First broadcast 10th December 1976.

Manners reminds Jack that he owes him and charges him to close down production for a week at Buell-Hodge, a small family firm which makes motor car parts and also pays the workers handsomely.

James Bolam ... Jack Ford
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Basil Henson ... Sir Horatio Manners
Catherine Terris ... Miss Laidlaw
Noel O'Connell ... Young Tommy Seaton
David Theakston ... Andy Cranford
Edmund Pegge ... Buell
Richard Kay ... Charlie Beasley
Gordon Griffin ... Francy Nolan