We're filming Prison Brides with Big Little Fish.

Carney has joined forces with Chris Smith and Lucy Johnstone from the incredible Big Little Fish on the production of their forthcoming A&E documentary Prison Brides. 

Can you live happily ever after behind bars?  Emma wants her husband to come home, but he can't because he's 5,000 miles away and has 8 months left of his prison sentence to serve.  Emma signed up to a prison penpals scheme in June 2020 and started writing to Curtis Bradford, a convicted carjacker and imate of a US prison.  He replied so she started sending him letters.  Curtis started to call Emma from prison and after many hours of phone calls they fell in love.  Curtis had 3.5 years left to serve on his sentence when Covid hit.  When Covid lifted, Emma got the first flight out to America and the pair finally met on December 8th 2021.  2 months later they were engaged.  Emma continued to fly out to see Curtis every 8 weeks and on January 6th this year they were married.  He is due to be released in March 2024 when the happy couple hope to continue their happy ever after.

Prison Brides follows seven women from around the world who believe they have found their soulmates in the most unexpected of places, American prisons. While they started off as prison pen pals, these women fell hard and found themselves willing to risk it all for love.  The docuseries follows the women as they travel from their homes – many visiting the United States for the first time – to meet their prisoner fiancés, husbands, or partners, to chart their futures together. With the couples facing harsh judgment from friends, family and strangers, the brides grapple with uncertainty and their ultimate decision to risk it all for true love. Will true love prevail for these star-crossed lovers with the odds stacked against them?   

The series is produced by British production company Big Little Fish. Jack Tarantino serves as showrunner with exec producers Mark Procter, Peter Usher, Brie Miranda Bryant, Jonathan Partridge, and Nicole Vogel.

Season 2 of Prison Brides is coming to Lifetime in January 2024.

Established in 2019, Big Little Fish is led by an experienced creative, production and business team consisting of respected industry executives Mark Procter, Georgina Surtees and Peter Usher.  These passionate storytellers have grown into a company known for producing and developing innovative, diverse and inclusive content across a broad range of genres including Factual, Factual-Entertainment, Features and Children’s programming.