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The Best Episodes of Danger UXB

Every episode of Danger UXB ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Danger UXB!

Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash,...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1

Best Episodes Summary

"Butterfly Winter" is the best rated episode of "Danger UXB". It scored 8.9/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Jeremy Paul, it aired on 3/12/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Pier".

  • Butterfly Winter
    8.9/1073 votes
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    #1 - Butterfly Winter

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/1979

    The Germans have been dropping a new butterfly bomb that are proving difficult to defuse. 347 Section is one of a number of units called to a small English village to deal with them.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Jeremy Paul

  • The Pier
    8.7/1066 votes
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    #2 - The Pier

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/1979

    The Company packs up and moves to the coast where they are to clear the beaches of dozens of British mines laid in preparation for a German invasion.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Don Shaw

  • Just Like a Woman
    8.6/1070 votes
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    #3 - Just Like a Woman

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1979

    Ash and Machin are recalled to London from a bomb disposal course and attend to a bomb in a school yard that is dangerously close to a telephone exchange. When another bomb is uncovered close by, Ash reluctantly allows Machin to defuse the his first bomb.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Jeremy Paul

  • Seventeen Seconds to Glory
    8.6/1063 votes
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    #4 - Seventeen Seconds to Glory

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/1979

    347 Section cooperates with the Royal Navy to deal with a bomb that has a 17-second fuse. Ash decides to ask Susan to marry him.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • Cast Iron Killer
    8.5/1071 votes
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    #5 - Cast Iron Killer

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1979

    Ash is ordered to take a defused bomb direct to a scientist working on ways to get around the booby-trap timer.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Don Shaw

  • The Silver Lining
    8.5/1065 votes
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    #6 - The Silver Lining

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1979

    A bomb under a nightclub provides 347 Section with an opportunity for a little recreation. Ash admits that he is smitten with Susan.

    Director: Henry Herbert

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • Bad Company
    8.5/1062 votes
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    #7 - Bad Company

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/1979

    Newly-promoted Major Francis takes command of the unit and proceeds to enforce new disciplines, but his chief target seems to be Ash and his men.

    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax

    Writer: Don Shaw

  • Dead Letter
    8.5/1064 votes
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    #8 - Dead Letter

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/1979

    Ash is assigned to Cambridge to help Dr. Gillespie with the new Y fuse, and meets Susan again.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Kenneth Clark

  • With Love From Adolf
    8.5/1065 votes
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    #9 - With Love From Adolf

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/1979

    Ash convalesces after a near-fatal accident while defusing a mine. With his mobility severely impaired, he is to be reassigned to light duties away from the bomb disposal unit.

    Director: Henry Herbert

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • Dead Man's Shoes
    8.4/1084 votes
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    #10 - Dead Man's Shoes

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1979

    Newly-promoted Second Lieutentant Brian Ash joins his new regiment only to find that they are assigned to bomb disposal in London. Ash is thrown in at the deep end when he and his men are sent to a bomb site.

    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax

    Writer: John Hawkesworth

  • The Quiet Weekend
    8.4/1065 votes
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    #11 - The Quiet Weekend

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1979

    Ash and Susan go off for a quiet weekend away but Ash is recalled to deal with an unexploded bomb and Susan returns home to find her husband waiting for her.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Jeremy Paul

  • Digging Out
    8.4/1060 votes
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    #12 - Digging Out

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1979

    Ash works on a bomb outside a destroyed office building while the men of 347 Section try to rescue a woman trapped inside and with another bomb right beside her.

    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax

    Writer: Paul Wheeler

  • Unsung Heroes
    8.2/1070 votes
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    #13 - Unsung Heroes

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1979

    Ash tackles a bomb that is not considered vital with a new fuse extractor that doesn't work properly. New Lieutenant Machin is placed with Ash to get some on-the-job training. Major Francis criticises Ash after a patriotic magazine article profiles 347 Section.

    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax

    Writer: John Hawkesworth