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Over Here. Image shows from L to R: Archie Bunting (Samuel West), Group Captain Barker (Martin Clunes). Copyright: BBC
Over Here

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.

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