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Private Schulz

1981BBC One
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.Read more
Season
1
Episodes
6
Runtime
50m

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Part Six

S01 · E06 · Aired Jun 10, 1981

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Status
Ended
First aired
May 6, 1981
Last aired
Jun 10, 1981
Created by
Jack Pulman
Networks
BBC One
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Original language
English
Seasons
1
Episodes
6

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