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Overview

Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 0

  Date first aired:

• Name: Series 1

  Episode: 3

  A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive?

  Date first aired: 2021-06-06

• Name: Series 2

  Episode: 3

  Arriving at Carlingford Prison on the same day, Kelsey, Orla and Abi 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.

  Date first aired: 2023-10-29

• Name: Series 3

  Episode: 3

  Prison Chaplain Marie-Louise comes to the YOI having lost her faith. When tragedy strikes in the prison, Marie-Louise clashes with veteran officer Bailey, a man in the midst of his own crisis. Bailey knows more about the circumstances that led to this major incident – but will he come clean before the guilt gets too much?

  Date first aired: 2026-10-11