Spearhead

Name: Spearhead
Genre: Drama
Rating: 6
Cast: Stafford Gordon, Roy Holder, Gordon Case, Martin Jacobs, Shaughan Seymour

1978

★★★☆☆ 6.0/10

📺 3 Seasons

🎬 19 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 60 min/episode

Drama

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.

Seasons

Season 1

1978 • 7 Episodes

The Royal Wessex Rangers are on tour in Northern Ireland and are determined to catch a bomber working in the area.

Season 2

1979 • 6 Episodes

The Royals are posted to West Germany and 6 Platoon have been given a new CO. Meanwhile, Colby schemes to get rid of the troublesome Stevens, who reveals one of the (many) reasons for his rage.

Season 3

1981 • 6 Episodes

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.