The Great Escape

Adventure Drama War ★ 7.9

The most rebellious Allied prisoners of war are sent to a supposedly escape-proof maximum-security detention camp during the Second World War. They plan an ingenious mass breakout by digging a tunnel, but even when free of the camp, making it across occupied Europe proves a dangerous journey. Drama, starring Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, Charles Bronson and Richard Attenborough

Today · Thursday, 15 October 1 airing
20:00
BBC Four
The Great Escape
Cast
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
John Leyton
Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie
Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock
Nigel Stock
Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
Robert Graf
Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
Jud Taylor
Goff