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In the hectic alternation of unscripted trends, social experiments have fallen a little into oblivion. I mean, real social experiments, sometimes also a bit harsh, which imply a social impact (like, for example, Drunk, Diktator, The homeless experience, The Key and many others), not dating shows with a small twist passed off as “social experiments”, in the attempt to ennoble them.
HMP (w/t), just commissioned by Channel 4, from Banijay UK label Shine TV, seems to bring back this glorious sub-genre. The docu-series takes its title by the decommissioned prison HMP Shrewsbury (pic), where six British celebrities will be kept for eight days alongside a number of reformed ex-convicts, some of whom served long sentences for serious crimes.
The celebs (among them the actor Sid Owen and comedian Tom Rosenthal) will learn firsthand what it’s like to live within the UK prison system and will have the opportunity to question their ex-con cellmates about their past crimes, their experiences behind bars and what impact the prison system has had on their lives.
A genuine social experiment (if everything is done properly), at last!
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