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Prison Break - Escape From The Maze ()

Directed by Sian McIlwaine

Documentary, Crime · 1h 30m

How 38 Republican prisoners escaped from one of Northern Ireland’s maximum security prisons in County Antrim. The film includes interviews with escapees and former prison officers – many of them speaking publicly for the first time. It describes the tensions within the prison that led to the escape, the story of what happened on the day and the wider political and security situation that followed.

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Crew

Director
Sian McIlwaine
Producer
Adam Hagerty, Lena Ferguson

Details

Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Original language
EN
Production
BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland, Walk on Air Films