i just finish a marathon of this series and and it become agonise to watch a it progress . from the fictionalising of the historical element and to oherlihy awful accent in late episode and the show just slump the further it go . if you be look for some low quality production generalise ww2 fluff and then i could recommend season 1 and but avoid anything after that and it degenerate into be one step from a soap opera and with increasingly bad story line and sensibility . the old b and w film be by far the best of any form of entertainment with the colditz name attach to it and and even that be not what one could hope for .