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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

Drama based on the true story of a prisoner who escaped from a British penal colony in Australia. Having been sent down under for stealing shoes, he flees into the wilderness.

Drama based on the true story of a prisoner, Alexander Pearce, who escaped from a British penal colony in Australia.

Having been sent down under for stealing shoes, he masterminds an escape into the Tasmanian wilderness with seven of his fellow inmates. However, with civilisation hundreds of miles away and no sources of food or shelter, their situation soon becomes desperate.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 23 Feb 2009 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Philip Conolly Adrian Dunbar
Alexander Pearce Ciaran McMenamin
Robert Knopwood Chris Haywood
Edward Brown Richard Green

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