Viewers of BBC’s gritty prison drama Time have been raving about the second series following its release this week.
The first episode of the second run of the drama aired on BBC One on Sunday evening while all three episodes are available to stream on iPlayer.
Fans haven’t been able to resist binging the whole series, and have taken to social media to praise the ‘heartbreaking’ ending.
The three-part series stars Jodie Whittaker, 41, Tamara Lawrance, 29, and Bella Ramsey, 20, as three inmates who all arrive at a Liverpool prison on the same day.
Bella Ramsey – who shot to fame in Game of Thrones and also starred in HBO’s apocalypse thriller The Last of Us – plays Kelsey, a scam artist who is struggling with a drug addiction and is expecting a baby with her abusive boyfriend Adam.
Praise: Viewers of BBC ‘s gritty prison drama Time have been raving about the second series following its release this week.The three-part series stars Tamara Lawrance, Bella Ramsey and Jodie Whittaker
Tears: Fans haven’t been able to resist binging the whole series, and have taken to social media to praise the ‘heartbreaking’ ending
Doctor Who actress Jodie Whittaker plays struggling single mother Orla who is serving time for stealing electricity while Tamara’s character Abi is three years into a life sentence for murder.
The show follows Kelsey’s pregnancy behind bars and shows her giving birth in the prison.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan wrote: ‘Just finished Time on BBC iPlayer great 3 episodes. The last episode got me.’
‘Well Time got me at the end,’ another agreed. ‘Time is probably one of the hardest, grittiest TV show I’ve ever watched in recent times…. superb viewing.’
‘It’s going to be said a lot and rightly so but Time really is the BBC at its best. Such a powerful piece of drama and what a cast. Phew’ wrote one fan.
Others praised the performances with one viewer posting: ‘ALL the awards to Bella Ramsey. Absolutely incredible,’ declared one.
‘How good is season 2 of Time on the BBC? Flippin’ eck, literally every performance from leads to supporting cast are just superb. Wonderful writing from Jimmy McGovern & Helen Black.’
The critically-acclaimed series was created by BAFTA-winning writer Jimmy McGovern, who wrote the hugely successful dramas The Street, Hillsborough and Cracker.
Masterpiece: Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan wrote: ‘Just finished Time on BBC iPlayer great 3 episodes. The last episode got me’
Awards: Others praised the performances with one viewer posting: ‘ALL the awards to Bella Ramsey. Absolutely incredible,’ declared one
Following the success of the first season, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, Helen Black – who worked on Death in Paradise and Grantchester – was brought in as a co-writer.
While the first season of the show was airing, unimpressed viewers balled it ‘absolutely brutal’ and ‘almost unwatchable’ due to the distressing scenes.
The show – which sees Line Of Duty ‘s Stephen Graham and Game Of Thrones’ Sean Bean play a prison officer and prisoner in the drama – wowed fans after episode one, which featured violence, suicide and the ‘grim’ reality of life in jail