Vittorio Angelone and Hannah McClean are set to star in new comedy series “Rewarding” following the “messy lives” of support workers looking after disabled and neurodivergent clients.
The six-part series was commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland and U.S. streamer Wonder Project from a pilot starring Angelone and Seána Kerslake.
Angelone reprises the role of Francis from pilot, while McClean takes on the role of Sinead.
“Rewarding” follows support workers Francis and Sinead as they look after their clients to the best of their ability – sometimes at the expense of each other. Set in domiciliary care facility Beacon Fold, newcomer Sinead is a sunny personality, radiating positivity and idealism in contrast to old hand Francis’ reality and pragmatism.
“Francis and Sinead clash, flirt and overshare while putting out the small fires all around them,” reads the synopsis. “Never failing in their duty of care to their clients, the real adversary won’t be the complexities of supporting their clients – but rather some of their colleagues’ unique approaches to the job, the endless bureaucracy of social care and their own crumbling personal lives.”
