Late 80s tv film drama about the RAF?

[Appo]

I am after details of a film shown on tv in the late 80s, about the RAF. It centres on a young airman who gets beaten up by rockapes and bumps the NAAFI girl – who then gets up the duff by someone else...:o) It featured a TACEVAL…that’s all I can remember – sounds riveting eh?

Can anyone remember the details of this film (It may have been called “Wings of a Dove”)?

The feeble description is mainly due to my failing memory – however, I would like to see the film again, if only out of curiosity..:-)

[Styron]

Yes Winter Flight starring Sean Bean, Reece Dinsdale and Nicole Cowper.

It was set at Duxford and other airfields around that area.

Here's a good link

http://www.compleatseanbean.com/winter.html

[Appo]

Styron -

Many thanks for the link.

Appo

[bob-morris]

There was also "Squadron" in the late 70s and "Strike Force" (aka Strike Farce) in the early 90s - the latter filmed at Leeming whilst I was there.

They were all crap!

[CBA_caption]

Ah, Strike force - Thank you! Had been wondering whether I imagined it. Didn't one of the chaps drive off a cliff in his MGB or somesuch. No idea why that sticks in my head.

CBA

[Av18tor]

I hate to admit it but I found Strike Farce on an old video last week and yes, I did sit through two hours of poo.

And the car that flew off the cliff was a red TR7 convertable... At least there's one less of those heaps out there!!
(unless its been sold on ebay and renovated!)

[teeteringhead]

Was that the one where somebody's deranged wife was wandering up and down the runway in her nightie during night flying?? Where are the snowdrops when you need 'em?;)

[The Burning Bush]

airman who gets beaten up by rockapes

Clearly a work of fiction then;)

[El Mirador]

Seem to remember it! Watching some guys MG being scraped up a wall by a JCB!!!!!!! Think it was a Channel Four jobby......
Either that or I dreamt the whole thing!:bored:

[Griz]

Tthead

'Friday On My Mind'. 618 Sqn GR1 crashes in Welsh valley after entering a CSAS bite (that would do the trick!). Widow blames ATC (who else?) gets intimate with effects officer and goes mad!

Easy, now ask me one on sport.

[teeteringhead]

Details for "Squadron" (http://www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/squadron.htm). Thanks Griz, but "Friday" doesn't seem to be one of those. Can't find the other one just yet...

Found "Friday" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157224/) which seems to have been a stand alone two part drama.

[BEagle]

Which was the one featuring "Stitch that, you ba$tard!".........

[NURSE]

strike force was that the one that ended with the ejector seat of the tornado going off as the crew walked away????

[ComJam]

Nurse,

Yup that's the one, about the only bit I remember. Managed to sucessfully blank the rest from my mind :)

[Lukeafb1]

As some Ppruners might know, I was a television director for some 25 years.

Some years ago, I was interviewed by an exec producer, with a view to directing one of the series mentioned in this thread.

With 16 years in the RAF (in aviation), I was politely told, that I might try to make the series 'too realistic' if I was given the assignment.

A year later, I watched the first episode and within three minutes of the opening credits, a cpl WRAF, was being addressed as "sarge".

Yep, I think I would have been overly realistic!!!!!:E :E

[tabmonkey01]

wasn't strike force the excellently researched prog that featured a navigator claiming to have served on jags with a certain pilot....??:confused:

[Pontius Navigator]

I must have been in space, managed to miss them all. Were they as good as the RN series earlier this year with the well balanced Glaswegian Scot Captain with a chip on each shoulder and the anorexic, nymphonmaniac XO?

Not sure about the XO only got to see one episode and that probably by mistake.

[Av18tor]

PN...

Dont worry that you missed Strike Farce, just PM me your address and I'll send you the copy I have which, is planned for inclusion on the Guy Fawkes Day bonfire!! :ok: :ok:

[MostlyHarmless]

Strike Force.. Hmmm Wasn't that supposed to be the pilot (sic) for a full series? Wonder where that went...

It was the highly credible Flt Sgt sourcing fresh coffee beans or something for the heroic StrikeForcians that always stuck in my mind - although the talented ATC doris covering everything from Local to Range Control with a bit of talk-down in between also rates.

[Always_broken_in_wilts]

Read all the posts here..............some of you guys need to get out in the daylight.........or at least get a hobby:ok:

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

[insty66]

ABIW
Would that include you for reading all the posts?:E
:ok:

[Seak1ng]

And I think that the Tonka in Strike Force had a rather unique engine system which allowed you to see daylight right through the intakes. Not seen the same systme since!