On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging
Year 1993Episode 860 minJun 2, 1993
It was "just a job" to Syd Dernley, the last living hangman in Britain. To Leslie Lloyd-Rees, a prison chaplain, it was "a process corrosive for everyone who took part in it". This report captures the memories of those who carried out the punishment. Interviewees include Lord Denning, the only living judge to have sent a man to the gallows, and Bill Knight, a prison officer who shared a condemned man's last evening. Amid increasing calls for the return of hanging, Timewatch lets those who were involved speak for themselves, and includes footage of the last working gallows in Britain - in Wandsworth Prison.
On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging has aired on Jun 2, 1993 at 9:00 PM
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