Breakout is a British television drama film written by Michael Stewart, first broadcast on BBC1 on 22 April 1997.

The film was writer Michael Stewart's second science-based TV project, following ITV's Bliss, which premiered in 1995.

[2] The film co-starred Dermot Crowley, Jasper Britton and Janet Dale; with Carolyn Pickles, Hugh Bonneville, Joe Swash and Benedict Wong also amongst the additional cast members.

BBC Genome Project records list the original description for the film as; "When a rare illness strikes down three people near a scientific research site, doctors battle against time to discover if a genetically-engineered pesticide, designed only to affect insects, has jumped the species gap during field tests."

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