Escape Stories: Jail Break
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Cast & Crew
Peter Swain
Michael T. Weiss
Andrew Clough
Andrew Teague
Jonathan Melia
Leigh Adams
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Synopsis
In 1786, a Cornish woman named Mary Bryant was convicted of assault and robbery. Two years later, she was deported to the penal colony of Botany Bay, Australia, where she met her husband William, and they became one of the first three European couples married on the continent. But in 1791, Mary Bryant stole a longboat and escaped with her husband, children and seven other felons. After 70 days at sea, they made it to Dutch Timor, where they enjoyed a brief taste of freedom before being recaptured. The program also takes viewers to Alcatraz to try and reconstruct the only successful jailbreak from that prison. Then, the program explores the true story behind the book "Papillon," which chronicles Frenchman Henri Charriere's escape from the prison on Devil's Island.
