Angels That Soar Above
Hauptmann Anders is accused of supposedly passing on details of troop movements to Marguerite, a local girl he befriended, and is suspended from duty. He pleads not guilty but his arrogant stance does not help. Ultimately, he admi...
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"The title comes from the lines of poetry that Dr Martel tried to remember while he was in prison. He returns to Guernsey as a broken but defiant man. He has spent 179 days in captivity in a prison in France. Colonel Richter wants to meet him first. Give him a wash and shave as he stinks. He arrived on the island in a cattle boat. There is an interesting discussion about the relative civility of the occupation of the Channel islands over the last two years. Dr Martel have found in prison about German non civility first hand. The treatment of the French, Germans and Jews. It fires up his re..."
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The episode title is taken from the final verse of the poem "To Althea, from Prison" by Richard Lovelace, which Dr Martel was trying to remember all the time that he was in prison: "Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage; / Minds innocent and quiet take / That for a hermitage. / If I have freedom in my love, / And in my soul am free, / Angels alone, that soar above, / Enjoy such liberty."
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Hauptmann Anders is accused of supposedly passing on details of troop movements to Marguerite, a local girl he befriended, and is suspended from duty. He pleads not guilty but his arrogant stance does not help. Ultimately, he admi...