This article is about the UK TV series. For the 2001 Turkish film, see Wish Me Luck (film). For the 1997 novel, see James Heneghan.
Wish Me Luck
Created by
Jill Hyem Lavinia Warner
Directed by
Gordon Flemyng series 1 Bill Hays series 2 & 3
Starring
Kate Buffery Suzanna Hamilton Lynn Farleigh Jane Asher Julian Glover Michael J. Jackson Jane Snowden
Opening theme
J'attends un navire (Hymne der Resistance) by Kurt Weill
Composer
Jim Parker
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
3
No. of episodes
23
Production
Executive producer
Nick Elliott
Producer
Michael Chaplin
Running time
51 mins
Production company
LWT
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) – 25 February 1990 (1990-02-25)
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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.
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