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The Machine Gunners - Miniseries

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.

Top Cast

  • Shaun Taylor

    Shaun Taylor

    Chas McGill

  • Debbie Breen

    Debbie Breen

    Audrey Parton

  • Tony Saint

    Tony Saint

    Cem Jones

  • Alastair Craig

    Alastair Craig

    Nicky Nichol

  • Harry Herring

    Harry Herring

    Stan Liddell

  • Les Wilde

    Les Wilde

    Mr McGill

  • Pauline Moriarty

    Pauline Moriarty

    Mrs McGill

  • John Gannie

    John Gannie

    Sergeant Green

  • Andrew Craig

    Andrew Craig

    Clogger Duncan

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.

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