Over Here (miniseries)
Over Here is a 2-part television miniseries made in 1996 by the BBC for BBC1 from 7 to 8 April 1996, this comedy-drama miniseries 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".
| Over Here | |
|---|---|
| Genre | World War II, Comedy-drama |
| Written by | John Sullivan |
| Directed by | Tony Dow |
| Starring | Samuel West Martin Clunes |
| Composer(s) | Graham Jarvis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Sullivan |
| Producer(s) | Jacinta Peel |
| Running time | 185 min |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Picture format | 14:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 7 April – 8 April 1996 |
The miniseries is littered with historical inaccuracies.<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117274/characters/nm0167340?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8>
Plot
Conflict arose when American soldiers must share their barracks.
Locations
Location venues for the filming were the village of Castle Acre, RAF West Raynham and RAF Sculthorpe in the English county of Norfolk.[1]