Charles Bronson (prisoner) Charles Bronson (prisoner) Charles Arthur "Charlie" Salvador (formerly Charles Ali Ahmed; born Michael Gordon Peterson on 6 December 1952), better known as Charles Bronson, is an English criminal who has been referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor and Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospitals. First arrested as a petty criminal, he was convicted and sentenced in 1974 to seven years' imprisonment for armed robbery. Additional time was added due to attacks on prisoners and guards. Upon his release in 1987, he
The Prisoner in popular culture "Without "The Prisoner", we'd never have had cryptic, mindbending TV series like "Twin Peaks" or "Lost". It's the "Citizen Kane" of British TV – a programme that changed the landscape." For references to "The Prisoner" in other media see "The Prisoner" in other media. "Although short-lived, it was credited with setting a thematic, at times surreal template for such films as "The Truman Show" (1998) with Jim Carrey and the current ABC series "Lost"." ""The Prisoner"’s musical shadow stretches further into pop culture... Artists as different as Iron Maiden, Supergrass, Roy Harper, The Clash, Michael Penn, XTC, Dhani Harrison and