Danger UXB

I watched this programme when it was first broadcast. I'd not seen it in 40 years until Talking Pictures started showing it again recently. I wondered how well it would stand up now. I wasn't disappointed, it is exceptional. If you get a chance to watch it from the beginning, don't miss it. Drama at its very best.

For me, personally, this is one of those shows that will always be my favourite. Nowadays, such type of shows don't exist even remotely, as in these times in the name of making the show so called 'realistic', they make it either kind of too depressing or just into something really stupid! After all, a tv show or movie's one of the main purposes is to connect with the audience in the best way possible. For instance, this show has everything, it's realistic, i mean uncannily realistic, it has got humour, it has got romance, it's unpredictable and has really got an element of surprise to it, in short it has got everything, a show of this genre must have, but the difference in this show is that the way in which it has attempted to tell the story of these brave men has a certain charm and understanding to it, which the today's shows thoroughly lack( at least I feel that way)!! According to me, it deserves an even higher rating.. seriously!

Brian Ash leads his team, The Royal Engineer Tunnelling Company 97, who's job is to deal with the many unexploded bombs, the deadly UXB's.

It's forty four years since this Series was first went out, and I would argue it'd just as good now, as it was back then. This is one of the most consistently good shows you can possibly watch, every single episode, every single story is truly on point.

I can't think of many movies, or indeed any other shows that told this story, some of the bravest men imaginable. Imagine going to work day after day knowing one slip could be fatal.

It's not just about the UXB's, there are several personal stories told also, but at no time are they overdone or syrupy, they are starkly real.

Episodes range from very good to outstanding, you can't really put a pin between them, but Dead Letters and The Pier will have you on the edge of your seat.

As you'd expect there are many deaths, many unexpected deaths, they weren't afraid to write out many of the regulars, very brave writing.

Fantastic special effects, multiple explosions and action sequences, I didn't detect any chroma key or other such special effects, everything looks and feels authentic.

This series is worth your time.

9/10.

I rembered this series on its first transmission in 1979.Many viewers at that time would remember the blitz first hand.I purchased the dvd some years ago,and it has had a recent airing on TPTV. Just as good as ever.Marvellous to see Kathleen Harrison in one of her last roles.It it feels so authentic and gives an idea of the science involved without it ever becoming dull.

A magnificent achievement in British film-making, portraying the bomb-defusing activities and private lives of the men in this extraordinarily dangerous branch of the service in World War Two England. The acting is superb, attention to detail meticulous, casting perfect, scenes totally realistic, pacing perfect, and there's a wonderful balance of tension, romance, humour, and tragedy. I saw this series on TV in Bermuda in 1985, recently (2006) viewed the programmes again - still as marvellous today, maybe even more so as the production values have more than stood the test of time. How the person who rated this series "6" arrived at that figure completely escapes me! Highest recommendation.