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Regular
Price $69.95
Starring:
Louisa Rix,
David Buck,
Marilyn Galsworthy,
Tim Pigott-Smith,
Geraldine Gardner,
Directed By:
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1981-01-04
Studio: A&E Home Video
Format:
Box set,
Color,
DVD-Video,
NTSC,
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Editorial Reviews and
DVD Information about
Danger UXB
Description
How do you live when your job can kill you--as well as everyone else around you? The year is 1940, and the blitzkrieg is in full force. A furious battle is being waged over British skies. On the ground, bombs explode by the thousands. The land is far from safe, as many more bombs lie amidst the rubble, waiting to detonate. Lieutenant Brian Ash and the brave men of the 97th Tunneling Company must accomplish their ongoing mission: to defuse all unexploded bombs (UXBs). These are the stories of their lives--unsung heroes and their wives, lovers, and families, all facing the pressures of one of the war's deadliest jobs. Brought to you by the awarding-winning producer of Upstairs, Downstairs, DANGER UXB features Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited) and a stellar supporting cast. Based on actual war memoirs, all 13 compelling and intelligently written episodes of this series are now available on DVD for the first time. DVD Features: "Bomb Squad" Episode from THE HISTORY CHANNEL’s award-winning series SUICIDE MISSIONS; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
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Harrowing, funny, and immediately addictive, the 1979 British television series Danger UXB stars Anthony Andrews as Army Lieutenant Brian Ash, an engineering student whose excitement about his rapid commission as an officer during World War II is tempered by his unenviable post with a bomb disposal unit. Assigned to a fatality-heavy team that defuses unexploded German bombs scattered throughout London during the blitz, Ash faces down his terror and eventually becomes the closest thing to an expert one can be dismantling sometimes booby-trapped ordnance. In doing so, he earns the respect of his superiors as well as from the enlisted men working under him, and his protracted survival is nothing short of miraculous considering the tragic number of friends and colleagues Ash loses. There is a dark side, however. The longer Ash sticks with his unit, the more obsessive he becomes about his responsibility to keep London safe. Meanwhile, his nerves grow frayed and his morale collapses. Ash's desperate romance with a married woman (Judy Geeson) provides him little to hold onto, and when a true crisis ambushes his spirit toward the end, one can't be sure if he's headed for the scrap heap of permanent casualties. Based on the recollections of an actual wartime bomb disposer, Danger UXB was created by John Hawkesworth, who later produced (and wrote many episodes for) the fantastic Sherlock Holmes TV series starring Jeremy Brett. Despite many tense moments in Danger UXB's 13 episodes--one is always expecting a bomb to blow away a favorite character--the show is also graced by great humor (Ash's crew sometimes bring to mind Sergeant Bilko's hustlers) and a warm, likable cast. Andrews himself, perhaps, has never been better. This boxed set includes a History Channel documentary, "Bomb Squad." --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews for
Danger UXB
Pretty Interesting Series
This is an interesting series about a not too often discussed part of the Battle for Britain... would like to see it come to DVD.Danger UXB
Danger UXB
Wonderful production. I remember watching this as a young child when it first aired in the US, and was not disappointed to the trip down memory lane.Danger UXB
UXB
I had this series in VHS and was waiting for the DVD set.
Besides being a great British period film it's also very educational about bombs in general. You follow a young Lt. Ash from the begin when he is having trouble finding his company in London since all the road signs were removed. (The Germans were expected any day.) Then you see how life and the war goes for him. If you like British period films then you need to add this set to your collection.Danger UXB
British World war drama involving defusing German bombs
Danger UXB
Great series about a young British officer learning about how to defuse the German bombs in 1940 London. Based on the Bomb Squad and the fact that most soldiers had a very basic idea on defusing the bombs and how they figured out ways to do so. Saw this in the 70's on PBS and always remembered it so added it to my collection. Bit of a soap opera in the romance department but did bring up the home front problems. The fact that a viewer was shocked to learn what he thought was a relic was an actual " Butterfly" bomb showed how acturate this program was. Worth seeingDanger UXB
Danger UXB by Louisa Rix, David Buck, Marilyn Galsworthy, Tim Pigott-Smith
I saw this series back in the early 80's,when it was first shown on PBS in the US. I was impressed by the realism & acting of the bomb disarmers & the reenactment of the situations, that in real life were truly a fearful reality in Britain where the Nazi airforce dropped many booby trapped bombs designed to further kill after the fact the personell assigned to disarm them. I must state that I liked Judy Geeson as she reminded me of Glynis Johns in her voice & facial characteristics, but regardless I did find the series entertaining & will watch it again.Danger UXB
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