''Over Here'' is a 2-part television drama made in 1996 by the BBC for BBC One, BBC1 from 7 to 8 April 1996, this comedy-drama serial chronicling the lives of United States Army Air Corps, US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crews on a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire, Spitfire base during World War II. Samuel West starred as the RAF pilot Archie Bunting. Martin Clunes starred as Group Captain Barker; a man who flinches at the mention of, and has an inability to say the word, "Luftwaffe". and Jay Goede as the New York City bred American soldier Hershel Lenko, who becomes the most unlikely friend to Archie in the film's second half.

Plot

In the early stages of their involvement in World War II a squadron of American bombers are en route to England. Due to an air raid their destination, a new base, is unavailable and they have to divert to a nearby base, RAF Lytchmere. News then reaches the inbound crews of unserviceable RADAR equipment and because of which the squadron is almost attacked by Archie Bunting. The personnel infrastructure leads to the overcrowding at RAF Lytchmere with the arrival of the Americans and various petty conflicts arise. The series is loosely based on an idea for a novel by Earnest Maxim, which was to be entitled ''Buddy & Chum'.'

Locations

Location venues for the filming were the village of Castle Acre, RAF West Raynham and RAF Sculthorpe, Wolterton Hall, and Kimberley Hall in the English county of Norfolk.

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* * 1996 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings 1990s British television miniseries Aviation television series BBC television dramas British comedy-drama television shows British English-language television shows World War II television drama series British World War II films 1990s British comedy-drama television series {{UK-tv-prog-stub