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'There is time and then there is Broadmoor time.'
Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has contained the UK's most violent, dangerous and psychopathic.
Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863 it has housed the perpetrators of many of the most shocking crimes in history; including Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killers Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper), John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, armed robber Charles Bronson, gangster Ronnie Kray, and cannibal Peter Bryan.
The truth about what goes on behind the Victorian walls of the high security hospital has largely remained a mystery, but now with unprecedented access TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French paint a vivid picture of life at Broadmoor, after nearly a decade observing and speaking to those on the inside.
Including interviews with the staff, its experts and the patients themselves, Inside Broadmoor is the most comprehensive study of the institution to-date.
Published at the dawn of a new era for the hospital, this is the full story of Broadmoor's past, present and future and a dark but enlightening journey into the minds of Britain's most dangerous and how they are treated. Jonathan Levi (Author)
Jonathan Levi is a successful television executive and BAFTA-nominated documentary film maker. Attracted to the extremes in society, he was the first person to ever gain full access to the patients and staff at Broadmoor for a highly-acclaimed primetime ITV series offering startling insights into the minds of some of Britain's most notorious psychiatric patients.
When TV star and recording artist Tulisa was entrapped by the Sun on Sunday she turned to Jonathan to author and tell her story for BBC1 in the ratings hit Tulisa: The Price of Fame. Jonathan has made programmes with Andrew Lloyd Webber about his art collection and his musicals, and has hosted fundraisers with The Old Vic.
He was Factual Producer on the ITV four-part drama, Hatton Garden, and co-author of a book on the same subject Hatton Garden: The Inside Story.
Emma French (Author)
Dr Emma French writes about how particular people, places and stories hit the headlines and capture the public imagination. Her books include Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood, and, as Co-Author with Jonathan Levi, Hatton Garden: The Inside Story. She lives in London with Jonathan and their three children. A gripping account of life inside Britain's highest security hospital, this is the full story of Broadmoor - past, present and future - as told by the staff and patients themselves. The only book to ever be sanctioned by Broadmoor, the authors have been granted exclusive access to both the old and the new hospital, its archives and the patients themselves with full interviews relating to their crimes and day-to-day life inside Broadmoor. Prison books, especially those relating to serial killers, are hugely popular true crime staples. Comparison titles include bestselling true crime book of 2017: Talking with Psychopaths (over 40K tcm), Norman Parker's Parkhurst Tales series (collectively selling over 60,000 tcm), Inside Alcatraz (over 77K tcm), The Krays: The Prison Years (over 20K tcm). Broadmoor has housed many of the UK's most infamous criminals, including serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, murderer Robert Napper, Charles Bronson and Ronnie Kray Publication will coincide with the opening of the brand new state-of-the-art £242m facility in January 2019, which will become a major story on the news agenda, offering a strong publicity hook. Author Jonathan Levi previously spent five years behind the doors of Broadmoor for his BAFTA-nominated ITV documentary Broadmoor, which was watched by ten million people. It was the first time in 150 years that the public had ever seen inside the prison. Given the author's credentials
'There is time and then there is Broadmoor time.'
Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has contained the UK's most violent, dangerous and psychopathic.
Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863 it has housed the perpetrators of many of the most shocking crimes in history; including Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killers Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper), John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, armed robber Charles Bronson, gangster Ronnie Kray, and cannibal Peter Bryan.
The truth about what goes on behind the Victorian walls of the high security hospital has largely remained a mystery, but now with unprecedented access TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French paint a vivid picture of life at Broadmoor, after nearly a decade observing and speaking to those on the inside.
Including interviews with the staff, its experts and the patients themselves, Inside Broadmoor is the most comprehensive study of the institution to-date.
Published at the dawn of a new era for the hospital, this is the full story of Broadmoor's past, present and future and a dark but enlightening journey into the minds of Britain's most dangerous and how they are treated. Jonathan Levi (Author)
Jonathan Levi is a successful television executive and BAFTA-nominated documentary film maker. Attracted to the extremes in society, he was the first person to ever gain full access to the patients and staff at Broadmoor for a highly-acclaimed primetime ITV series offering startling insights into the minds of some of Britain's most notorious psychiatric patients.
When TV star and recording artist Tulisa was entrapped by the Sun on Sunday she turned to Jonathan to author and tell her story for BBC1 in the ratings hit Tulisa: The Price of Fame. Jonathan has made programmes with Andrew Lloyd Webber about his art collection and his musicals, and has hosted fundraisers with The Old Vic.
He was Factual Producer on the ITV four-part drama, Hatton Garden, and co-author of a book on the same subject Hatton Garden: The Inside Story.
Emma French (Author)
Dr Emma French writes about how particular people, places and stories hit the headlines and capture the public imagination. Her books include Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood, and, as Co-Author with Jonathan Levi, Hatton Garden: The Inside Story. She lives in London with Jonathan and their three children. A gripping account of life inside Britain's highest security hospital, this is the full story of Broadmoor - past, present and future - as told by the staff and patients themselves. The only book to ever be sanctioned by Broadmoor, the authors have been granted exclusive access to both the old and the new hospital, its archives and the patients themselves with full interviews relating to their crimes and day-to-day life inside Broadmoor. Prison books, especially those relating to serial killers, are hugely popular true crime staples. Comparison titles include bestselling true crime book of 2017: Talking with Psychopaths (over 40K tcm), Norman Parker's Parkhurst Tales series (collectively selling over 60,000 tcm), Inside Alcatraz (over 77K tcm), The Krays: The Prison Years (over 20K tcm). Broadmoor has housed many of the UK's most infamous criminals, including serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, murderer Robert Napper, Charles Bronson and Ronnie Kray Publication will coincide with the opening of the brand new state-of-the-art £242m facility in January 2019, which will become a major story on the news agenda, offering a strong publicity hook. Author Jonathan Levi previously spent five years behind the doors of Broadmoor for his BAFTA-nominated ITV documentary Broadmoor, which was watched by ten million people. It was the first time in 150 years that the public had ever seen inside the prison. Given the author's credentials