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Danger UXB(TV show/series, 1979)

50min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 13 episodes

Danger UXBRating: 4.1/5 (with 3 votes) 683
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series set during the Second World War. It was developed by John Hawkesworth and starred Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers (RE). The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company, which has been made a bomb disposal unit, and specifically 347 Section of the company, to deal with the thousands of unexploded bombs ("UXBs") in London during the Blitz. 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 fuzing. The series primarily features military storylines, though among them is a romantic thread featuring an inventor's married daughter, Susan Mount (Judy Geeson), with whom Ash falls in love, and other human interest vignettes. The programme was partly based on Unexploded Bomb - The Story of Bomb Disposal, the memoirs of Major A. B. Hartley, MBE, RE; its episodes were written by Hawkesworth and four screenwriters. The series was filmed in 1978 in and around the Clapham, Streatham and Tooting areas of south London. Lt. Col. E. E. Gooch, RE (AER), rtd. was the technical adviser. The p... ()
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Danger UXB Seasons and Episodes

01/08/1979Season 1 - 13 episodes
#1 | 01/08/1979Dead Man's Shoes
Newly-promoted Second Lieutentant Brian Ash joins his new regiment only to find that they are assigned to bomb disposal in London. Ash is thrown in at the deep end when he and his men are sent to a bomb site.
#2 | 01/15/1979Unsung Heroes
Ash tackles a bomb that is not considered vital with a new fuse extractor that doesn't work properly. New Lieutenant Machin is placed with Ash to get some on-the-job training. Major Francis criticises Ash after a patriotic magazine article profiles 347 Section.
#3 | 01/22/1979Just Like a Woman
Ash and Machin are recalled to London from a bomb disposal course and attend to a bomb in a school yard that is dangerously close to a telephone exchange. When another bomb is uncovered close by, Ash reluctantly allows Machin to defuse the his first bomb.
#4 | 01/29/1979Cast Iron Killer
Ash is ordered to take a defused bomb direct to a scientist working on ways to get around the booby-trap timer.
#5 | 02/05/1979The Silver Lining
A bomb under a nightclub provides 347 Section with an opportunity for a little recreation. Ash admits that he is smitten with Susan.
#6 | 02/12/1979The Quiet Weekend
Ash and Susan go off for a quiet weekend away but Ash is recalled to deal with an unexploded bomb and Susan returns home to find her husband waiting for her.
#7 | 02/19/1979Digging Out
Ash works on a bomb outside a destroyed office building while the men of 347 Section try to rescue a woman trapped inside and with another bomb right beside her.
#8 | 02/26/1979Bad Company
Newly-promoted Major Francis takes command of the unit and proceeds to enforce new disciplines, but his chief target seems to be Ash and his men.
#9 | 03/05/1979Seventeen Seconds to Glory
347 Section cooperates with the Royal Navy to deal with a bomb that has a 17-second fuse. Ash decides to ask Susan to marry him.
#10 | 03/12/1979Butterfly Winter
The Germans have been dropping a new butterfly bomb that are proving difficult to defuse. 347 Section is one of a number of units called to a small English village to deal with them.
#11 | 03/19/1979Dead Letter
Ash is assigned to Cambridge to help Dr. Gillespie with the new Y fuse, and meets Susan again.
#12 | 03/26/1979The Pier
The Company packs up and moves to the coast where they are to clear the beaches of dozens of British mines laid in preparation for a German invasion.
#13 | 04/02/1979With Love From Adolf
Ash convalesces after a near-fatal accident while defusing a mine. With his mobility severely impaired, he is to be reassigned to light duties away from the bomb disposal unit.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/08/1979
Last episode released on: 04/02/1979
Composer: Simon Park

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:10045, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024