Out of Control

Out of Control (2002)

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Date of release
2002-08-18
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Dominic Savage

Casting

Interesting facts

Out of Control is a 2002 British television film written and directed for the BBC by Dominic Savage. Tamzin Outhwaite stars as Shelley Richards, an impoverished single mother whose son, Dean, is involved in a string of crimes that lead to his incarceration in a young offenders institute (YOI).

Production

Out of Control was greenlit in April 2002 by BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter, under the working title of The Young Offenders. Savage carried out months of research into the crimes of the young boys and into the lifestyles of YOI inmates. David Morrissey shadowed prison officers at Lancaster Farms YOI for several weeks. Out of Control was filmed on location at Lancaster Farms.

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