I was blown up in Afghanistan in 2009. I had to have a leg amputated – and had the operation done while wearing a musical cockerel posing pouch. Black humour is what gets squaddies through dodgy times ...

Bluestone 42 writer Richard Hurst talks about the research process for the brand BBC Three comedy drama. One of the most common questions my co-writer James Cary and I get asked when we’re talking ...

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 ...

Bluestone 42 is a funny beast in that it’s a comedy that doesn’t make me laugh but I still enjoy it and find funny it in a Carry On kind of way. Can you like a comedy without actually laughing at it ...

BBC Three has announced that it has ordered a second series of Bluestone 42. The comedy drama, which follows the adventures of an army bomb disposal unit operating in Afghanistan, has been met with a ...

War-zone comedy Bluestone 43 is back for a second series, Alicia quits leaves Lockhart/Gardner in The Good Wife and Kev reveals more in The Smoke. Bluestone 42, BBC3, 10pm The controversial war-zone ...

Oliver Chris is best known for playing caddish Captain Nick Medhurst in Bluestone 42 and philandering Dr Richard Truscott in Breathless. He avoided the miserable autumn drizzle in favour of South ...

Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork?

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BBC Three has announced that it has ordered a second series of Bluestone 42. The comedy drama, which follows the adventures of an army bomb disposal unit operating in Afghanistan, has been met with a ...

In the long tradition of army-based comedy dramas, Bluestone 42 is a warm and funny series about a bunch of mates who happen to be soldiers, making the best of their circumstances in the only way they ...

One of the most common questions my co-writer James Cary and I get asked when we’re talking about our new comedy Bluestone 42, is about the research process. Did you do lots of research, people ask.