Colditz
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Genre	Drama
Running time	1 Hour
Creator(s)	Gerard Glaister
Starring	Jack Hedley Robert Wagner David McCallum Bernard Hepton Edward Hardwicke Anthony Valentine
Country of origin	UK
Original channel	BBC
Original run	1972–1974
No. of episodes	28
IMDb profile

Colditz is a British television series, made as a co-production between the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. Image File history File links Colditz. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gerard Glaister (1915-2005) is a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a TV producer were Colditz, The Brothers, Secret Army and Howards Way. ... Jack Hedley is a British actor, best known for his performances on television. ... Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is a popular American film and television actor. ... David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum Sr. ... Bernard Hepton (born October 19, 1925 in Bradford, England) is a British actor. ... Edward Hardwicke (born August 7, 1932; sometimes credited as Edward Hardwick) is a British actor, the son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke and actress Helena Pickard. ... Anthony Valentine is a British actor. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

The series dealt with Allied prisoners of war interned at the supposedly impregnable Colditz Castle 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. Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Colditz Castle in April 1945. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

One memorable episode portrayed the attempts of a prisoner, Wing Commander Marsh (Michael Bryant), to get out of Colditz by feigning insanity. He succeeds, but is actually driven insane in the process. A Wing Commanders sleeve/shoulder insignia A Wing Commanders command flag Wing Commander is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. ... There have been several well-known people named Michael Bryant, including: Michael Bryant (actor) Michael J. Bryant, politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Colditz was created and produced by Gerard Glaister, who went on to devise another successful BBC series dealing with the Second World War – Secret Army. Gerard Glaister (1915-2005) is a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a TV producer were Colditz, The Brothers, Secret Army and Howards Way. ... Secret Army was a BBC television series created by Gerald Glaister that ran for three seasons from September 7, 1977 to December 15, 1979. ...

Cast

The Internees

• Lieutenant Colonel John Preston - Jack Hedley
• Captain Pat Grant - Edward Hardwicke
• Flight Lieutenant/Major Phil Carrington - Robert Wagner
• Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter - David McCallum
• Lieutenant Dick Player - Christopher Neame
• Captain Tim Downing - Richard Heffer

Jack Hedley is a British actor, best known for his performances on television. ... Edward Hardwicke (born August 7, 1932; sometimes credited as Edward Hardwick) is a British actor, the son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke and actress Helena Pickard. ... Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is a popular American film and television actor. ... David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum Sr. ... Christopher Neame is a London-born actor, best known to television viewers for his roles in two 1970s BBC dramas dealing with the Second World War - Lieutenant Dick Player in Colditz and Flight Lieutenant John Curtis in Secret Army. ... Richard Heffer is a British actor, best remembered for his roles on television. ...

The Germans

• Kommandant - Bernard Hepton
• Major Horst Mohn - Anthony Valentine

Bernard Hepton (born October 19, 1925 in Bradford, England) is a British actor. ... Anthony Valentine is a British actor. ...

External links

• British Film Institute Screen Online
• Colditz at the Television Heaven website
• Colditz at the Internet Movie Database.