There was a three or four part documentary series about a group of trainees in an open Borstal - somewhere in South West - that was shown in early seventies.
I think some of it may have inspired Scum in later years cos one lad attacked another at the sinks.
One scene that sticks in my head is one trainee relating to camera his past crimes , a minor one was he wanted to put some flares into his jeans ( at the time it was hard to get hold of flares cos they'd just came out instead of bell-bottoms) so he decided to DIY a pair.
He stole a girls red leather coat at his school, into toilets, cut out two long triangles from the back and then returned it to peg so the holes weren't on show. Next day he strolled proudly into school in his new flares with red leather sides and the police were there taking statements about this expensive red leather coat with missing sections - arrested!
It later showed another trainee who'd succeeded in getting totally drunk and was on a rampage, the staff got all into the cells and just let him go berserk wrecking the buildings until police came, then commentator stated he was now in a secure unit.
I 've looked online but can't track this series down so help please
I think some of it may have inspired Scum in later years cos one lad attacked another at the sinks.
One scene that sticks in my head is one trainee relating to camera his past crimes , a minor one was he wanted to put some flares into his jeans ( at the time it was hard to get hold of flares cos they'd just came out instead of bell-bottoms) so he decided to DIY a pair.
He stole a girls red leather coat at his school, into toilets, cut out two long triangles from the back and then returned it to peg so the holes weren't on show. Next day he strolled proudly into school in his new flares with red leather sides and the police were there taking statements about this expensive red leather coat with missing sections - arrested!
It later showed another trainee who'd succeeded in getting totally drunk and was on a rampage, the staff got all into the cells and just let him go berserk wrecking the buildings until police came, then commentator stated he was now in a secure unit.
I 've looked online but can't track this series down so help please
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