Life among the mostly-British prisoners of war in Colditz Castle, the infamous WWII German POW camp for those who had escaped from other camps.
Show Details:
Start date: Oct 1972
End date: Apr 1974
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 28 eps
Genre(s): Drama
End date: Apr 1974
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 28 eps
Genre(s): Drama
Credits:
- Robert Wagner as Flight Lt. Phil Carrington [ 1, eps 24-25 ]
- David McCallum as Flight Lt. Simon Carter
- Edward Hardwicke as Captain Pat Grant [ 1 ]
- Jack Hedley as Lt. Colonel John Preston
- Bernard Hepton as Kommandant
- Anthony Valentine as Major Horst Mohn [ 2 ]
- Christopher Neame as Lt. Dick Player
- Hans Meyer as Hauptmann Ulmann
- Richard Heffer as Captain Tim Downing
- Paul Chapman as Captain George Brent
- Peter Penry-Jones as P.O. Peter Muir [ 1 ]
- Dan O'Herlihy as Lt. Colonel Max Dodd [ eps 24-28 ]
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 19 Oct 72 | The Undefeated |
| 2. | 1-2 | 26 Oct 72 | Missing, Presumed Dead |
| 3. | 1-3 | 02 Nov 72 | Name, Rank and Number |
| 4. | 1-4 | 09 Nov 72 | Welcome to Colditz |
| 5. | 1-5 | 16 Nov 72 | Maximum Security |
| 6. | 1-6 | 23 Nov 72 | The Spirit of Freedom |
| 7. | 1-7 | 30 Nov 72 | Lord, Didn't It Rain |
| 8. | 1-8 | 07 Dec 72 | The Traitor |
| 9. | 1-9 | 14 Dec 72 | Bribery and Corruption |
| 10. | 1-10 | 21 Dec 72 | Tweedledum |
| 11. | 1-11 | 28 Dec 72 | Court Martial |
| 12. | 1-12 | 04 Jan 73 | Murder? |
| 13. | 1-13 | 11 Jan 73 | The Way Out |
| 14. | 1-14 | 18 Jan 73 | Gone Away (1) |
| 15. | 1-15 | 25 Jan 73 | Gone Away (2) |
| Season 2 | |||
| 16. | 2-1 | 07 Jan 74 | Arrival of a Hero |
| 17. | 2-2 | 14 Jan 74 | Ghosts |
| 18. | 2-3 | 21 Jan 74 | Odd Man In |
| 19. | 2-4 | 28 Jan 74 | The Guests |
| 20. | 2-5 | 04 Feb 74 | Frogs in the Well |
| 21. | 2-6 | 11 Feb 74 | Ace in the Hole |
| 22. | 2-7 | 18 Feb 74 | French Leave |
| 23. | 2-8 | 25 Feb 74 | The Gambler |
| 24. | 2-9 | 04 Mar 74 | Senior American Officer |
| 25. | 2-10 | 11 Mar 74 | Very Important Person |
| 26. | 2-11 | 18 Mar 74 | Chameleon |
| 27. | 2-12 | 25 Mar 74 | Death Sentence |
| 28. | 2-13 | 01 Apr 74 | Liberation |
NOTES
A TV-Movie titled "Escape from Colditz" was made from the two-part episode "Gone Away".
A TV-Movie titled "Escape from Colditz" was made from the two-part episode "Gone Away".