About this season
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.
Episodes (9)
1. Hot Pursuit
Aired 7 June 1973 • 50 min
HMS 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 overhaul, she gets a new first lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander Derek 'Porky' Beaumont, and almost immediately afterward a new captain, Commander Mark Nialls. As the two officers work hard to get Hero back into shape, the ship is called on to assist in capturing a gun-running freighter.
2. Nobody Said Frigate
Aired 14 June 1973 • 50 min
HMS 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. Unfortunately if the mission goes wrong Captain Niles is on his own.
3. Off Caps
Aired 21 June 1973
4. Funny, They All Say That
Aired 28 June 1973
5. The Drop
Aired 5 July 1973
6. The Prize
Aired 12 July 1973
7. Sub Smash
Aired 19 July 1973
8. A Standing And Jumping War
Aired 2 August 1973
9. Shoresides And Home
Aired 9 August 1973