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I taught art in a high-security prison – Waiting for the Out took me straight back to my classroom

Watching Waiting for the Out, the BBC’s flagship new drama series, transported me straight back to my classroom in HMP Wakefield in the mid-1990s. This decaying Victorian building at the heart of a challenged city in the north of England is one of the UK’s ten category-A, high-security prisons for…

The Conversation · Jan 9

‘We have to reset’: Britain’s TV industry struggling in big-budget streaming era

Some see ‘tipping point’ as BBC and others are priced out of high-end dramas, as others say industry must simply adapt

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Nicola Walker on The Split Barcelona: "When I read the script for episode two, I was an emotional wreck!"

Nicola Walker on filming BBC legal drama The Split’s two-part wedding special in sunny Barcelona…

WhatToWatch · Dec 26, 2024