P.O.W. (TV series)

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.

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