2. Ostriches, chocolate and dirty cash
Enter the world of fugitives, hunted by police across continents to bring them to justice.
What drives them, what are they running from and what happens when they鈥檙e cornered?
How do you go from working in a coal mine to partying alongside Miss World?
Martin Evans made good, with a glittering career as a business entrepreneur, but then he gets greedy. And when it all comes crashing down, he ends up behind bars. But he鈥檚 about to turn a setback into a comeback as he hatches a plan which earns him the nickname "The Ostrich man" and sees him being hunted by police around the world. And delve into the mind of fugitive fraudster Matt Cox who steals the identities of homeless people to carry on conning banks out of millions while on the run.
Credits:
Narrator: Richard Harrington
Written & Produced by Jayne Morgan
Sound Design: Cathy Robinson
Original Music: Krissy Jenkins
Archive Research: Jessica Llewellyn
Production Manager: Andrea Deere
Studio Director: John Norton
Executive Producer: Karen Voisey
Commissioner: Bridget Curnow
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Making of a Fugitive
Enter the world of fugitives, hunted by police across continents to bring them to justice
