Nick McCarty
Director
Spearhead (1974)
Series 3
Spearhead is a British television drama produced by Southern Television for the ITV network. With a total of three series and 19 episodes from 1978 to 1981, the series follows the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment, during The Troubles.
Released July 18, 1978
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: imdb.army, tmdb.the-troubles-north-ireland-1966-98, tmdb.1960s, tmdb.northern-ireland, tmdb.regiment, tmdb.1970s, tmdb.british-army, tmdb.infantry
Production Companies: Southern Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Night Games
B Company has been sent to Hong Kong, still for the time being part of the British empire. Gilbey trains new recruits while 6 Platoon has the inglourious task of hunting down and handing back refugees from China.
July 30, 1981, midnight
S3E2 - Have a Happy Day
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Aug. 6, 1981, midnight
S3E3 - Another Happy Day
The platoon is still on furlough. Some of the squaddies have been brawling in the local bars and brothels. Mayhoe encounters racism in the army. Adams's father visits the refugee camps for the Vietnamese boat people. Pickering's love life takes a possibly murky step forward. And Bilinski is having an affair with a Chinese woman, unaware that some shady characters are watching him.
Aug. 13, 1981, midnight
S3E4 - The Macau Connection
Bilinski's love affair with the lady from Macau has left him open to blackmail by the snakeheads, who want him to join their trafficking racket. When a search party is sent, his interpreter is found murdered but the man himself has disappeared.
Aug. 20, 1981, midnight
S3E5 - Loyalties
Bilinski is under investigation for possible complicity in people smuggling for the snakeheads in return for dubious favours received. Box is furious: he should have been going home to England, but he has to replace Bilinski in charge of 6 Platoon, itself festering with resentment.
Aug. 27, 1981, midnight
S3E6 - Futures
It's time to go home. There are debts to be paid, treasured possessions to be left behind, goodbyes to be said. And futures to think about. Can a Black man like Mayhoe get promotion in spite of racism in the British army? Will Box's wife let him re-enlist? What of Bilinski, demoted to store duty? Gilbey's retirement plans? For Pickering, there's a final surprise.
Sept. 3, 1981, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 1140 min.
Released: July 18, 1978
Last Air Date: Sept. 3, 1981, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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