YouTuber Billy Moore is coming to Wigan to talk about how he survived a Thai prison and his life since
YouTuber, author, and boxer Billy Moore is coming to Wigan in a one-night-only event to discuss his years in Thailand’s most notorious prisons, his battle with sobriety, and the people he’s met along the way.
Billy Moore is best known for his memoir "A Prayer Before Dawn," detailing his survival in Thailand’s notorious Klong Prem Prison. After struggling with addiction and criminality in Liverpool, he turned to Muay Thai boxing in Thailand but was imprisoned for drug and weapon offenses. During his time at the infamous ‘Bangkok Hilton’ Billy witnessed acts of extreme violence and sexual assault.
After three years in Thailand’s brutal prisons for drug-related conviction, he was released in October 2010 after receiving a royal amnesty and a treaty transfer to a UK prison.
He has described long-term struggles with addiction which led him to spending substantial time in various prisons before turning his life around.
This ordeal resulted in a hit being film made about his life starring Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole.
In recent times, Billy has been walking the streets finding out what life is like in modern Britain. He is known for talking to everyone from the homeless to angry protesters in his affable approach.
Now, Billy is coming to Wigan to talk about his life, the places he’s been and the characters he’s met in an evening conversation hosted by John Lebbon.
The event will take place on Friday 19 June 2026 at Hindley Community Sports And Social Club in Wigan from 7:30pm til 9:45pm.