Colditz(1972)
DramaWar & Politics
First Air Date: 1972-10-19
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 13
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 28
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.
Keywords
prisonworld war iiprison breakpow escape1940s
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 15E01
The Undefeated
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...
E02
Missing, Presumed Dead
Air Date: 1972-10-26
Action takes place in May 1940. After having a disagreement with his new wife, Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter (Davi...
E03
Name, Rank and Number
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...
E04
Welcome to Colditz
Air Date: 1972-11-09
Colditz gets a new senior British officer, Colonel Preston (Jack Hedley). (The previous senior British officer, Major...
E05
Maximum Security
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...
E06
The Spirit of Freedom
Air Date: 1972-11-23
Flight Lieutenant Carrington (Robert Wagner) joins the British contingent in Colditz and he is viewed with resentment...
E07
Lord, Didn't It Rain
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...
E08
The Traitor
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...
E09
Bribery and Corruption
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...
E10
Tweedledum
Air Date: 1972-12-21
Wing Commander Marsh assists the British doctor as an orderly and he proposes escaping by feigning mental illness in ...
E11
Court Martial
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...
E12
Murder?
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...
E13
The Way Out
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...
E14
Gone Away (1)
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...
E15
Gone Away (2)
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...
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