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    Drama TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    Wish Me Luck

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    Like the similarly styledΒ ManhuntΒ andΒ Secret Army, London Weekend Television’s Wish me LuckΒ was set in World War II and focused on the daring young people who risked life and limb to spy on the enemy and sabotage the Nazi advance. Two women, in particular, were highlighted, both fluent in French, with local knowledge of Normandy.

    One was well-bred blonde Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery) from Devon, a twenty-something mother of a five-year-old daughter, who answered an appeal for pictures of Normandy and was duly recruited.

    Her brother had been killed in action, and her husband, Lawrence (Nigel Le Vaillant), was away with the forces.

    The other was earthy 22-year old cockney Matty Firman (Suzanna Hamilton), whose mother was French and whose father was a London Jew. She was recruited as a wireless operator.

    Both worked as agents of the Special Operations Executive (casually known as ‘the outfit’), run by Colonel James ‘Cad’ Cadogan (Julian Glover), assisted by Oxford graduate Faith Ashley (Jane Asher) – dubbed ‘the Snow Queen’ – and wireless receiver Lois Mountjoy (Abigail McKern), who was the teenage daughter of a vicar.

    The unlikely duo worked together behind enemy lines, along with baronet’s son and Oxford blue, Kit Vanston (Michael J Jackson), who was the chief intelligence officer in the area, and fellow agent Colin Beale (Jeremy Northam) who had naval experience.

    They were assisted by Claudine (Shelagh McLeod), a wealthy former Sorbonne buddy of Liz’s, who was now forced to work for a living and took an instant dislike to the ‘common’ Matty.

    Claudine developed a risky ‘friendship’ with the increasingly cruel local Nazi boss, Colonel Kreiger (Warren Clarke), later replaced by General Stuckler (Terence Hardiman).

    New agents were also introduced later in the series, primarily Vivien (Lynn Farleigh), a recently widowed former dancer and Emily (Jane Snowden), a catholic doctor’s daughter.

    Liz GraingerΒ 
    Kate Buffery
    Mathilde ‘Matty’ FirmanΒ 

    Suzanna Hamilton
    Col James ‘Cad’ CadoganΒ 

    Julian Glover
    Kit VanstonΒ 

    Michael J Jackson
    Faith AshleyΒ 

    Jane Asher
    Colin BealeΒ 

    Jeremy Northam
    Claudine de ValoisΒ 

    Shelagh McLeod
    Lois MountjoyΒ 

    Abigail McKern
    Col Werner KreigerΒ 

    Warren Clarke
    Lawrence GraingerΒ 

    Nigel Le Vaillant
    Vivien AshtonΒ 

    Lynn Farleigh
    Emily WhitbreadΒ 

    Jane Snowden
    Gordon StewartΒ 

    Stuart McGugan
    LewisΒ 

    Jeremy Nicholas
    VirginiaΒ 

    Catherine Schell
    RenardΒ 

    Trevor Peacock
    NicoleΒ 

    Felicity Montagu
    General StucklerΒ 

    Terence Hardiman
    Col Max DuboisΒ 

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