The eight-episode first season will launch on Wednesday, January 6 with its first two episodes. New episodes will then be released weekly every Wednesday until the season finale on February 17.
When organized crime boss Felix Carmichael (Laurie) is betrayed by someone inside his own firm and sent to the notorious Staplehurst prison, he's forced to remember his own brutality to fight for survival. With his family, firm and fortune at stake, Felix resolves to do the unthinkable: escape.
In addition to Laurie, the drama stars Thandiwe Newton, Fionn Whitehead, Gina McKee, Hazel Doupe, Elliott Heffernan and Stephen Dillane.
George Kay created the drama. He executive produces with Laurie, Willow Grylls, Matt Sandford and director Jakob Verbruggen. New Pictures and Observatory Pictures produce.
