The BBC have confirmed that hit drama Time will be returning for a second series.
The three-part series starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham was filmed in Liverpool. The show was one of 2021’s highest performing new dramas with nearly 12 million viewers over 30 days for the series overall.
The 'difficult to watch' series focused on the prison system in the UK through the eyes of two very different men in strikingly different situations – teacher Mark Cobden (Bean) and dodgy prison officer Eric McNally (Graham).
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However, as the three-part miniseries drew to a close the duo’s circumstances were reversed. At the end of the series, Eric ended up facing time in prison for smuggling drugs, while Mark was finally released.
The second series will welcome a new cast and be set in an all-female prison. The BBC has not yet confirmed an official release date for the next batch of episodes as news of the second series has only just been announced.
As the new series still needs to be written, filmed and edited, it’s unlikely season two will arrive before 2023. No cast members for the new series have been confirmed at this point.
Time season 1 is available to watch now on the BBC iPlayer
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