VHS : Wish Me Luck - Series 1, 6 Volume Gift Boxed Set
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starring: Lynn Farleigh, Suzanna Hamilton, Jane Snowden, Jeremy Northam, Jane Asherdirected by: Bill Hays, Gordon Flemyng
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0743452057030
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Label: Goldhil Home Media
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media
Release Date: August 01, 2001
Running Time: 394 minutes
Sales Rank: 54869
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1988
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - FANY's and WAAC's and WAAF's...oh my!
"Wish Me Luck" was one of those quality British WWII dramas that turned up every now and then and resulted in an entertainment that is rarely found from other country's. The type of drama that the British have forgotten how to make as they look more and more to the US for indication of how to film drama.
It's narrative focuses primarily on two women SOE agents, Liz Granger (Kate Buffery) and Matty Firman (Suzanna Hamilton), drawn from different backgrounds and thrown into the mix of ... Read More
Rating:  - Rich view of another side of the war
Finally, an exploration of WW II that demonstrates that women can be brave, loyal, daring and patriotic. For all the compelling war movies out there, its very rare that women are allowed those noble qualities as they are usually subjugated to the role of lover, femme fatal, wife, mother or child. "Wish Me Luck" features women, in all their various personal roles, but also engaged in the war to save their nation. Refreshing! For the insecure among you who need bang-bangs to reassure you there's ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant!
To anyone who has taken an interest in the work of SOE during the War Years this series is absolutely brilliant.A lot of research has gone into the making of this series and the detail and background is second to none.If you are looking for a lot of action,you may be dissappointed,as the series does tend to concentrate on the people involved and the effect it has on their lives and the people involved in their lives.but this all makes for very real and believable drama.The characters portayed are very ... Read More
Rating: - Undercover in occupied France
I have this series on VHS and, after having watched it at least three times, still really enjoy it. I find it well-written, well-acted, well-paced, and an interesting take on the usual male spy story. As a woman, I admittedly enjoy stories about women who succeed at difficult tasks. The two women who star in this series face an extremely difficult task--to pass as Frenchwomen in occupied France, despite having spent the majority of their lives in England, while passing secrets under the noses of the ever ... Read More
Rating:  - A spy series for the gels
WISH ME LUCK, a British telly miniseries that aired in the late 1980s, revolves around the perils facing English agents working with the Resistance in WWII occupied France.
Female viewers are the target audience for this melodrama. Real Men need not tune in. The shtick to draw in the gels is the fact that the two main protagonists are women. Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery), a young English housewife and mother, whose husband is serving with the Royal Army in Egypt and whose brother has been killed ... Read More
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