Sky has released a trailer for Prisoner, the upcoming action thriller series from writer Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) and director Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders).
The series centres on a young prison transport officer, Amber (Izuka Hoyle), who is escorting a high-value inmate, Tibor (Tahar Rahim), to court when the crime syndicate he is due to testify against strike their convoy leaving Amber and Tibor as the sole survivors, forcing them to form an uneasy alliance if they want to make it out alive.
Featuring alongside Hoyle and Rahim in the cast of Prisoner are Eddie Marsan, Catherine McCormack, Leonie Benesch, Finn Bennett, Sam Troughton, Laurie Davidson, Ken Nwosu, Brían F. O’Byrne, and Youssef Kerkour. Take a look at the trailer below…
Prisoner follows Amber (Hoyle), a principled young prison transport officer tasked with escorting Tibor (Rahim), a trained killer and high-value inmate, to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. When their convoy is brutally ambushed, she’s forced to put her life in his hands. As the sole survivors, handcuffed and on the run, they must race to reach their destination alive and on time.
Along the way, their uneasy alliance is tested as the syndicate closes in. Trust becomes a weapon and their shackled survival a moral dilemma, forcing Amber to confront how far she’ll go to protect what matters most.
Prisoner premieres on April 30th.
