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Channel 4 documentary 'Banged Up' filmed at Shrewsbury Prison to air this Halloween

A Shrewsbury tourist attraction is waiting in eager anticipation of Channel 4's new reality TV series which is due to air this month.

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From left; Tom Rosenthal, Sid Owen, Marcus Luther. Photo Banged Up/ Channel 4.

'Banged Up' – the new series which features several famous faces – will be coming to screens across the UK on Tuesday, October 31.

The show will see a number of celebrities spending time in the decommissioned Shrewsbury Prison, accompanied by ex-inmates – some of whom have served sentences for serious crimes.

Marcus Luther with cell mate Photo: Banged Up/ Channel 4

There they will undertake jobs and be subject to body searches and will also be attended to by real former prison guards.