[2] David Morrissey plays prison officer Mike, who tries to keep Dean out of trouble but has difficulty watching him all the time.

Out of Control is the third in a loose trilogy of films by Savage about social deprivation, following Nice Girl (2000) and When I Was Twelve (2001).

[4] Savage carried out months of research into the crimes of the young boys and into the lifestyles of YOI inmates.

[3] It received only 4.1 million viewers (21.9% audience share), a result of being scheduled opposite a new episode of ITV's Midsomer Murders.

Outhwaite previously starred in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which made her "tabloid fodder".