
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
- 1957
- Returning Series
- 1 season
- 9.0/10
The series adapted for television some true tales from press correspondents from around the world.
Latest: Season 1 · 1957
View all seasonsE1. The Man Who Changed Faces
Jun 15, 1957
Jim Bishop tells how, during World War Two, a Norwiegian underground fighter switched places with a Nazi officer with the aid of plastic surgery.
E2. The General's War with Scotland
Jun 22, 1957
Maurice Dekobra tells the story from the 1930s, where a Chinese warlord is wooed by a stern Scottish missionary, in order to save the lives of a number of children.
E3. The Monk of Chimay
Jun 29, 1957
As told by Frank Jerome Riley, he goes in search of his hero, WW1 air ace, Rene Fonck, who has drop out of public life. He meets an ex RAF Spitfire pilot, who was shot down in WWII and was rescued by monks.
E4. Father Tiger
Jul 6, 1957
Frederic Sondern tells of Father Maggiore of Naples, who removes his robes to became a member of a dangerous street gang. The priest wins the boys over, providing the means to schooling and shelter, which lead to a better way of life.
E5. My Favourite Kidnapper
Jul 13, 1957
Having arrived in Munich ahead of the liberation army, a US airman joins forces with the local resistance to dupe Bavarian Nazis into surrender.
E6. The Billion Franc Mystery
Jul 20, 1957
In Paris 1938, an American journalist is warned of a plot to devalue the French economy by printing duplicate banknotes, but there is more to this story than at first appears.
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