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Prison 
Spring Films for Channel 4 (2018)
Grierson Award Winner: Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Award Winner: Best Documentary Series, RTS Award Winner: Best Doc Series, BAFTA Nominated: Best Factual Series

For the first time in years, cameras have been allowed behind the walls of an English prison. With exclusive access to HMP Durham, this three-part series offers the viewer a unique insight into the ecosystems that underpin it. Embedded on the wings for over 7 months, the films uncover the hierarchical structures of the prison population and reveals how the understaffed, overworked officers combat the issues of drugs, mental health and violence.

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY PADDY WIVELL

SHOOTING PRODUCER JACK WOOD
PRODUCER JOSH ALLOTT
EDITORS FRASER GIBB, CHRIS NICHOLLS
ASSISTANT EDITORS CHRIS DALE, DENNIS MABRY, SASKIA TOMPSETT
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR CLAIRE KESSIE

PRODUCTION MANAGER PAT FOOTER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS KATHY MYERS, RICHARD MELMAN

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