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

December 1941

347 Section receives two replacements, Sapper Scott and Private Brinckley, the latter a Quaker conscientious objector serving in the Non-Combatant Corps who engenders suspicion from some of the others in the section. Powell picks a fight with Brinckley, but is beaten up by Salt to stop the attack. Salt has no sympathy for Brinckley’s pacifist beliefs and advises him to think about the innocents being killed in the war. Brian helps Lieutenant Craik, an Australian serving in the Royal Navy, defuze a parachute mine designed to detonate just seventeen seconds after its timer mechanism starts. Susan is chafing with guilt over their affair, and Brian proposes marriage. However, her husband, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, has a nervous breakdown. She is advised to look after him, prompting her to break off her relationship with Brian without explanation. Dr. Gillespie takes her to Cambridge, where he has set up a new laboratory.

Danger UXB Series

You can find a full index of Danger UXB Series 01 here.

Production & Filming Details

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