
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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Air Date: 1972-10-19
The opening episode takes place in June 1940. Captain Pat Grant (Edward Hardwicke) is captured and taken to a camp w...
Air Date: 1972-10-26
Action takes place in May 1940. After having a disagreement with his new wife, Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter (Davi...
Air Date: 1972-11-02
The bruised and unconscious body of submariner Lieutenant Dick Player is washed up on a beach somewhere in France. He...
Air Date: 1972-11-09
Colditz gets a new senior British officer, Colonel Preston (Jack Hedley). (The previous senior British officer, Major...
Air Date: 1972-11-16
The arrival of a new security officer – Haupman Ullman, leads to a tightening up of security. However the British c...
Air Date: 1972-11-23
Flight Lieutenant Carrington (Robert Wagner) joins the British contingent in Colditz and he is viewed with resentment...
Air Date: 1972-11-30
When a lorry drives into the Castle courtyard, Captain Grant seizes the opportunity to put a blitz escape operation i...
Air Date: 1972-12-07
German guards are foiling too many escape attempts which leads Colonel Preston to believe that there is an informer w...
Air Date: 1972-12-14
Colonel Preston receives bad news from home and has to make a decision about his command. Meanwhile Dick Player has...
Air Date: 1972-12-21
Wing Commander Marsh assists the British doctor as an orderly and he proposes escaping by feigning mental illness in ...
Air Date: 1972-12-28
A new doctor joins the German staff at Colditz and his stickling for rules causes problems with the prisoners, but th...
Air Date: 1973-01-04
One of the German guards is found murdered, but fearing reprisals from the Gestapo, the Kommandant reports it as suic...
Air Date: 1973-01-11
Mc Donald, a Scottish officer, receives a ""dear John"" letter and wants to escape desperately to put things right at...
Air Date: 1973-01-18
Dick Player believes he has an excellent escape plan, but the escape officer rejects the idea and the feeling is that...
Air Date: 1973-01-25
The escape is on and there is tension in the air and not everything goes according to plan – but as some escapees f...