'Time' Season 2 Will Officially Stream on BritBox as More Cast Is Revealed

As most assumed, Time will be returning to BritBox for its second season. The series was initially planned as a limited three-episode series set inside a men's prison, starring Sean Bean as an inmate struggling to survive and Stephen Graham as the correctional officer trying to stay on the right side of the law. However, the series was such a massive hit that the BBC decided to follow the American tradition of renewing shows that weren't supposed to run more than one round, commissioning Time Season 2. The series will treat this and any subsequent seasons as an anthology series, with Season 2 moving the action to a women's prison.

The new season will follow the lives of three different inmates who arrive on the same day and band together, doing what they can to get through their time in lock up. Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) plays Orla, Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song) is Abi, and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) is Kelsey. The three join with Season 1's Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey), reprising her role as Marie-Louise, the prison chaplain.

As with the first season, Time Season 2 will be made up of three hour-long episodes, which will air on BBC and stream on iPlayer the same day. The series will then come over to BritBox, with most expecting the stateside debut to be sometime in early 2024.