Devotees of the Emmy-winning Showtime drama series “Homeland” might be aware that it was adapted from the Israeli series “Prisoners of War” (“Hatufim”), and that both were created by writer-producer-director Gideon Raff.
On Oct. 24 at 10 p.m., the original — which focuses on three POWs who bear the physical and mental scars of 17 years of torture in captivity — will begin airing on KCET (viewers can log on to