Name: Banged Up
Released: 2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sid Owen, Johnny Mercer, Marcus Luther

Banged Up

TV Show · Documentary · Reality

Seven celebrities are banged up inside HMP Shrewsbury to see what life's really like in British prisons in 2023; the famous faces share cramped cells with ex-cons, from contract killers to international drug-dealers.

2023 · 47m

Starring Sid Owen, Johnny Mercer, Marcus Luther

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Sid Owen of "EastEnders" is first in; stripped of home comforts, Sid takes drastic action; MP Johnny Mercer meets a convicted contract killer who used to run people over.

47m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Ex-Tory MP Neil Parish and pop star HRVY step through the doors to sample life on the inside; between them they endure a series of pranks and a hostage crisis; "Gogglebox" star Marcus Luther attends an anger management course.

46m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

"Mail on Sunday" columnist Peter Hitchens sparks fireworks at the prison's drug support group; actor Tom Rosenthal smuggles contraband into the prison, stashed deep inside his body.

46m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

HMP Shrewsbury is at boiling point; as the inmates run amok and staff struggle to keep control, the VIPs must grapple with how to survive; as the experiment comes to an end, the VIP inmates reflect on their time inside.

46m