Gripping new prison drama filmed in Liverpool drops today - how to watch BBC Waiting For The Out
The BBC has released its latest series, filmed in Liverpool and led by The Responder star Josh Finan.
A new six-part series, Waiting For The Out is adapted from Andy West’s acclaimed memoir The Life Inside, from the multi-award-winning writer Dennis Kelly (Together, Utopia, Matilda The Musical).
The series is produced by award-winning SISTER (Black Doves, This Is Going to Hurt, Chernobyl) with filming in and around Liverpool taking place in 2025.
Waiting For The Out stars Wirral-born Josh Finan, who is best known for playing Marco in The Responder, Diggsy in Netflix's Baby Reindeer and Gerry Adams in Say Nothing. The actor recently appeared in the latest series of Black Mirror alongside Peter Capaldi and James Nelson-Joyce.
Liverpool World readers described the actor as “great” and “a smashing bloke” with Finan saying that landing the role was a “real pinch me moment”.
BBC Waiting For The Out plot
The new series sees Dan leads discussions about dominance, freedom, luck and other topics that have troubled philosophers for thousands of years – topics that gain a new meaning when seen through the prisoners’ eyes – both igniting passions and creating tension.
Through his work, Dan begins to dig deeper into his own past – growing up with a violent father (Kearns) who ended up in prison, as did his brother Lee (Stephen Wight) and uncle Frank (Daniels).
Dan took a different path, but his time working in a prison begins to make him worry, obsessively, that he belongs behind bars just like his father. As Dan’s personal crisis deepens, his actions begin to threaten both his own future, and his family’s.
BBC Waiting For The Out cast
- Josh Finan (The Responder)
- Gerard Kearns (The Day of the Jackal)
- Samantha Spiro (Sex Education)
- Phil Daniels (House of the Dragon)
- Stephen Wight (Bergerac)
- Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo (Rain Dogs)
- Neal Barry (Rain Dogs)
- Alex Ferns (Andor)
- Francis Lovehall (A Thousand Blows)
- Steven Meo (House of the Dragon)
- Ric Renton (One Off)
- Tom Moutchi (Gladiator II)
- Nima Taleghani (Heartstopper)
- Sule Rimi (The Day of the Jackal)
- Charlie Rix (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)
- Jude Mack (Such Brave Girls)
BBC Waiting For The Out filming locations
While all locations have not yet been revealed yet, we do know some of the spots involved in production of the new series:
- FACT Liverpool
- Various locations in Southport, including Chapel Street
- Additional filming will take place across the Liverpool City Region which includes Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, St Helens, Knowsley & Halton.
How to watch BBC Waiting For The Out
The series begins on Saturday, January 3, with all episodes on BBC iPlayer from 6am and the first episode airing on BBC One at 9.30pm.