Quote Originally Posted by David Dubh View Post
I seem to recall that in the tv series there was a very tall Scotsman. He was well over six feet. He did wear the kilt in the series, if I recall correctly he was up to escape but figured he was too obvious due to his height and a few days before the escape attempt he tried scaling the wire of the exercise yard too deadly results. It's been along time since I've seen the series so my memory may not be up to snuff
What is it with fictional Scots in WWII prison drams trying to scale the wire in the excercise yards of POW camps? Anyone remember Archibald "Archie" Ives in The Great Escape?

Of course, the scene before his untimely end where he and Gordon Jackson sing "Wha sae the 42nd" after consuming some of the Yanks' "pop-skull" (no smoking!) is great.

T.