Over Here (miniseries)

Over Here
Genre World War II, Comedy-drama
Written by John Sullivan
Directed by Tony Dow
Starring Samuel West
Martin Clunes
Composer(s) Graham Jarvis
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 2
Production
Executive producer(s) John Sullivan
Producer(s) Jacinta Peel
Running time 185 min
Distributor BBC
Release
Original network BBC1
Picture format 14:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 7 April (1996-04-07) – 8 April 1996 (1996-04-08)

Over Here is a 2-part television miniseries made in 1996 by the BBC for BBC1 from 7 to 8 April 1996, this comedy-drama miniseries chronicling the lives of US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crews on a Royal Air Force Spitfire base during World War II. Samuel West starred as the RAF pilot Archie Bunting. Martin Clunes starred as Group Captain Barker; a man with an inability to say the word "Luftwaffe".

Plot

Conflict arose when American soldiers must share their barracks.

Locations

Location venues for the filming were the village of Castle Acre, RAF West Raynham and RAF Sculthorpe in the English county of Norfolk.[1]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/over_here/details/


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