At the age of 18, Gary Mansfield was given a prison sentence for actual bodily harm, following an incident where £4.2m of heroin was found in his car.

Now a professional artist, encouraged by a teacher in prison and urged on by leading lights in the artistic community, Gary is in a very different place to where he started out.

In this episode Ben and Alvin talk to Gary and find out about the person first.

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