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Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series set during the Second World War developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash , an officer in the Royal Engineers . The programme was titled and partly based on the memoirs of Major A. B. Hartley , M.B.E , RE , Unexploded Bomb - The Story of Bomb Disposal , with episodes written by Hawkesworth and four screenwriters . The programme appeared on the US PBS as a segment of Masterpiece Theatre from 4 January -- 5 April 1981 . Euston Films is a British film and television production company . The most famous Euston Films productions include Van der Valk ( 1972 -- 1973 , 1977 , 1991-1992 ) , The Sweeney ( 1975-1976 , 1978 ) , Minder ( 1979 -- 1980 , 1982-1985 , 1988-1989 , 1991 , 1993-1994 ) , Quatermass ( 1979 ) , Danger UXB ( 1979 ) , and Reilly : Ace of Spies ( 1983 ) .