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Danger UXB / Thames Television ; Euston Films Ltd. ; devised by John Hawkesworth and John Whitney ; producer, John Hawkesworth.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoNew York : A&E Home Video : FremantleMedia : Distributed by New Video, [2005]
Description4 videodiscs (approximately 650 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
World War, 1939-1945--England --Drama.
Ordnance disposal units--England --Drama.
Other author/creatorHawkesworth, John, screenwriter, producer, creator.
Other author/creatorWhitney, John (Screenwriter), creator.
Other author/creatorBaker, Roy director.
Other author/creatorCamfield, Douglas director.
Other author/creatorFairfax, Ferdinand, director.
Other author/creatorPembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1939-2003, director.
Other author/creatorSummers, Jeremy director.
Other author/creatorClark, Kenneth, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorPaul, Jeremy, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorShaw, Don, 1934- screenwriter.
Other author/creatorWheeler, Paul, 1934- screenwriter.
Other author/creatorAndrews, Anthony, 1948- actor.
Other author/creatorRoëves, Maurice actor.
Other author/creatorInnes, George, 1938- actor.
Other author/creatorKane, Gordon actor.
Other author/creatorPugh, Robert, 1950- actor.
Other author/creatorKitson, Ken, 1946- actor.
Other author/creatorSinden, Jeremy, 1950- actor.
Other author/creatorGeeson, Judy, 1948- actor.
Other author/creatorCranham, Kenneth, 1944- actor.
Other author/creatorBullock, Osmund, 1951- actor.
Other author/creatorWatling, Deborah actor.
Other author/creatorCartwright, Peter, 1935- actor.
Other author/creatorCuthbertson, Iain, 1930-2009, actor.
Other author/creatorLawrence, Marjie, 1935- actor.
Other author/creatorTickner, Royston, 1922-1997, actor.
Other author/creatorShaughnessy, David, actor.
Other author/creatorAuker, David, actor.
Other author/creatorThames Television, ltd.
Other author/creatorEuston Films Limited.
Other author/creatorA & E Home Video (Firm)
Other author/creatorFremantleMedia.
Other author/creatorNew Video Group.
Variant title Danger, unexploded time bombs
Contents Disc 1. Dead man's shoes / written by John Hawkesworth ; directed by Ferdinand Fairfax -- Unsung heroes / written by John Hawkesworth ; directed by Ferdinand Fairfax -- Just like a woman / written by Jeremy Paul ; directed by Roy Ward Baker -- Cast iron killer / written by Don Shaw ; directed by Jeremy Summers.
Contents Disc 2. The silver lining / written by John Hawkesowrth ; directed by Henry Herbert -- The quiet weekend / written by Jeremy Paul -- Digging out / written by Paul Wheeler ; directed by Ferdinand Fairfax.
Contents Disc 3. Bad company / written by Don Shaw ; directed by Ferdinand Fairfax -- Seventeen seconds to glory / written by John Hawkesworth ; directed by Douglas Camfield -- Butterfly winter / written by Jeremy Paul ; directed by Roy Ward Baker -- Dead letter / written by Kenneth Clark ; directed by Simon Langton.
Contents Disc 4. The pier / written by Don Shaw ; directed by Douglas Camfield -- With love from Adolph / written by John Hawkesworth ; directed by Henry Herbert.
Abstract During WWII, the Nazi's dropped some bombs that were not designed to detonate on imact. These unexploded time bombs, UXBs, posed one of the greatest risks to the people and property of England. It was the job of real-life heroes of the bomb disposal squads to defuse them. Danger UXB is the story of the loves and lives, victories and defeats, played against the background of a nation gripped by war.
General noteFrom the stories by Major A.B. Hartley.
General noteOriginally broadcast as a television program in 1979.
General noteSpecial features: Disc 4. "Bomb squad" episode from the History Channel's series Suicide missions.
CreditsDirector of photography, Norman Langley, Ian Wilson, Tony Mander ; art director, James Weatherup ; editor, John Trumper, Ralph Sheldon ; costumes, Maggie Quigley ; original music composed and conducted by Simon Park.
Cast Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, George Innes, Gordon Kane, Robert Pugh, Ken Kitson, Jeremy Sinden, Judy Geeson, Kenneth Cranham, Osmund Bullock, Deborah Watling, Peter Cartwright, Iain Cuthbertson, Marjie Lawrence, Royston Tickner, David Shaughnessy, David Auker.
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formWar television programs.
Genre/formTelevision programs.
ISBN142299497X
ISBN9781422994979
ISBN0767076923 (set)
ISBN9780767076920 (set)
ISBN0767076931 (v. 1)
ISBN9780767076937 (v. 1)
ISBN076707694X (v. 2)
ISBN9780767076944 (v. 2)
ISBN0767076958 (v. 3)
ISBN9780767076951 (v. 3)
ISBN0767076966 (v. 4)
ISBN9780767076968 (v. 4)
UPC 733961251883
Publisher numberAAAE251880 A&E Television Networks
Publisher numberAAE-71730 A & E

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