Description
Narrated by Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Patriot Games, James Bond Golden Eye and Sharpe), Real Prison Breaks investigates cases from across the United Kingdom, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Escapes include: Brian Nichols aggressive escape from an Atlanta court room including the shooting of a court judge; Russian librarian Lucy Dudko’s Hollywood style escape hi-jacking a helicopter to free her lover John Killick from Silverwater prison; six convicted murderers escaping death row in Virginia; Britain’s biggest ever escape involving 38 IRA members from Her Majesty’s Prison The Maze; Robert Dale Shepard’s brazen escape using dental floss; six convicts who dug a 25m tunnel under a chapel in Florida and Robert Cole’s fearless escape losing 14kgs and slipping through Long Bay’s prison bars.
The series features exclusive interviews with escapees including John McVicar (Durham Escape); Christopher Dean Binse (Parramatta Jail); Ted Maher (Monaco Prison); Brendan MacFarlane, Gerry Kelly and Bobby Storey (Maze Prison) combined with interviews and insight from the professionals that have hunted, guarded and are constantly trying to figure out what makes these criminals tick.