Ricky Turner

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Ricky Turner is the hard-working delivery driver and struggling family man at the center of Ken Loach’s social-realist drama "Sorry We Missed You," embodying the human cost of the gig economy.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn Sorry We Missed You NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre social realist drama
characterTrait devoted to his family
hard-working
proud
stubborn
child Liza Jane Turner NERFINISHED
Seb Turner NERFINISHED
conflict financial debt
pressure from delivery depot manager Maloney
strained relationship with son Seb Turner
contractType self-employed franchisee
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy Ken Loach NERFINISHED
Paul Laverty NERFINISHED
employer Parsel Force (delivery depot in the film) NERFINISHED
experiences high delivery targets
long working hours
penalties for missed shifts
firstAppearance film Sorry We Missed You (2019) NERFINISHED
hasFamilyRole father
husband
lacks holiday pay
job security
sick pay
majorLifeEvent sells family car to buy delivery van
takes job as self-employed delivery driver
narrativeFocus family hardship
gig economy
precarious work
occupation delivery driver
portrayedBy Kris Hitchen NERFINISHED
relationshipWith Abby Turner (supportive but strained) NERFINISHED
Liza Jane Turner (caring but often absent) NERFINISHED
Seb Turner (conflicted) NERFINISHED
residence Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
setInTime late 2000s–2010s United Kingdom austerity era
spouse Abby Turner NERFINISHED
symbolizes human cost of the gig economy
working-class precarity in contemporary Britain
themeInStory erosion of workers’ rights
exploitation in gig economy
impact of insecure work on family life
worksAs parcel courier

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Sorry We Missed You mainCharacter Ricky Turner