Introduction

Yanks Go Home is a British sitcom about US Army Air Forcemen stationed in Lancashire, England in the Second World War.

It was produced and directed by Eric Prytherch for Granada Television and broadcast on ITV between 1976 and 1977.

The series ran for 2 series and 13 episodes in total before its cancellation.

Outline

The series focused on a group of US Army Air Force pilots stationed in a small northern town in Lancashire, England during the Second World War and their sometimes tense relationship with the local men, most often over the attentions of the young women in the town.

The early interactions and friction between British civilians and the US military during WWII, best summed up by the popular wartime slogan of American servicemen “over paid, over sexed, and over here”, was intentionally played up for humorous effect in the series.

Cast

• Pheobe Sankey (Meg Johnson).
• Sgt. Gus Polaski (Bruce Boa).
• Cpl. Vince Rossi (Stuart Damon).
• Doreen Sankey (Catherine Neilson).
• Harry Duckworth (David Ross).
• Bert Pickup (Harry Markham).
• Cpl. Pasquale (Freddie Earlle).
• Col. Ralph Kruger (Alan MacNaughtan).
• Col. Irving (Lionel Murton).
• Pfc. Burford Puckett (Richard Oldfield).
• Leonard Chambers (Norman Bird).
• Pvt. Floyd Tutt (Jay Benedict).

Trivia

• Upon the premiere of the first episode, originally aired on 22 November 1976, the show’s title “Yanks Go Home” raised some mild controversy as the United States had celebrated its bicentennial months before.
• With the immensely popular BBC sitcom Dad’s Army in its final year, ITV created the series in an attempt to win over some of its audience.
• The show received considerable publicity from the network and appeared on the cover of TV Times.

Yanks Go Home Series

• Series 01 (1976-1977).

• Series 02 (1977).

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Eric Prytherch and Roger Cheveley.
• Producer(s): Eric Prytherch.
• Writer(s): H.V. Kershaw, John Stevenson, and Anthony Couch.
• Music: Derek Hilton.
• Cinematography:
• Editor(s):
• Production: Granada Television.
• Distributor(s): Granada Television.
• Release Date: 22 November 1976 to 19 September 1977.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.