Cast:  Young 2nd Lieutenant (Philip Shaw), Norma's Friend (Margaret Heald), Police Sergeant (Charles Pemberton), A.R.P. Man (Fred Bryant), Bombed Out Man (Eric Francis), Old Woman (Mollie Maureen)

Story:  Newly-promoted Lieutentant Brian Ash joins his new regiment only to find that they are assigned to bomb disposal in blitz hit London.  Not only that but he, as the man in charge, will be the one to defuse the bombs.  With no course to show him how to defuse bombs Ash is thrown right in the deep end when his men are sent to a bomb site...

Cast:  Aunt Do Do (Moyra Fraser), Lieutenant Machin (Steven Grives), Angie (Louisa Rix), Priscilla (Marilyn Galsworthy), Elsie (Jean Campbell-Dallas), Communist Speaker (Dafydd Havard), Cis (Phyllis McMahon), Fire Officer (John Rolfe), Photographer (Christopher Burgess)

Story:  Ash is now settled in his new job.  With more and more bombs raining down on London new officers are being brought in.  One of them, Lieutenant Machin, is placed with Ash to do some on-the-job training.

Cast:  Ken Machin (Steven Grives), Reg Preston (Alfie Bass), Angie (Louisa Rix), Priscilla (Marilyn Galsworthy), Adjutant on course (James Wolley), Instructor on course (William Wilde), Molly Preston (Patsy Smart), President (John Kelland), Captain RAOC (Jonathan Elsom), Captain BD (Prentis Hancock), Captain West (Christopher Good), Matthew (Matthew Ryan), Mrs. Flack (Gretchin Franklin), Chaplain (Roger Owen), Jimmy (John Lillywhite), Terry (Michael Salmon), Policeman (Stanley Price), H.Q. Corporal (David Millet)

Story:  Ash and Machin are recalled to London from a bomb disposal course in the coutry and put straight back to work.  Machin tags along with Ash to a bomb in a school yard that is dangerously close to a telephone exchange.  As they wait for the bomb to be uncovered they hear of another bomb close by.  With resources stretched to the limits Ash reluctantly allows Machin to defuse the his first bomb...

Cast:  Brigadier Lawrence (Barrie Cookson), Professor Hutton (John Graham), Dorothy (Mary Healey), Grace (Liz Bagley), Gardener (Charles Lamb)

Story:  After defusing a bomb Ash receives orders to take the bomb direct to a Doctor Gillespie in Kent.  They arrive to find a slightly eccentric scientist and his daughter, Susan working on ways to get around the booby-trap timer that is causing the bomb disposers so much trouble.  Gillespie has a plan to drill into the bomb and steam out the explosive, thereby by-passing the booby-trap altogether.  Ash is sceptical about the device.  Although it works in principle he feels that there are too many things to go wrong.  However, things are getting increasingly bad in London and very soon Gillespie is in London to try the devise out on a real, live bomb...

Cast:  Mikey (Geraldine Gardner), Silversmith (John Rapley), Captain West (Christopher Good), Police Sergeant (Mike Lewin), Surveyor's Assistant (Brain Haines), Singer (Adrienne Conway)

Story:  A bomb under a night club prooves an oportunity for the men to take thei time and enjoy themselves for once.  One of the dancers of the club, Mickey manages to avoid being evacuated and is hidden by the men.  When the bomb proves to have gone through the seller of a silversmith Mickey sees one of the men steeling some of the silver.  She tells Salt who hatches a plan with her to stop the man from collecting his ill-gotten gains.  Meanwhile Ash's date with Susan is jepordised when the bomb is found and is discovered to be a type 50, one that is almost impossible to defuse...

Cast:  Stephen (David Buck), Lieutenant Symes (David Wood), Mrs. Dollery (Kathleen Harrison), Major Pullar (Benjamin Whitrow), 1st Private (Mike Savage), 2nd Private (Nick Ellsworth), Gladys (Deirdre Costello), Rosalyn (Sandy Ratcliff), Dorothy (Mary Healey), Policeman (David Arlen), Mess Orderly (Richard Henry), W.V.S. Lady (Pamela Abott)

Story:  Ash and Susan go on a quiet weekend away togather.  Things go well until Ash is called back to London.  His hopes of a quick return are quashed when the bomb proves to be a difficult one.  When he finally returns to the hotel he finds that Susan has left.  He decides to go see Susan at her home only to find that her husband, Steven has turned up for the weekend too...

Cast:  Jean (Cheryl Hall), Betty Salt (Maggie Ollerenshaw), Policeman (Patrick Jordan), A.R.P. Man (Norman Mitchell), Company Sergeant Major (Kenneth Owens), Newsreader (John Snagge)

Story:  With news of more bombs raining down on Manchester L/Corporal Salt has his request for leave to go and persuade his wife and children to leave the city turned down.  Shortly after Salt breaks all the rules to save a girl trapped under rubble by an unexploded bomb.  With disciplinary proceedings in the offing Salt goes AWOL and heads for Manchester where tragedy is about to strike...

Cast:  2nd Lieutenant Gresham (Nick Brimble), Captain Conroy (Jame Woolley), Brigadier Lawrence (Barrie Cookson), Newsreader (Johjn Snagge)

Story:  Captain Francis takes over command of the unit and proceeds to shake it up, determined to enforce discipline.  His chief target for this is Ash and his men.  Francis hounds Ash. Nothing he does seems to please Francis.  Ash discovers that Francis's prejudice against him stems from Ash's affair with Susan, echoing events in Francis's life.  With tensions rising high the officers begin to plot ways of getting Francis removed from his post...

Cast:  Lt. Chris Craik (Nick Tate), Aunt Do-do (Myra Fraser), Flt Lt. Fenwick (Peter Cellier), Private Brinckley (Martin Neil), Naval Rating (Stephen Hatton), Police Sargeant (Charles Pemberton), R.A.S.C. Corporal (Brian Poyser)

Story:  German mines begin to fall on London.  With orders not to touch them Ash leaves it to Naval officer Chris Craik who has to deal with a bomb that has a fuse of only 17 seconds once activated...  Meanwhile Ash asks Susan to marry him and she agrees.  However, before Susan has a chance to talk to Steven events start to conspire against them...

Cast:  Mikey (Geraldine Gardner), L/Corporal Brinckley (Martin Neil), Sapper Binns (Bryan Burdon), A.R.P. Man (Blake Butler), Mrs Busby (Patricia Garwood), Ronnie Busby (Jason Fathers), Reverand Matlock (Tony Steedman), W.P.C. (Penelope Beaumont), Civil Defence Officer (Robert Brown), Police Superintendant (Michael Sheard), Desk Sergeant (Clifford Earl), Sam Smythe (Jonty Miller), Chorous Girl (Lyndsey Williams), Postman (Paddy Ryan), Woman in Police Station (Daphne Neville)

Story:  The new Butterfly bomb is causing problems.  The smaller bombs it sprinkles around are proving to be impossible to defuse.  For some reason the German's have dropped a load on a small English Village.  A number of units, including Ash's are sent up to deal with the problem which proves to be even more trouble than they thought...

Cast:  Harry Winthrop (Tim Pigott-Smith), Elspeth (Deborah Grant), Flt. Lt. Kelly (Patrick Malahide), Lieutenant Gresham (Nick Brimble), Major (Christopher Good), Captain (Charles Rogers), Sergeant (Ian Collier)

Story:  Ash is posted to Cambridge at the request of Doctor Gillespie.  This brings him into contact with Susan again since her letter breaking off their relationship 14 months previous.  Brian is there to help with work on a new fuse that is marked with a Y.  A way is devised to defuse the bomb by freezing the fuse with liquid oxygen.  Soon Brian finds himself back in London trying the method out on a live bomb...

Cast:  2nd Lieutenant Brinckley (Martin Neil), Lieutenant Gresham (Nick Brimble), Sapper Binns (Bryan Burdon), Mr. Munton (Cyril Cross), Surgeon (Ellis Dale), Newsreader (John Snagge)

Story:  Ash is back with the unit when orders come through that they are being moved to the cost to defuse bombs.  Ash contacts Susan and asks her to come to London.  Things have changed now that Steven has died.  Ash asks Susan to marry him and she readily agrees.  Ash is assigned a pier to clear.  Things go well at first.  Then things take a turn for the worst...

Cast:  Aunt Do-Do (Myra Fraser), Mr. Baker (Gordon Rollings), Colin Mulley (John Kane), Woman on Bombsite (Patrica Clapton), Locator Corporal (William Rourke), Norma's Friend (Margaret Heald), Parson (Geoffrey Lumsden), Newsreader (John Snagge)

Story:  Since the explosion that almost killed him Ash is feeling useless.  With his mobility severely limited he is worried that he will be discharged from the army.  However, he isn't discharged, merely re-classified for light work.  Ash is happy with this until he is re-assigned away from bomb disposal.  Depressed that he isn't being allowed to do the one thing he's good at.  As his time with the unit quickly draws to a close the discover of a bomb left over from the beginning of the war gives Ash one last bomb to defuse.  But is he mentally strong enough to cope with the stress of defusing a bomb one last time...

Posted:  6 July 2002
Last Updated:  21 July 2002