Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

Sky History HD

12:55 AM to 1:50 AM

Wednesday 5 August

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The exploits of German-born US pilot Dieter Dengler, who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of imprisonment and torture - and 23 days on the run - he used survival skills honed as a child to escape. He thus became only the second captured US airman to achieve the feat during the conflict