{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67bf06baddaea755a7c41553/67bf06c664dd90753731d594?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Great Escape","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67bf06baddaea755a7c41553/a736c6a3fffc7103032ce34b7463f213.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ho ho ho! It's Christmas, and what is more festive and merry than The Great Escape? A perennial Boxing Day favourite (except for Rob, who was forced on family walks), John Sturges' 1963 prisoner of war caper featured one of the great ensemble casts in cinema history: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance and many more. They were all trying to break out of Stalag Luft III – but can the film break out of the doldrums of mediocre moviemaking? Why is there an unhelpful American stuck in the cooler? How miserable was the ending in reality? And – repeat after me – is this the mission that changed the course of the war?</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.</p><p>Executive produced by Nick Hilton for Podot.</p><p>Edited by Ewan Cameron.</p><p>This is a Podot podcast. </p><p><br></p><p>Hosted on Acast. See <a href=\"https://acast.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon - War Movies Fans"}