Introduction

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).

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Outline

September 1940

Brian Ash, a direct entry officer of the Royal Engineers after ten weeks of basic training at the Hampshire Depot, joins 97 Tunnelling Company.[n 2] Without benefit of training as a bomb disposal officer, he is immediately put in charge of a section whose previous officer was killled by a bomb. The unexploded bombs they deal with have been armed by electrical fuzes that activate after being dropped, but sometimes fail to go off on impact. If they fail to explode on impact, they can detonate when vibrations caused by movement or contact close the circuit. Under the tutelage of Sergeant James, he defuzes a relatively straightforward type 15 fuzed bomb, but is dismayed to learn that the Germans have deployed an even deadlier fuze, the type 17, that is rigged with a clockwork long-delay detonator activated by the bomb’s impact.

Danger UXB Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Ferdinand Fairfax.
• Writer(s): John Hawkesworth.
• Release Date: 08 January 1979.
• Running Time: 49-51 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.