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Overview
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
Status
Returning Series
Created By
Jimmy McGovern
Network
BBC One
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive?
Episodes
Episode 1
Mark Cobden is sent to prison and has to learn quickly how to survive. When an inmate identifies prison officer Eric McNally’s weakness, he faces an impossible choice.
Episode 2
Mark is being bullied by fellow inmate Johnno. Does he tell the prison officers and be labelled a grass or risk the attacks becoming more and more violent? Eric’s son is attacked.
Episode 3
Mark suffers a tragic personal loss and is given the chance to leave prison for a day. Eric is forced to take greater risks to protect his family. But where will he draw the line?
Top Cast
Bella Ramsey
Kelsey Morgan
Siobhan Finneran
Marie-Louise O'Dell
Jodie Whittaker
Orla O'Riordan
Tamara Lawrance
Abi Cochrane
James Nelson-Joyce
Johnno
