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Danger UXB

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Dead Man's Shoes

Air Date:08/01/1979

September 1940: Brian Ash, a direct entry officer of the Royal Engineers after ten weeks of basic training at the Hampshire Depot, joins 97 Tunnelling Company. Without benefit of training as a bomb disposal officer, he is immediately put in charge of a section whose previous officer was killed by a bomb. The unexploded bombs they deal with have been armed by electrical fuses that activate after being dropped, but sometimes fail to go off on impact. If they fail to explode on impact, they can detonate when vibrations caused by movement or contact close the circuit. Under the tutelage of Sergeant James, he defuses a relatively straightforward type 15 fused bomb, but is dismayed to learn that the Germans have deployed an even deadlier fuse, the type 17, that is rigged with a clockwork long-delay detonator activated by the bomb's impact.

Crew

Name: John Hawkesworth

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Lieutenant Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Fred Bryant

Character: ARP Warden

Department: Acting

Name: Eric Francis

Character: Bombed Out Man

Department: Acting

Name: Mollie Maureen

Character: Woman

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Longden

Character: Sapper Copping

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Farrington

Character: Captain Francis

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Lieutenant Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: Sapper Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Chappell

Character: Corporal Mould

Department: Acting

Name: Charles Pemberton

Character: Police Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Lieutenant Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: Margaret Heald

Character: Norma's Friend

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

Unsung Heroes

Air Date:15/01/1979

Ash is reprimanded, first by Francis for a newspaper story about the section that the 2IC believes injures the dignity of the service, then by Luckhurst for his reckless behaviour when defuzing a low-priority bomb. Ash becomes acquainted with new officer Ken Machin, who is assigned to his tutelage and billeted with him. Ash and Machin find they are to be sent on a hastily developed new disposal course.

Crew

Name: John Hawkesworth

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Gordon Kane

Character: Sapper Mulley

Department: Acting

Name: Moyra Fraser

Character: Aunt Do Do

Department: Acting

Name: Steven Grives

Character: Lieutenant Machin

Department: Acting

Name: Jean Campbell-Dallas

Character: Elsie

Department: Acting

Name: Phyllis MacMahon

Character: Cis

Department: Acting

Name: John Rolfe

Character: Fire Officer

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Burgess

Character: Photographer

Department: Acting

Name: Dafydd Havard

Character: Communist Speaker

Department: Acting

Name: Louisa Rix

Character: Angie

Department: Acting

Name: Marilyn Galsworthy

Character: Priscilla

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Longden

Character: Sapper Copping

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Lieutenant Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Farrington

Character: Captain Francis

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Lieutenant Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: Sapper Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Chappell

Character: Corporal Mould

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Lieutenant Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

Just Like a Woman

Air Date:22/01/1979

On their course, Ash and Machin learn that the boffins have developed a powerful electromagnetic 'clockstopper' to counter the type 17's fuse. Ash gives in to Machin's pleadings, allowing him to finish disarming the type 17 discovered in a residential garden while Ash deals with a Category A bomb near a telephone exchange. In Ash's absence, the type 17 explodes, killing Machin, despite the clockstopper. Ash later finds the Category A bomb has ruptured without exploding, and has an intact type 17 fuse, which is also rigged with an anti-handling device called the Zeus 40 that detonates if there is an attempt to extract the fuse.

Crew

Name: Jeremy Paul

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Roy Ward Baker

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Ralph Sheldon

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Ian Wilson

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

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Guest Stars

Name: Steven Grives

Character: Ken Machin

Department: Acting

Name: Alfie Bass

Character: Reg Preston

Department: Acting

Name: Louisa Rix

Character: Angie

Department: Acting

Name: Marilyn Galsworthy

Character: Priscilla

Department: Acting

Name: Patsy Smart

Character: Molly Preston

Department: Acting

Name: Gretchen Franklin

Character: Mrs. Flack

Department: Acting

Name: Matthew Ryan

Character: Matthew

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Salmon

Character: Terry

Department: Acting

Name: John Lillywhite

Character: Jimmy

Department: Acting

Name: John Kelland

Character: President

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Elsom

Character: Captain RAOC

Department: Acting

Name: Prentis Hancock

Character: Captain BD

Department: Acting

Name: James Woolley

Character: Adjutant on course

Department: Acting

Name: William Wilde

Character: Instructor on course

Department: Acting

Name: Roger Owen

Character: Chaplain

Department: Acting

Name: David Millett

Character: Corporal

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Longden

Character: Sapper Copping

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Good

Character: Captain West

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: Sapper Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: Stanley Price

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

Cast Iron Killer

Air Date:29/01/1979

Ash is ordered to take a defused bomb direct to a scientist working on ways to get around the booby-trap timer.

Crew

Name: Jeremy Summers

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Don Shaw

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Robert Longden

Character: Sapper Copping

Department: Acting

Name: John Graham

Character: Professor Hutton

Department: Acting

Name: Liz Bagley

Character: Grace

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Healey

Character: Dorothy

Department: Acting

Name: Charles Lamb

Character: Gardener

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Lieutenant Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: Sapper Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Barrie Cookson

Character: Brigadier Lawrence

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

The Silver Lining

Air Date:05/02/1979

A bomb under a nightclub provides 347 Section with an opportunity for a little recreation. Ash admits that he is smitten with Susan.

Crew

Name: John Hawkesworth

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Henry Herbert

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Geraldine Gardner

Character: Micky

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Good

Character: Captain West

Department: Acting

Name: John Rapley

Character: Silversmith

Department: Acting

Name: Mike Lewin

Character: Police Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Haines

Character: Surveyor's Assistant

Department: Acting

Name: Adrienne Conway

Character: Singer

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Lieutenant Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Lieutenant Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Chappell

Character: Corporal Mould

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: L / Corporal Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Lieutenant Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: David Auker

Character: Sapper Baines

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

The Quiet Weekend

Air Date:12/02/1979

Ash and Susan go off for a quiet weekend away but Ash is recalled to deal with an unexploded bomb and Susan returns home to find her husband waiting for her.

Crew

Name: Jeremy Paul

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Roy Ward Baker

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Ralph Sheldon

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Tony Mander

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

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Guest Stars

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: David Wood

Character: Lieutenant Symes

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Lieutenant Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Benjamin Whitrow

Character: Major Pullar

Department: Acting

Name: Sandy Ratcliff

Character: Rosalyn

Department: Acting

Name: Deirdre Costello

Character: Gladys

Department: Acting

Name: David Buck

Character: Stephen

Department: Acting

Name: Kathleen Harrison

Character: Mrs. Dollery

Department: Acting

Name: Pamela Abbott

Character: W.V.S. Lady

Department: Acting

Name: David Arlen

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

Name: Mike Savage

Character: Private

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Ellsworth

Character: Private

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: David Auker

Character: Sapper Baines

Department: Acting

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Episode: 7

Digging Out

Air Date:19/02/1979

Ash works on a bomb outside a destroyed office building while the men of 347 Section try to rescue a woman trapped inside and with another bomb right beside her.

Crew

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Paul Wheeler

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Character: Betty Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Major Luckhurst

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Farrington

Character: Captain Francis

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Owens

Character: Company Sergeant Major

Department: Acting

Name: Cheryl Hall

Character: Jean

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Mitchell

Character: ARP Warden

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Jordan

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: L / Corporal Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: David Auker

Character: Sapper Baines

Department: Acting

Name: John Snagge

Character: Newsreader

Department: Acting

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Episode: 8

Bad Company

Air Date:26/02/1979

Newly-promoted Major Francis takes command of the unit and proceeds to enforce new disciplines, but his chief target seems to be Ash and his men.

Crew

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Don Shaw

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kenneth Farrington

Character: Major Francis

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Lieutenant Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: David Shaughnessy

Character: 2nd Lieutenant Carter Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Brimble

Character: 2nd Lieutenant Gresham

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: Sapper Salt

Department: Acting

Name: James Woolley

Character: Captain Conroy

Department: Acting

Name: Norman Chappell

Character: Corporal Mould

Department: Acting

Name: Barrie Cookson

Character: Brigadier Lawrence

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Lieutenant Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: David Auker

Character: Sapper Baines

Department: Acting

Name: John Snagge

Character: Newsreader

Department: Acting

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Episode: 9

Seventeen Seconds to Glory

Air Date:05/03/1979

347 Section cooperates with the Royal Navy to deal with a bomb that has a 17-second fuse. Ash decides to ask Susan to marry him.

Crew

Name: John Hawkesworth

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Douglas Camfield

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ralph Sheldon

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Frank Maher

Role: Fight Choreographer

Department: Crew

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Guest Stars

Name: Nick Tate

Character: Lt. Chris Craik

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cellier

Character: Flt. Lt. Fenwick

Department: Acting

Name: Martin Neil

Character: Private Brinckley

Department: Acting

Name: Charles Pemberton

Character: Police Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Poyser

Character: RASC Corporal

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Hatton

Character: Naval Rating

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: L / Corporal Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Moyra Fraser

Character: Aunt Do-Do

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: John Bowler

Character: Sapper Scott

Department: Acting

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Episode: 10

Butterfly Winter

Air Date:12/03/1979

The Germans have been dropping a new butterfly bomb that are proving difficult to defuse. 347 Section is one of a number of units called to a small English village to deal with them.

Crew

Name: Jeremy Paul

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Roy Ward Baker

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Peter Jessop

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

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Guest Stars

Name: Kenneth Cranham

Character: L / Corporal Salt

Department: Acting

Name: Martin Neil

Character: L / Corporal Brinckley

Department: Acting

Name: Jason Fathers

Character: Ronnie Busby

Department: Acting

Name: Patricia Garwood

Character: Mrs. Busby

Department: Acting

Name: Tony Steedman

Character: Reverend Matlock

Department: Acting

Name: Jonty Miller

Character: Sam Smythe

Department: Acting

Name: Blake Butler

Character: ARP Warden

Department: Acting

Name: Clifford Earl

Character: Desk Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Sheard

Character: Police Superintendent

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Brown

Character: Civil Defence Officer

Department: Acting

Name: Penelope Beaumont

Character: WPC

Department: Acting

Name: Daphne Neville

Character: Woman in Police Station

Department: Acting

Name: Lyndsey Williams

Character: Chorus Girl

Department: Acting

Name: Paddy Ryan

Character: Postman

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Captain Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: David Shaughnessy

Character: Lieutenant Carter Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Bryan Burdon

Character: Sapper Binns

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: John Bowler

Character: Sapper Scott

Department: Acting

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Episode: 11

Dead Letter

Air Date:19/03/1979

Ash is assigned to Cambridge to help Dr. Gillespie with the new Y fuse, and meets Susan again.

Crew

Name: Douglas Camfield

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Ralph Sheldon

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Kenneth Clark

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Tim Pigott-Smith

Character: Harry Winthrop

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Grant

Character: Elspeth

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Malahide

Character: Flt. Lt. Kelly

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Lieutenant Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Good

Character: Major

Department: Acting

Name: Charles Rogers

Character: Captain

Department: Acting

Name: Ian Collier

Character: Sergeant

Department: Acting

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Captain Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: David Shaughnessy

Character: Lieutenant Carter Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Brimble

Character: Lieutenant Gresham

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

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Episode: 12

The Pier

Air Date:26/03/1979

The Company packs up and moves to the coast where they are to clear the beaches of dozens of British mines laid in preparation for a German invasion.

Crew

Name: Douglas Camfield

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Ralph Sheldon

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Tony Mander

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Don Shaw

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Osmund Bullock

Character: Captain Pringle

Department: Acting

Name: Martin Neil

Character: 2nd Lieutenant Brinckley

Department: Acting

Name: Royston Tickner

Character: Captain Leckie

Department: Acting

Name: David Shaughnessy

Character: Lieutenant Carter Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Bryan Burdon

Character: Sapper Binns

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Brimble

Character: Lieutenant Gresham

Department: Acting

Name: Cyril Cross

Character: Mr. Munton

Department: Acting

Name: Ellis Dale

Character: Surgeon

Department: Acting

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: John Bowler

Character: Sapper Scott

Department: Acting

Name: John Snagge

Character: Newsreader

Department: Acting

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Episode: 13

With Love From Adolf

Air Date:02/04/1979

Ash convalesces after a near-fatal accident while defusing a mine. With his mobility severely impaired, he is to be reassigned to light duties away from the bomb disposal unit.

Crew

Name: John Hawkesworth

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: John Trumper

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Norman G. Langley

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Henry Herbert

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Deborah Watling

Character: Norma

Department: Acting

Name: Iain Cuthbertson

Character: Doctor Gillespie

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Geeson

Character: Susan

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Sinden

Character: Ivor Rodgers

Department: Acting

Name: Moyra Fraser

Character: Aunt Do-Do

Department: Acting

Name: David Shaughnessy

Character: Lieutenant Carter-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Marjie Lawrence

Character: Mrs. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Kitson

Character: Corporal Horrocks

Department: Acting

Name: David Auker

Character: Sapper Baines

Department: Acting

Name: John Bowler

Character: Sapper Scott

Department: Acting

Name: Gordon Rollings

Character: Mr. Baker

Department: Acting

Name: John Kane

Character: Colin Mulley

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Lumsden

Character: Parson

Department: Acting

Name: Bill Rourke

Character: Locator Corporal

Department: Acting

Name: Patricia Clapton

Character: Woman on Bombsite

Department: Acting

Name: Margaret Heald

Character: Norma's Friend

Department: Acting

Name: John Snagge

Character: Newsreader

Department: Acting

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