Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Aylesbury Prison in Buckinghamshire, home to some of the most dangerous young criminals in Britain, has allowed an exclusive insight into life for prisoners and staff for a new documentary series on ITV - Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury. Murderers, rapists, gangsters and paedophiles are serving time here. So serious are some of their offences, that one in five is serving life or an indeterminate sentence to protect the public. What's frightening is that the oldest prisoners are just 21. Officers engage in a daily battle of wits, to ensure they keep control. They must also try to help rebuild the fractured lives of these young men. Programme makers, Wild Pictures, who have won acclaim for powerful documentaries on Strangeways, Holloway and Wormwood Scrubs prisons, were given extraordinary access to film over four months, interviewing hundreds of prisoners and officers for the...

Series details

• Title: Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2013-02-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-02-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5417
• IMDb ID: tt2626976
• TVDB ID: 267059

Cast and credited roles

• Paul McGann — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-02-18; final listed air date 2013-02-25; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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