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Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
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Thu,
19 Oct, 1972
S1.E1The Undefeated
The opening episode takes place in June 1940. Captain Pat Grant (Edward Hardwicke) is captured and taken to a camp where he immediately starts organizing escape activity. After an unsuccessful escape he is sent to Colditz.
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Thu,
26 Oct, 1972
S1.E2Missing, Presumed Dead
Action takes place in May 1940. After having a disagreement with his new wife, Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter (David McCallum) sets off for a night mission over Germany but he is forced to bail out of his crashing aircraft. On the ground, he befriends a young priest but the Gestapo arrests them both. Carter escapes first from the Gestapo and then from the prisoner of war camp he is assigned to – from there he is despatched to Colditz.
David McCallum
Flt. Lt. Simon Carter
Bernard Hepton
Kommandant
Christopher Neame
Lt. Dick Player
Edward Hardwicke
Capt. Pat Grant
Peter Penry-Jones
P.O. Peter Muir
Jack Hedley
Lt. Col. John Preston
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