Gordon Behind Bars

Season 1

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay thinks it's time Britain's prisoners paid their way. There are 88,000 prisoners in the UK and it costs the taxpayer 38,000 pounds to keep each of them locked up for a year. Gordon's given himself six months to set up a successful food business behind bars. His aim: to get prisoners cooking food on the inside to sell on the outside.

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Special Interest·Unscripted·Documentary

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
June 26, 2012
47min
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Gordon arrives at Brixton Prison in South London, a category B Victorian jail packed with drug dealers, burglars, muggers and thieves. First Gordon needs to pick 12 men for his Bad Boys Brigade business, but none of them can even scramble an egg. Can the reprobates pull it off and become a dependable team for Gordon's business behind bars?
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
July 3, 2012
47min
16+
Gordon must trust the prisoners with sharp knives if they're to cook on the inside to sell on the outside. He develops a lemon curd treacle tart for production and, for the first time, Bad Boys Bakery bread and cakes are sold to the general public in a pop-up shop.
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S1 E3 - Episode 3
July 10, 2012
47min
16+
Gordon's Bad Boy Bakery needs to make some real money, so they pitch a sweet treat snack to several major coffee shop chains. But will anyone be interested in a prison-made product?
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S1 E4 - Episode 4
July 17, 2012
47min
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Gordon persuades Caffè Nero to stock the Bad Boys Bakery's lemon curd treacle slice for a showcase week and asks Justice Secretary Ken Clarke for vital financial backing. Finally, Gordon gets the political powers that be down to the Bad Boys Bakery for a spot of lunch.
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