Redemption Hill Explained

Runtime:60 min
Creator:Glenn Sims
Executive Producer:Glenn Sims, Ross Jennings
Starring:Steve Boxer (warden)
Country:New Zealand
Network:TV2
Num Episodes:10

Redemption Hill was a New Zealand reality series that followed 10 teenagers identified as being likely to enter a life of crime. The teenagers were selected from a call for participants throughout New Zealand, many nominated by their parents.[1]

Redemption Hill involved a course of discipline and adventure activities, as organised by a "warden" (Steve Boxer). It also involved time behind bars in Napier prison, which was decommissioned in 1993 and subsequently turned into a tourist attraction.

The show was filmed on location at Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest prison.

Season one

The Teens

Updates

A year after the show was first broadcast, just before midnight on 20 April 2007, teen participant Aaron Mark Lambert was killed in a high-speed crash in his home town of Hamilton.[2]

On the 28 July 2009, another show participant Jesse Young died following an accident where he was hit by a motor vehicle.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/652500 Redemption Hill | | TV2 | tvnz.co.nz
  2. News: Boy racer dies in Waikato crash . 21 April 2007 . . 5 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Man dies after being hit by car | infonews.co.nz New Zealand News .