WISH ME LUCK - SERIES 2

Details

• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: ; Espionage, danger, and romance behind enemy lines; ; Seen on public television; ; Civilians turn heroines in this compelling British WWII series; ; In the midst of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Their assignment is sabotage, subversion, and propaganda; their fate, if caught, is torture or worse.; ; Now an experienced operative, Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery, Trial & Retribution) is working in the London home office under the direction of Colonel James 'Cad' Cadogan (Julian Glover, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). Desperately needed recruits join the team, but they bring troubles of their own. Vivien (Lynn Farleigh, Pride and Prejudice) carries a secret that may compromise her judgment, while Emily (Jane Snowden, All Passion Spent) is a skilled radio operator but dangerously raw at the spy game. How will they fare in France, where even the smallest mistake can prove fatal?; ; Based on the real-life stories of women recruited by Britain’s Special Operations Executive, Wish Me Luck features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity. Also starring Jeremy Northam (The Tudors), Jane Asher (A Voyage Round My Father), and Michael J. Jackson (Doctors) as Resistance leader Kit Vanston.
• Cast: Jane Asher; Michael J. Jackson; Kate Buffery; Jane Snowden; Julian Glover; Jeremy Northam; Mark Anstee; Stuart McGugan; Suzanna Hamilton; Catherine Schell; Jeremy Nicholas; Trevor Peacock; Terrence Hardiman; Glyn Grain; Lynn Farleigh; Felicity Montagu; Venetia Barrett; William Simons; Miranda Burton; Shelagh McLeod; Gillian Raine; John Boswall; Nigel Le Vaillant; Arthur Whybrow; Damien Thomas; Jenny Robbins; Paul Rainbow; Abigail McKern; Robert Lister; Warren Clarke; John Challis; Donald Gee; Shirley Henderson; Carmel McSharry; Bobbie Brown; Vincenzo Nicoli; Caroline John; Marianne Borgo; Fiona Walker; Richard Hampton; Bryan Pringle; Jeremy Brudenell; Jerome Willis; Albert Welling; Lusha Kellgren; Godfrey James; Trevyn McDowell; Tim Meats; William Jongeneel; Sidney Livingstone; Andrew Woodall; Anthony Langdon; David Swift; Barrie Shore; Gabrielle Glaister; Jasper Jacob; Michael Palmer; Tilly Tremayne; Tom Chadbon; Olivier Pierre; Elaine Lordan; Nicholas Geake; Trilby Harris; James Greene; Rupert Vansittart; Jean Rimmer; Ken Wynne; Iain Rattray; Terence Lodge; Anne Jameson; Stephen Brigden; Sebastian Abineri; Jake D'Arcy; Stephen Hattersley; Leon Tanner; Louis Mellis; Rita May; Anne Tirard; Jane Salter; Philippa Urquhart; Sonia Fox; Felicity Hayes-McCoy; Jon Rumney; Harriet Reynolds; Christian Rodska; Frank Ellis; Sam Miller; Kevin Stoney; Norman Tyrrell; Louise Walsh; Juliette Grassby; Norman Hartley; Bunny May; Helen Cherry; Carl Proctor; James Gaddas; Anthony Gardner; Ursula Jones; Niven Boyd; Tony Stephens; Ted Carroll; Jonathan Lacey; Michael Lumsden; John White; Carol Frazer; Sean McCabe; Roger Tebb; Kim Wall; Jamie Glover; Eddie Stacey; Taylor McAuley; John Golightly; Barbara Hickmott; John Rolfe; Chris Sullivan; Wolf Christian; Andrew Cuthbert; Roy Evans; Frank Mills; Chris Jenkinson; Claire King; Jill Hyem; Lavinia Warner; Frances Galleymore; Michael Chaplin; Kevin Clarke; Colin Shindler; Michael Baker; Terry Hodgkinson
• Director: Philip J. Jones
• Runtime: 6:15
• Company: Acorn Media
• Media Format: Series