"The Ballad of Reading Gaol"read by Rupert Everett,written by Oscar Wylde...I'm pro Capital Punishment, but,his narration to this horrific event, gives me the slight sympathy to all those who have been condemned..a "must listen too"...

POV: You wrote a comment on Social Media saying you dont want your country to be flooded with third worlders

POV: You wrote a comment on Social Media saying you dont want your country to be flooded with third worlders

Memories of hanging in the UK 😂 that's one f... Of a title 😂😂😂

Where’s part 2 - I can’t find it

What is the role of the two policemen standing on the crosswalk and holding the rope?😮

Rob there was a pub called The Hangsman in Bootle, Merseyside, not far from Walton jail, Do you know if Pierrepoint stayed there and that's why it's called The Hangsman? I think it's been pulled down now, and it's probably an urban myth.

I always thought that executions were held at 8am? In the States I think it varies, but most are midnight

In the U.K. Was there a possibility of a late minute stay of execution or commuting sentence, as in the States. State Governors and or the President grants that. In Britain I would assume it would be the Home Secretary acting on orders from The Palace or Downing Street. Yeah?

Capital Punishment solves nothing. Its barbaric..

I reckon that judge got a bit of a kick out of pronouncing sentence on the condemned. The way he said it. A bit of a sadist. Just a thought.

Many years ago, I met a Prison Officer who worked in a facility where executions were carried out. He told me that in the days and hours leading up to the execution, life in the prison was extremely grim. Even model prisoners misbehaved, discipline degraded and all in all life was even more intolerable than usual. He was a tough, hard, man, ex Military and not easily cowed. He wasn't sad when the death penalty was stopped.

And when they found out they killed the wrong person , the tin of whitewash get and ranks close , and a crappy scrap of paper with a silly ribbon around it and pretend its all ok now , its too f-king late but the rightwing of governmment most of them will be in the funny handshake club will control the press and tell what to print

well, at least they weren’t burning people at the stake anymore by that point…

It took place dead on 9

A video about hanging posted by a guy called Lynch. I can hardly believe it!

How, if the heart is still beating, is the prisoner not still alive?

One thing no one ever talks about it the impact of executions on prison staff.

Why has 'bbc studios'(🤐) blocked part 2 on 'copyright grounds' BUT NOT part's 1 & 2?

The cruelty was the 3week delay between sentencing and the execution...I would be a nervous wreck, knowing with every passing hour ....etc. etc.

Capital punishment should definitely be brought back to UK for extreme cases, proven without any doubt, for example, Damien Bendall, Ian huntley, etc

They washed our ancestors to believe in the soft shite this world has become

We’ve seen how many bent coppers are out there.

prison chaplains, always putting in a good word for the nonces.

Many changes in the 1960s Capital punishment abolished Abortion legalised Men with men legalised Feminism growing stronger!

The poxy politicians are frightened of there own shadow ......I am available

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I wonder how the minister could reconcile “thou shalt not kill” and the messages of forgiveness and love with the cold blooded state sanctioned killing ?

Back when the BBC made quality fact based programmes as opposed to today’s left wing political agenda

Not usually discussed is the "propensity" to allow murderers OUT of prison when they were still dangerous. I don't know if this is common in the UK, but it has been in the US. A number of very dangerous people either escaped or were let out by incompetent jailors and parole boards. I personally have no objection to halting executions. But abolitionists HAVE an OBLIGATION to prevent early releases. If they are not monitoring parole boards and other jailers, they are part of the problem of dangerous criminals. If you are anti-DP, you have an OBLIGATION TO THE REST OF US. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

They all look like troubled souls

Don't insult Animals please. Animals don't kill out of spite.

Innocent people have been hung by a corrupt system

In crumlin road Jail in Belfast Northern Ireland, there is still a fully operational gallows in it. The Jail is a museum

My one and only objection to capital punishment is the danger of miscarriage of justice. But that's a hard one to overcome.

This government will be bringing back capital punishment for security offences against the new order.

We are all going to die - it's only you religious people that fear it - when if you believe in your lies you shouldn't.

Is the Prison Officer being interviewed in the actual condemned cell of Pentonville Prison?

I note the reflective and sobering commentary below. Please remember that the ultimate penalty was used on many Germans in WW2 by the allies and the mitigation of obeying orders was dismissed. I will say that many were also quite outrageously extreme. Intriguing, when ignoring orders in the german armed forces, it was routinely a death sentence also. Something like 10K ordinary soldiers were hanged on the battlefield by the german military police, most were retreating against orders. There commander was General Schorner (May of spelt incorrectly.) I notice quite a large number of non murder trials in the UK in the last few years when cases have been dismissed because the jury could not unanimously agree. This of course is the publics basis of concern when it comes to capital punishment.

Shame part 2 doesnt play

When I was 7 or 8 and eavesdropping on a dinner party of my parents, the subject of my great grandfather who was a GP in Brecon came up. He passed a man as fit to be hanged for " Common Brigandrie". Sheep theft, I think. They were talking about how he'd smothered a lady who had rabies. Later I asked why hanging had been abolished. My father, a wonderful man, and a WW2 pilot, said the world was tired of the killing which had taken place over the last 20 years. A family friend, a local MP told my father there was compelling evidence that Ian Brady had killed 3 or 4 other children and was suspected of more. Had that become known, the fear was the outcry would have been so extream hanging would never been abolished. This documentary brought back so many memories of my childhood in the mid 1960s.

Isn't it all quintessentially british and dare I say almost humane

Dion, crossroads

They should bring it back,

“Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge” Albert Pierpoint.

Heartless, cruel

Why is part 2 of this series blocked?

Anyone notice how dignified these men are….compared to a certain other country

I’d be dead just listening to that judge pass sentence

I think the executions had a huge effect on those who had to oversee the condemned man in the lead up to the event. That has to be considered if the death penalty is ever brought back.