''P.O.W.'' is a television series consisting of 6 episodes, broadcast on

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in 2003. The series starred

James D'Arcy James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy; 24 August 1975) is an English actor and film director. He is known for his portrayals of Howard Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series '' Agent Carter'' and the ...

and

Joe Absolom Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor known for his roles as Matthew Rose in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' and Al Large in the ITV comedy drama ''Doc Martin''. Early life Absolom was born in Lewisham, London. A former pu ...

. 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 ''

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'', it concentrated on escape attempts by other ranks rather than officers. The title "P.O.W." stands for "

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". A second series has not been commissioned, though ITV followed it with several other World War Two dramas including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Cast

as Jim Caddon *

as Drew Pritchard *

Anatole Taubman Anatole Taubman (born 23 December 1970) is a Swiss actor. He is best known for his performance as Elvis in ''Quantum of Solace ''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' se ...

as Kommandant Dreiber *

Shaun Dooley Shaun Dooley (born 29 March 1974) is an English actor, narrator and voice-over artist. Early life Dooley was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire. He studied at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995. Career Dooley's fir ...

as Brown *

Ewan Stewart Andrew Ewan Stewart (born 26 August 1957) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor. Early life Stewart was born in Glasgow, and is the son of the late Scottish entertainer Andy Stewart. His mother Sheila lives in Arbroath, Scotland. St ...

as John Stevens *

Craig Heaney Craig Heaney (born August 1973) is a British screen, stage and radio actor. He may be best known as Private Roy W. Cobb in the award-winning ten-part mini-series '' Band of Brothers'' (2001). He played Phil in Danny Cannon's 2005 football movie ...

as Larry Boyd *

Patrick Baladi Patrick Bashir Baladi (born 25 December 1971) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing Neil Godwin in the BBC sitcom ''The Office'', Michael Jackson in the Sky 1 drama '' Stella'' and Stephen Holmes in the ITV thriller ''Ma ...

as Captain Attercombe *

Sam Spruell Sam Spruell (born 1 January 1977) is a British actor. He is best known for playing villainous roles in film and television including Oleg Malankov in ''Taken 3'', Finn in ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' and Swarm in '' Doctor Who: Flux''. He als ...

as Wilkes *

Amelia Curtis Amelia A Curtis (born 28 August 1972) is a British actress who was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is notable for having played the role of Viki Lovejoy in the final series of ''Lovejoy'', a role that she took over from Amelia Shankley. ...

as Alice Dreiber

Episodes

Production

The series was filmed in

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and first broadcast on television on 10 October 2003.

Home release

After the series aired it was released on DVD, by

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, containing the following extras: * Production notes * Picture gallery * Interactive menus * Scene selection * P.O.W. Hooch recipe * Cast filmographies * P.O.W. slang dictionary

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:P.O.W (Tv Series) 2003 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings 2000s British drama television series ITV television dramas World War II television series 2000s British television miniseries Television series by All3Media English-language television shows Prisoners of war in popular culture