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Billy Hayes' legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie `Midnight Express'. Now, with his unique first-hand experience, Billy takes us into the world of the Greatest Prison Escapes.
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Billy Hayes' legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie `Midnight Express'. Now, with his unique first-hand experience, Billy takes us into the world of the Greatest Prison Escapes.
When Samantha Lopez and Ronald McIntosh develop a romantic connection, they hatch an ambitious escape plan that utilises Ron's experience as a helicopter pilot. (S1, ep 1)
In 2000, with well-planned ploys, seven prisoners escaped a Texas unit using strength, wit, disguises and plenty of teamwork. (S1, ep 2)
Using homemade instruments to carve a hole in the roof after climbing prison pipes, eight inmates escaped from a New Mexico detention centre in 2008. (S1, ep 3)
After scaling walls and eluding officers to escape from three separate high security prisons in the 50s, Alfie Hinds earned the nickname 'Houdini'. (S1, ep 4)
Six inmates smash a rusted toilet through a bathroom wall in six minutes in order to escape on a Christmas night in Tennessee. (S1, ep 5)
A female con artist manipulates another woman into breaking their significant others out of a Correctional Facility with a hijacked helicopter. (S1, ep 6)
Partners and Crime: Using explosives, weapons and cunning, Rédoine Faïd breaks out of prison and into fame twice, but then his gang murders a female police officer. (S1, ep 7)
Correctional officer Kay Beeman feigns being a hostage to facilitate her inmate boyfriend's escape. Their recapture would take months. (S1, ep 8)
After becoming smitten with an inmate in a dog training program, Toby Dorr uses a dog crate to smuggle her new love out of Lansing Correctional Facility. (S1, ep 9)
Hans Jochaim-Horn breaks into a German army base, steals a tank and smashes through three sets of gates at Schwalmstadt Prison to breakout his friend. (S1, ep 10)