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The Great Escaper, starring Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson, premieres on Sunday, Nov. 23.
It's never too late to go back. Join us for a special presentation of the film The Great Escaper, starring Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson, premiering on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 9/8c.
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And when we get back, I think they've got a male stripper for you.
- [Wife] What?
- I made that last bit up.
- I want to go to France.
- What are you on about?
- The trip to the beaches, D-Day?
I'm really sorry, Bernie, you left it too late.
- I couldn't leave you all on your own.
- Unless... You have to.
- [Adele] Well, where is he?
He's disappeared off the face of the Earth.
- [Wife] He's in France.
- Bonjour.
- At 90?
- Well, he has done it before, only then, of course, they were shooting at him.
- [Reporter] So determined to honor his fallen comrade, the D-Day veteran made a break for the coast.
And, mounted what has now been dubbed the great escape.
- [Bernie] Who are these people?
- They're Germans.
- Oh.
This was your beach?
- Yeah.
(uplifting music) - Me too.
(uplifting music) - At your age Adele, you cling to every second, and every second is worth clinking to.
- I'm sorry really, I've been in the papers, I've been on TV.
90-year-old coffin dodger... Honors the glorious dead.
What a waste.
Eh?
What a waste.
- [Wife] If you want to honor your friend Bernie, you've spent 70 years loving me.
We have never wasted one second of our time together.
(mellow music)
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