BBC Two · Ended

Private Schulz

Drama, Comedy · 1981

Last aired: S1 E6, Part Six · 1981-06-10

Private Schulz is the story of a German fraudster who tricks the Nazis into making fake British five pound notes, which could be used to try and destroy the British economy.

Cast

Michael Elphick Gerhard Schulz

Ian Richardson Major Neuheim

Season 1

E1 Part One 1981-05-06 · 50 min Released from prison after serving time for fraud, Schultz finds himself mistakenly recruited by the Nazis into SS counter-espionage.

E2 Part Two 1981-05-13 · 50 min Schulz and his team of forgers begin the momentous task of recreating a perfect Bank of England notes. Meanwhile, Germany invades France and the Low Countries.

E3 Part Three 1981-05-20 · 50 min Schulz parachutes into England with 2 million pounds in cash - his mission, to spend them subtly and return to the Fatherland. But things go wrong as he enters an English pub.

E4 Part Four 1981-05-27 · 50 min Schulz falls once more beneath the capricious command of Major Neuheim, but his hopes soar when fate places within his grasp Neuheim's sexy new secretary - and a million pounds.

E5 Part Five 1981-06-03 · 50 min Schulz is reunited with Solly and the rest of Neuheim's forgers. But Germany's on the brink of defeat and Operation Bernhard is about to fall into the clutches of the Americans.

E6 Part Six 1981-06-10 · 50 min The war is over. Schulz penniless and forced to pawn his last belongings, rediscovers the map marking the spot in England where he was parachuted in 1940.

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