''Breakout'' is a Canadian

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that aired on the National Geographic Channel throughout the world. It dramatizes

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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. A number of different producers, writers, actors and other film professionals worked on different episodes. Episode 15, which featured the prison escape of

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n political prisoners

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, Stephen Lee and

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from

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in 1979, was shown in the UK on 19 April 2013. This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film,

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, starring

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Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2013)

References

External links

* * {{National Geographic TV National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming 2010 Canadian television series debuts 2010s Canadian documentary television series English-language television shows Prison escapes Canadian television docudramas Discovery Channel original programming 2013 Canadian television series endings