Life in prison: Alan Rusbridger talks to Jonathan Aitken
Alan Rusbridger talks to the former cabinet minister and now prison chaplain Jonathan Aitken about how his experiences behind bars shaped him.
In 1999, Jonathan Aitken was sentenced to 18 months for perjury and perverting the course of justice. He went on to spend seven months behind bars, in three different prisons. At the time, Alan Rusbridger was his adversary. Then editor of The Guardian newspaper, Alan had reported Jonathan to the police for perjury after a high profile libel trial.
Twenty years on, Alan sits down with Jonathan, now a chaplain at Pentonville Prison, to find out what he learned from life behind bars, how the experience of incarceration changed the way he thought, and how it continues to shape his life today.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
Last on
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Tue 2 Apr 2019 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 8 Aug 2019 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Download One to One
Subscribe to the One to One podcast to get the latest and to browse all old episodes.
9 things we learned from a One to One with Emily Maitlis
The journalist and newsreader opens up to Emma Freud about what really drives her.
Podcast
-
![]()
One to One
Interview series. Broadcasters talk to the people whose stories interest them most
