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Adaptation of The Great Escape Paul Brickhill , 1951 single work biography
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 For You the War Is Over
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'By March 1944, British prisoners of war had accumulated a great deal of experience from attempts at gaining their freedom. Now, in Stalag Luft III, they were ready for the greatest prison-camp escape of all.'

Source: Radio Times, 8 July 1976.

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 8 July 1976, from 8pm.

    Producer / Director: Harry Catlin.

    Narrator: Patrick Barr.

    Cast: Peter Woodthorpe, Gordon Gardner, Robert Trotter, Nigel Graham, Geoffrey Collins, Steve Hodson, David Graham, Clifford Norgate, David Neal, Jeffrey Segal, Douglas Blackwell, Christopher Bidmead, Garard Green, Malcolm Reid, Anthony Smee, and Shirley Dixon.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1976 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Escapers London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1976 23483305 1976 series - publisher radio play

      Only episodes based on Australian works are individually indexed.

      The series also included episodes on the escape of British prisoners of war from a camp in Turkey (1917), the infilitration of British lines by SS Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny to release Benito Mussolini from captivity in the Gran Sasso Raid (1943), and the survival of a Dutch Jewish family, coincidentally also called Frank, who lived in hiding in The Hague (1942).

             Number in series: 3
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