Time review: An avant-garde experiment in what prison with Sean Bean would be like

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As far as is discernible from the first episode, the plot of Time, Jimmy McGovern’s new prison drama, goes something Story-wise, that’s your lot. There’s Sean in the noisy van, Sean in the first-night holding cell, Sean crouching to have his bum checked, Sean in his new tracksuit, moping into his cell, Sean having his lunch nicked, Sean sitting in the exercise ground, Sean navigating his psychopath self-harming cellmate Bernard and the yobs across the hallway. Although the two stars inevitably draw your gaze, the cast around them, including Graham’s real-life wife Hannah Walters playing McNally’s partner Sonia, are impressive.