Overview

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

Top Cast

James Nesbitt

James 'Jimmy' Hands

Olivia Williams

Annabel

Timothy Spall

Cliff

Christopher Plummer

Graham Mortimer

Bill Nighy

Roger

Lennie James

Rudy

Ron Cook

Perry

Peter Wight

George Barratt

Celia Imrie

Amy

Raymond Waring

Darren

J

John Pierce Jones

Mad Lenny

Peter McNamara

Ward