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Private Schulz

4.8
1 season
6 episodes
Ended
Crime
Comedy
Drama
War & Politics

Plot Summary

Private Schulz is a six-part 1981 television comedy-drama serial written by Jack Pulman and produced for BBC Two. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role, with Ian Richardson, Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray, and Mark Wingett. Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is forced to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, Schulz tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British £5 notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy.

First Aired:May 6, 1981
Last Aired:June 10, 1981
Episode Runtime:50m
Networks:
BBC One
Created By:
Jack Pulman

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (2)

Miniseries

Miniseries

6 episodes

Aired: 1981

Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is forced to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, Schulz tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British £5 notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy.

Production

BBC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation