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Reconstruction of helicopter flight. Extract from prison video showing Kendall and Draper getting on board hijacked helicopter that was forced to land on the prison's football pitch. Extract from various news bulletins that reported the escape. Newspaper headlines about the hunt for the fugitives. B/w still of armed robber John Kendall who paid £250,000 to be broken out of Gartree. Views of the East End of London including his home at King's Court. Shot of Maidstone prison where he was sent. Colour still of prison van that he broke out of whilst being transferred to Parkhurst. Views of Barclay's Bank at Kensal Rise in London that Kendall raided. He was arrested and sent to Gartree Prison. Interview with Barry Smith who was commended for his bravery in assisting in Kendall's arrest after the Barclay's raid. B/w still of Andrew Russell who met Kendall in Gartree. Library shot of football violence (Russell was a member of a notorious West Ham gang). B/w still Sydney Draper who joined Kendall in the break-out. Exterior of BREL in Glasgow that Draper had robbed and murdered a guard in the 1970s. Night shots of the exterior of Gartree Prison.
Reconstructions of Andrew Russell planning the break-out. Interview with helicopter pilot Ian Evans who describes being hired by Russell who was posing as a businessman and then being hijacked at gunpoint. Reconstruction of the helicopter flight. Library interview with Huw Ellis whose van was hijacked after the helicopter landed. Interview with motorist Susan Sanderson whose car was the next to be hijacked during the escape which ended in Sheffield.
Kendall and Russell went to ground in London. Views of a London pub and exterior of the flat on the King's Road where they hid. Interview with former criminal John McVicar who describes what life on the run is like. Shots of reconstruction of armed police raiding the flat and arresting Kendall and Russell in January 1988. Interview with Commander John O'Connor of the Flying Squad who described Kendall as a vicious and dangerous man. Library shots of court appearances of the men during their trial. Interview with a man who blames a 'grass' for Kendall's arrest. Graphic showing the sentences. Interviews about the repercussions of the escape including Tommy Taylor of the Prison Officers Association and Judith Pitchers of the Board of Prison Visitors.
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