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Prison Break

When his dad Goodison invites Phil to visit him in HMP Parbold, Phil thinks it might be a chance to reconnect. But maybe there's more to the invitation than meets the eye...

Phil's never got on with his dad Goodison, who spent a lot of Phil's life pretending to be dead. Now in prison for theft of an embarrassingly small bingo prize, Goodison invites Phil to visit him as part of HMP Parbold's annual "Bring Your Family To Prison Day". Phil sees this as an opportunity to reconnect with his dad. After all, as Polly says, it's not like he can run away this time. But when it soon turns out there's more to Goodison's invitation than meets the eye, will Phil be quick enough to see through his clever ruse? Meanwhile, Polly visits Johnny who is serving a 3 to 5 stretch (hours) for selling a hooky hook from the film Hook, and is worried he might be becoming institutionalised.

Cast includes:

Phil Ellis as Phil
Johnny Vegas as Johnny
Amy Gledhill as Polly
Jason Barnett as Basher/Graham McCartney/DJ
Terry Mynott as Prison Warder McKay/Paul McCartney/Hannibal
And
Guest starring Alexei Sayle as Phil's dad Goodison

It was produced by Sam Michell and is a BBC Studios Production

28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Sep 202018:30
  • Wed 23 Sep 202007:30
  • Wed 23 Sep 202017:30
  • Wed 23 Sep 202022:00
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  • Thu 19 Sep 202409:00
  • Thu 19 Sep 202422:00

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