Over Here
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 1996
- 2 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama set at an air-base in East England in 1942, when an RAF Spitfire squadron is joined by the first USAAF recruits. Stars Samuel West, Jay Goede, Geraldine James, Jack Shepherd, Todd Boyce and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1996
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 2 (1 series)
- Stars
- Samuel West, Jay Goede, Geraldine James, Jack Shepherd, Todd Boyce, Sharon Geater, Peter Wingfield, Timothy West and more
- Writer
- John Sullivan
- Director
- Tony Dow
- Producers
- Jacinta Peel and John Sullivan
- Company
Based on an idea by Ernest Maxin, 'Buddy & Chum', Over Here is a comedy drama about the first group of American Air Force recruits to arrive in England in 1941.
Everything is running smoothly at first: the USAAF base is ready weeks ahead of schedule, and America's finest are heading across the Atlantic to man it. Unfortunately, just hours before the first squadron's arrival, a surprise Luftwaffe raid leaves the base destroyed, and the British forced to squeeze as many Americans as possible into nearby RAF Lytchmere.
Problems for the Allies don't end there, as a miscommunication leads Spitfire Squadron Leader Archie Bunting to almost shoot down the Americans' transport plane. Relations between the two sides are strained even further due to a series of cock-ups, not to mention the actions of the well-meaning but naïve and untactful new arrivals.
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 7th April 1996 at 8:20pm on BBC One