8.4/1084 votes#1 - 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
- 8.2/1070 votes
#2 - 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
- 8.6/1070 votes
#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
- 8.5/1071 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.5/1065 votes
#5 - 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
- 8.4/1065 votes
#6 - 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
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- 8.4/1060 votes
#7 - 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
- 8.5/1062 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.6/1063 votes
#9 - 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
- 8.9/1073 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.5/1064 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.7/1066 votes
#12 - 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
- 8.5/1065 votes
#13 - 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
The Best Episodes of Danger UXB Season 1
Every episode of Danger UXB Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Danger UXB Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Dead Man's Shoes" is the best rated episode of "Danger UXB" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and written by John Hawkesworth, it aired on 1/8/1979. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Unsung Heroes".
