BAFTA-winning BBC drama Time returns for new series starring David Tennant & Siobhan Finneran
Jimmy McGovern’s hit BBC drama is coming back for a third season.
Created by Liverpool-writing royalty Jimmy McGovern, Time is back for a new three-part series led by David Tennant. Tennant will star as Prison Officer Bailey with Happy Valley’s Siobhan Finneran reprising her role as Marie-Louise, a prison chaplain.
Previous stars have included Sean Bean, Stephen Graham, Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker and Tamara Lawrence, with the hit drama earning multiple BAFTA wins and nominations.
BBC Time series three plot
Set within a Young Offenders Institution (YOI) the new 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?
Speaking about the new series, Jimmy McGovern said: “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.”
Where can I watch BBC Time series three?
Time series three (3x60’) is a BBC Studios Fiction production and will be available on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
A release date has not yet been confirmed.