• 2008
Real Prison Breaks

Summary Narrated by Sean Bean, this documentary series investigates cases of real-life prison breaks from across the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, featuring exclusive interviews with escapees. View more details

  • 2008

Real Prison Breaks

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Sean Bean Casey Krevinghaus

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6.7

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Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 2025

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Summary Narrated by Sean Bean, this documentary series investigates cases of real-life prison breaks from across the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, featuring exclusive interviews with escapees. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 2025

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Court House Killer
Bug' is trapped inside the prison and new characters will help his rebellious nature come to terms and plan a real prison break.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Prisoner in Paradise
The Alacatraz escape they didn't want you know about and a modern day Count of Monte Cristo breaks out of Monaco's 17th century prison.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Honeymoon's Over
A prison nurse kills a guard to spring her inmate lover from jail plus great train robber Ronnie Bigg's daring escape and 10,000 days on the run.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Nothing to Lose
The biggest death-row break out in U.S history and the world's first helicopter escape.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Postage Freedom
A female warder falls in love with a felon and springs him from jail, and an escaped murderer on the run cons a cop into letting him go.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Oral High Jinks
Escape by a rope made of dental floss and the last man hanged in Australia: the break out that sealed his fate.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
Everything's Bigger in Texas
In the US a murderous gang of 7 bust out of a Texas prison leaving chaos in their wake, in Britain IRA terrorists are re-captured after just minutes on the run and in Australia an inmate loses half his body weight and slips through his cell bar window to freedom.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
Casanova's Leap
In the UK a sociopath bomber uses a hand-made key to open a door to freedom, in the US a serial killer uses bed sheets to escape a fifteen story prison window and in Australia an escapee is shot dead on a crowded bus while on the run.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Digging Out
In the UK, a hi-jacked chopper is used in England's first helicopter escape, in Australia an escapee sends photo's of himself while on the run to authorities he's dubbed the postcard bandit and in the US, six vicious murderers tunnel their way to freedom.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
Tragic Consequence
In the UK John McVicar gets away with one of the most brazen escapes in British history, in New York State a small time criminal on the run turns into a cop killer and in Australia ex-bureaucrat and drug importer walks out of jail in a false wig and beard.
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