Spearhead

Season 3

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.

Where to Watch Season 3

6 Episodes

Night Games
E1
Night GamesB Company has been sent to Hong Kong, still for the time being part of the British empire. Sgt. Maj. Gilbey is training new recruits while 6 platoon has the inglorious task of hunting down and handing back refugees from China.
Have a Happy Day
E2
Have a Happy Day
Another Happy Day
E3
Another Happy DayThe platoon is still on furlough. Some of the squaddies have been brawling in the local bars and brothels. Mayhoe is encountering racism in the army. Adams's father visits the refugee camps for the Vietnamese boat people. Pickering's love life takes a possibly murky step forward. And Bilinsky is having an affair with a Chinese woman, unaware that some shady characters are watching him.
The Macau Connection
E4
The Macau ConnectionBilinski's love affair with the lady from Macau has left him open to blackmail by the snakeheads who want him to join their people smuggling racket. When a search party is sent to look for him, his interpreter is found murdered but the man himself has disappeared.
Loyalties II
E5
Loyalties II
Futures
E6
FuturesIt's time to go home. There are debts to be paid off, treasured possessions to be left behind, goodbyes to be said. And futures to think about. Can a black man like Mayhoe get promotion in spite of racism in the British army? Will Box's wife let him re-enlist? What of Bilinski, demoted to store duty? Gilbey's retirement plans? For Pickering, there's a final surprise.