Overview
- The Cage, which premieres Sunday, April 26, will air on BBC One and stream on BBC iPlayer.
- Sheridan Smith stars as Leanne, a single mother working at a Liverpool casino who starts stealing from the cash takings.
- The five-part drama from The Responder creator Tony Schumacher features Michael Socha as Matty, a gambling-addict manager, and Barry Sloane as Gary, the casino’s owner and local gangster.
- Smith said three weeks filming in a windowless casino set left her giggly and delirious, describing it as like losing track of time.
- Designer Paul Cripps built the casino set and the production used real croupiers on camera to make the card-room action feel true to life.