Please Say Goodbye Before You Go: ‘It’ll be dull without you. Peaceful perhaps – but dull.’ ‘I’ll be back … don’t worry.’
This was intended to be the very final episode of the series and so it was until a surprise return four years later.
Cast: James Bolam (Jack Ford), James Garbutt (Bill), John Nightingale (Tom), Edward Wilson (Billy), Malcolm Terris (Matt), Jean Heywood (Bella), Basil Henson (Sir Horatio Manners), Rosalind Bailey (Sarah), Lois Baxter (Lady Caroline), Madelaine Newton (Dolly), Chris Hallam, James Woolley, Joby Blanshard, William Fox, Timothy Carlton, Mary Larkin, Gaye Brown, Robert James, Morgan Sheppard
Writer: / Director: Terence Williams
Original Airdate: 15 Dec 1977 on BBC One
Series: When The Boat Comes In Season 3 Episode 15