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The Great Escape (1963) TV Listings

Find out when the 1963 film The Great Escape is on TV in the UK, including local listings, channels and upcoming airings at the UK TV Listings Guide.

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Next airing

When is The Great Escape next on TV?

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The 1963 film The Great Escape is next showing on TV on Saturday 10 October at 5:55 pm on BBC Two England (2).

The Great Escape next airing

Film: The Great Escape

1963 · 165 min

5:55 pm – 8:40 pm Saturday 10 October

On BBC Two England (2)

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Coming up this week

The Great Escape TV times this week

The Great Escape is scheduled to air at these times:

  • Sat 10
    5:55 pm ends 8:40 pm
    Channel BBC Two England 2 Channel BBC Two HD 102

    The Great Escape — The Great Escape

    FILM 1963 · 165 min
    More Details → for The Great Escape, Sat 10, 5:55 pm
  • Thu 15
    8:00 pm ends 10:45 pm
    Channel BBC Four 9 Channel BBC Four HD 106

    The Great Escape — The Great Escape

    FILM 1963 · 165 min
    More Details → for The Great Escape, Thu 15, 8:00 pm

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About the film

About The Great Escape (1963)

A quick overview of The Great Escape (1963), including runtime, film details and ratings from other MyTelly users.

The Great Escape poster © mgm / PA Media

The most rebellious Allied prisoners of war are sent to a supposedly escape-proof maximum-security detention camp during the Second World War. They plan an ingenious mass breakout by digging a tunnel, but even when free of the camp, making it across occupied Europe proves a dangerous journey. Drama, starring Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, Charles Bronson and Richard Attenborough

1963 165 min Adventure Factual

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Cast

The Great Escape Cast

Explore the main cast connected to The Great Escape.

Steve McQueen

as Hilts, `The Cooler King"

Richard Attenborough

as Bartlett, `Big X"

James Coburn

as Sedgwick, `Manufacturer"

Donald Pleasence

as Blythe, `The Forger"

James Garner

as Hendley, `The Scrounger"

Charles Bronson

as Danny Velinski, `Tunnel King"

David McCallum

as Ashley-Pitt, `Dispersal"

Gordon Jackson

as MacDonald, `Intelligence"

Nigel Stock

as Cavendish, `Surveyor"

Hannes Messemer

as Von Luger, `The Kommandant"

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