Breakout (Canadian TV program)
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| country = Canada
United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 16
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| producer = Jeremy Hall
Rebecca North
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| company = Raw TV
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| channel = Discovery Channel Canada
National Geographic Channel
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|03|28}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|03|23}}
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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.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyeAaYjlxE|title=Breakout|website=YouTube|publisher=Tim Jenkin|date=30 July 2013|medium=video|minutes=47:56|access-date=26 March 2019}}
A number of different producers, writers, actors and other film professionals worked on different episodes.{{cite web|website=IMdB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704294/fullcredits?ref_=ttloc_ql_1|title=Breakout (2010-): Full cast and crew|access-date=26 March 2019}}
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.{{cite news|publisher=Mirror|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/pretoria-prison-break-amazing-story-1840579|title=Pretoria Prison break: Amazing story of the daring men who escaped notorious apartheid regime jail|first=Tom|last=Parry|date=19 April 2013|access-date=26 March 2019}}
This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film, Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe.{{cite news|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-13/adelaide-turned-into-apartheid-era-cape-town-for-movie/10895924|title=Adelaide transformed into apartheid-era Cape Town for Escape From Pretoria filming|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|date=13 March 2019|access-date=13 March 2019}}
Episodes
=Season 1 (2010)=
{{Episode table |background=#FFDDBB |overall=8 |season=8 |title=29 |aux2=20 |aux2T=Inmate(s) |aux3=20 |aux3T=Prison |airdate=15 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title= The Texas Seven
| Aux2 = George Rivas, Joseph Garcia, Patrick Murphy, Donald Newbury, Randy Halprin, Larry Harper and Michael Rodriguez
| Aux3 = Connally Unit
(Texas)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Pittsburgh Six
| Aux2 = Nuno Pontes, Thomas Berkelbaugh, Carmen Keller, George Conard, Andrew Heim and Kevin Billingsley
| Aux3 = Western Penitentiary
(Pittsburgh)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Running Man
| Aux2 = Dennis Hope, Harry Decker and Jason Montgomery
| Aux3 = Darrington Unit
(Texas)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|31}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Escapist
| Aux2 = Quawntay Adams
| Aux3 = Alton Jail
(Alton, Illinois)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Prison Romance
| Aux2 = George Hyatte
| Aux3 = Northwest Correctional Complex
(Tiptonville, Tennessee)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Ohio's Most Wanted
| Aux2 = John Parsons
| Aux3 = Ross County Jail
(Chillicothe, Ohio)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Through the Roof
| Aux2 = Timothy Vail and Timothy Morgan
| Aux3 = Elmira Correctional Facility
(Elmira, New York)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Escape to Vegas
| Aux2 = Jody Kenneth Thompson
| Aux3 = Northern Nevada Correctional Center
(Carson City, Nevada)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|05}}
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=Season 2 (2013)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Escape from Supermax
| Aux2 = Roy Harper and John Woolard
| Aux3 = Mississippi State Penitentiary
(Mississippi)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|02|02}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Real MacGyver
| Aux2 = Harold Laird
| Aux3 = Mark W. Stiles Unit
(Beaumont, Texas)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|02|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Tunnel Break
| Aux2 = Lance Battreal, Charles Smith and Mark Booher
| Aux3 = Indiana State Prison
(Michigan City, Indiana)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|02|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Island Fortress
| Aux2 = Matthew Williams, Keith Rose and Andrew Rodger
| Aux3 = HM Prison Parkhurst
(United Kingdom)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|02|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Connecticut Conspiracy
| Aux2 = Ronald Rutan and Frank Vandever
| Aux3 = Somers Prison
(Connecticut)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|02}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Escape from Indian River
| Aux2 = Rondell Reed and Levi Taylor
| Aux3 = Indian River County Jail
(Vero Beach, Florida)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Keys to Freedom
| Aux2 = Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris
| Aux3 = Pretoria Central Prison
(South Africa)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Southsider Gang Escape
| Aux2 = Tommy Valdez, Johnathan Rodriguez and Arturo Torres
| Aux3 = Grant County Jail
(New Mexico)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|23}}
}}
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/breakout/}}
- {{IMDb title|1704294}}
{{National Geographic TV}}
Category:National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming
Category:2010 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2010s Canadian documentary television series
Category:Canadian English-language television shows
Category:Canadian television docudramas
Category:Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel) original programming