History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)

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History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

20212 Seasons43m episodes5.8

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Runtime: 43m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

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Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public, showcasing an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 9, 2021
Network: Planète+ Crime Investigation, History, PLANÈTE+
Studio: Revelations Entertainment

Time to finish

11 hrs

16 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Morgan Freeman

Self - Host

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20212 Seasons43m episodes5.8

Documentary

TMDB5.8

Votes10

Your rating

Runtime: 43m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

About

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Disney Plus

Hulu

A&E Crime Central Apple TV channel

HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel

HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Free

With ads

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Nov 9, 2021 · 43m · ★ 7.7
Alcatraz
Four men conspire to break out of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. Three make it to the water's edge... but what happened to them when they left the island remains a mystery to this day.
E2 · Airs Nov 16, 2021 · 43m · ★ 6.5
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.
E3 · Airs Nov 23, 2021 · 43m · ★ 7.5
El Chapo
El Chapo became one of the most notorious and murderous drug cartel kingpins in modern history. His audacious escapes from maximum-security prisons in Mexico became the stuff of legends. He is now in a US supermax prison in Colorado where he is remanded to this day.
E4 · Airs Nov 30, 2021 · 43m · ★ 6.0
Conquering the Wall
Six men, led by the mastermind, Nuno Pontes, escaped Pittsburgh State Penitentiary by tunneling to freedom under the massive wall of the prison. They made it as far as Texas before being caught and returned to prison.
E5 · Airs Dec 7, 2021 · 43m · ★ 6.0
Escaping Hitler
Allied prisoners used all kinds of forgery and engineering tactics to tunnel out of a German Prisoner of War camp. Almost all were caught, fifty were executed and three made their way to freedom.
E6 · Airs Dec 14, 2021 · 43m
Belfast Breakout
Almost forty prisoners locked up in HM Maze prison for actions undertaken as members of the IRA, escaped in a food truck. Many were caught right away, some years later, and some were never seen again.
E7 · Airs Dec 21, 2021 · 43m
Fleeing Hellmira
Timothy Vail and Timothy Morgan were murderers incarcerated at Elmira State Prison in Elmira, N.Y.;. Vail wanted to escape, so he engaged Morgan in his plan to dig through the ceiling and flee from prison.
E8 · Airs Dec 28, 2021 · 43m
Assassin's Flight
James Earl Ray, confessed killer of MLK, was a notorious escape artist. His most audacious escape involved manufacturing a ladder made of plumbing pipe and going over the wall of the Brushy Mountain State Prison.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 9, 2021
Network: Planète+ Crime Investigation, History, PLANÈTE+
Studio: Revelations Entertainment

Time to finish

11 hrs

16 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Morgan Freeman

Self - Host

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