Devil's Island - The Dry Guillotine
- Episode aired Jan 7, 1971
- 26m
For the first fime, Alan Whicker leads a television team info the ghost-ridden ruins of France's former penal colony. He seeks out ex-convicts who survived the island's unspeakable cruelties... Read allFor the first fime, Alan Whicker leads a television team info the ghost-ridden ruins of France's former penal colony. He seeks out ex-convicts who survived the island's unspeakable cruelties, and parts the curtain on a grisly stage where 75,000 "bagnards" lived, fought, and died.For the first fime, Alan Whicker leads a television team info the ghost-ridden ruins of France's former penal colony. He seeks out ex-convicts who survived the island's unspeakable cruelties, and parts the curtain on a grisly stage where 75,000 "bagnards" lived, fought, and died.