The somewhat delayed continuing adventures of a disparate group in WW2.
Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Zofia Wichlacz, Julia Brown, Ewan Michell (her brother) Harry Chase, Parker Sawyers, Kasia Tomaszeski, Blake Harrison, Ahad Raza Mir (in the desert), Ceallach Spellman, Eugenie Derouand (nurse / Resistance), Parker Sawyers (jazz sax player in camp), David Sulkin (charismatic pilot), Mark Bonnar, Miriam Schiweck (German girl), Yrsa Daley-Ward (ambulance driver). Also loved the sergeant's wife in brief but excellent appearance - we think it was Posy Sterling.
Really well written cross-cutting between England, Egypt, Paris and Berlin. Exciting flying scenes. Sulkin's luck of course runs out eventually.
Really enjoying (again) the interplay between Hauer-King and his disrespectful sergeant Blake Harrison, who's great. Shameful racism in desert exposed towards Indian troops. Sulkin's engineer also amusingly disrespectful to pilot.
Good production values - looking forward to finding out Sahara was played by Margate etc!
Most watchable, but somehow doesn't once make you cry, gasp with surprise, burst out laughing... it's a few inches away from being great. But we will watch the next seventeen seasons.
Editor (ep 2 anyway) Jeremy Strachan, DPs Bastian Schiott, John Lee, music Dan Jones. Mammoth Screen for BBC.
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