TV: Bluestone 42 Trailer - BBC Three

Bluestone 42 is an eight-part comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. It is a series about a bunch of soldiers who love being soldiers, and the camaraderie, bonds and banter they share, even though they are risking their lives defusing hidden bombs.

Written by Richard Hurst (Secret Diary Of A Call Girl) and James Cary (Miranda) in their first original commission, the series has been carefully researched and informed by serving and former members of the armed forces and military experts, to take the audience through authentic, compelling, surprising and funny stories about how heroes pass their time in between saving lives.

The Bluestone 42 cast includes Oliver Chris (Green Wing) as Captain Nick Medhurst, the wise-cracking expert who heads up the team and Kelly Adams (Hustle) who plays Mary, the new Padre joining the unit, who also quickly becomes the object of Nick’s desire. Gary Carr (Death In Paradise) plays Nick’s eager number two, Corporal Christian Mills and Katie Lyons (Boy A) is Corporal Lynda Bird, who just wants to be one of the lads. Stephen Wight (The Paradise) plays the sensible, old-before-his-time, Lance Corporal Simon Lansley, Jamie Quinn (Taggart) plays Mac, the Private with an encyclopaedic knowledge of filth and Scott Hoatson (Case Histories) portrays Rocket, a Private who isn’t the sharpest bayonet in the drawer. The commander of the entire battlegroup is Lieutenant Colonel Philip Smith, played by Tony Gardner (Fresh Meat), and helping them all along the way is Faruq, their Afghan interpreter, played by Keeno Lee Hector (Beaver Falls).