Colditz TV Series S02-E05 - Frogs In The Well 

Or in simplier terms like I you getting OLD!

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Haha, i am from Finland and same toughts

I remember watching this series on TV in the 70s and I've since been fascinated by stories of POWs and read every book I can get. But I keep coming back here to watch this again!

Interesting that Bernard Hepton plays the commandant of Colditz and in the 80's he stared as Belgium resistance leader in the ww2 drama "the secret army "

@@chrisholland7367 - In 1979, he played the role of Tony Esterhase in the brilliant Cold War spy series "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and in 1982's equally brilliant follow-up "Smiley's People." Hepton was superb in both.

Totally agree. I miss the 1970s but glad I grew up during them.

Don't we all. TV seems designed today for an audience with half a brain

I suggest the BBC productions "I, Claudius" and "Elizabeth R" as stage plays adapted superbly for television. There's also the Great War series "Wings" from the same period. You spend more time watching the acting than the shaky sets.

Raffles on RU-vid too.

Hi yes. he also played a similar character in 'Callan' (Spy Genre) as 'Toby Meares' an upperclass Agent for 'The Section' and was 'at odds' with 'David Callan' played by Edward Woodward who was more working class.

He fit like nose to head

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@@gazza2933 That was the BBC fifty years ago -sadly, there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then!

@@gazza2933 It was a joint production of the BBC and Universal Studios.

​@@johnnybgoodeish BBC---NPR, nz prpga rdcls

But a bit of a stuff up when Mohn says "Have we lost them?" implying that Carter just confirmed what Mohn believed.

@@BumMcFluff Carter's biggest enemy was always Carter. Brilliant writing.

@@BumMcFluff Not quite, it implies that the two missing men may still be in the castle .vs. heading to Switzerland (which they are). Any delay helps them! Of course, the search may reveal various hiding places, but the "game" may be up on using "Ghosts" anyway.....

He acted tough guys. Did the same in the earlier TV series "Callan" as Tobey Mears.

Great actor

Another British actor who enhanced his resumee by donning a Nazi uniform. My list gets longer and longer.

@@davidcritchley3509 yes..never remembered that before - Mears was a chilling character - quite capable of torture etc

Same here. Good memories.

In reality, all the other POW nationalities were doing much better at escaping than the British.* The Dutch arrived later than the British but they got a couple of men succesfully out before the British. It was only after the British started 'collaborating' with the Dutch that they got their first 'home run.' * - why? Poland, France and The Netherlands were all neighbours of Germany. This had nothing to do with them getting back to their own respective countries but most of them could speak a few words German convincingly while a few others spoke it fluently. The moment a British escapee was being asked routine questions in German, he would probably go: "Eh, what's that, mate?"

@@AudieHolland Also posing as Foreign Workers, the other nationals would instantly have the correct accent! Plus, once they got to their homeland, they could disappear into the population, whereas the British (and later on the Americans) would have to go to either Spain or Switzerland, both with narrow boarders when compared to France....

Are you referring to cheese-eating surrender monkeys?

Skoda Octavia Mohne is a real HUN-!!

Even more so concidering he was Jewish!

Ja, we will not tolerate the unsightly appearance of British Officers dressed in drag! As for the Dutch and other nationalities, they look fine.

He knows that something is up, but is also uncertain if the guy playing the flute is a diversion to get him headed in the wrong direction!

@@timengineman2nd714 I also just remembered that the Prisoners did things like this even when there was nothing happening, just to get the guards "chasing shadows"! That way they never would really know if something was really going on!!

...FOR A LONG TIME, I WAS WONDERING IF ULMANN EVER LAUGHED- THEN I REMEMBERED THE EPISODE WHERE CARRINGTON LANDED BACK IN COLDITZ-(!)

Gill12283 Well, you gotta admit that the Huns had snappy uniforms-!!

@@daleburrell6273 The SS uniforms were designed by a very young Hugo Boss. He insisted on the finest materials and the best quality black leather.

@@ds1868 ...I can believe that-!!

@@ds1868 Its a Luftwaffe uniform Mohn is wearing not SS!

He's my favorite German character.

Bill Hiers I have a question for Ulmann: "DO YOU EVER LAUGH?!"

@@daleburrell6273 Ulhman was laughing when he realise Carrington had returned as a Major.

@@johnnysunday402 ...I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT.

I agree! He does his job, dislikes when the Prisoners do something, but there's always an undercurrent of respect he has for the POWs.....

he was my dad too remember

@@kevshearer3245 Yes bro

@@mohammedfrancis - we are brothers from different mothers

@@kevshearer3245 All this time... we never knew

@@mohammedfrancis - thats the spirit mate :-)

Giving the Huns any clue would be a very bad idea. And there is no need to shout, we can hear you.

I have a vague recollection from reading Reach for the Sky about Douglas Bader, that the phantoms were rotated in and out of hiding to keep them looking the same as the other prisoners.

@@markfryer9880 ...NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IT, DOUGLAS BADER ISN'T REPRESENTED IN THIS SERIES- NOR WAS HE REPRESENTED IN ANY MOVIE ABOUT COLDITZ THAT I HAVE SEEN-(!)

@@markfryer9880 ...I READ THE BOOK YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T RECALL ANY MENTION OF THAT- I'LL HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK!!

@@daleburrell6273 *HOW IS YOUR HEARING PROBLEM*

don't swear please

But end scene Carter loses the little smile when the Major asks. Have lost them?

The black "Kragenspiegel" (i.e. collar patches) signifies: assault- or fortress-engineers. A branch of the "Pioniere".

As the unit that captured Fort Eben-Emael (Belgium)....A brilliant executed operation !!!

They’re actually dark green farbe, general administration for Luft. Black ones are for Luftwaffe ground engineers and pioneers, all airborne and airforce crew wore yellow ones.

Red Cross distributed them. The supply lines got better during the course of the war. They did the same for German POW's in Britain, Canada and later, the USA.

@@raflaughter3474 Thank you. That answers my question without asking.

Bomber pilots flying in number 1 dress jackets Flt Carter, 1st lt Player wearing his officers day jacket with stripes. red cross did dirstribute plain uniforms but Number 1 dress jackets or Day jackets with stripes....

That's something I wondered about as well.!

@@raflaughter3474 Absolute made up nonsense! According to a man that was a POW: "As would be expected, our clothes consisted of the items we were wearing when we were shot down and these would obviously not last forever. However, army pattern clothing became available, ration controlled, possibly obtained through Red Cross sources but undoubtedly some was material captured by the Germans in various places. We were able to have British army boots, shirts and wool underclothing and later some American greatcoats and gloves were available and kit. In addition, individual Red Cross parcels provided things like scarves, gloves, woolen hats and underclothing. There was no regularity about this and we had to make them last."

David Jarvis everyones OTP

Dindin Private I don't know either, I've tried the Internet but nothing, guess its going to have to be the one video you found

A person named “Chippa” has the missing videos on RU-vid.

Downing

They did not have the money to fly out and take pictures of the real castle which in the seventies when this was made was in deep East Germany under soviet control. Pictures of the castle were few and far between for the researchers to find.

They probably had their own tunnel starting from their own quarters into the theatre. Didn't you see the episode where Ulmann reads the list of illegal items found in the discovered French tunnel? It included a bar serving wine in bottles stolen from the German officers' mess.

If they managed to steal off the guards, how would they get more batteries.... Why was Ulmann extravagantly ignoring the window with the divided lights the escapardos were going through.

You should read the books by Pat Reid. How they did a lot of things is amazing, and some stuff is never fully explained but left to your imagination.

You should rewatch the episode where Ullmann reports what kinds of materials and objects were seized after the guards discovered a French tunnel.

Yes, full uniform was expected, with plenty of supplies provided through the Red Cross

In the "Bastogne" episode from the series "Band of Brothers," Major Winters is seen trying to shave in the morning, having to break the ice on his shaving water first. His friend Nix doesn't even try. But then the Major Winters character was portrayed by Damian Lewis. A Brit.

...THAT'S BECAUSE THE HUNS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR-(!)

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I know! In Ireland they have a different name for them nuns