Silver Spring, Md — Concluding the compelling series about British heroines tasked with spying on the Nazis in occupied France, Wish Me Luck, Series 3 debuts on DVD on July 26, 2011 from Acorn Media. Based on the true story, the series comes to a thrilling close in these eight final episodes starring Kate Buffery (Trial and Retribution), Jane Asher (A Voyage Round My Father, Brideshead Revisited), Michael J. Jackson (Doctors), and Jane Snowden (All Passion Spent). Filmed on location in Britain and France, ITV Studios’ Wish Me Luck features strong female characters, historical authenticity, and spectacular scenery (2-Disc, www.AcornOnline.com, $39.99).

As D-Day approaches, the team gets a critically important assignment: to help stage an uprising that will divert German resources from the landings in Normandy. Now heading the team’s London office, Faith Ashley (Jane Asher) recruits two new agents to work in Le Crest, a Resistance stronghold in the French Alps.

Based on actual events in Vassieux-en-Vercors, a town in France famed for its acts of resistance during the German occupation, the final series finds the suspense building toward an emotional, action-packed finale. Also starring Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Terrence Hardiman (Cadfael) as General Stuckler, and Michael J. Jackson as Resistance leader Kit Vanston.

Created by Jill Hyem and Lavinia Warner (BBC’s Tenko), Wish Me Luck aired on ITV for three series (1988-90) and broadcast on U.S. public television in the 1990s.

Street Date: July 26, 2011
SRP: $39.99
DVD 2-Disc Set: 8 episodes - Approx. 414 min. SDH subtitles

Acorn Media previously released Series 1 in March 2010 and Series 2 in January 2011 (DVD 2-vol. boxed sets, $39.99).

Wish Me Luck is distributed by ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; one of the world’s leading international TV distribution, home-entertainment and merchandising & licensing businesses.

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