proctor-5 Review of We'll Meet Again

We'll Meet Again (1982)

Series marred by poor historical footage and wooden acting

[11 September 2005]

I was very much looking forward to watching We'll Meet Again as I know the village where it was filmed and enjoy WW2 dramas. I went right through the 13 episodes in the hope it would improve. Ray Smith playing a version of Windsor Davies sergeant in It Ain't Alf Hot Mum....Susannah York widening her eyes so much I feared for her sight.....the acting lacked any depth with a few exceptions (Elmer, Hymie and Chuck on the American side) and Major Dereham on the English side. By Episode 6 I thought I would scream if I saw any more grainy historical footage of bombs being loaded into B-17s. The whole production smacked of being done "on the cheap", with the players having an inside joke about just how appalling the script was! What a disappointment!