The opening episode takes place in June 1940. Captain Pat Grant (Edward Hardwicke) is captured and...

Action takes place in May 1940. After having a disagreement with his new wife, Flight Lieutenant S...

The bruised and unconscious body of submariner Lieutenant Dick Player is washed up on a beach somewh...

Colditz gets a new senior British officer, Colonel Preston (Jack Hedley). (The previous senior Briti...

The arrival of a new security officer – Haupman Ullman, leads to a tightening up of security. Howe...

Flight Lieutenant Carrington (Robert Wagner) joins the British contingent in Colditz and he is viewe...

When a lorry drives into the Castle courtyard, Captain Grant seizes the opportunity to put a blitz e...

German guards are foiling too many escape attempts which leads Colonel Preston to believe that there...

Colonel Preston receives bad news from home and has to make a decision about his command. Meanwhil...

Wing Commander Marsh assists the British doctor as an orderly and he proposes escaping by feigning m...

A new doctor joins the German staff at Colditz and his stickling for rules causes problems with the...

One of the German guards is found murdered, but fearing reprisals from the Gestapo, the Kommandant r...

Mc Donald, a Scottish officer, receives a ""dear John"" letter and wants to escape desperately to pu...

Dick Player believes he has an excellent escape plan, but the escape officer rejects the idea and th...

The escape is on and there is tension in the air and not everything goes according to plan – but a...

A new second-in-command is appointed to Colditz, but Major Mohn – a distinguished and much decorat...

Simon gets an idea to hide prisoners to effect a dummy escape which would then take pressure off any...

A pair of caught French escapers bring back information that would greatly aid any escape attempt an...

The town jail is being used as an overflow for Colditz prisoners and while Dick Player is there he o...

Dick Player comes up with an escape idea that would involve going through the disused theatre, but t...

The arrival of one of Britain's top fighter pilots - Squadron Leader Tony Shaw causes disagreements...

Colditz has a choir and they are asked by the local pastor to sing in his church for the Easter serv...

A new prisoner - Collins seems determined to buck the system by going things alone and this causes f...

A trio of Americans arrive at Colditz to join the solitary US inmate, Jim Phipps – but his suspici...

For the first time gunfire can be heard near Colditz. Lieutenant Colonel Dodd is dozed up with the f...

Even though the war is reaching a close with the sound of gunfire and bombing being heard, there are...

The allied armies get closer to Colditz and there is unrest when a death sentence is passed against...

The prisoners can now see battle activity from the upper reaches of the castle, but there is strong...