Season 3 • Episode 14
Latest1969. Albert, Monique, Natalie and Alain are invited to take part in a British TV documentary “In Our Time” commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Allied liberation of Brussels. Also participating is Kessler, now known as Manfred Dorf. The former Lifeline personnel reunite at the Candide, and discuss their lives during the war. NB: The episode was never broadcast due to quality issues and the feeling that the content ran contrary to the main dramatic themes of the overall series.
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Acting
Clifford Rose's Kessler — chilling, almost sympathetic villainy
Writing
Moral complexity nobody asked for but everybody needed
Production
Period detail so authentic you can smell the fear
Creator
Gerard Glaister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The BBC banned reruns for years fearing it glamorized the Resistance — they underestimated how bleak it actually was.
Inspired real Belgian escape lines and became reference material for historians studying civilian resistance networks.
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