Wish Me Luck (1988)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jeremy Northam
Kate Buffery
Julian Glover
Suzanna Hamilton
Jane Asher
Michael J. Jackson
Mark Anstee
Stuart McGugan
Jane Snowden
Lynn Farleigh
Trevor Peacock
Lavinia Warner
Creator
Catherine Schell
Virginia Mitchell aka Dominique
Greg Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Hays
Director
Gordon Flemyng
Director
Details.
Release DateJanuary 17, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes23
Running Time30m
Genres
Wiki.
Wish Me Luck is a British television drama about the exploits of British women undercover agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 17 January 1988 and 25 February 1990 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and written the BBC women prisoner of war series Tenko. The series was filmed on location in England and France.
Wish Me Luck is similar to Tenko and the 1970s BBC drama Secret Army, in that it deals with strong female characters coping under extreme conditions in wartime. The organisation for which the series' women agents worked, the Outfit, was based on the real-life Special Operations Executive. Season 1 and 2 were based on the exploits of SOE agent Nancy Wake and much of the dialogue was copied from her autobiography The White Mouse.
The series also addressed social issues and divisions under wartime conditions. A great deal of attention was also paid to creating the social context of the operatives, the drama of their work, against the backdrop of an intensely detailed local "colour" in both wartime Britain and France.
"Wish Me Luck (as You Wave Me Goodbye)" is a song made popular during the Second World War by Gracie Fields.