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The film covers the events of 48 hours. Bernie is 89, living quietly with his ailing wife Rene (Glenda Jackson, looking truly ancient and obviously not caring a jot) in a small flat in a care home in Hove.
An incredible little museum on the site of an airfield that was instrumental in WWI and WWII.
Getaways ranging from the Great Escape to El Chapo.
Peter Thomas, who died aged 87 in 2008, served as Welsh Secretary under Edward Heath between 1970 and 1974. Above left: In one of the performances at Stalag Luft III.
The 1963 film is an undisputed classic. But what really happened to the POWs who fled Stalag Luft III would have made for grim viewing