I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks

Season 1

TV-14
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.

Where to Watch Season 1

10 Episodes

  • Court House Killer
    E1
    Court House KillerAmerican felon, Brian Nichols, facing possible life imprisonment for brutally raping his girlfriend shoots his way out, and, in Ireland 38 inmates escape in one go!
  • Prisoner in Paradise
    E2
    Prisoner in ParadiseThe Alacatraz escape they didn't want you know about and a modern day Count of Monte Christo breaks out of Monaco's 17th century prison.
  • Honeymoon's Over
    E3
    Honeymoon's OverHaving already escaped custody four times, George Hyatte talks a prison nurse into getting married and helping him do it again. Convicted for his role in England's Great Train Robbery, Ronald Biggs escapes and spends over three decades on the run.
  • Nothing to Lose
    E4
    Nothing to LoseMecklenburg Correctional Facility, in Boydton Virgina claims at being escape proof went up in flame the day 6 Death Row inmates broke out. And 23 year old Christopher "Badness" Binse is a serial escapee, escaping four times in four years.
  • Postage Freedom
    E5
    Postage FreedomA 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.
  • Everything's Bigger in Texas
    E6
    Everything's Bigger in TexasIn 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.
  • Tragic Consequence
    E7
    Tragic ConsequenceIn 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.
  • Oral High Jinks
    E8
    Oral High JinksEscape by a rope made of dental floss and the last man hanged in Australia: the break out that sealed his fate.
  • Digging Out
    E9
    Digging OutIn 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.
  • Casanova’s Leap
    E10
    Casanova’s LeapIn 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.

 

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