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Warship

TV·1973–1977·4 seasons, 45 episodes·BBC One·Drama, War & Politics·50m·Created by Ian Mackintosh, Anthony Coburn

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Written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s, most stories focus on the Captain and his fellow officers, with subplots dealing with life on the lower decks. Episodes typically featured a variety of events at sea (the Cold War, smuggling, the evacuation of civilians from crisis-hit places, etc.), as well as the personal lives of officers and ratings and the impact their personal lives had on their professional lives and duties.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season019Episodes1973AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Hot PursuitJune 7, 1973HMS Hero, a Royal Navy frigate, has lost her captain to mental illness and her first lieutenant to the bottle. While in the middle of an ove
  2. S01E02Nobody Said FrigateJune 14, 1973HMS Hero are sent on a hush, hush mission to the North African coast to pick up a British asset, code named Max without anybody knowing. Unf
  3. S01E03Off CapsJune 21, 1973
  4. S01E04Funny, They All Say ThatJune 28, 1973
  5. S01E05The DropJuly 5, 1973
  6. S01E06The PrizeJuly 12, 1973
  7. S01E07Sub SmashJuly 19, 1973
  8. S01E08A Standing And Jumping WarAugust 2, 1973
  9. S01E09Shoresides And HomeAugust 9, 1973

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0210Episodes1974AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01The RaidOctober 15, 1974
  2. S02E02Without Just CauseOctober 22, 1974
  3. S02E03Who Runs Across the SeaOctober 29, 1974
  4. S02E04The Immortal EnemyNovember 5, 1974
  5. S02E05One of Those DaysNovember 12, 1974
  6. S02E06The Man From The SeaNovember 19, 1974
  7. S02E07Nothing To StarboardNovember 26, 1974
  8. S02E08Distant WatersDecember 3, 1974
  9. S02E09Away Seaboat's CrewDecember 10, 1974
  10. S02E10The Echo Of BattleDecember 17, 1974

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0313Episodes1976AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01And Wings of GoldJanuary 6, 1976Pilot Alan Glenn in the new commander of Hero. His first trip is to check out an immobilized Soviet submarine, which as surfaced in the Arct
  2. S03E02What Are Friends For?January 13, 1976When the Hero is asked to intercept a vessel suspected of drug smuggling, Commander Glenn's loyalties are divided.
  3. S03E03Knight ErrantJanuary 20, 1976As Lt. Cmdr Beaumont considers taking unpaid leave for a yachting expedition, the HMS Hero encounters another lone yachtsman who's more expe
  4. S03E04They Also ServeJanuary 27, 1976With the Hero in dock, about to take part in an important naval exercise, Commander Glenn is persuaded to spend the weekend with an old flam
  5. S03E05Under the SurfaceFebruary 3, 1976Hero's continued lack of success in anti-submarine warfare exercises against HM Submarine Ovid rattle Captain Glenn's self-confidence and ca
  6. S03E06Rough Run HomeFebruary 10, 1976A young nautical engineer has developed a new system of rudder stabilisation, and the Hero is chosen to test it.
  7. S03E07All of One CompanyFebruary 17, 1976Regulator Fuller is put in charge of 3D mess in a bid to curb the unruly behavior of AB Grogan and Smith who are picking on Seaman Dorrity.
  8. S03E08Quiet Run AshoreFebruary 24, 1976An officer on board a neighbouring vessel dies in strange but unsuspicious circumstances. Unsuspicious, that is, until the body of an old gi
  9. S03E09Ides of MarkMarch 2, 1976With Commander Glenn now in charge of HMS Hero the ship prepares for a naval inspection. Assisting Rear Admiral Staunton in this task is Mar
  10. S03E10The BuccaneerMarch 9, 1976Commander Glen's brother, Eddie, faces dismissal from the RAF after an unauthorised low flying stunt above a moving vehicle.
  11. S03E11Divert With DispatchMarch 16, 1976A Panamanian luxury yacht has gone missing, along with its millionaire owner and his family. After an RAF Nimrod on reconnaissance spots a s
  12. S03E12Heart Of OakMarch 23, 1976When his wife arrives in port from Glasgow, Fuller doesn't get the nice surprise that the crew suppose. Meanwhile, the Chief Petty Officer,
  13. S03E13First Turn Of The ScrewMarch 30, 1976Following a fire at a MoD scientific station, on an island called North Krona HMS Hero is ordered there. They are to deliver bulk feed items

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0413Episodes1977AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Wind SongJanuary 4, 1977Ex Polaris submarine captain Edward Holt is in command of HMS Hero currently on duty in the Hong Kong area.
  2. S04E02Singapore IncidentJanuary 11, 1977An 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 Her
  3. S04E03Diplomatic PackageJanuary 18, 1977One 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 Bri
  4. S04E04RendezvousJanuary 25, 1977Hero is asked to help the Hong Kong police catch wanted murderer Victor Chelten, a former businessman with mental issues who has escaped by
  5. S04E05The Girl From The SeaFebruary 1, 1977Whilst watching a naval helicopter exercise HMS Hero rescue a Chinese girl from the water. When they return to Hong Kong it is with the assi
  6. S04E06A Matter of HistoryFebruary 8, 1977HMS 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 t
  7. S04E07Counter-ChargeFebruary 15, 1977HMS 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.
  8. S04E08Man In ReserveFebruary 22, 1977HMS Hero's overworked pilot accidentally flies into the RNR manned HMS Rillington's firing exercise. He spends the next exercise on HMS Rill
  9. S04E09Fall From GraceMarch 1, 1977Having returned from an exercise the HMS Hero crew are needled about the state of their ship by Captain Calder.
  10. S04E10Jack Fell DownMarch 8, 1977The new officer on HMS Hero is a Special Duties commission: in this case, a former Petty Officer. He attacks his new role perhaps too vigoro
  11. S04E11Robertson CrusoeMarch 15, 1977Whilst observing a Russian ship, HMS Hero finds and takes aboard an experimental unexploded mine.
  12. S04E12Someone, SomewhereMarch 22, 1977As HMS Hero continues to steam home to Portsmouth, the RAF drop a post package for the crew. For Able Seaman Blane this starts unsettling ru
  13. S04E13Operation Sting-RayMarch 29, 1977After an uprising - in which five British citizens have died - Hero and Bulwark are deployed to Dubarr in order to pick up evacuees. Captain

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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