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David Jason visits the location of the escape tunnel called "Harry" at Stalag Luft 3 now a memorial to the 55 men captured and murdered by the Germans after The Great Escape
'David Jason's Great Escapes' TV Programme. - 28 Aug 2011
Films and dramas such as The Great Escape and Colditz have thrilled viewers over the years with their iconic real-life stories of brave prisoners of war plotting and executing their escapes.
Now, in a unique one-off documentary for ITV1, David Jason takes a trip back in time to re-live some of the amazing true stories that inspired these gripping dramas.
Travelling to Germany and Poland, David will visit Colditz castle and the site of The Great Escape. He will follow in the footsteps of the intrepid men who defied the odds as they made their audacious and derring-do bids for freedom.
He will meet some of the veterans who plotted the escape routes, the members of the resistance who helped smuggle people across borders and some of the lucky few who actually managed an escape.