Hard B*****ds

Latest Episodes

• Saira Bronson

  Kate Kray swaps notes with kindred spirit Saira, wife of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, about marrying a hardened criminal in jail. Bronson, who has spent 28 years behind bars : 22 of them in solitary confinement : is a deeply disturbed and aggressive man. Since meeting his wife, however, his behaviour has improved and he is studying Islam. What draws an intelligent and determined woman to a man known for his rages : and how would the couple fare should he ever be released?

• Ian Wadley

  Kate Kray concludes her survey of Britain's toughest customers with a profile of body-builder Ian Wadley. Bullied as a child, Wadley went off the rails and ended up in jail on an armed robbery charge, where he discovered an aptitude for weight-lifting and went on to become a world champion. He is currently working as a doorman and debt-collector, has a glamorous girlfriend and is able to spend thousands on suits : but his underworld status has its dangers, as he discovered when a hired gunman tried to kill him

• Ronnie Field

  Kate Kray meets her old friend Ronnie Field, an associate of her former husband who has spent half his adult life in prison for armed robbery and drug-dealing. On home leave toward the end of a nine-year stretch, the apparently reformed character remains haunted by a violent upbringing at the hands of his grandmother, but vows he will not die in jail : much to his daughter's relief