If you’re planning on driving over the Silver Jubilee Bridge or the Mersey Gateway to see where some of the show’s scenes were filmed, be aware that you will need to pay a toll to cross. Silver Jubilee Bridge and the Mersey Gateway The second longest pier in Britain is open to visitors every day except Christmas Day and is easily accessible from Liverpool city centre, just a 19 mile drive or a 45 minute train journey away. With expansive coastal views and nearby parks, Southport Pier is well worth a visit. If you fancy visiting, you may even get to see Mark’s cell and Eric’s little booth, which according to director Lewis Arnold haven’t been changed since filming ended. It is now a popular tourist attraction with guided tours, escape rooms and even axe throwing on offer. ITV’s 2016 drama Prey also used the Victorian prison, and it was featured as a haunted location for season two of Paranormal Lockdown. Time is not the first TV show to use Shrewsbury Prison as a filming location. Hannah Walters plays Sonia McNally in Time (Image: BBC/James Stack) Shrewsbury Prison The series, which was a recipient of funding from the Liverpool Film Office’s LCR Production Fund, was filmed in locations across Liverpool City Region, including the Mersey Gateway, Silver Jubilee Bridge and Southport Pier. Other scenes were filmed in and around series star Graham’s hometown of Liverpool, including for Eric’s home as well as the prison’s visiting room, which was actually filmed in an old school gym.
The drama’s prison scenes were filmed late last year in HM Shrewsbury, a former prison that was decommissioned in March 2013. Unsurprisingly, the main action of BBC One’s latest British drama series takes place inside a prison, but viewers will also get glimpses into Eric’s family life at home. Here’s everything you need to know about where Time was filmed, and how you can see the sights for yourself: Where was Time filmed? He meets Eric McNally (Graham), a caring prison guard who has to choose between his family and his principles after one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness.īean ( Game of Thrones, Snowpiercer) and Graham ( Line of Duty) are joined by co-stars Sue Johnston (The Royle Family, Downton Abbey), David Calder (The Hatton Garden Job) and Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley). Thrilling new prison drama Time starts on BBC one tonight.Ĭreated by Jimmy McGovern and starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, the gritty three-part series tells the story of newly imprisoned Mark Cobden (Bean), a man wracked with guilt for his crime and totally out of his depth in the prison environment.