“It almost looked like you could shoot a horror film there.” <\/p>
BBC prison drama Time returns to our screens for season 2<\/a>, with a new story and a predominantly new cast.<\/p>\n Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who), Tamara Lawrance (The Silent Twins) and Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us) play Orla, Abi and Kelsey, three women who are behind bars for different reasons and different stretches of time.<\/p>\n Over the course of three episodes, we learn crucial context that explains how they came to be incarcerated, and most strikingly, the core trio and the rest of the women they\u2019re imprisoned with discover that a sense of community can form in the most unexpected of environments.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Unlike the prison that features in the first season, the new instalment of Time sees the inmates housed \u201cin large units\u201d in which they\u2019re \u201cfree to wander: to the showers, to the television lounge, to the kitchen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n But as creator and co-writer Jimmy McGovern notes, the front door remains locked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He also explained why there\u2019s no \u201cvulnerable prisoner\u201d or \u201csex offender\u201d wing in the prison depicted in season 2.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re a sex offender in a British women\u2019s prison, you have to mix with the other prisoners,\u201d he said. \u201cNo matter what you\u2019ve done, no matter how grievous your offence, you have to mix with the other prisoners. That can be dangerous.\u201d<\/p> \n