‘Waiting for the Out’ with a score by Sion Trefor will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer Saturday 3rd January.
The six-part drama produced by Sister Pictures and written by Dennis Kelly, is adapted from Andy West’s memoir The Life Inside and follows a philosopher who begins teaching a class of men in prison.
‘BAFTA nominated Josh Finan leads the cast as Dan. Each week, Dan leads discussions about dominance, freedom, luck and other topics that have troubled philosophers for thousands of years – topics that gain a new meaning when seen through the prisoners’ eyes – both igniting passions and creating tension.
Through his work, Dan begins to dig deeper into his own past – growing up with a father (Gerard Kearns) who ended up in prison, as did his brother Lee (Stephen Wight) and uncle Frank (Phil Daniels). Dan took a different path, but his time working in a prison begins to make him worry, obsessively, that he belongs behind bars just like his father. As Dan’s personal crisis deepens, his actions begin to threaten both his own future, and his family’s.’
Check out the trailer below!