First broadcast 21st January 1977.
The local Labour party ask Jack to speak on behalf of their candidate Geordie Watson, a good man but a less impassioned orator than Jack, at the up-coming elections.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Catherine Terris ... Miss Laidlaw
Rosalind Bailey ... Sarah Lytton
Ian Cullen ... Geordie Watson
Roger Avon ... Stan Liddell
Lizzie McKenzie ... Mrs. Thoburn
Brian Appleton ... Jimmy Thoburn
Cilla Mason ... Mrs. Burns
Alan Fox ... Mr. Purdie