Scripted series · Sky Atlantic
Prisoner
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tahar Rahim
Tibor Stone
6 eps
Izuka Hoyle
Amber Todd
6 eps
Leonie Benesch
Nina Drâgus
6 eps
Finn Bennett
Olly Hatton
6 eps
Laurie Davidson
Declan Dempsey
6 eps
Ken Nwosu
Phil Hawkins
6 eps
Sam Troughton
Will O'Neill
6 eps
Kitty Reed
Jade Butler
6 eps
Daniel Betts
Marcus Turner
6 eps
Selorm Adonu
Jamal Azumah
6 eps
Brían F. O'Byrne
Harrison Dempsey
6 eps
Catherine McCormack
Josephine Campbell
6 eps
Eddie Marsan
Alex Tebbit
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Prisoner actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Prisoner reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A young and ambitious prison officer finds herself in the middle of a battle for the criminal underworld as crime lords try to evade justice. But in order to do that, she will have to learn quickly to put her faith in one of the very men she wants to put behind bars.
Recently aired
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- George FaberExecutive Producer
- Foz AllanExecutive Producer
- Adrian SturgesExecutive Producer
- Otto BathurstExecutive Producer
- Barney ReiszProducer
- Matt CharmanExecutive Producer
Direction
- Pia StrietmannDirector
- Otto BathurstDirector
Cinematography
- Aske FossDirector of Photography
- Florian EmmerichDirector of Photography
Music
- Rupert Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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