Consent is a 2023 UK TV drama film set in an upper class school in England. It tells the story of a working-class black girl who attends a previously all-male public school where misogyny is rife. She is raped while unconscious by one of the pupils, and faces an uphill struggle for complaints to be taken seriously in the face of the power of the school and the boy's parents' wealth. Background Ofsted, wrote Anita Singh in The Telegraph, reported how "sexual harassment is a normal part of school life", which she says "is the starting point for Consent". She says it was "inspired by true events", as recorded in "numerous testimonies" she encountered. According to Channel 4, the film attempts to demonstrate "what it feels like for young people in an environment where sexual expectations are distorted by the instant access to porn and where the lines of consent are minimised". Hundreds of hours of testimony—from both private and state schools were used as evidence as to teen culture, and Dennis-Edwards later expressed herself "shocked" at the toxicity of the culture she encountered. Rafaele commented that while "school should be a safe, nurturing space", it was clear to her that very often the environment was toxic one. Cast Main Lashay Anderson as Natalie, the protagonist Tom Victor as Archie, rapes Natalie Rhea Norwood as Alice, Archie's twin Ty Tennant as Raffy, leading member of the boy's WhatsApp group Nell Barlow as Lily, the only girl to stand by Natalie Kimberley Nixon as Natalie's "ineffectual" tutor. Alex Heath as Kyle, a member of the WhatsApp group who provides Natalie with evidence Denzel Baidoo as Kojo, a member of the boys' group Dee Ahluwalia as Navjot, another member of the WhatsApp group Additional Richard Harrington as the headmaster Geoffrey Streatfeild as Lawrence Elen Rhys as Fiona Matthew Doman as Rob Emma Dennis-Edwards as Sara Tonya Smith as Lisa Production Channel Four announced on 31 January 2023 that Rita Daniels, of the broadcaster's Drama Commissioning department, had commissioned the hour-long film from Firebird Pictures. Consent was written by first-time screen writer Emma Dennis-Edwards, directed by Nadira Amrani and executively produced by Aysha Rafaele. Burlingdale School scenes were filmed in Atlantic College, a Vale of Glamorgan boarding school near Cardiff. The capital was also the location for Natalie's house, while Archie and Alice's house was filmed in Penarth. Premise The story is told