P.O.W. is a television series consisting of 6 episodes, broadcast on ITV in 2003. The series starred James D'Arcy and Joe Absolom. The drama series is based on true stories, set in Germany in the year 1940 and follows the character of Jim Caddon as he is captured after his plane crashes during a bombing raid over Normandy. In contrast to previous entries in the World War Two prison escape genre such as The Colditz Story, it concentrated on escape attempts by other ranks rather than officers. The title "P.O.W." stands for "prisoner of war".
A second series was not commissioned, though ITV followed it with several other World War Two dramas including Colditz and Island at War.
Contents
Cast
James D'Arcy as Jim Caddon
Joe Absolom as Drew Pritchard
Anatole Taubman as Kommandant Dreiber
Shaun Dooley as Brown
Ewan Stewart as John Stevens
Craig Heaney as Larry Boyd
Patrick Baladi as Captain Attercombe
Sam Spruell as Wilkes
Amelia Curtis as Alice Dreiber
Production
The series was filmed in Lithuania and first broadcast on television on 10 October 2003.
Home release
After the series aired it was released on DVD, by Acorn Media UK, containing the following extras:
Production notes
Picture gallery
Interactive menus
Scene selection
P.O.W. Hooch recipe
Cast filmographies
P.O.W. slang dictionary