Synopsis
The parole board considers the cases of a murderer who has the chance to move to an open prison and an arsonist and drug dealer with a history of mental health problems.
- Programme: Parole
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2023
- Religious Education | Ethics | Forgiveness
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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S1E1 | Parole
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54-year-old Colin committed a brutal murder 25 years ago. With his victim's widow waiting anxiously for the decision, will the parole board decide that he is s...

S1E3 | Parole
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Forty-five-year-old Jon has been locked up for 19 years after violently robbing three students. Has an intense period of therapy changed him enough for the boa...

S1E4 | Parole
S1E4 | Parole
The board looks at the cases of Tom, a cocaine addict and dealer, Ruben, who bit another man's ear off, and Mark, who disagrees with his sentence for threateni...

S1E5 | Parole
S1E5 | Parole
Can bank robber Ben and drug dealer Jai convince the Parole Board their criminal pasts are behind them, or will they be kept in prison for the protection of th...

S1E1 | Parole
S1E1 | Parole
54-year-old Colin committed a brutal murder 25 years ago. With his victim's widow waiting anxiously for the decision, will the parole board decide that he is s...

S1E3 | Parole
S1E3 | Parole
Forty-five-year-old Jon has been locked up for 19 years after violently robbing three students. Has an intense period of therapy changed him enough for the boa...

S1E4 | Parole
S1E4 | Parole
The board looks at the cases of Tom, a cocaine addict and dealer, Ruben, who bit another man's ear off, and Mark, who disagrees with his sentence for threateni...

S1E5 | Parole
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Can bank robber Ben and drug dealer Jai convince the Parole Board their criminal pasts are behind them, or will they be kept in prison for the protection of th...
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S1E1 | Parole
54-year-old Colin committed a brutal murder 25 years ago. With his victim's widow waiting anxiously for the decision, will the parole board decide that he is s...

S1E3 | Parole
S1E3 | Parole
Forty-five-year-old Jon has been locked up for 19 years after violently robbing three students. Has an intense period of therapy changed him enough for the boa...

S1E4 | Parole
S1E4 | Parole
The board looks at the cases of Tom, a cocaine addict and dealer, Ruben, who bit another man's ear off, and Mark, who disagrees with his sentence for threateni...

S1E5 | Parole
S1E5 | Parole
Can bank robber Ben and drug dealer Jai convince the Parole Board their criminal pasts are behind them, or will they be kept in prison for the protection of th...