Banged-up Stand-up (2005)

Lee, John and Vincent are inmates at Brixton Prison, who along with nine other hapless “career-criminals” have signed up to a unique and groundbreaking course. In just eight days each con will perform a stand-up set in front of a 100-strong audience of friends, family and other cons.

Rudi Lickwood is the course tutor, he is a veteran of the stand up circuit and is no touchy-feely liberal.  Rudi will not tolerate time wasters because as far as he is concerned his course is not a soft option, it is an exercise in character building.  A good routine requires self-analysis, honesty –and a lot of bottle, not even the hardest of hard men wants to die on stage, especially when the audience includes a wife who already thinks he’s a failure, prison authorities to whom he is just another repeat offender and cell mates who will heckle you for the fun of it.

Lee, John and Vincent have a genuine challenge ahead of them and the opportunity to do some thing positive –perhaps for the first time.  Will they pull it off?