John Ray recounts his escape from being a hostage in Gaddafi's 'last jail'

War correspondent John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to capture the dramatic fall of Colonel Gaddafi in the Arab Spring.Instead he became captured himself: held hostage by the Libyan dictator’s regime forces in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli - before a daring escape.For the first time, John revisits the death-defying reporting alongside rebel forces on the road to the Libyan capital before describing his hellish hostage experience and how he and his team eventually fled their armed captors.Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby to revisit their remarkable reports from the defining events of the modern age and reveal the drama that occurred off camera.To watch episodes of Reporting History and see the remarkable archive footage behind the stories, check out our full YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFXSE3NhAYibip0C8_RYiA0i8LR1iwRDH