TV Shows/Warship/Series 4
Series 4

WarshipSeries 4

1977
13 Episodes

Episodes

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S04E01

Wind Song

Ex Polaris submarine captain Edward Holt is in command of HMS Hero currently on duty in the Hong Kong area.

04 Jan 1977
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S04E02

Singapore Incident

An executive jet flying a routine trip to Singapore issues a mayday call and is forced to ditch at sea. Captain Holt and the crew of HMS Hero are ordered to investigate.

11 Jan 1977
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S04E03

Diplomatic Package

One of the islands in the vicinity of Hong Kong now has a large oil field, to which the UK would like favorable concessions. To show the British presence, HMS Hero drops anchor in the port and Captain Holt and his crew practice their diplomacy ashore.

18 Jan 1977
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S04E04

Rendezvous

Hero is asked to help the Hong Kong police catch wanted murderer Victor Chelten, a former businessman with mental issues who has escaped by boat.

25 Jan 1977
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S04E05

The Girl From The Sea

Whilst watching a naval helicopter exercise HMS Hero rescue a Chinese girl from the water. When they return to Hong Kong it is with the assistance of the police that the mystery starts to unravel.

01 Feb 1977
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S04E06

A Matter of History

HMS Hero is docked at Eddowes Island, which is about to be handed over from British rule. The locals are welcoming to the Hero's crew, but they're opposed to the handover, and some are resorting to violence. The Hero's crew are asked to help keep the locals in order, which worries Captain Holt, and Lt Napier in particular.

08 Feb 1977
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S04E07

Counter-Charge

HMS Hero is now on its way back from Hong Kong. As they move closer to Portsmouth harbour the ship's crew prepares for shore leave.

15 Feb 1977
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S04E08

Man In Reserve

HMS Hero's overworked pilot accidentally flies into the RNR manned HMS Rillington's firing exercise. He spends the next exercise on HMS Rillington while their irritating Lt Mannering inflicts his bragging on Hero. An emergency then occurs.

22 Feb 1977
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S04E09

Fall From Grace

Having returned from an exercise the HMS Hero crew are needled about the state of their ship by Captain Calder.

01 Mar 1977
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S04E10

Jack Fell Down

The new officer on HMS Hero is a Special Duties commission: in this case, a former Petty Officer. He attacks his new role perhaps too vigorously and this is not helped by being unable to mix well and so learn from the other officers.

08 Mar 1977
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S04E11

Robertson Crusoe

Whilst observing a Russian ship, HMS Hero finds and takes aboard an experimental unexploded mine.

15 Mar 1977
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S04E12

Someone, Somewhere

As HMS Hero continues to steam home to Portsmouth, the RAF drop a post package for the crew. For Able Seaman Blane this starts unsettling rumours as to the state of his marriage back in his home village.

22 Mar 1977
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S04E13

Operation Sting-Ray

After an uprising - in which five British citizens have died - Hero and Bulwark are deployed to Dubarr in order to pick up evacuees. Captain Holt's girlfriend, journalist Zoe Carter, is one of the people trapped in the country.

29 Mar 1977