The Great Escapists is a British television adventure-drama series starring Richard Hammond and Tory Belleci as fictionalized versions of themselves.
Ultimately, after being forced to reconcile, they build several flying machines to escape the island, the latest of which explodes, attracting South American police.
Additionally, Joseph Balderrama and Silvana Montoya feature as two South American police officers questioning Hammond and Belleci.
Three years prior to filming, Hammond reached out to Belleci to work on a project together in an attempt to create a pop science show that had more substance.
According to Belleci and Hammond, this decision was made as to not having to break the fourth wall continuously and create a more compelling narrative.
[3] However, other critics found the show's premise to be hardly believable, as it was clearly evident that there was no way the two presenters could build their machines on their own, arguing that thus "their schtick doesn't land most of the time.