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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
Stories of the men of the RAF Hornet Squadron during the early days of World War II.
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Cast

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Tom Burlinson ... 'Fanny' Barton (6 episodes, 1988)
Neil Dudgeon ... 'Moggy' Cattermole (6 episodes, 1988)
George Anton ... 'Pip' Patterson (6 episodes, 1988)

Nathaniel Parker ... 'Flash' Gordon (6 episodes, 1988)
Boyd Gaines ... Christopher Hart III (6 episodes, 1988)
David Horovitch ... 'Uncle' Kellaway (6 episodes, 1988)

Richard Hope ... 'Skull' Skelton (6 episodes, 1988)
Michael Elwyn ... Air Commodore Bletchley (6 episodes, 1988)
Gordon Lovitt ... 'Sticky' Stickwell (5 episodes, 1988)
Gerard O'Hare ... 'Flip' Moran (5 episodes, 1988)
Tim Woodward ... Squadron Leader Rex (4 episodes, 1988)
Stephen MacKenna ... 'Micky' Marriott (4 episodes, 1988)

Jeremy Northam ... Fitz (3 episodes, 1988)
Mark Womack ... 'Moke' Miller (3 episodes, 1988)
Tom Radcliffe ... 'Dicky' Starr (2 episodes, 1988)
Patrick Bailey ... 'Mother' Cox (2 episodes, 1988)
John Bleasdale ... L.A.C. Gullet (2 episodes, 1988)

Helena Michell ... Mary (2 episodes, 1988)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
52 min (6 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
UK:12 (re-rating) (2006) (uncut) | UK:PG (original rating) (censored version)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
'Moggy' Cattermole: Who's going to win the Golf Cup sir?
Air Commodore Bletchley: Not bloody Hitler!
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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Best 300 minutes ever, 13 April 2005
10/10
Author: hedehad from United States

I must say I really enjoyed every moment when I watched the whole series after buying the DVD-Box. The Music is beautifully, brilliantly fantastic. The production makes the feeling of a school class where the boys in the group are drawn to certain small gangs within the group. Some of them are really close friends while some seem like sworn enemies. It is so exiting to follow them in their journey from unexperienced boys to become real fighters. They do not really understand the seriousness until they are drawn into real action.

The American (Boid Gains) does a really good job here, I can't understand why he wasn't used more in Hollywood after his brilliant performance in this successful masterpiece of TV production.

Neil Dudgeon is fabulous and why didn't Jeremy Northam and Nathaniel Parker get more of their recognition from Piece of Cake I wonder.

I don't really fancy WW2 war birds and that sort of military stuff but I really loved this mini series. So I suppose you don't have to be a "flyboy freak" to enjoy this mini series.

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