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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Award-winning BBC drama with perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score returning to screens next year - and it's set to be 'the new Adolescence'
An award-winning BBC crime drama's future has finally been confirmed after two series - and it's on course to be the 'new Adolescence'. It first burst onto screens back in 2021 and quickly became a fan-favourite, thanks to Sean Bean playing the lead role for series one. Written by Jimmy McGovern, the series has proved so popular with viewers and critics it's has achieved an incredible 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. And now Time looks set to return to the BBC for a third instalment, with sources claiming it could be back on screens as early as next year. An insider told The Sun: 'The parallels between the new show's central topic and Netflix 's recent hit, Adolescence, are obvious, but entirely coincidental. 'Though both deal with adolescent offending and its consequences, the third series of Time would most likely have gone down this path anyway. Written by Jimmy McGovern, the series has proved so popular with viewers and critics it's has achieved an incredible 100% Rotten Tomatoes score 'But it is certainly a theme which will prove highly immersive for audiences who have already been introduced to the world of young offenders through Adolescence.' While the first series was set in a male-only prison, series two focused on a female facility - with it currently unclear where the next series could be set. The mole added: 'It's not clear yet which actors will take the lead in the new show, but the lead roles are guaranteed to be sought after.' Series one of Time, which boasts the perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, saw Sean Bean star alongside Stephen Graham. Sean, 65, played guilt-ridden prisoner Mark Cobden and acting powerhouse Stephen Graham, 51, as prison officer Eric McNally in a tense and realistic scenes. The second run has a respectable 93% score and featured Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrence, Bella Ramsey and Siobhan Finneran. Fans previously gushed over Time, which is available to binge-watch on BBC iPlayer, branding it the most 'raw, true show ever made'. One fan posted on Rotten Tomatoes: 'Very moving and successful on a variety of different levels. Highly recommended Britbox crime drama and captivity drama hits home.' Another impressed viewer added: 'Hard and thought provoking. Makes you see different sides and lifelong consequences to huge errors that can be made in life. Excellent performances. Worth watching.' A third said: 'This is a tense and gritty prison drama. Although there are only 3 episodes [in season one], not one minute is wasted as all the characters are well written and integral (even poor Bernard). 'Sean Bean and Stephen Graham give stellar performances without trying to tug on the heartstrings too much! Highly recommended.' The first series was recognised at the time with a number of prestigious awards including two BAFTAs - one for best mini-series, beating It's A Sin, Landscapers and Stephen, and another for Bean's star turn. Time's second season
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Future of gritty BBC drama ‘with obvious parallels to Netflix's Adolescence' revealed
THE first two series of Time won praise and awards, and now I can reveal the prison drama will be back for a third stretch. Written once more by the acclaimed Jimmy McGovern, filming is set to start later this year with a view to potentially airing on BBC One in 2026. 5 5 The debut season was set in a men's jail, the second a female-only facility, and this run of episodes will take place in an institution for young offenders. A TV insider said: 'The parallels between the new show's central topic and Netflix's recent hit, Adolescence, are obvious, but entirely coincidental. 'Though both deal with adolescent offending and its consequences, the third series of Time would most likely have gone down this path anyway. 'But it is certainly a theme which will prove highly immersive for audiences who have already been introduced to the world of young offenders through Adolescence. 'It's not clear yet which actors will take the lead in the new show, but the lead roles are guaranteed to be sought after.' The first series of Time aired on BBC One in 2021, starring Stephen Graham as a prison guard and Sean Bean as a lag. At the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards, it won Best Mini-Series, while Sean scooped the Best Actor gong and Stephen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Season two aired in 2023, also on BBC One, starring Jodie Whittaker, fresh from playing the Doctor in Doctor Who, and The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey. But before taking us back behind bars, writer Jimmy is likely to be preoccupied with the publicity for his next BBC show, Unforgivable, which stars Anna Friel, David Threlfall and Anna Maxwell Martin. Set and filmed in Liverpool, the BBC Two and iPlayer fictional drama will look at the impact of grooming and sexual abuse on a family, and is expected to air later this year. The BBC was approached for comment. Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters' acclaimed drama Adolescence smashes huge Netflix record by DOUBLE after taking world by storm Dancers go on the run 5 There'll soon be more than one TV show offering an interesting Strictly pairing. I can reveal that pro dancers Carlos Gu and Amy Dowden, who are also gearing up for this year's BBC dance contest, are forming a duo for the next Celebrity Hunted on Channel 4. They'll be joined on the series, which has yet to get an air date, by Love Island hunks Chris Taylor and Toby Aromolaran, who'll also form a pair. Former EastEnders star Brian Conley and his daughter Lucy, who's also an entertainer, join the line up. And yesterday Scarlette Douglas and her brother Stuart – hosts of Channel 4's Worst House On The Street – were also announced as contestants. As they all go on the run, it's likely Amy and Carlos will be lightest on their feet. The BBC's hunt for the next John Motson lands today. Last Pundit Standing airs on iPlayer, TikTok and YouTube and follows 12 passionate footie fans competing for a job on BBC Sport. Ex-player Troy Deeney hosts with YouTube football guru James Allcott. Frank feels the heat TV host and comedian Frank Skinner ended up in A&E last week after getting sunburnt digging up a body in last week's heatwave. It wasn't even for any kind of show, he just decided to take part in an archaeological dig for fun in his own time. Talking on the latest episode of his podcast Frank On The Radio, which has recently dropped, the comic explained: 'I was exhuming an Anglo-Saxon body. 'I was given a grave, you're working away and then a skull appears. 'I really hate sun block so I don't normally use it, I just think: 'Keep an eye on the clock – 20 minutes on my front, 20 minutes on my back'. 'But it was so hot last Monday – I actually ended up in A&E I was so badly burnt.'
