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The Machine Gunners

1983 – 1983 · BBC One
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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During the Second World War, a group of youth in the Northeast England town of Garmouth regularly suffer from bomb attacks by the German forces. One of the children raids a crashed German aircraft and takes a fully operational machine gun, intending to set up their own fortress. Playing with it causes a German plane to crash-land; the kids befriend the pilot, who is unaware that they had caused him to crash.

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During the Second World War, a group of youth in the Northeast England town of Garmouth regularly suffer from bomb attacks by the German forces. One of the children raids a crashed German aircraft and takes a fully operational machine gun, intending to set up their own fortress. Playing with it causes a German plane to crash-land; the kids befriend the pilot, who is unaware that they had caused him to crash.

SERIES CAST

Shaun Taylor
Chas McGill
Debbie Breen
Audrey Parton
Tony Saint
Cem Jones
Alastair Craig
Nicky Nichol
Harry Herring
Stan Liddell
Les Wilde
Mr McGill
Pauline Moriarty
Mrs McGill
John Gannie
Sergeant Green
Created by William Corlett

DETAILS

Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
First aired
Feb 23, 1983
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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