Escape (1980)

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1950s British anthology series dramatizes true stories of prisoners escaping German camps in World War II. Each half-hour episode focuses on a different escape attempt, showing the planning and execution by the prisoners.

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What happens

Escape is a 30-minute British television anthology series about escapes from German prisoner of war camps during World War II. The series was produced by and aired on the BBC in 1957. It was adapted from Aidan Crawley's book Escape from Germany 1939–1945. Morris Barry directed the filmed inserts, while Ronald Eyre directed the studio sequences. Among its guest stars were Michael Caine and Roy Dotrice. As usual for the period, it was transmitted live; no recordings are known to survive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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