Episode 2: It’s Autumn and Hornet Squadron are billeted with their Spitfires in France, near the German border. For most of the young pilots, their posting to France is the first time they have left the shores of England. They spend the initial lazy days of ‘the phoney war’ billeted in an idyllic French chateau pampered by their charismatic Squadron Leader, but straining for real action and dreaming of romance.
Regular Cast: Tom Burlinson (‘Fanny’ Barton), Neil Dudgeon (‘Moggy’ Cattermole), Jack McKenzie (‘Ram’ Ramsey), Tom Radcliffe (‘Dicky’ Starr), George Anton (‘Pip’ Patterson), Gordon Lovitt (‘Sticky’ Stickwell), Gerard O’Hare (‘Flip’ Moran), Nathaniel Parker (‘Flash’ Gordon), Patrick Bailey (‘Mother’ Cox), Jeremy Northam (‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald), Mark Womack (‘Moke’ Miller), Tim Woodward (Squadron Leader Rex), Richard Hope (‘Skull’ Skeleton), David Horovitch (‘Uncle’ Kellaway)
Guest Cast: Michael Elwyn (Bletchley), Tony Crean, Neil Clark, Helena Michell, Corrine Dacla
Writer: Leon Griffiths / Book: Derek Robinson / Director: Ian Toynton
Airdate: 9 Oct 1988 on ITV
Series: Piece of Cake Season 1 Episode 2
Show Info: Period drama. Twelve young RAF pilots attempt to get through the first year of the second world war.