Danger UXB is from 1980.
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series set during the Second World War developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash , an officer in the Royal Engineers .. John Hawkesworth. John Hawkesworth ( producer ). Anthony Andrews. Anthony Andrews. ITV. ITV ( TV network ). Second World War. World War II. Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers. The series chronicled the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company.The tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers in World War I were numbered 170-185 and 250-258 .. Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers. Tunnelling Company. Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers. Seven of them -LRB- 170-173 and 178-180 -RRB- , were revived in 1939-1940 , serving on Malta and Gibraltar , but not in bomb disposal .. bomb disposal. bomb disposal. which has been made a bomb disposal unit , and specifically 347 Section of the company , to deal with the thousands of unexploded bombs -LRB- `` UXBs '' -RRB- in London during the Blitz .. bomb disposal. bomb disposal. unexploded bombs. unexploded ordnance. London. London. the Blitz. the Blitz. As with all his fellow officers , Ash must for the most part learn the techniques and procedures of disarming and destroying the UXBs through experience , repeatedly confronted with more cunning and deadlier technological advances in aerial bomb fusing .. aerial bomb fusing. fuse ( explosive ). The series primarily featured military story lines , with a romantic thread featuring an inventor 's married daughter , Susan Mount -LRB- Judy Geeson -RRB- , with whom Ash falls in love , and other human interest vignettes .. Judy Geeson. Judy Geeson. The programme was titled and partly based on the memoirs of Major A. B. Hartley , M.B.E , RE , Unexploded Bomb - The Story of Bomb Disposal , with episodes written by Hawkesworth and four screenwriters .. Royal Engineers. The series was filmed in 1978 in and around the Clapham , Streatham and Tooting areas of South London .. London. London. Clapham. Clapham. Streatham. Streatham. Tooting. Tooting. Lt. Col. E. E. Gooch , RE -LRB- AER -RRB- , Rtd .. Royal Engineers. was the technical adviser .. The programme appeared on the US PBS as a segment of Masterpiece Theatre from 4 January -- 5 April 1981 .. PBS. PBS. Masterpiece Theatre. Masterpiece ( TV series ). It was also screened in Australia on the public broadcaster ABC Television and in New Zealand on Television New Zealand .. ABC Television. ABC Television. Television New Zealand. Television New Zealand