Notorious New Orleans women's prison to open its doors for new documentary series.
TV presenter, Katie Piper returns to U&W to once again uncover life for women behind bars in the USA. (4x60’). Across four fascinating episodes Katie will meet the inmates at New Orleans Parish Prison, where she will delve into inmates cases and try to uncover what drove these women to commit the serious and shocking crimes they’ve been accused of.
Katie Piper says, "Off camera I am committed to working with women in prisons to understand motivation and help rehabilitation, and I’m really proud to be making this series with Flicker and U&W – they are an all-female team that has empathy and storytelling at the heart of what they do.
We travelled to America and in one prison I try to understand what has led the women we meet to this point, what circumstances have they been living in, what trauma they experienced and how their lives have been affected. For some this isn’t simple, and we consider how a wide range of factors effect different people in different ways.”
"I hope that it gives viewers an insight into something that isn’t perhaps as straightforward as you would initially think, and gives us all some pause for thought."
Katie Piper previously presented Katie Piper: Jailhouse Mums for U&W Similarly, this new series is produced by Flicker. The new documentary series is commissioned by Helen Nightingale, head of factual and factual entertainment with Kirsty Hanson, senior commissioning editor, and ordered for U&W by Adam Collings, channel director, and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning.
Kirsty Hanson says, "We are thrilled to be working with Katie and the brilliant team at Flicker again on the brand new series Katie Piper: Locked Up In Louisiana. This time we will see Katie meet women who have been accused of very serious and sometimes heinous crimes and try to unravel and understand their motivations. With our previous series Katie Piper: Jailhouse Mums being such a success with our audience, this series promises to follow suit being a captivating and poignant watch."
Adam Collings says, "I’m delighted to announce that Katie Piper will be returning to U&W for another unfiltered view into the US prison system. Viewers can expect an unflinching look into these complicated stories with Katie at the helm. It’s an essential addition to a brilliant slate for 2025."
The new series joins the likes of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over and Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies ,Katherine Ryan: Parental Guidance, Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind The Lens, as well as U&W's new true crime originals Back From The Dead: Who Kidnapped Me?, Red Flag and Lies, Deceit & Betrayal.
Katie Piper: Locked Up In Louisiana will air on U and U&W in 2025.
UKTV recently launched ‘U’ – a new Masterbrand that united its family of free-to-air channels and its free streaming service. Its streaming service UKTV Play has now transitioned to U and UKTV’s family of free-to-air channels are called U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&YESTERDAY and U&W.
Praise for Katie Piper: Jailhouse Mums:
- “A fascinating if difficult watch” – Daily Mail
- “It’s an emotive subject and Katie is a compassionate interviewer” – The Sun
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Lauren Mutimer – Platform Publicist, UKTV
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U&W is Broadcast Digital Awards’ Entertainment Channel of the Year for 2024. Its quality mix of UKTV Originals features heart-warming shows led by some of the UK's most-loved talent, uplifting series shining a light on heroic emergency services, and true crime programming that prioritises empathy for the victims at the heart of each story. U&W is life unfiltered. It’s those raw and genuine heart swell moments where emotions run high, and those moments where we reveal our true selves and where all life is captured. U&W Original programming includes the award-winning Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over and Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA, At Home With Katherine Ryan, Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums; the incredible frontline workersof Inside the Ambulance, Young Midwives of Essex, Nurses on the Ward and 999 Rescue Squad; and the shocking true crime stories of Back From The Dead: Who Kidnapped Me?, Red Flag and Lies, Deceit & Betrayal. U&W is also the exclusive home to carefully selected acquisitions such as the joyfully competitive MasterChef franchise, including MasterChef Australia, MasterChef USA and MasterChef Juniors.
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