Colditz (TV series) no actor was characterised to play, nor any mention was made of Squadron Leader/Group Captain Douglas Bader. He was the RAF pilot who lost both legs in a plane crash before the war and ended up in Colditz after various escape attempts from other camps. He remained imprisoned until the liberation. A 10-disc Region 2 Box Set DVD of the complete series was released on 15 November 2010 including bonus mock up cards of camp propaganda materials and a stapled character booklet. Colditz (TV series) Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened
Dominic Bruce in the State of Saxony. It was intended to contain Allied officers who had escaped many times from other prisoner-of-war camps and were deemed "incorrigible". It was the only POW camp with more guards than prisoners. The Nazis regarded it as the most escape proof prison in Germany. Colditz, because of the escapee prisoners it housed, eventually become thought of as an "international escape academy." Heavily guarded Colditz, still managed more home runs than anywhere else. On the train journey to Colditz, they had been escorted to Colditz by three privates and one NCO. These guards were in turn briefed