The BBC has released a first-look photo of Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Bella Ramsey in the forthcoming second series of the prison drama Time - looking at the lives of women behind bars.
"Told through the lens of three very different inmates, Time is a moving and high-stakes portrayal of life inside a women's prison," said the BBC.
"Arriving at Carlingford Prison on the same day, Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), Orla (Jodie Whittaker) and Abi (Tamara Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world.
"But even with the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community, and a shared understanding, still might be possible."
Reprising her role from series one as prison chaplain Marie-Louise is Siobhan Finneran, whose credits include Happy Valley and Downton Abbey.
Time is written Jimmy McGovern (Broken, Cracker, The Street) and Helen Black (Life and Death in the Warehouse). It is directed by Andrea Harkin (The Confessions of Frannie Langton, The Trial of Christine Keeler).
Further casting has been announced for the series and includes Bafta award-winner Sophie Willan, who has starred in Alma's Not Normal and Still Open All Hours.
Also joining the cast for series two are: Julie Graham (Shetland, Being Eileen), Alicia Forde (Waterloo Road, Ryan Can't Read), Lisa Millett (The A Word, Robin Hood), Faye McKeever (The Responder, Des), Kayla Meikle (The Capture, The Girl Before), James Corrigan (This Is Going to Hurt, This England), Nicholas Nunn (Clique, SAS Rogue Heroes) and Maimuna Memon (Sherwood, Unforgotten).
Ramsey rose to prominence in Game of Thrones but has also starred in The Last of Us, His Dark Materials and Catherine Called Birdy.
Whittaker was cast in the lead role of Doctor Who in 2017, with an announcement last year that she would be replaced by Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa.
Lawrance appeared alongside Letitia Wright in the 2022 film The Silent Twins and was also cast as Viola in the 2017 production of Twelfth Night by Britain's National Theatre.
The first series of Time - set in a men's prison and starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham - aired in 2021 and was a hit for the BBC. At last year's Bafta TV Awards, Time won the Mini-Series award and Bean won Leading Actor.
Series two will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at a date to be announced.
Source: Press Association
