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  1. Episode 8

    8/8Philip Toosey's war efforts are recognised by royalty and a former high-ranking adversary.

  2. Episode 7

    7/8After the Japanese surrender, Philip Toosey oversees his men's journey home.

  3. Episode 6

    6/8Philip Toosey and his men suffer Japanese brutality and air raids from allied bombers.

  4. Episode 5

    5/8Toosey improves the camp's sanitary conditions, but is brutalised by Japanese guards.

  5. Episode 4

    4/8Dismayed Philip Toosey is forced to establish an allied hospital prison camp.

  6. Episode 3

    3/8Toosey's men are forced to move camp and begin building railway bridges for the Japanese.

  7. Episode 2

    2/8After Singapore's fall, Philip Toosey is confronted by appalling prison camp conditions.

  8. Episode 1

    1/8The story of Burma's real PoW colonel - Philip Toosey. Read by Anton Lesser.