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Drunk, skinhead, prison screw, Stephen Graham understands broken men
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By Benji Wilson
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Tension in television is supposed to come from cliffhangers, plot switchbacks and the dripfeed of character secrets. Yet in British writer Jimmy McGovern’s
Time, a three-part prison drama, the tension comes from the inevitable.
It is inevitable that Stephen Graham’s prison officer Eric McNally will do the wrong thing to protect his son. It is inevitable that Sean Bean’s Mark Cobden, an alcoholic teacher who killed a cyclist while drunk at the wheel, will at some point stand up for himself against the vicious bully who calls him “Grandpa” and keeps nicking his lunch. It’s just a question of when, and how, these good men will break bad.
Five TV shows filmed across the county Voting for the National Television Awards 2021 is now open. Some fantastic tv series have been filmed here in Cumbria during the years, with some of the most recent being Innocent and The Bay - both have which are shortlisted for awards. With this in mind, we ve taken a look at some of the shows filmed across the county over the years.
Innocent The first season of this ITV drama proved to be popular, garnering more than seven million viewers when it aired in 2018. TXTV LTD FOR ITV.INNOCENT.SERIES 2..EPISODE 1..Pictured:KATHERINE KELLY as Sally.This image is tiger copyright of ITV and is for use only for publicity relating to Innocent series 2.For further information please contact Patrick.smith@itv.com.