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Fascinating
I watched this when it was first shown on PBS. Great series. Very well acted, with good characters. And most importantly very well written.
If you haven't seen this one, you should!

The Best British Drama Series You've Never Seen
VOLUME TWO (three episodes on this tape) OF A FIVE VOLUME SERIES

I swear, I've not met many people who have actually seen "Danger UXB." But those, maybe like me, who's whole family would wait with eager anticipation each week for the next episode to come on, speak so highly of it that you would think that it ranked with the classics "Upstairs Downstairs" and "The Jewel in the Crown."

"Danger UXB!," they'd say. "That series is SO wonderful!! Don't you remember how you felt knowing that your favorite character whom you'd just spent three episodes growing to love might be taking the last step of defusing the Nazi's horrible invention of an 'unexploded bomb' where the fuse is designed to detonate as it is being removed and you don't know if that next moment will be their last!"

This series is like the video equivalent of a "page turner." ... Read more

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The Best British Drama Series You've Never Seen
VOLUME THREE (three episodes on this tape) OF A FIVE VOLUME SERIES

I swear, I've not met many people who have actually seen "Danger UXB." But those, maybe like me, who's whole family would wait with eager anticipation each week for the next episode to come on, speak so highly of it that you would think that it ranked with the classics "Upstairs Downstairs" and "The Jewel in the Crown."

"Danger UXB!," they'd say. "That series is SO wonderful!! Don't you remember how you felt knowing that your favorite character whom you'd just spent three episodes growing to love might be taking the last step of defusing the Nazi's horrible invention of an 'unexploded bomb' where the fuse is designed to detonate as it is being removed and you don't know if that next moment will be their last!"

This series is like the video equivalent of a "page turner." ... Read more

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate several mysterious deaths and the kidnapping of a German prince in 1913 London. ... Read more

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His Last Bow
Not really based on Doyle, but Holmes does come out of retirement to foil a German plot in 1913. The plot itself is only fair, but Cushing and Mills more than make up for that in their performances and teamwork. They have the best chemistry as Holmes and Watson since Rathbone and Bruce. It's too bad failure to find financial backing and Cushing's failing health prevented any further films from being made. The supporting cast was also good. Gutsy casting, not one major player cast was under sixty at the time!

Sherlock Holmes returns.....
Peter Cushing O.B.E. returns to the role of Sherlock Holmes 27 years after he made Hound of the Baskervilles for Hammer in 1959. An austere, civilised actor - even in his most disturbing horror roles! - Cushing pulls it off professionally as always (despite being well past his "retirement"), with fine support from Sir John Mills as Dr Watson. And well he should have - not only did Cushing make a Holmes TV series for the BBC in the 1960s, but he was an Honorary Member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Following Masks of Death, Channel 4 tried to persuade Cushing to make another Holmes film, but sadly he was too unwell. RIP Peter Cushing: a fine classically trained "Shakespearean" actor who preferred to play Frankenstein, Dr Who, Professor Van Helsing and Sherlock Holmes. Cool! ... Read more

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Superb treatment of little known WWII specialty
Danger UXB is the story of British soldiers engaged in bomb disposal. It is a story of the officers and men, who as a team performed this dangerous task on a daily basis from the start of the war and well beyond the end of it.

This is an ensemble cast that works well together from the young officer freshly commissioned and assigned to bomb disposal ("don't you have to volunteer?")to the scientists working hand in hand with the military to come up with new ways to disarm more and more complex bomb fuses. You have the fussy civilians worrying about their stores, to the bomb out people looking to see where they'll be living for the next few days.

The series bings out the interesting point that it is much more of a problem if a bomb does not explode than if it does. The disruption to normal acitivity is shown quite well.

The team aspect is underscored because even though the officer is disarming the bomb, the sappers are out there digging for it and one wrong shove with a shovel or bang with a pick and the whole group thing goes up in a bang.

This is a specialty of military service with few walking wounded, you are either alive and sitting on a bomb or dead and only the birds can find the pieces.

I had a particular encounter with British Bomb Disposal when I was in Berlin, Germany in the late 70s on military service with the US Army. I came home one afternoon and found the whole street blocked off. When I asked an MP what was up, he told me that there were two bombs, one American and one British, that had buried in the mud and were discovered when a new autobahn was being built. So while we waited, British and American bomb disposal personnel were working on bombs that were over 25 years in the mud and clay soil, just waiting to explode. From this I viewed Danger UXB in a much more positive light.

I found this to be an exciting and well put together series. It is a typical British top drawer program that Masterpiece Theater is to be commended for finding and introducing to American viewers. I recommend this to any person interested in British military history and World War II.

Very memorable, inspiring, emotional.
It's been over 15 years since I saw this on PBS... yet it's not something easily forgotten.

The Best British Drama Series You've Never Seen
VOLUME ONE (the first three episodes on this tape) OF A FIVE VOLUME SERIES

I swear, I've not met many people who have actually seen "Danger UXB." But those, maybe like me, who's whole family would wait with eager anticipation each week for the next episode to come on, speak so highly of it that you would think that it ranked with the classics "Upstairs Downstairs" and "The Jewel in the Crown."

"Danger UXB!," they'd say. "That series is SO wonderful!! Don't you remember how you felt knowing that your favorite character whom you'd just spent three episodes growing to love might be taking the last step of defusing the Nazi's horrible invention of an 'unexploded bomb' where the fuse is designed to detonate as it is being removed and you don't know if that next moment will be their last!"

This series is like the video equivalent of a "page turner." ... Read more

Description

Miniseries about Elspeth and her unorthodox parents. They decide to move the family to Kenya in order to start up a coffee plantation. The series follows Elspeth's amazing adventures as she makes friends with her new Kenyan and English neighbors. She also discovers nature in all it's glory and ferocity. As time progresses, the family's idyllic life is interrupted by World War I and the effect it has on the Commonwealth countries. ... Read more

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A kind of, "Little house on the Prarie."
I believe the first time I viewed this series, it was on the Disney channel. Now one may watch the saga on tape. It is set in Africa. The Europeans struggle with clashes in culture with the Africans. In the strange new land Elspeth deals with living in a straw house and the local tribes. ... Read more

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His Last Bow
Not really based on Doyle, but Holmes does come out of retirement to foil a German plot in 1913. The plot itself is only fair, but Cushing and Mills more than make up for that in their performances and teamwork. They have the best chemistry as Holmes and Watson since Rathbone and Bruce. It's too bad failure to find financial backing and Cushing's failing health prevented any further films from being made. The supporting cast was also good. Gutsy casting, not one major player cast was under sixty at the time!

Sherlock Holmes returns.....
Peter Cushing O.B.E. returns to the role of Sherlock Holmes 27 years after he made Hound of the Baskervilles for Hammer in 1959. An austere, civilised actor - even in his most disturbing horror roles! - Cushing pulls it off professionally as always (despite being well past his "retirement"), with fine support from Sir John Mills as Dr Watson. And well he should have - not only did Cushing make a Holmes TV series for the BBC in the 1960s, but he was an Honorary Member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Following Masks of Death, Channel 4 tried to persuade Cushing to make another Holmes film, but sadly he was too unwell. RIP Peter Cushing: a fine classically trained "Shakespearean" actor who preferred to play Frankenstein, Dr Who, Professor Van Helsing and Sherlock Holmes. Cool! ... Read more

Reviews (1)

A kind of, Little House on the prarie
I believe the first time I viewed this series, it was on the Disney channel. Now one may watch the saga on tape. It is set in Africa. The Europeans struggle with clashes in culture with the Africans. In the strange new land Elspeth deals with living in a straw house and the local tribes. ... Read more