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The Man Who Never Was

Espionage thriller based on the true story of an intelligence officer who plans an elaborate hoax to fool the Nazis into thinking the Allies are about to invade Greece, not Sicily.

Espionage thriller in which a British intelligence officer plans an elaborate hoax in the spring of 1943 to fool the Germans into thinking the Allies are about to invade Greece, not Sicily. The plan calls for the navy to float a dead body carrying false identification and information so that the Germans will pick it up. The first part of the mission succeeds, but will the Nazis take the bait?

1 hour, 38 minutes

Last on

Thu 27 Feb 202520:00
BBC Four

Credits

Lieutenant Commander Ewen MontaguClifton Webb
Lucy SherwoodGloria Grahame
Lieutenant George AcresRobert Flemyng
Patrick O'ReillyStephen Boyd
PamJosephine Griffin
Sir Bernard SpilsburyAndré Morell
Admiral CrossLaurence Naismith
General NyeGeoffrey Keen
General CoburnMichael Hordern
The FatherMoultrie Kelsall
Taxi DriverCyril Cusack
LandladyJoan Hickson
JoeWilliam Russell
Club PorterMiles Malleson
Shop AssistantRichard Wattis
DirectorRonald Neame
ProducerAndre Hakim

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Nov 196519:25
    BBC One London
  • Sat 6 Nov 197118:30
    BBC One East Midlands & London only
  • Sun 19 Nov 198915:00
    BBC One London
  • Tue 2 Apr 199118:00
    BBC Two England
  • Christmas Eve 199111:40
    BBC Two England
  • Fri 12 Jul 199618:50
    BBC Two England
  • Tue 30 Dec 199718:00
    BBC Two England
  • Sat 10 Apr 200418:25
    BBC Two England
  • Mon 1 May 200619:20
    BBC Four
  • Sat 31 Mar 200717:55
    BBC Two England
  • Sat 29 Sep 200716:20
    BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
  • Wed 27 Dec 201716:20
    BBC Two England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland & HD only
  • Sat 28 Jul 201813:25
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sat 28 Jul 201813:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, England & HD only
  • Sat 28 Jul 201814:25
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 31 Aug 201915:20
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland, Wales, Wales HD & 1 more only & BBC Scotland
  • Fri 8 May 202013:00
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Wales & 1 more only
  • Mon 2 Jan 202312:40
    BBC Two HD, England, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
  • Sun 29 Oct 202312:10
    BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
  • Sun 29 Oct 202312:30
    BBC Two HD, England, Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 10 Aug 202412:35
    BBC Two England, HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
  • Thu 27 Feb 202520:00
    BBC Four

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