Sky has renewed Prisoner for a second season, bringing Izuka Hoyle back as prison transport officer Amber Todd after the six-part series delivered significant early viewing across all six episodes. Production on the new run is set to begin later this year.
Matt Charman, who created and wrote the series, is returning to write and create the second season, this time with Sophie Petzal joining him. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle international sales, while the new episodes will again stream on Sky in the U.K. and Ireland.
The first season premiered on Sky on April 30 and followed Amber as she escorted Tibor to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. The two were left handcuffed together after their convoy was brutally ambushed, a setup that turned the transport officer and the inmate into reluctant partners in survival.
That strange bond is part of what Hoyle said drew her to the role. Last month, she said, “I think what got me most excited was the handcuff business,” a line that captured the show’s tight mix of action, pressure and uneasy intimacy.
The second series widens the frame. Amber is expected to be back in uniform, but with the scars of what came before and strain inside her family. This time she will be escorting a polarizing U.S. academic turned notorious killer for extradition, only to be framed for murder after an attempted execution from within law enforcement.
That shift gives Prisoner a different kind of danger. The first season was built around one hard ride to court and a prisoner who could not be trusted. The next appears to push Amber into a fight with the system around her, not just the people in the back of the vehicle.
For Sky, the renewal follows a strong start for a series that has already found an audience quickly. For viewers, the question is no longer whether Amber can survive one convoy ambush, but how far her world can be pulled apart before she is forced to fight back.
