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Renewed: Time

New season with Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Siobhan Finneran, shifts to a women's prison.

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UK prison drama Time, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, is getting a second season, now set inside a women’s prison.

Jimmy McGovern’s three-part drama will be led by Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, His Dark Materials), Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Tamara Lawrance (The Silent Twins, The Long Song) as Kelsey, Orla and Abi, with Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley, Downton Abbey) reprising her role from series one as Marie-Louise, a prison chaplain.

An original new story told through the lens of three very different inmates, Time is a moving and high-stakes portrayal of life inside a women’s prison. Arriving at Carlingford Prison on the same day, Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), Orla (Jodie Whittaker) and Abi (Tamara Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. But even with the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community, and a shared understanding, still might be possible.

Bella Ramsey says: “I’m very happy to be a part of this project, working with an incredible team and following on from a stellar first season. And it’s such an honour to be Kelsey, I’m really excited to experience the world through her for a few months.”

Jodie Whittaker says: “Time was such an incredible and powerful show created by an extraordinary team, and being a part of this project in its second iteration is an absolute dream.”

Tamara Lawrance says: “Being a part of women-centred stories and productions is very important to me, as well as projects that challenge a prejudice. Time series two humanises a sector of society that is too often and easily vilified by elucidating the layered reasons why people end up in the criminal (in)justice system. I’m excited for us to platform the complexity of these characters and their experiences.”

Siobhan Finneran says: “I am delighted to be returning for Time two. It was a privilege to be involved in the first series and to be asked back is an honour, the scripts are again heartbreakingly brilliant.”

Series creator and co-writer Jimmy McGovern says: “This is the best cast I have ever seen assembled for any drama of mine. The best crew too. I am so, so looking forward to it.”

Co-writer Helen Black says: “To be asked to write the second season of Time with the incomparable Jimmy McGovern has been a joy and an honour.”

Season 1 screened on both BBC First and ABC in Australia.

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  1. IIRC it was announced as renewed a bit over a year ago, but casting announcements have only been made in the last couple of weeks. Mind you, you can put Bella and Jodie in just about anything and I’ll watch it. I recently reacquainted myself with Siobahn after watching “Happy Valley” cover-to-cover. Wonderfully understated performance in that and in the first season of “Time”. Absolutely the last person I would have expected to play a prison chaplain. I’m actually keen to see Jodie in a ”new job” again. Her time in the TARDIS was … she deserved better. But I digress.

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