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.
The series spans 2 seasons with 6 episodes in total (avg. 3 per season).
Each episode runs approximately 45 minutes.
The show is currently in production with new episodes still being made.
Originally aired on BBC One.
Executive produced by Stephen Graham, Lucy Richer, Lewis Arnold.
2020
Complicated marriages, digital romances, domestic dilemmas and schoolyard bullies get the spotlight in these seven, slice-of-life short films.
1999
Ian George, the head of an exclusive school, is asked to take a look at Hope Park Comprehensive School, which is in special measures, and asked to confirm its closure. The outgoing head breaks down during his farewell speech and delivers an emotional rant against the students, telling them how worthless they are. After meeting staff and pupils, George believes there is some hope for the school. The show was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson.
2021
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
2023
The mysterious disappearance of a girl brings together seven people from all different walks of life. They all have an intertwined connection to her disappearance in the most horrific, unfathomable, and despicable way. As money drives them to their greed, lies, and delirium, they face divine retribution as they struggle for their lives in a picturesque revenge. How far will they go to claim their innocence, and will anyone make it out alive?
2015
2021
Interconnected phone conversations chronicle the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.
2007
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
2024
An elite but socially awkward lawyer takes in a genius con artist. Together, they secretly solve complex legal cases using unethically obtained evidence.
2009
The serie depict a war between two completely different social classes: the bourgeoisie, involved in illegal acts such as drug trafficking and fraud, clashes with the second class, the poor, who defend their principles such as honor, honesty, and solidarity at all costs.
Great
255 votes
Time
Returning Series
Yes
15
English
United Kingdom
6/6/2021
11/12/2023
