British action series Prisoner currently sits in the Top 10 of BINGE’s must-watch list – and for good reason. The Sky series – which streams locally on BINGE – has served up six high-stakes, high-speed episodes that have each proven a hit with viewers since it premiered on the streamer earlier this month. And its finale this week was just as unmissable, wrapping on a cliffhanger with the promise of revenge and redemption. Well, now viewers can rest assure that all our questions will be
answered with confirmation the series has been renewed for Season 2 and production starts later this year. The series follows prisoner transport officer Amber Todd (played by BAFTA winner Izuka Hoyle) on her first day back from maternity leave when she is assigned to deliver high-value inmate Tibor Stone (Tahar Rahim) to the Old Bailey criminal court in London to testify against an elite crime syndicate. Stream Prisoner Season 1 now on BINGE, available on Hubbl. However, their police convoy is brutally ambushed in an
attempt to kill Tibor – a trained killer-turned informant – and a quick thinking Amber decides to handcuff herself to the prisoner as they run for their lives. The two have no choice but to form an unlikely alliance and they must work together and trust each other – quickly – in order to reach their destination alive. “I think what got me most excited was the handcuff business,” Scottish actress Hoyle recenntly told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s the concept of these two very different
people handcuffed together, put through their paces, given the same objective, and how the story changes from a cat-and-mouse format to a psychological drama about what that does to two people, specifically Amber.” With Tibor left for dead in a swimming pool after being shot multiple times by his ruthless former protégé Nina Voss (Leonie Benesch) in the finale, Season 2 sees Amber back in uniform. However, her life is anything but normal as she struggles to further her career and hold her family together.
She is soon tasked with transporting a US academic-turned-notorious-killer for extradition, a polarising woman whose case has divided opinion. After an attempted assassination on her prisoner ordered by someone from within law enforcement, Amber is framed for murder and once again finds herself on the run with her morality turned upside down. It’s the complexities and the layers of these characters that attracted Rahim to the role of the intelligent hit man with a confirmed 47 kills who has an IQ of 140. “I never
wanted to do an action piece that’s just about the action,” he told Deadline earlier this year. “I needed something more and, in this show, the action is not gratuitous. It’s rooted in the story and is here to help the development of the story and the characters. “I liked it because it’s always fascinating to explore evil because it’s so far outside of the realm of our understanding and you still have a distance that allows you to accept crazy things that a character
could do because it’s too far away from you.” Prisoner Season 1 is now streaming on BINGE
Prisoner, Season 2, Amber Todd, Izuka Hoyle, Tibor Stone, Tahar Rahim, Nina Voss, Leonie Benesch, BINGE, Sky, Old Bailey, London
Handcuffed herself?? That sounds wild lol.
So they renewed it already? I didn’t even finish episode 2. Kinda want to watch now but I’m also like… why is it on BINGE and Hubbl too like what’s the point.
I saw something about a swimming pool ending?? Like was he actually alive or did they just do that for shock value. Also “revenge and redemption” sounds like every British show title card ever.
Not gonna lie I thought it was already a Season 2 thing, like they just jumped straight to the finale cliffhanger. Amber Todd going back from maternity leave and then getting ambushed just feels too convenient. But I guess that’s TV. If the prisoner turns into an informant then it’s basically the same plot as like half the crime shows though… still gonna watch Season 2 if they explain what happened to Tibor.