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Season 1 – History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman

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Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way, including the inmates' meticulous plans and the manhunts that followed; Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, who starred in "Shawshank Redemption," a film focusing on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary, hosts and executive produces the series; conversations with some of the prisoners, their families, their cellmates, guards and prison employees are used to round out the potrayals of famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations.
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John Anderson Wall Street Journal 11/04/2021
The allure of a show like Great Escapes is the way fact gets separated from dramatically enhanced fiction. And the perverse way it gets you to root for people you sometimes oughtn't be rooting for at all. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Morgan Freeman

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Morgan Freeman

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 9, 2021 Alcatraz Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history; three of them break out using a makeshift raft and vanish. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 16, 2021 North Country Breakout Stuck in prison on life sentences, two men used engineering smarts and psychological manipulation of several prison employees to escape Dannemora Prison; Richard Matt and David Sweat executed one of the most involved escapes from an American prison. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 23, 2021 El Chapo The most notorious and murderous drug cartel kingpins in modern history. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 30, 2021 Conquering the Wall Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the prison wall; they made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 7, 2021 Escaping Hitler The story of the escape of more than 70 men from Stalag Luft Three, a German prisoner of war camp; only three eventually survived. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 14, 2021 Belfast Breakout HM Maze prison was a notorious lock up for IRA prisoners in Northern Ireland; a small ring of IRA prisoners secretly planned what they hoped would be a massive prison break. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 21, 2021 Fleeing Hellmira Timothy Vail and Timothy Morgan are murderers incarcerated at Elmira State Prison in Elmira, N.Y.; Vail wants to escape, so he engages Morgan in his plan to dig through the ceiling and flee from prison. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 28, 2021 Assassin's Flight Looking at the many prison escapes of James Earl Ray, who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr., including his escape from Brushy Mountain State Prison, Tennessee. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Morgan Freeman
Network
History
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 9, 2021