Series 3 (1977)
The third and final series originally aired on BBC1 between 16 March and 8 June 1977.
Regular cast: Denis Lill as Charles Vaughan (ep.1, 3–9, 11–12), Lucy Fleming as Jenny Richards (ep.1–3, 5–9, 11–12), Ian McCulloch as Greg Preston (ep.2, ep.10), John Abineri as Hubert Goss (ep.1, 3, 5–9, 11–12), Gordon Salkilld as Jack Wood (ep.1, ep.6, ep.10), Lorna Lewis as Pet Simpson (ep.1, 6–7, 10), Anna Pitt as Agnes Carlsson (ep.2–3, 5, 10–11), Edward Underdown as Frank Garner (ep.7–9), William Dysart as Alec Campbell (ep.8–9, 11–12), Robert Gillespie as Sam Mead (ep. 9, 11–12), Stephen Dudley as John Millon (ep.1, ep.6, ep.10), Angie Stevens as Lizzie Willoughby (ep.1, ep.6, ep.10)
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Guest stars | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.01 | "Manhunt" | Peter Jefferies | Terence Dudley | Michael Hawkins (as Colonel Clifford), Anthony Jacobs (as Meidel), Dan Meaden (as Seth), June Brown (as Susan), John Rolfe (as Summers) | 16 March 1977 (1977-03-16) |
| Having received a message from Greg, Charles and Jenny go to his last known location. Arriving there, they find a military-run community which appears hostile. Believing Greg to be held captive, they search for him but are locked up. Jenny escapes and shoots a guard, while Charles learns that it is actually a medical research centre and the military aspect is a facade to ward off looters. They leave with an agreement to trade food for medicines. | |||||
| 3.02 | "A Little Learning" | George Spenton-Foster | Ian McCulloch | Joseph McKenna (as Eagle), Sylvia Coleridge (as Mrs. Butterworth), Sean Caffrey (as Miller), Prentis Hancock (as Mackintosh), John Barrard (as Mr. Oliver) | 23 March 1977 (1977-03-23) |
| Travelling with Agnes, Greg arrives at a community run by children. He discovers they are attacked by a disease which is killing a number of them. He soon discovers that it is caused by the rye bread they are eating, which is infected by a fungus. The leader of the children tells them they got the rye from two travelling traders. Greg gets the traders and the children force them to work for them as penance. Nearby, Jenny is searching for Greg, but misses him. | |||||
| 3.03 | "Law of the Jungle" | Peter Jefferies | Martin Worth | Brian Blessed (as Brod), Barbara Lott (as Edith Walter), Eric Deacon (as Steve Walter), Keith Varnier (as Owen Walter), Cheryl Hall (as Mavis) | 30 March 1977 (1977-03-30) |
| Charles and Hubert catch up with Jenny, who has been travelling for days. They meet up with Agnes and they take shelter at a community which is run by a man named Brod. They discover that many of the community are there against their will due to Brod's bullying tactics. Brod also forces Charles and the others to stay with the promise of protection against the wild dogs which are now outnumbering people. Attempting to leave, Hubert kills Brod, allowing the other people to return to their farm. | |||||
| 3.04 | "Mad Dog" | Tristan DeVere Cole | Don Shaw | Morris Perry (as Fenton), Bernard Kay (as Sanders), Heather Canning (as Ellen), Ralph Arliss (as Jim), Max Faulkner (as Phil), Eric Francis (as Engine Driver) | 6 April 1977 (1977-04-06) |
| Charles meets up with a man who saves him from a pack of wild dogs. He spends the night with him, but soon realises that the man has rabies. After being attacked by him, he is shot by two other men. The men believe Charles also has rabies and try to kill him. Charles escapes on foot. Eventually passing out in an old steam train, Charles wakes to find that the train is operational and a group of people are running it on coal with an eye to setting up a nationwide train service. | |||||
| 3.05 | "Bridgehead" | George Spenton-Foster | Martin Worth | John Ronane (as Bill Sheridan), Hazel McBride (as Alice), Barbara Lott (as Edith Walter), Eric Deacon (as Steve Walter), Keith Varnier (as Owen Walter), Cheryl Hall (as Mavis) | 13 April 1977 (1977-04-13) |
| Charles returns to the farm, which has been re-settled by Brod's former captives. He meets up with Jenny, Agnes and Hubert there. Hubert is helping out with the cows, which he believes to have brucellosis. Charles and Jenny go in search of a nearby vet. On meeting him, Charles learns that there are a number of people dotted around the nearby areas and he is keen to have them all meet once a week to trade their different produce. He arranges a meeting at the train station, which reveals various people to be producing beef, pork, cheese and honey, which they agree to trade with each other. | |||||
| 3.06 | "Reunion" | Terence Dudley | Don Shaw | John Lee (as Philip Hurst), Jean Gilpin (as Janet Millon), George Waring (as Walter) | 20 April 1977 (1977-04-20) |
| Arriving at a nearby house with a sick friend of Hubert's, the woman in residence, Janet is a vet. Charles talks to her and her partner about their lives there, which are very comfortable. Charles decides that their community could move here, where there are more facilities nearby. To her surprise, Jenny discovers that the boy, John they have been looking after is Janet's son. They are reunited for the first time in two years. | |||||
| 3.07 | "The Peacemaker" | George Spenton-Foster | Roger Parkes | Norman Robbins (as Bentley), Heather Emmanuel (as Rutna), Alan Halley (as Henry), Nicolette Roeg (as Blossom), Derek Martin (as Cyril), Paul Seed (as Grant), Brian Conley (as Michael) | 27 April 1977 (1977-04-27) |
| Charles, Jenny and Hubert arrive at a religious settlement, where there is no violence or guns allowed. They stay there for the night and discover they have a fully functional mill, which they allow local people to use in trade. One of the leading men, Frank, asks to go with them as he is fitted with a pacemaker which is coming to the end of its life. They leave in search of an electronics engineer, who is reportedly nearby. | |||||
| 3.08 | "Sparks" | Tristan DeVere Cole | Roger Parkes | John Bennett (as Queenie), Gabrielle Hamilton (as Letty), Linda Polan (as Bet), John White (as Vic) | 4 May 1977 (1977-05-04) |
| In search of the electronics specialist, Alec, the group arrive at his settlement. He is extremely hostile however and claims to have no more interest in his former career. They discover in fact that he is haunted by the memory of his dead wife. They encourage him to face his fears, which brings him to breaking point and he attempts suicide, but is saved by Charles. Coming to his senses, Alec agrees to help and goes with them. | |||||
| 3.09 | "The Enemy" | Peter Jefferies | Roger Parkes | Bryan Pringle (as Leonard Woollen), Frances Tomelty (as Mary-Jean), Joseph Sumner (as The Baby), Martyn Whitby (as Grant) | 11 May 1977 (1977-05-11) |
| The travellers arrive at a large community, which has its own brewery and mine. They stay the night due to Frank's now weakened condition. Charles is unsure of Alec's willingness to work with them and during a night of heavy dinking tries to persuade Jenny to sleep with him. She is furious, but Alec has decided to stay anyway and helps the men work on their generator. Another man, Sam is against the electricity being turned back on and is determined to stop them. With Frank now dead, the others move on but are accompanied by Sam. | |||||
| 3.10 | "The Last Laugh" | Peter Jefferies | Ian McCulloch | George Mallaby (as Mason), Clifton Jones (as Dr. Adams), Roy Boyd (as Tilley) | 18 May 1977 (1977-05-18) |
| On his travels, Greg meets up with a group of people who gain his confidence as he talks about his travels to Norway. They seize his notes however and leave him for dead. On realising they are written in Norwegian, they go to the community to capture Agnes to translate them. Greg makes it to a nearby settlement where he meets a doctor who is dying of smallpox. Greg contracts the disease, but sums up the strength to rescue the community from the bandits as he appears to join them. He says goodbye and informs the community he is dying while moving off with the bandits – intentionally infecting them all. | |||||
| 3.11 | "Long Live the King" | Tristan DeVere Cole | Martin Worth | Roy Marsden (as The Captain), Frank Vincent (as Mitch), Barry Stokes (as Tom Walter), Gabrielle Daye (as Mrs. Hicks), John Comer (as Les Norton) | 1 June 1977 (1977-06-01) |
| Charles gets a message to meet Greg urgently. Arriving at an old army camp, he discovers that credit notes bearing Greg's name are being issued in return for petrol. Agnes tells him that they have a million gallons stored there. Jenny arrives and enquires of Greg's whereabouts. Agnes reveals that he is dead and that they don't have the petrol they claim. The intention however is to set up a Government enforcing proper law and order. Initially reluctant, Charles comes round to the idea after the camp is infiltrated by two bandits and they are locked up rather than just being shot. | |||||
| 3.12 | "Power" | George Spenton-Foster | Martin Worth | Iain Cuthbertson (as McAlister), William Armour (as Davey), Brian Carew (as Hamish), Dorothy Dean (as Mrs. Crombie) | 8 June 1977 (1977-06-08) |
| Travelling to the National Grid in Scotland, Charles, Jenny and Hubert meet up with a local Laird, who tells them that up in the highlands more than 150,000 people have survived the plague, making it the most densely populated part of Britain. Charles informs him that they are there to switch the electricity back on, which Alec and Sam are now working on. At the power station, Alec is making preparations but his work is sabotaged by Sam. The others arrive there to find Alec unconscious, while Sam has disappeared, intent on wrecking the whole system. During a struggle, Sam is killed. About to restore the supply, the Laird argues with Charles that the power belongs to Scotland, but Alec insists that he is the only one able to switch it back on. Coming to an agreement that Alec will control the grid, he switches it on and the whole of Britain regains electricity. |
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