Tom Roberts, 24, was featured on Channel 4's show Mr Drew's School for Boys in 2014 as an 11-year-old with behavioral problems. According to major media reports, Tom Roberts was branded 'Britain's naughtiest kid' on the show. His mother Christina Sadler put him forward for the show after he was expelled weeks before finishing primary school.
Tom Roberts said, 'I was always fighting and didn't know how to control my emotions. ' His father Lou died from alcoholism at age 56, which worsened his behavior. Tom Roberts was sentenced twice as a teenager for grievous bodily harm in 2020 and 2021.
He served a two-year stint in HMP Hindley, Greater Manchester. Tom Roberts said, 'After two jail sentences I knew I couldn't keep living this way. I had to make a change and found comfort in reading about wellness and the mind.
' Tom Roberts turned his life around and now earns £360,000-a-year running a personal developmental school in Thailand. He set up his own personal developmental school called Generation 1 in Koh Samui, Thailand, in December 2023. How exactly Generation 1 operates and what services it offers remains unclear.