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The Machine Gunners

1983 1 Season 6 Episodes 6.1

Overview

During the Second World War, a group of youth in the Northeast England town of Garmouth regularly suffer from bomb attacks by the German forces. One of the children raids a crashed German aircraft and takes a fully operational machine gun, intending to set up their own fortress. Playing with it causes a German plane to crash-land; the kids befriend the pilot, who is unaware that they had caused him to crash.

Details

Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1983-02-23
Last Air Date: 1983-03-30
Created By: William Corlett
Networks: BBC One
Production: BBC