'I'm Making a TV Programme Here!': Reality TV'S Banged Up and Public Criminology |
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| Authors: | DAVID WILSON NIC GROOMBRIDGE |
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| Institution: | Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Birmingham City University;;Senior Lecturer in Media Arts and Sociology, St Mary's University College, London |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: This article examines the TV series Banged Up and media reactions to it. In doing so it seeks to argue that it served a wider public service purpose, or public criminology, than simply entertainment. A number of other 'experiments' and the crossover between those and reality TV are also explored. The series was not universally admired and no attempt is made to hide this. In addition to engaging with theoretical matters the experience of one of the authors of being part of the programme is set out. |
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| Keywords: | public criminology reality TV Banged Up |
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