John Hawkesworth
creator
Danger UXB
Overview
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers. 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 been made 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 series primarily featured military story lines, with a romantic thread featuring an inventor's married daughter, Susan Mount, with whom Ash falls in love, and other human interest vignettes. The programme was 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 was filmed in 1978 in and around the Clapham, Streatham and Tooting areas of South London. The programme appeared on the U.S. PBS as a segment of Masterpiece Theatre from January 4 to April 5, 1981. It was also screened in Australia on the public broadcaster ABC Television.80%
Cast
Anthony Andrews
Lt. Brian Ash
Total episodes: 13
Maurice Roëves
Sergeant James
Total episodes: 13
George Innes
Corporal Wilkins
Total episodes: 13
Robert Pugh
Sapper Powell
Total episodes: 13
Jeremy Sinden
Ivor Rodgers,Lieutenant Rodgers
Total episodes: 10
Ken Kitson
Corporal Horrocks
Total episodes: 10
Kenneth Cranham
Sapper Salt,L / Corporal Salt
Total episodes: 9
Judy Geeson
Susan,Susan Gillespie
Total episodes: 9
Peter Cartwright
Major Luckhurst
Total episodes: 7
Osmund Bullock
Lieutenant Pringle,Captain Pringle
Total episodes: 7
Deborah Watling
Norma
Total episodes: 7
Royston Tickner
Lieutenant Leckie,Captain Leckie
Total episodes: 6
Anthony Andrews
Lt. Brian Ash
Total episodes: 13
Maurice Roëves
Sergeant James
Total episodes: 13
George Innes
Corporal Wilkins
Total episodes: 13
Robert Pugh
Sapper Powell
Total episodes: 13
Jeremy Sinden
Ivor Rodgers,Lieutenant Rodgers
Total episodes: 10
Ken Kitson
Corporal Horrocks
Total episodes: 10
Kenneth Cranham
Sapper Salt,L / Corporal Salt
Total episodes: 9
Judy Geeson
Susan,Susan Gillespie
Total episodes: 9
Peter Cartwright
Major Luckhurst
Total episodes: 7
Osmund Bullock
Lieutenant Pringle,Captain Pringle
Total episodes: 7
Deborah Watling
Norma
Total episodes: 7
Royston Tickner
Lieutenant Leckie,Captain Leckie
Total episodes: 6
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Release Date
January 8, 1979Last air Date
April 2, 1979Status
EndedOriginal Language
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Season 1
Aired on: 1979 | 13 Episodes
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