First broadcast 24th February 1981.

Jack returns to a Gallowshield gripped by mass unemployment and lodges with Sarah and her unpleasant younger brother Harry, who tell him that Matt drowned in a row boat accident.

James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Rosalind Bailey ... Sarah Headley
Bryan Pringle ... Doughty
Neil Daglish ... Harry Lytton
Caroline Hutchison ... Thelma Clark
George A. Cooper ... Tommy Price
Jim Barclay ... Lenny Philips
Joanne Hall ... Housekeeper (as Joane Hall)
Kevin White ... Joe
Derek Storey ... Barman
Art Day ... Trio
Neville Hughes ... Trio
Myrtle Bruce-Mitford ... Trio