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Waiting for the Out (2026) — drama on BBC iPlayer

The answer: Status unknown — no confirmed return date.
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Genre
Drama
Network / streamer
BBC iPlayer
Premiered
January 3, 2026
Runtime
~46 min per episode
TVMaze rating
6.0 / 10
1season
6episodes
6.0/ 10

About Waiting for the Out

Dan, a philosopher, begins teaching a class of men in prison. Each week, Dan leads discussions about dominance, freedom, luck and other topics that have troubled philosophers for thousands of years – topics that gain a new meaning when seen through the prisoners' eyes - both igniting passions and creating tension.

Through his work, Dan begins to dig deeper into his own past – growing up with a violent father who ended up in prison, as did his brother Lee and uncle Frank. Dan took a different path, but his time working in a prison begins to make him worry, obsessively, that he belongs behind bars just like his father. As Dan's personal crisis deepens, his actions begin to threaten both his own future, and his family's.

Waiting for the Out episode schedule

6 aired

Aired · 6

DateEp.Title
January 3, 2026 S1·E1 Men
January 3, 2026 S1·E3 Dominance
January 3, 2026 S1·E6 Escape
January 3, 2026 S1·E4 Cursed
January 3, 2026 S1·E5 Destiny
January 3, 2026 S1·E2 Luck

Waiting for the Out cast