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Eichhörnchen
07-01-20, 01:43 PM
It's driving me mad now... a UK series on BBC or ITV about S.O.E. type activities in occupied Europe... it was on TV in the 70s or 80s but it was NOT 'Secret Army' or 'Wish Me Luck'

At the start of each episode you had a view of a bomber's huge undercarriage wheel (from a camera rigged up inside the wheel-well) as the plane took off. Then the wheel slowly retracted as the aircraft rose off the runway, until of course the undercarriage doors closed and it all went black. Then the show would start

I'd really like to see this again... maybe get it on DVD... although I can't remember a thing about it except what I just described
Dowly
07-01-20, 02:08 PM
Nothing in this fits your description, but in case your memory is fading... :D

Enemy at the Door?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GOKNdpCY8


EDIT: Maybe The Fourth Arm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Arm_(TV_series))?
Moonlight
07-01-20, 03:48 PM
The Fourth Arm 1983
^Scrub that Mr Squirrel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_TV_series
Onkel Neal
07-01-20, 03:50 PM
Dr. Who!
Eichhörnchen
07-01-20, 04:11 PM
I'd considered... then discounted... both Enemy At The Door and Island At War, since these were both Channel Islands occupation dramas. The Fourth Arm looks like a possible candidate but all I can find of it on YouTube is a trailer which doesn't feature the opening or end credits

It doesn't appear to have been released on DVD either... I can't find it on Ebay... but thanks for you input, guys (it wasn't Dr Who either, Onkel Neal :haha:)
Reece
07-01-20, 06:51 PM
Dr. Who!
:har::har:
Mr Quatro
07-01-20, 10:13 PM
Benny Hill? That's my only input due to his skinny chicks that I liked. :D
d@rk51d3
07-02-20, 02:06 AM
Fourth Arm apparently opens with a flight scene across the English Channel.

Never officially released on DVD, copies are available, taken from VHS to DVD on several sites that I could see.
Jimbuna
07-02-20, 05:04 AM
If it is Fourth Arm it is available in the UK from here: http://www.vintage-television.com/thefourtharm.html
Eichhörnchen
07-02-20, 01:14 PM
Thanks. guys... I feel pretty sure now, given that description of flying over the Channel, that this is the show... even though the name still rings no bells

Anyway, I just sent off for it using the link kindly provided by Jim (thanks for that, Jim) as I have to have it now anyway, having seen the trailer and read about it

I'll let you know if it's the one!
Jimbuna
07-02-20, 02:12 PM
Thanks. guys... I feel pretty sure now, given that description of flying over the Channel, that this is the show... even though the name still rings no bells

Anyway, I just sent off for it using the link kindly provided by Jim (thanks for that, Jim) as I have to have it now anyway, having seen the trailer and read about it

I'll let you know if it's the one!

Bloody hell! I hope it is :)
Eichhörnchen
07-23-20, 08:12 AM
DVDs came today (4 discs) :yep:

So being a transfer from tape to disc it is pretty grainy... but since it's the only game in town I'm happy; after a couple of tots I shan't care anyway

Oh and it's definitely the series I was on about so thanks again, guys :yeah:
Jimbuna
07-23-20, 01:23 PM
Nice one :up:
d@rk51d3
07-23-20, 07:50 PM
Good Stuff. :up: