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

The section digs for a huge bomb in the sewers beneath a risqué nightclub. Entertained by Copping’s replacement, Sapper Baines, and Mickey, a dancer stranded at the club, the section eats and drinks the club’s wares and is in no hurry to find the bomb. Mickey and Lance Corporal Salt begin a casual affair. Later, the section’s rankers assist Salt in smuggling Mickey clear of the nightclub, where (due to the UXB) civilians are not supposed to be. After the bomb is located, Brian discovers that it is equipped with the new type 50, a hypersensitive fuze designed to detonate when the usual defuzing procedures are employed. The boffins have just developed a counter-tactic, however, and Brian is the first to try it: the BD liquid discharger, which forces a mixture of alcohol, benzene and salt into the fuze that causes the capacitors in the fuze to discharge their stored electricity harmlessly, thus neutralising the fuze. When Susan comes up to London, Brian takes her out for a night of dining and dancing.

Danger UXB Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Henry Herbert.
• Writer(s): John Hawkesworth.
• Release Date: 05 February 1979.
• Running Time: 49-51 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.