Time

2021 - 2023 7.6 (214 votes) 2 Seasons

Official Website

Genres

Drama

Networks

BBC One

Created By

Jimmy McGovern

Overview

Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.

Key Crew

Writer: Jimmy McGovern

Top Cast

Stephen Graham

Eric McNally

Bella Ramsey

Kelsey Morgan

Siobhan Finneran

Marie-Louise O'Dell

Jodie Whittaker

Orla O'Riordan

Tamara Lawrance

Abi Cochrane

James Nelson-Joyce

Johnno

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive?

3 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Episode 1

2021-06-06

Mark Cobden is sent to prison and has to learn quickly how to survive. When an inmate identifies prison officer Eric McNally’s weakness, he faces an impossible choice.

Runtime: 50 min

Episode 2: Episode 2

2021-06-13

Mark is being bullied by fellow inmate Johnno. Does he tell the prison officers and be labelled a grass or risk the attacks becoming more and more violent? Eric’s son is attacked.

Runtime: 51 min

Episode 3: Episode 3

2021-06-20

Mark suffers a tragic personal loss and is given the chance to leave prison for a day. Eric is forced to take greater risks to protect his family. But where will he draw the line?

Runtime: 52 min

Season 2 (2023)

Arriving at Carlingford Prison on the same day, Kelsey, Orla and Abi are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. But even with the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community, and a shared understanding, still might be possible.

3 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Episode 1

2023-10-29

Struggling single mother Orla finds herself in a desperate situation after being sent to Carlingford prison. There, she meets Kelsey, a young heroin addict, and Abi, a tough lifer.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 2: Episode 2

2023-11-05

Six months on, Orla finds herself back in prison. Desperate for her kids, how far will she go to take action? Meanwhile, Abi considers revenge, and Kelsey plans for her future.

Runtime: 60 min