In a jaw-dropping new show, seven celebrities are sent inside HMP Shrewsbury to see what life's really like in British prisons in 2023 - overcrowded, understaffed and on the brink.
Episode 1
Sid Owen off EastEnders is first in. Stripped of home comforts, Sid takes drastic action. And MP Johnny Mercer meets a convicted contract killer who used to 'run people over'.
Episode 2
Ex-Tory MP Neil Parish and pop star HRVY step through the doors of HMP Shrewsbury to sample life on the inside. Between them they endure a series of pranks and a hostage crisis.
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 intimately deep 'inside' his body.
Episode 4
HMP Shrewsbury's at boiling point. Staff struggle as inmates run amok. The VIPs scramble to survive as the experiment comes to an end and they reflect on their time inside.
