THE PRISONER: X - ABOUT THE SHOW

The Prisoner: X sees celebrity presenters spending time in the world’s toughest prisons, institutions infamous for the toughness of their regimes and the menace of their inmates.

Each celebrity will be exposed to different, but equally unforgiving surroundings, characterised by regimes from gang warfare to a system that brutally breaks criminals down, with the intention of building them back up again as law-abiding citizens.

As well as being behind bars and experiencing first hand the life of an inmate, the presenters will meet hardened murderers, rapists, arsonists and armed robbers who will die in jail. They’ll hear of lives wasted and families torn apart by senseless crimes, and try to discover how inmates cope with a life behind bars.

But it's not just these insights the presenters are looking for. From personal demons to tough upbringings, each has their own compelling reason for being locked up.

Prisoners include; Jack Osbourne, Toby Young, Joe Pasquale, Debra Stephenson, Donal MacIntyre, Linford Christie and Will Mellor.