[wita]

If memory serves that series was over 25 years ago, and probably IMHO one of the best I ever remember seeing on PBS.

[The Antiyuppie]

Thanks so much for this. I was looking for it on Netflix and Hulu. I wonder why they don’t seem to have it. I watched it when first run and enjoyed it a lot.

I worked with a woman from the UK whose childhood friend was killed by an unexploded bomb.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wow! What a great series. One of my favorites.

[NonValueAdded]

It gets kinda sappy (npi) at the end of the series. I can just picture Lady Thatcher in the place of Churchill, cherishing those brave boys.

Major crush on Susan (Judy Geeson). Leftenant Ash was one lucky fella!

[Marie Antoinette]

Something to watch?

[don-o]

Mark to watch (again) Thanks!

[nuconvert]

Wow. I’d love to watch those again. I thought they were only available for sale as a set.

Thanks!

[redreno]

Thanks.

[Cyropaedia]

Arguably the greatest miniseries ever to air on Masterpiece Theatre.

[chuckles]

ping

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Great series! I bought the DVD set 10 or 15 years ago...probably time to pull out for another viewing. The show brilliantly depicts how the brave men in the UXB service aged and became jaded and cynical after starting off so idealistic and naive. It also does an outstanding job of showing the cat and mouse game between the Germans and the Brits on fuse technology and the tools developed to defeat increasingly diabolical fuses.

[MasterGunner01]

I remember the series vividly. You came to care for the various characters and when they were killed or wounded, it was as if you were part of the squad. Of the Masterpiece Theater series, my favorites are “Danger UXB” and “I, Claudius”.

“Danger UXB” is so intense that a friend who was in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) absolutely could not watch an episode completely through. It was THAT realistic. The BBC producers really got it right when they did the miniseries.

[expat1000]

Thanks a lot. I never watched it before. Looks like a very well done series.

[GeronL]

but why does noone ever remember “Misfits of Science”??

lolz

[StarfireIV]

I remember having chronic sinus problems as a kid. The only saving grace of staying home was watching that series. I rediscovered it back in December. Your post got me to thinking about the “deer-in-the-headlights” moment in the first episode when Lt. Ash is told what he will actually be doing.