The Offenders (2021 TV series)

The Offenders is an upcoming 6-part comic crime thriller from Stephen Merchant. The Offenders is the first series the actor, writer and director has made in his home city of Bristol and features Christopher Walken in his first lead British television role. It will broadcast on BBC One in the UK and Amazon Prime Video internationally. A second series was already confirmed before the first was shot with both now being filmed back to back.
Plot.
The story will follow seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol.
Production.
After some delays due to Covid-19 filming on location in Bristol began in spring 2021, as well as at The Bottle Yard Studios in Whitchurch. The series is a co-production between BBC One and Amazon Studios. The series was commissioned by BBC Comedy and BBC One, produced by Big Talk with Stephen Merchant's Four Eyes. The series is created by Stephen Merchant and Elgin James. Executive Producers are Stephen Merchant for Four Eyes, Luke Alkin Kenton Allen and Matthew Justice for Big Talk, and Kate Daughton is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Directors are Stephen Merchant and John Butler. Producer is Nickie Sault.
Broadcast.
The series will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Amazon Prime Video in the United States, Canada and Australia.