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Greatest Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes
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Episodes

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Episode 10
Panzer Pals
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Episode 9
Puppy Love
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Episode 8
Time and a Half
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Episode 7
French Connections
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Episode 6
Partners and Crime
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Episode 5
Festive Fugitives
The presenter examines audacious jail and prison breaks, focusing on an instance when six inmates in a Tennessee jail smashed a rusted toilet through a bathroom wall, weakened during plumbing repairs, in order to escape on Christmas morning, 2016.
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Episode 4
Houdini Hinds
The exploits of British criminal Alfie Hinds who, while serving a 12-year prison sentence for robbery, broke out of three high security prisons in the 1950s. His actions earned him the nickname 'Houdini'.
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Episode 3
Pipes of Freedom
Audacious jail and prison breaks, with insight from Hayes, whose legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express. Each episode includes interviews with the survivors, witnesses, historians, and law enforcement of each event.
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Episode 2
The Texas Seven
Billy focuses his attentions on the notorious Texas 7, a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, in December 2000. They employed strength, wit, disguises and plenty of teamwork to achieve the feat.
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Episode 1
Romeo & Juliet
Audacious jail and prison breaks, with insight from Hayes, whose legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express. Each episode includes interviews with the survivors, witnesses, historians, and law enforcement of each event.

Cast & Crew

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Billy Hayes
Self -
Amanda Winston
Newscaster 4
Andre Bellos
Javier Zapata
Oscar Nufio
Michael Anthony
Samantha Spellman
Kay Beeman
Robert Laukaitis
Lothar Luft
Troy Susnis
Officer Jackson
Brian Healy
Young Man

Season info

Original Title
Greatest Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes
Genre
Country
United States of America
Production
Golan Productions, New Palace Films, Starlings Television
Camera
Blackmagic URSA mini Pro 4.6K G2