Introduction

The Long Way Home is a 1960 BBC drama series set during WWII.

Subtitled The Escape the Germans Allowed.

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Outline

A group of British POWs escape from a WW2 German camp and try to make their way to Spain – and safety.

But one of them is a German agent whose mission is to betray the others and expose their escape route.

Cast

• Barry Letts … Lieutenant Anson, 7 episodes.
• James Sharkey … Captain Miller, 7 episodes.
• Nigel Arkwright … Captain Gill, 7 episodes.
• Patrick Cargill … Herr Grosnitz, 7 episodes.
• Harvey Hall … Herr Bauer, 7 episodes.
• Neil Wilson … Commissioned Gunner Parks, 5 episodes.
• Derek Francis … Gaston Rondeur, 5 episodes.
• John Denis, 4 episodes.
• Leslie Wright, 4 episodes.
• Ricky Felgate, 3 episodes.
• Norman Lambert, 3 episodes.
• Keith Goodman, 3 episodes.
• Robert Weeden … German Lieutenant, 3 episodes.
• Guy Duncan, 3 episodes.
• Peter Stuart-Smith, 3 episodes.
• David Ap-Richards, 3 episodes.
• Michael Harrison … 5th German Soldier, 3 episodes.
• Peter Badger, 3 episodes.

Trivia

• The second episode, The First Lap, of this seven-part series no longer exists. The remaining six episodes survive intact.
• The cast included Arthur Lowe, later the star of the rather more lighthearted wartime series Dad’s Army.

The Long Way Home Series

• Episode 01: The Tunnel.
• Episode 02: The First Lap.
• Episode 03: The French Resistance.
• Episode 04: Cross Country Run.
• Episode 05: The Boathouse.
• Episode 06: The Spanish Frontier.
• Episode 07: Over the Line.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Shaun Sutton.
• Producer(s): Shaun Sutton.
• Writer(s):
• Music:
• Cinematography:
• Editor(s): Ron de Mattos.
• Production:
• Distributor(s):
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• Release Date: 24 April 1960 to 05 June 1960.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Rating: PG.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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