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prisonerThe high-speed action series led by Izuka Hoyle has been renewed for a second season on Sky.
Hollywood Reporter We can confirm that Scottish star Hoyle will reprise her role as prison transport officer Amber Todd, with production set to begin later this year.
Matt Charman’s six-part show has proven a hit on Sky since its debut on April 30, achieving significant early viewing across all six episodes. The film follows Amber (Howell), who is assigned to accompany Tibor (Tahar Rahim), a trained killer and high-value prisoner, to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. When their convoy is brutally ambushed, they are left handcuffed together and flee, forcing her to put her life in his hands.
Hoyle had caught up with him THR To break down Amber and Tibor’s relationship last month: “I think what excited me the most was working in handcuffs.” “It’s the idea of these two very different people tied together, going through their paces, given the same goal, and how the story changes from a cat-and-mouse format to a psychological drama about what that does to two people, specifically Amber.”
The second series will expand the world of a tense and morally complex world prisonerwith Amber back in uniform – but not back to normal. Still bearing the scars of past events and struggling to keep her family together, she is tasked with escorting a polarizing American academic (turned notorious murderer) to extradite him, a woman whose case has divided opinion. When there’s an attempted execution from within law enforcement, Amber is charged with murder – challenging everything she stands for.
prisoner Produced by Binocular in association with Sky Studios. The new series is written and created by showrunner Matt Charman, who is joined by Sophie Petzal as writer. Executive producers are Matt Charman, Alan Fouz, Sophie Petzal and Adrian Sturgess for Sky Studios.
The second series will be available on Sky in the UK and Ireland, with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution handling international sales.
