FIRST LOOK Time

David Tennant joins Siobhan Finneran in the third series of Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama.

BBC One has released a first look at the third series of Jimmy McGovern's hit BBC One drama Time.

Set in a Young Offenders Institution, the new three-part series will explore the impact of locking up teenagers and the effects on those who look after them.

Prison Chaplain Marie-Louise, played by Siobhan Finneran, comes to the YOI having lost her faith. When tragedy strikes in the prison, Marie-Louise clashes with veteran officer Bailey, played by David Tennant, 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?

Meanwhile, two teenage young offenders, Peter and James, struggle through the terrifying first weeks and months of their incarceration.

Can James ever face his broken parents after an unforgivable act of violence, and will Peter tell the truth about the death of an innocent man, or does family loyalty mean more?

An unlikely friendship between them looks to shift the trajectory of their futures, but in an increasingly unstable environment, is change ever possible?

These new pictures feature David Tennant as Bobby Bailey, a Custodial Manager at the YOI, Siobhan Finneran reprising her role as Chaplain Marie-Louise O’Dell, Daniel Ryan as Freddie Jennings, a Custodial Manager at the YOI, Jo Joyner as Nicola, Vinette Robinson as Erica, Louis McCartney as James, Ollie McNulty as Peter and Chukwubuikem Molokwu as Christopher.

Made by BBC Studios Fiction, in co-production with BritBox for North America, with support from Northern Ireland Screen, the third series of Time is written by Jimmy McGovern and Samuel Bailey, directed by Paul Whittington and produced by Amanda Black.

It's executive produced by Josh Cole, Andrew Morrissey and Michael Parke for BBC Studios Fiction, Lucy Richer for the BBC, Jon Farrar and Jess O'Riordan for BritBox, and Jimmy McGovern.

Time returns later this year on BBC One