Jimmy McGovern’s award-winning hit drama Time is returning to the BBC, starring David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran.
The first images of the third series of the drama reveal Tennant as Bobby Bailey, a Custodial Manager at a Young Offenders Institute, with Finneran reprising her role as chaplain Marie-Louise O’Dell.
The 3-parter also stars Daniel Ryan as Freddie Jennings, a Custodial Manager at the YOI, Jo Joyner as Nicola, Vinette Robinson as Erica, Louis McCartney as James, Ollie McNulty as Peter and Chukwubuikem Molokwu as Christopher.
Prison Chaplain Marie-Louise comes to the YOI having lost her faith. When tragedy strikes in the prison, she 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?”
The drama explores the impact of locking up teenagers and the effects on those who look after them.
It’s written by Jimmy McGovern (Unforgivable, Cracker, The Street) and Samuel Bailey (Shook). It is made by BBC Studios Fiction for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, in co-production with BritBox.
The 3 x 60 minute drama will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year.
