Public Enemy No 1
Most of us know very little about the world of crime - yet some people spend most of their lives involved in or affected by it. People like the prisoner s wife, the detective and the defence, the judge and the jailer. In this new six-part series, Ludovic Kennedy explores each stage of the criminal process through the eyes of those very different people.
Tonight he talks to a former notorious criminal who has already spent half his life ' inside .
John McVicar was once Britain s public enemy No 1. He reveals the secret world of ' fit-ups supergrasses' and the nick as he talks about his life with crime.
Director MIKE HOGAN
Producer LAVINIA WARNER Executive producer FRANK SMITH