Prisoner is a British thriller television series created by Matt Charman, directed by Otto Bathurst, and starring Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle. The series premiered on 30 April 2026 on Sky Atlantic. In May 2026, the show was renewed for a second series.

Premise A prisoner and the prison guard escorting them survive an ambush.

Cast and characters Main Tahar Rahim as Tibor Stone, a genius hitman and witness against Dempsey Izuka Hoyle as Amber Todd, a prison transport officer for SEF Security Services Leonie Benesch as Nina Drâgus, an assassin trained by Stone working for Dempsey Finn Bennett as Olly Hatton, Amber's husband and the father of her daughter, Mia Laurie Davidson as Declan Dempsey, Harrison's son Ken Nwosu as Phil Hawkins, a supervisor for SEF Security Services Sam Troughton as Will O'Neill, an agent with the National Crime Unit Kitty Reed as Jade Butler, a prison transport officer for SEF Security Services Daniel Betts as Marcus Turner, a prison transport officer for SEF Security Services Selorm Adonu as Jamal Azumah, a prison transport officer for SEF Security Services Brían F. O'Byrne as Harrison Dempsey, the leader of organised crime group Pegasus Catherine McCormack as Josephine Campbell, Director of the National Crime Unit Eddie Marsan as Alex Tebbit, Director of Operations for the National Crime Unit

Supporting Steven Elder as Joe Sutherland, a prison transport officer for SEF Security Services Jessica Barker-Wren as Nancy Howard, an agent with the National Crime Unit Youssef Kerkour as Miles Zahidi, Harrison Dempsey's lieutenant Marie Bunel as Carla Dumont, Stone's estranged mother Michele Austin as Kelly Douglas, Amber's mother in prison for armed robbery

Guest Lisa Palfrey as Tara Evans, a criminal associate of Kelly Douglas Ace Bhatti as Viraj Mundhra, the Home Secretary

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Production The series is written by Matt Charman, who also serves as showrunner. The series is produced by Binocular Productions and received a series order from Sky Television in October 2024. Haleema Mizra is deputy showrunner and writer. The series is directed by Otto Bathurst, with later episodes directed by Pia Strietmann. Executive producers are Charman, Foz Allan, Bathurst, and Adrian Sturges for Sky Studios. Barney Reisz is the series producer.

In February 2025, Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle were announced to lead the cast with Eddie Marsan, Catherine McCormack, Leonie Benesch, Finn Bennett, Sam Troughton, Laurie Davidson, Ken Nwosu, Brían F. O'Byrne, and Youssef Kerkour in supporting roles.

Filming took place in Wales in 2025, with filming locations including Cardiff. Aspects of funding for the series came from the Welsh government.

On May 14, 2026, Sky renewed the show for a second series.

Broadcast The six-episode first series premiered on 30 April 2026 on Sky Atlantic.

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