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Channel 5 Pulls Plug On Ross Kemp Dangerous Prisons Series That Was Beset By Budget Problems & An Ecuadorian Coup
Ross Kemp Channel 5 Prison series has been canceled Over the Ecuador Coup & Budget problems
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 has pulled the plug on Ross Kemp ‘s doc series in which the former EastEnders star was spending time in the world’s most dangerous prisons, with factors ranging from budget difficulties to an Ecuadorian coup to blame. The series was announced with fanfare as one of Channel 5’s most premium doc series of all time last summer, with the network saying Kemp, who is well known for his … On Gangs TV franchise, would “spend time in high-security prisons, mixing with gang leaders, serial killers, violent criminals, drug lords and mass murderers to see first-hand what it is like to live among society’s most dangerous people.” Last year, Deadline revealed Channel 4 had abruptly axed a greenlit reboot of Four Weddings, blindsiding those working on the show as filming was about to start.
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