Danger UXB

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Drama·1979·1 Seasons

Danger UXB is a 1979 British television series developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers. The programme is titled and partly based on the memoirs of Major A. B. Hartley, M.B.E, RE, Unexploded Bomb - The Story of Bomb Disposal, with episodes written by Hawkesworth and four screenwriters. The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company which, as a result of thousands of unexploded bombs in London during the Blitz, has become a bomb disposal unit. As with all his fellow officers, Ash must for the most part learn the techniques and procedures of disarming and destroying the UXBs through experience, repeatedly confronted with more cunning and deadlier technological advances in aerial bomb fusing. The storylines were primarily military, with a romantic thread between Ash and an inventor's married daughter, and other human interest vignettes.

Starring: Anthony Andrews,Maurice Roëves,George Innes,Robert Pugh

Episodes

Series 1
Dead Man's Shoes

S01 | E01

Dead Man's Shoes

1979-01-08

Unsung Heroes

S01 | E02

Unsung Heroes

1979-01-15

Just Like a Woman

S01 | E03

Just Like a Woman

1979-01-22

Cast Iron Killer

S01 | E04

Cast Iron Killer

1979-01-29

The Silver Lining

S01 | E05

The Silver Lining

1979-02-05

The Quiet Weekend

S01 | E06

The Quiet Weekend

1979-02-12

Digging Out

S01 | E07

Digging Out

1979-02-19

Bad Company

S01 | E08

Bad Company

1979-02-26

Seventeen Seconds to Glory

S01 | E09

Seventeen Seconds to Glory

1979-03-05

Butterfly Winter

S01 | E10

Butterfly Winter

1979-03-12

Dead Letter

S01 | E11

Dead Letter

1979-03-19

The Pier

S01 | E12

The Pier

1979-03-26

With Love From Adolf

S01 | E13

With Love From Adolf

1979-04-02

Cast

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Lieutenant Brian Ash

Maurice Roëves

Maurice Roëves

Sergeant James

George Innes

George Innes

Corporal Jim Wilkins

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Sapper 'Tiny' Powell

Details

First Aired
1979-01-08
Last Aired
1979-04-02
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Production
Euston Films, Thames Television
Creator
John Hawkesworth