We can't wait for the BBC's new prison drama, Waiting for the Out , and the network has now released the first images for the show. The drama stars The Responder actor Josh Finan and Screw's Stephen Wight and is based on Andy West's critically-acclaimed memoir, The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to Be Free . The book is a retelling of Andy's job as a philosophy teacher in prisons after growing up in a family where three of his relatives were sent to prison for various reasons.

Josh leads new show, Waiting for the Out (working title), which is due to be released in early 2026, as philosophy teacher Andy. The main character's father will be played by Gerard Kearns, while his brother, Lee, is going to be portrayed by Stephen Wight, and his uncle, Fran

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