The stand-up comedian is taking on her first major acting role in the Channel 4 sitcom, which follows a woman with cerebral palsy who is driven to drug dealing when her disability payments are suddenly cut.
Jones told press that she is "passionate" about using her platform for "bringing up" other creatives who are living with disabilities, with Jon Furlong (All Creatures Great and Small), Rhiannon Clements (Daddy Issues) and Ruben Reuter (The Dumping Ground) co-starring in the Pushers cast.
On how the approach to Pushers starkly contrasts against that of many other programmes, Jones explained: "I have watched too many TV shows that have one disabled person.
Jones continued: "That is not the world we live in: 24 per cent of the UK is disabled [according to the Department for Work and Pensions]. We live among disabled people everywhere.
"So, in terms of characters, we both [Jones and Pushers co-creator Peter Fellows] got really excited about writing a series with a predominantly disabled cast – once you have three, four or five characters with a disability, they're no longer 'the disabled one'."
She concluded: "I really hope that you watch 10 or 20 seconds of the show, and forget that any of them are disabled, because it's not about that. It's about how complicated, how three-dimensional they are as people."
Pushers premieres on Channel 4 at 10pm on Thursday 19th June 2025.
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