Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

6:30 AM to 7:25 AM

Wednesday 5 August

Fleeing Parchman

Season 2 Episode 1

The actor recounts the story of a lone wolf inmate who, harbouring dreams of becoming a crime novelist, unexpectedly found himself at the centre of a daring escape from Parchman Penitentiary, one of Mississippi's oldest and most notorious prison farms

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman airs on Sky History HD at 6:30 AM, Wednesday 5 August. (Subtitles.)

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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics

Factual Crime

Morgan Freeman

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