multiple characters to capture the penal system at its brutal humorous best.

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    • Catherine Tate
  • Stars
    • Catherine Tate
    • Donna Preston
    • Niky Wardley
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    6.4/10
    2.3K
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    • Creator
      • Catherine Tate
    • Stars
      • Catherine Tate
      • Donna Preston
      • Niky Wardley
    • 122User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Fat Pat
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    Niky Wardley
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    • 2022
    Christian Brassington
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    Lorna Brown
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    Caroline Harding
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    Scott Nicholls
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    Dystin Johnson
    • Vicki
    • 2022
    Suzie Chard
    • No Hat Cathy
    • 2022
    Catherine Morris
    • Sian
    • 2022
    Marina Hayter
    • Gormless Madge
    • 2022
    Irene Alano
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    • 2022
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    • 2022
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      • Catherine Tate
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    7MrJamesMoore

    Really enjoyed it

    Not sure why all the negative reviews. It's not the funniest thing I've ever seen for sure. But it's a fresh take on The Office that's clever and has plenty of laughs.
    8srredbeard-630-6710

    Not your typical mocumentary.

    I enjoy British humor. For the first 5.8 episodes I thought it was a typical British mocumentary, the ending changes all that. I would have enjoyed the show with the expected ending as well.

    I can normally predict what is going to happen in a show because the shows aren't usually as clever as they think they are. This ending caught me completely by surprise.

    The show is well written and the acting is good. The empathy shown it great.

    Catherine Tate really shows how talented she is.
    9susiewtsn

    A great comedy because of the empathy

    Describing this as simply a mockumentary belies the great heart of this show. I will never again think a comedy is good if it can't show tear-jerking empathy, too. This one really delivers. Looking forward to season 2.
    6matukonyc1

    Coordinated Bad Reviews?

    It's not a great show, but it's a good and reasonably amusing show. I can't help but think that the Daily Mail comments section decided to post one-star reviews for some reason other than the quality of the show. Did Catherine Tate make the Tory Brexiters angry?
    7Chloebythesea

    It's worth watching

    Not Catherine Tate's best but I still had a good time binging season 1. The 1st episode is not much but I'm very glad I did not give up. It gets better.

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • نساء في زنزانة
    • Filming locations
      • UK
    • Production companies
      • Leopard Pictures
      • Netflix
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      • 25m
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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