Grand Slammers review – can prisoners help turn things round for dejected England rugby legends?

Grand Slammers, review: England's champions find a new home for rugby talent – prison

Mike Tindall, Martin Johnson and co attempt to teach the joys (and rules) of the game to inmates of a Category C prison

Grand Slammers review – can prisoners help turn things round for dejected England rugby legends?

ITV’s new series is supposedly an inspirational sports show about prison inmates being trained by the 2003 World Cup winners. But the celebs seem almost as in need of supportThe Rugby World Cup is on, so it is natural for telly to look back to 2003, when England won the trophy. What sort of light-factual series would be a good commemoration? Fortunately, a relevant bandwagon is already rolling.Recently, Andrew Flintoff has taught underprivileged…