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The Cowra Breakout

BBC One
on BBC One London

An Australian film drama in five parts about the events leading to a suicidal breakout by more than 1,000 Japanese prisoners from a PoW camp in Cowra in 1944. 4: Captain McDonald discovers Stan was not the only witness to his act of cowardice. Major Horden refuses to take warnings of a Japanese breakout seriously and proceeds with the plan to move some of the prisoners to another camp. Stan finally tells Sally the whole truth about
New Guinea. For Junji and his comrades the choice is a stark one: life or death.
• PICTURE STORY: page 77
• TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Stan Davidson:
Alan David Lee
Junji Hayashi:
Junichi Ishida
Sally Murphy:
Tracy Mann
Captain McDonald:
Andrew Lloyde
Major Horden:
Simon Chilvers
Minami:
Munehia Fujita
Komatsu:
Kazuhiro Muroyama
Skimoyama:
Kenji Isomura
Private Hook:
Max Cullen
Source: Radio Times

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