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Ricky Ross hears from people whose lives have gone through a period of transformation.

Ricky Ross hears from people who have gone through a period of transformation in their lives, and have ended up taking a very different road to the one they started on

If I Knew Then...: Series 1: Episode 1

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What would a reformed gangster say to his angry younger self? Ricky Ross finds out.

Ricky Ross hears from people who have gone through a period of transformation in their lives. He meets Hugh Collins, who discovered a talent for art while serving a life sentence.

Ricky hears from people who have gone through a period of transformation in their lives, and have ended up taking a very different road to the one they started on. With the wisdom they've acquired along the way, Ricky finds out how they look back on their younger selves. 

Hugh Collins was serving a life sentence for murder when he first came across art and sculpture in Barlinnie's 'special unit'. Discovering a talent for, and love of art, helped the Glasgow hard man turn his life around, and he now lives a quiet and content life in the Borders with his wife and dog. Ricky speaks to Hugh about this transformation and asks him what he'd say were he to meet that young angry man that he once was.

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