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The Beginner’s Guide to Prisons
The Beginner’s Guide to Prisons
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1983 Documentary Educational
The Beginner's Guide to...
The Beginner's Guide... was a series of...
The Beginner's Guide to Visiting the Marae
Ian Johnstone presents another guide from the series
Johnstone's Journey - Settling for Suburbia
Another Johnstone-presented series
Kingpin
TV drama from borstal
Act of Murder
Miranda Harcourt takes theatre into prisons
The 1984 Leaders Debate
A famous political moment mediated by Johnstone
Kingi's Story
TV drama from borstal
Section 7
A pioneering drama set amidst the NZ Probation Service
Outrageous Fortune
A family with strong prison links
The Insiders Guide to Happiness
Fictional guidance
DFK6498
Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this...
An Inside Story
Interviews with prisoners
The Beginner's Guide to the Census
Another title in this series
Seven Days: South Africa - The White Future
Johnstone investigates apartheid South Africa
Restoring Hope
Documentary looking at Māori restorative justice
Celia
Prisoners' rights advocate Celia Lashlie
Fresh - Jason Momoa and Wentworth (Series Three, Episode 16)
Another visit to a prison
Winners & Losers: A Lawful Excuse
A quirky prison tale
Songs from The Inside - Series Three, Episode One
Making music behind bars
Broadcaster Ian Johnstone was an intrepid explorer for TVNZ's 80s Beginner's Guide documentary series; the series embedded personal guides to lift the veil on everything from marae protocol to the Freemasons. This edition sees a crime (embezzlement of TVNZ money) pinned to 47-year-old Johnstone by the CIB and so begins his (fictional) experience of judicial process and imprisonment. A humbled Johnstone aims to convey what life behind bars is like, and bust some myths en route, from "they only serve half their time don’t they?" to "it's like a four star hotel".
I wonder what it would feel like to be sent to prison?– Johnstone sets out to find the answer
