2 Season
28 Episode
Colditz - Season 1 Episode 2 Missing, Presumed Dead
Action takes place in May 1940. After having a disagreement with his new wife, Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter (David McCallum) sets off for a night mission over Germany but he is forced to bail out of his crashing aircraft. On the ground, he befriends a young priest but the Gestapo arrests them both. Carter escapes first from the Gestapo and then from the prisoner of war camp he is assigned to – from there he is despatched to Colditz.
- Year: 1974
- Country:
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: world war ii, pow escape, 1940s
- Director: Gerard Glaister
- Cast: David McCallum, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Penry-Jones, Jack Hedley