Bluestone 42

Bluestone 42
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Richard Hurst James Cary
Directed by	Iain B MacDonald David Sant
Starring	Oliver Chris Gary Carr Jamie Quinn Scott Hoatson Katie Lyons Stephen Wight Tony Gardner Kelly Adams Keeno Lee Hector Matthew Lewis Laura Aikman
Composer	Vince Pope
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	21 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Stephen McCrum
Producer	Michelle Farr
Production location	South Africa
Editor	Nigel Williams
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Three
Release	5 March 2013 (2013-03-05) – 13 April 2015 (2015-04-13)
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Bluestone 42 is a British sitcom about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan during Operation Herrick, first broadcast on 5 March 2013 on BBC Three. The third and final series began on 9 March 2015 and ended on 13 April 2015. In July 2015, writers Richard Hurst and James Cary confirmed the show would not return for a fourth series, citing BBC Three's impending move to online and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as contributing towards the show having run its course.^[1]

While the show takes place in Helmand Province, the series was filmed in South Africa.