Spearhead

Season 2

Spearhead is a British television series. Produced by Southern Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of three series and 19 episodes from 1978 to 1981. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment. Set during the late 1970s, the series is regarded as an accurate depiction of life during that time for soldiers in the army.

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6 Episodes

New Brooms
E1
New BroomsThe Royals have been posted to West Germany and 6 platoon have been given a new C.O. Meanwhile Sgt. Maj. Colby is scheming to get rid of the troublesome Pvte. Stevens, who finally reveals one of the reasons for his rage.
Matrimony
E2
MatrimonyThe strains in Corporal Box's marriage lead him to make a blunder during tank exercises that angers the Germans. His wife is lonely, homesick and harbouring a secret. And Pvte. Gadd's stag party (he's getting married in the morning) turns rancourous.
Pressures
E3
PressuresPvte Twiss and Sgt. Maj. Gilbey are both thinking about promotion. Sgt. Bilinsky wants to marry Helga, but she's an escapee from communist East Germany and Army Intelligence thinks she may be a spy.
Leave Takers
E4
Leave TakersPvte Adams's father is visiting from England. Tensions are still high between the two, but a visit to the museum of Belsen concentration camp has a surprising effect. Pvte Stevens, permanently angry and deeply unpopular, receives some devastating news.
Repercussions
E5
RepercussionsLt. Pickering causes a serious incident on the heavily defended border between East and West Germany, forcing the men of 6 platoon to weigh up the conflicting demands of humanity, group loyalty and military discipline.
Waiting Games
E6
Waiting GamesThe men of 6 platoon are back on duty in Northern Ireland. During a night-time surveillance operation they are ambushed and Cpl. Twiss goes missing presumed captured. Enquiries among the locals are met with bitter and mutual hostility. Then a telephone call comes through.