Series 4
13 episodes · Jan 3, 1977
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- S4E1
Wind Song
Jan 4, 1977Ex Polaris submarine captain Edward Holt is in command of HMS Hero currently on duty in the Hong Kong area.
- S4E2
Singapore Incident
Jan 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 Hero are ordered to investigate.
- S4E3
Diplomatic Package
Jan 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 British presence, HMS Hero drops anchor in the port and Captain Holt and his crew practice their diplomacy ashore.
- S4E4
Rendezvous
Jan 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 boat.
- S4E5
The Girl From The Sea
Feb 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 assistance of the police that the mystery starts to unravel.
- S4E6
A Matter of History
Feb 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 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.
- S4E7
Counter-Charge
Feb 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.
- S4E8
Man In Reserve
Feb 22, 1977HMS 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.
- S4E9
Fall From Grace
Mar 1, 1977Having returned from an exercise the HMS Hero crew are needled about the state of their ship by Captain Calder.
- S4E10
Jack Fell Down
Mar 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 vigorously and this is not helped by being unable to mix well and so learn from the other officers.
- S4E11
Robertson Crusoe
Mar 15, 1977Whilst observing a Russian ship, HMS Hero finds and takes aboard an experimental unexploded mine.
- S4E12
Someone, Somewhere
Mar 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 rumours as to the state of his marriage back in his home village.
- S4E13
Operation Sting-Ray
Mar 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 Holt's girlfriend, journalist Zoe Carter, is one of the people trapped in the country.