I've been watching "Secret Army". Incredible, 1970s Belgian-British collaboration about a secret network smuggling allied air crews who have been shot down out of occupied Europe. It's amazing in that it does not feel like traditional television/film fiction. The heros do not survive. Sometimes good people die and bad people live. Just because a character have been around for a while they're not safe. I guess soap operas are similar, but this is serious, gritty drama. The style is at times peculiar because nearly everything spoken is in English, and some of the actor's affect their characters proper accents, whilst others don't (i.e. Natalie, the Dutch girl with the insanely posh British accent). Still, with a few exceptions superb writing, and truly compelling because goodness and justice do not always, or even often, triumph. Now I'm looking forward to the follow-up series, Kessler.
You can find Secret Army on DVD or torrents.
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