Breakout (Canadian TV program) (original) (raw)

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This article is about the prison break series. For the Singaporean drama television series, see Breakout (Singaporean TV series).

2010 Canadian TV series or program

Breakout
Genre Docudrama
Country of origin CanadaUnited Kingdom
Original language English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producers Jeremy HallRebecca North
Production location Canada
Production companies Raw TVCream
Original release
Network Discovery Channel CanadaNational Geographic ChannelITV4
Release March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28) –March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23)

Breakout is a Canadian television series that aired on the National Geographic Channel throughout the world. It dramatizes real life prison breakouts. The series premiered on March 28, 2010, and aired its last episode on March 23, 2013. It was listed as a Canada/UK co-production.[1]

A number of different producers, writers, actors and other film professionals worked on different episodes.[2]

Episode 15, which featured the prison escape of South African political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris from Pretoria Central Prison in 1979, was shown in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2013.[3]

This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film, Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe.[4]

  1. ^ Breakout. YouTube (video). Tim Jenkin. 30 July 2013. 47:56 minutes in. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Breakout (2010-): Full cast and crew". IMdB. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ Parry, Tom (19 April 2013). "Pretoria Prison break: Amazing story of the daring men who escaped notorious apartheid regime jail". Mirror. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ Sutton, Malcolm (13 March 2019). "Adelaide transformed into apartheid-era Cape Town for Escape From Pretoria filming". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Texas Seven"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  6. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Pittsburgh Six"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  7. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Running Man"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  8. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Escapist"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  9. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Prison Romance"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  10. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Ohio's Most Wanted"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  11. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Through the Roof"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Escape to Vegas"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  13. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Escape From Supermax"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  14. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Real MacGyver"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  15. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Tunnel Break"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  16. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Island Fortress"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  17. ^ "Breakout Episode: "The Connecticut Conspiracy"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  18. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Escape from Indian River"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  19. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Keys to Freedom"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  20. ^ "Breakout Episode: "Southsider Gang Escape"". TV Guide. TV Guide Online Holdings, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2013.