Battle of Alcatraz

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Friday 26 December

Season 1 Episode 1 of 2

Part one of two. The story of one of the greatest jailbreaks of all time, when in 1946, five desperate convicts orchestrated an escape plan to leave the San Francisco prison. Mayhem erupted, and the Rock became the site of a dramatic and violent stand-off

Battle of Alcatraz airs on Sky History at 7:00 PM, Friday 26 December.

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