Jimmy McGovern’s BBC prison drama, Time, has been renewed for a third series.
Furthermore, Siobhan Finneran returns as prison chaplain Marie-Louise, but for this third story, David Tennant stars as Prison Officer Bailey.
Set within a Young Offenders Institution, the series will explore the impact of locking up teenagers and the effects on those who look after them.
Prison Chaplain Marie-Louise comes to the YOI having lost her faith. When tragedy strikes within the prison, Marie-Louise clashes with veteran officer Bailey, a man in the midst of his own crisis. Bailey knows more about the circumstances that led to this major incident – but will he come clean before the guilt gets too much?
Meanwhile, two teenage young offenders, Peter and James, struggle through the terrifying first weeks and months of their incarceration. Can James ever face his broken parents after an unforgivable act of violence and will Peter tell the truth about the death of an innocent man, or does family loyalty mean more? An unlikely friendship between them looks to shift the trajectory of their futures, but in an increasingly unstable environment, is change ever possible?