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Wish Me Luck - Complete
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A delightful series
Review date: 2008-07-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
I just could not stop watching this series. Each episode became so interesting and life -like it brought back long distant memories of that terrible period..Being old enough to appreciate the stress and tension that existed at the time I thought it was quite accurately portrayed throughout the series.especially the political aspect as D Day approached!. A 'must have' in anyone's collection. A fitting tribute to those brave men and women who sadly never survived!Full marks to ALL the actors!
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Reviews
Wish Me Luck - Complete ' as you can get it '
Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
Note ' Wish Me Luck - Complete ' is Series 1 Series 2 and Series 3
so its Complete.
A few Months ago I was hunting for this and it was very difficult to track down but I was lucky to find a Amazon Marketplace trader selling this Box set so if you don't own Series 1 - 2 or 3 then this is the one to buy as ' Network ' have made a great job and the picture quality is excellent.
Created by Jill Hyem and Lavinia Warner, of Tenko fame, WISH ME LUCK was a thrilling dramatisation of the ordeals endured by the brave civilian women recruited during the Second World War to operate as Allied agents behind enemy lines.
Produced by London Weekend Television, WISH ME LUCK was first broadcast in January 1988. A further two series followed in 1989 and 1990 and twenty-three episodes were made in all.
The first series of eight episodes follows the experiences of wife and mother Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery - Trial and Retribution) and plucky factory girl Mathilde `Matty' Firman (Suzanna Hamilton - 1984), from their initial recruitment and training in England, through to the terrifying reality of their day-to-day lives as agents in Occupied France. Their fellow agents in `Area Three' are Kit Vanston (Michael J. Jackson - Brookside) and Colin Beale (Jeremy Northam - Gosford Park), while running 'The Outfit' (based on the real-life Special Operations Executive) and making tough decisions back in England are Faith Ashley (Jane Asher - The Mistress) and Colonel James `Cad' Cadogan (Julian Glover - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).
Warren Clarke { Andy Dalziel in the TV series Dalziel and Pascoe.} plays Colonel Werner Krieger
The second series introduced new agents: Vivien Ashton (Lynn Farleigh) and Emily Whitbread (Jane Snowden), while the third featured Virginia Mitchell (Catherine Schell).
Nice plots, great scenery, but the acting...
Review date: 2008-03-03 Rating: 6 out of 10
Wow, I had forgotten just what a confusing programme Wish me Luck was. On the one hand you have some spine tingling tension, as our heroes outfight the devilish Boche. On the other, you have some of the worst acting ever put out on DVD!! How on earth was Jane Asher employed throughout the entire series? The word wooden does not do her justice; she is a veritable forest!!! The woman who sticks her head in the oven, in the first series, is another who belongs in amateur dramatics, whilst the one that caps them all off is the Scottish bloke playing Gaspard in series three. What a shocker!! And what about the dodgy accents? The guy who plays Boycey in Only Fools and Horse turns up in series one with an accent that sounds like a cross between Australian and German that somehow is meant to be French! If any school kids watching this are studying French for their exams I urge them not to copy this if they are going for an oral exam! You will fail!!!
Wish me luck does get a bonus point, however, for getting the uniforms and planes correct in the programme. Somehow, on what must have been a limited budget, they manage to acquire real JU-52s, a Fieseler Storch and a Lysander!
To sum up; buy Secret Army instead and watch the real action. This is but a mere Phoney War.
Good
Review date: 2007-10-22 Rating: 8 out of 10
There are no super TV series like this now. Wish Me Luck follows serect agents in France during WWII. This is a tense and exciting series. Watching gives the viewers a small sense of what it must have been like, to be a hunted agent in France.
Great stories, sets etc.. but at time rather odd acting and casting.
AT LAST!!
Review date: 2007-09-19 Rating: 10 out of 10
Great TV programming from late 80s. Season 1 & 2 stand out better than Season 3 but very enjoyable. Wooden acting from Jane Asher aside this is a must buy - greato see Mark Anstee and Kate Buffrey.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Julian Glover; Kate Buffery; Suzanna Hamilton; Jane Asher
Creators:
Julian Glover; Kate Buffery; Suzanna Hamilton; Jane Asher (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626252847
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 6
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2007-04-02
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 1150 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)