Over Here (1996)

Directed by

Tony Dow

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3h 05m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This British TV drama from 1996 follows the daily lives and interactions of American B-17 bomber crews stationed at a Royal Air Force base in England during World War II. The story focuses on an RAF pilot who forms an unlikely friendship with a New York City bred American soldier.

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What happens

Over Here is a 2-part television drama made in 1996 by the BBC for BBC1 from 7 to 8 April 1996, this comedy-drama serial 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 who flinches at the mention of, and has an inability to say the word, "Luftwaffe". and Jay Goede as the New York City bred American soldier Hershel Lenko, who becomes the most unlikely friend to Archie in the film's second half. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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