First broadcast 4th October 1980.

After the death of their son William Morton, the diplomat Laurie Morton and her husband, the scientist Terence Morton adopt a boy, James.

Barbara Kellerman ... Laurie Morton
Gary Bond ... Terence Morton
Norman Beaton ... Mr. Ngenko
Tariq Yunus ... Charles Austin
Matthew Blakstad ... James
Christopher Reilly ... William
Daphne Anderson ... Matron
Michael Hughes ... Mechanic
Anna Simone Scott ... Nurse
Geoffrey Beevers ... Gravedigger