Movie Details
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Rachel Hooper,
Jonathan Smith
Production Companies:BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland, Walk on Air Films
Prison Break - Escape From The Maze
DirectorSian Mcilwaine
1 hr 30 minCrime,
Documentary
Plot
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.
