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Watch Time on BritBox – Sean Bean and Stephen Graham star in this powerful BAFTA-winning drama from Jimmy McGovern that portrays life in the modern British penal system.
Mark Cobden is sent to prison and has to learn quickly how to survive.
Watch Time on BritBox – When an inmate identifies prison officer Eric McNally’s weakness, he faces an impossible choice.
Watch Time on BritBox – A visceral, emotional and high-stakes portrayal of life in a British prison; Mark Cobden (Sean Bean) is consumed by guilt after accidentally killing an innocent man.
Accepting his four year sentence and separated from his family, he meets Eric McNally (Stephen Graham), a caring prison officer doing his best to protect those in his charge.
However when one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice; between his principles and his family.
Watch Time on BritBox – A story of guilt and forgiveness, punishment and penitence, both Eric and Mark are trapped by their pasts and unsure of their futures.
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Mark Codben (Sean Bean) is starting his 4-year sentence at Cragmore, a maximum-security prison; Codben was convicted in the drunk-driving accident that killed a bicyclist.
Mark isn’t one of those prisoners who is going to Codben screaming that he’s innocent; he’s been haunted by the accident ever since it happened, and knows that he got what he deserved.
Still, prison is a shock to the mild-mannered teacher.
His designated corrections officer is Eric McNally (Stephen Graham), who immediately tells Mark that he and the other COs should be addressed as “Boss”.
The constant yelling by the other inmates disturbs Mark to the point when he shuts his cell door even when it’s allowed to be open.
His first cellmate, Bernard (Aneurin Barnard), accuses him of spying and cuts himself to relive anxiety.
When Mark hits the emergency button as Bernard bleeds out, McNally comes in with guards in riot gear to haul Bernard to the infirmary.
McNally, meanwhile, is confronted by Pete (Kadiff Kirwan), one of his wing’s more violent inmates; Pete knows that McNally’s son David (Paddy Rowan) is an inmate at another prison, and that if Eric wants his son to be safe, he’ll do Pete some favors.
McNally tries to minimize their relationship, but Pete won’t hear of it.
When Eric and his wife Sonia (Hannah Walters) go to visit David, Eric persuades him that it’s best if he gets transferred to another prison.
Mark sees some horrors in his first few days, like an inmate named Johnno (James Nelson-Joyce), throwing boiling sugar water in the face of another inmate, and Bernard ODing right after he returned from the infirmary.
He puts on a brave face for his parents (David Calder, Sue Johnston), who are concerned that he’s still having visions of his victim.
Johnno starts to bully Mark, including busting in on Mark’s phone call to his son Tom (Lee Morris); he tries to be aggressive but gets punched in the nose for his trouble.
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Watch Time on BritBox – Time is a show that at times can be overwhelmingly bleak, and that’s likely what the show’s creator, Jimmy McGovern, intended.
We’re looking at prison life from the perspective of a person who acknowledges the mistake that sent him there, and is haunted by it.
Watch Time on BritBox – A visceral, emotional and high-stakes portrayal of life in a British prison; Mark Cobden (Sean Bean) is consumed by guilt after accidentally killing an innocent man.
Accepting his four year sentence and separated from his family, he meets Eric McNally (Stephen Graham), a caring prison officer doing his best to protect those in his charge.
However when one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice; between his principles and his family.
Watch Time on BritBox – A story of guilt and forgiveness, punishment and penitence, both Eric and Mark are trapped by their pasts and unsure of their futures.
But you know from the first moments that Mark Codben doesn’t belong there in spirit, even if he belongs there due to the letter of the law.
Both Mark and Eric are good men, and McGovern tries to show that in the first episode.
Eric isn’t one of those COs that skirts the system or has a side hustle that is highly illegal.
But now, he’s faced with having to compromise those ethics because his son is also incarcerated.
Watch Time on BritBox – What’s fascinating about Eric’s story is that he’s not concerned about the blowback on his career or his effectiveness in dealing with the inmates.
It’s purely because Pete knows where David is incarcerated and thinks it can get him some leverage.
Eric is looking to protect his son, no matter what.
Mark’s side of the story really looks dark at this point, and it’ll likely remain dark; he may get used to Cragmore, but the demons that follow him after the accident might end up torturing him more than these violent inmates would.
Watch Time on BritBox – His work with Mary-Louise (Siobhan Finneran), a nun who brings him in on a “Scared Straight”-style program for at-risk teens, will also help him during his stay.
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