Colditz: French Leave (S2EP7 BBC One 18 Feb 1974, Sarah Craze)

French Leave: Colditz has a choir and they are asked by the local pastor to sing in his church for the Easter service. Captain Vaillant sees this as a means of escaping in order to avoid being transferred to Poland with the rest of the French contingent. Meanwhile a secret radio is bringing news of the war to Colditz.

Regular Cast: David McCallum (Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter), Jack Hedley (Lieutenant Colonel Preston), Anthony Valentine (Major Horst Mohn), Christopher Neame (Lieutenant Dick Player), Richard Heffer (Captain Tim Downing), Peter Penry Jones (P. O. Muir), Bernard Hepton (Kommandant), Grahame Mallard (Leitenant Lehr), Paul Chapman (Captain George Brent), Hans Meyer (Hauptmann Ulman)

Guest Cast: Gerard Paquis, Sarah Craze, Sean Roantree, Frederick Schiller, Donald Macdonald, Len Lowe

Writer: Ken Hughes / Director: Peter Cregeen

Original Airdate: 18 Feb 1974 on BBC One
Series: Colditz Season 2 Episode 7

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