David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran will appear in the third series of Jimmy McGovern’s BAFTA-winning drama, Time.
Set in a young offenders’ institution, the 3-parter will be led by Tennant (Rivals, Thursday Murder Club) as Prison Officer Bailey with Finneran (Happy Valley, Out of the Dust) reprising her role as Marie-Louise, a prison chaplain.
“Siobhan Finneran is back! And we’ve got a wonderful leading man in David Tennant. And a brilliant director in Paul Whittington. I think it’s going to be wonderful,” said McGovern.
Written by McGovern (Unforgivable, Cracker, The Street) and Samuel Bailey (Shook), it is being made by BBC Studios Fiction for the iPlayer and BBC One in a coproduction with BritBox.
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The series will explore the impact of locking up teenagers and the effects on those who look after them.
“It is a privilege to be making a third series of Time with such a fantastic team,” added Andrew Morrissey, Executive Producer for BBC Studios Fiction.
“We are excited to introduce the audience to a whole new part of the prison system. Once we started the research, we knew there were stories that demanded to be told.”
The 3 x 60 minute series is directed by Paul Whittington (This Town, The Crown) and produced by Amanda Black (Blue Lights, World on Fire). The executive producers are Josh Cole, Andrew Morrissey and Michael Parke for BBC Studios Fiction, Lucy Richer for the BBC, Jon Farrar and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox, and Jimmy McGovern.
“Jimmy McGovern is a master at creating brave, thought-provoking dramas that deeply resonate with BBC viewers, so we are thrilled to be back for a third run of Time,” explained Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama.
“With David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran leading the cast, Samuel Bailey co-writing, Paul Whittington directing and the team at BBC Studios Fiction producing, we are all set for another powerful and memorable piece of work from Jimmy.”
