Hayley Squires is replacing Sheridan Smith in Adult Material, a drama about the pornographic industry that is headed to Channel 4. Here’s everything you need to know…

TV Wise reports that Sheridan Smith’s departure from the project is down to a scheduling conflict, and that Hayley Squires is chuffed to be coming on board.

Squires, who gave a standout performance in the movie I Daniel Blake, released this statement about Adult Material:

“I am so excited and incredibly grateful to be playing Jolene Dollar, she is like the wildest dream. Lucy has written the most complex, multi-faceted and morally challenging story. Throughout each episode you are constantly forced to question your own judgement and beliefs and that makes for the very best drama. I’m very lucky to be part of a female-led crew and an incredibly talented cast.”

Channel 4’s official media centre describes the show, which will consist of four episodes, like so:

“[Adult Material] delves inside the porn industry from the perspective of a woman who has been working in it her entire adult life and has seen it grow from an illegitimate backroom enterprise to a mainstream and highly profitable arm of the telecommunications industry. Adult Material will interrogate what’s real, what’s fake, what’s up for sale and the impact that these things have on the individuals involved.”

As we hear more about Adult Material, we’ll be sure to keep you informed.