When a young Royal Engineer Officer is killed
trying to defuse a bomb, he is replaced by raw officer recruit
Brian Ash. Ash is shocked to discover that his new unit, the 97th
Tunnelling Company, is in fact a hastily formed bomb disposal
squad. With the Blitz devastating London every night and making
massive demands on Royal Engineers’ manpower, he is to take
command of 347 Section forthwith. It’s not long before he’s
facing the real thing at close range, with his men looking on
from a safe distance, making bets as to whether he’ll go
the same way as his predecessor...
This highly popular and critically-acclaimed series
was created and produced by John Hawkesworth (Upstairs, Downstairs,
the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes stories) and starred Anthony
Andrews (Brideshead Revisited, Cambridge Spies) in an early role,
with Judy Geeson (The Eagle Has Landed, Brannigan), Iain Cuthbertson
(Budgie, Doctor Who) and Maurice Roëves (Tutti Frutti, Hillsborough).
This outstanding series was first broadcast on
ITV1 in 1979 and is presented here complete and uncut.
Special Edition Features
[] Cast Iron Killers: exclusive documentary featuring
Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, Deborah Watling and George
Innes, producers Verity Lambert, Johnny Goodman and Christopher
Neame, directors Roy Ward Baker, Simon Langton and Ferdinand Simon
Langton and Ferdinand Fairfax and writer Jeremy Paul.
[] Commentaries on 4 episodes [] PDF files of 3 Jeremy Paul scripts
Catalogue Number: 7952439
Barcode: 5027626243944
Classification: 12
Number of Discs: 4
Picture: 4:3 / Colour
Sound: Mono
Subtitles: None
Region: 2
Time: 650 minutes approx + extras
