Yes, I remember that. It was a great series…….. In this episode they were on some island with a causeway and were going to pretend they’d found a Spitfire buried in the mud flats I think, so they could sell it to a collector and make a few quid. Id like to see it again someday.
Dave,
The premis was the family of the Spitfire (or Hurricane ?) pilot would pay them for recovering the wreckage from the mud flats on the south coast.
Instead they hired some suitable looking wreckage from a ‘dealer’ whose yard was full of wartime wreckage. Pretty sure it included a Merlin, but in the background really was all sorts of stuff which i presume was either filmed at a real south coast museum or was loaned for filming. Anybody know the full story..?
Anyhow, he (the dealer) had to find a suitable spot, dig a hole & place the wreckage in and cover it over, then the pilots family would pay & view the actual ‘discovery’ of the aircraft. However, when digging, the dealer guy unearthed the back end of a real Me109 (from a hithero unknown BofB crash) which i think also contained the pilots remains.
Pretty sure one of the characters had an attack of guilt, called it all off, reburied the ‘109 and walked away from the deal.
Hopefully somebody has it taped, although official VHS releases turn up on eBay, so i’ll keep an eye out.
Now…. any Bergerac experts out there ? :confused:
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