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Prison

Filmed over seven months inside HMP Durham, 'Prison' offers unprecedented access to life behind bars

Prison (Ep 2) embeddable clip

For the first time in more than five years, cameras have been allowed behind bars to make a documentary series in an English prison

20 Sep 17 News Release

All 4 Commissions Observational Doc on 'Prison Ink'

All 4 has commissioned Studio Lambert to explore the culture of tattoos in Britain's prisons in Sketch's Prison Ink (w/t), it was announced today

19 Jul 18 News Release

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With exclusive access to HMP Durham, this series offers a rare insight into the challenges that prison staff face daily

11 Jan 19 Interview

Paddy Wivell interview for Prison

You made a three part series about HMP Durham. The first two parts were on over the summer. Why the delay for this one? We were waiting for an outstanding court case to finish. The person involved in that was the main contributor in the third episode, so we’d potentially be in contempt of court if

22 Aug 23 Press Pack Article

Interview with Ben Tavassoli (Prisoner Louis Costa)

How was it to be back for season two of Screw? I love it, because I made such good friends. I was looking forward to Louis’s storyline – when they told me what he’d be doing I fell in love with it, and the part is a lot bigger so it was about getting my head down and working hard. What kind of state

22 Aug 23 Press Pack Article

Interview with Lee Ingleby (Prisoner Patrick Morgan)

Were you a fan of season one of Screw? Yeah, I enjoyed it. It seemed really well observed, not that I’ve ever been in prison! It was intriguing and I knew the work of the cast, so I was really interested when I got asked to be in it, both in terms of the piece and the character. What can you say

28 Mar 17 News Release

Channel 4 Commissions The Prison Visit (w/t) From Chalkboard TV

Channel 4 has commissioned a 60-minute single-access documentary from Chalkboard TV

19 Mar 19 News Release

Channel 4 sends wayward teens to prison in Banged Up (w/t)

With Britain’s prison population the largest in Europe and with youth knife crime up 64% in the past five years [1], Channel 4 today announces they are sending eight British teen tearaways, some of whom are in trouble with the law, to one of the toughest jails in America in a bid to divert them from