How will the British prisoners counter the effect of intensified security when the SS threaten to take control of Colditz?

When a lorry drives into the castle courtyard, Captain Grant seizes the opportunity to put a blitz escape into operation.

When the Poles discover an informer among their officers, they hold a court martial in secret and sentence the traitor to death.

Flight Lieutenant Carrington undertakes to bribe Private Heller into turning a blind eye for five minutes during his patrol in an area planned for an escape.

Convinced that the only certain method of escape is repatriation on medical grounds, W/Cdr Marsh resolves to feign madness.

Flt Lt Carrington is entrusted with a delicate task which leads to a daring attempt to escape.

After his capture at Dunkirk, Captain Pat Grant is marched to Laufen Prison Camp. Trapped and exhausted, a reconnaissance of the prison only proves that escape is impossible. Show more

Flt-Lt Carter gains valuable knowledge of the German garrison which makes an ingenious escape plan possible.

Carrington seems to court unpopularity with his fellow prisoners - more so, when he finds it essential to write an account of the Third Reich and its ambitions for the human race.

Lieutenant Colonel Preston arrives in time to witness an escape attempt. Preston's reaction suggests to the Kommandant that here is a man with whom he could come to terms. Show more

With the arrival of a new Second-in-Command appointed from the very highest quarters in Berlin, a direct confrontation between both sides seems unavoidable.

The escape that never was - Flt-Lt Carter devises an escape plan which requires two volunteers to vanish into thin air!

Three men, captured in a raid on the French coast, arrive in Colditz. As Commandos, their lives are in danger. It is imperative to get them out before the SS take them away.

Everyone has an equal right to escape. But what happens when two Frenchmen are discovered attempting the same escape route as two British officers?

"It is not part of our duty to create either heroes or martyrs here. This man's reputation goes before him - as a flyer. Let us see how long it survives the confines of Colditz."

A losing streak does not last forever. Captain Brent thought so. Unterfeldwebel Ernst Krueger thought so. But Flt-Lt Collins was an expert with cards.

Three American prisoners - including Carrington - are brought in to join lone countryman Phipps.

When SS General Berger is appointed Head of all Prisoner of War Administration, the Kommandant of Colditz and Colonel Preston are suddenly faced with an extremely grave situation.

The disintegrating forces of Hitler's Third Reich bring their own havoc inside Colditz. Major Mohn finds himself in a very exposed situation and sets out to save his own skin Show more

As the German Army retreats before the Allies the fate of the prisoners in Colditz becomes increasingly uncertain.