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  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • BBC One
  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • BBC One
Time

Summary The anthology series written by Jimmy McGovern focuses on prisoner Mark Cobden (Sean Bean) and warden Eric McNally (Stephen Graham) in its first season and three women prisoners Orla (Jodie Whittaker), Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), and Abi (Tamara Lawrance) in its second. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 6 Jun 2021 and in the US...

Created By: Jimmy McGovern

  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • BBC One
  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • BBC One

Time

Season 1 Premiere: Jun 6, 2021
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
must-watch
81
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 4 User Ratings
5.5
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Summary The anthology series written by Jimmy McGovern focuses on prisoner Mark Cobden (Sean Bean) and warden Eric McNally (Stephen Graham) in its first season and three women prisoners Orla (Jodie Whittaker), Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), and Abi (Tamara Lawrance) in its second. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 6 Jun 2021 and in the US...

Created By: Jimmy McGovern

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
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7% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 15 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Oct 30, 2023
The performances of Bean and Graham are, even though we have come to expect brilliance from them both, astonishing. So, too, are those from everyone in smaller roles, none of which is underwritten or sketchy, and who thicken the drama into something more profoundly moving and enraging at every turn. Time well spent.
By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 27, 2024
Once again, Time does a good job of showing inmates as humans, and how their lives suffer on the inside as they deal with real-life problems happening on the outside.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 30, 2023
Once again McGovern, alongside Black, has delivered a brilliant piece of television that wholly deserves your time.
By Abby Robinson FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 30, 2023
McGovern has crafted another eye-opening foray into the reality of prison and its ramifications in the outside world.
By Gerard Gilbert FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 30, 2023
It is also compelling television, though, with a premium cast and written like a punch to the face. In a good way.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 30, 2023
Superlative acting (from the entire cast as well as the two leads), heartbreaking storytelling and a fearless depiction of a system that looks to serve no-one but those people who, as Mark's cellmate suggests, are making money from it.
By Rachael Sigee FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 30, 2023
Time is solid, sturdy and just a little slow.
By Ed Cumming FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • BBC Studios
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Liverpool Film Office
Initial Release Date: Jun 6, 2021
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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