Overview
- The six-part drama launched on 3 January, with all episodes streaming from 6am on BBC iPlayer and episode one airing at 9:30pm on BBC One.
- Josh Finan stars as Dan, a philosophy teacher in a men’s prison whose family history of incarceration frames explorations of freedom, shame and identity.
- The adaptation departs from the memoir by renaming the lead, merging characters into a single prison setting and using the father figure to externalise West’s ‘executioner’ voice.
- Author Andy West advised the production and makes a cameo as the officer escorting Dan into prison, reflecting his ongoing work teaching philosophy behind bars.
- Filmed in Liverpool and at the decommissioned HMP Gloucester, the series features Gerard Kearns, Stephen Wight, Phil Daniels, Samantha Spiro and Alex Ferns, with Kelly open to a second series if there is audience demand.