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  E1Night Games

  Jul 30, 1981· 60m

  B Company has been sent to Hong Kong, still for the time being part of the British empire. Gilbey trains new recruits while 6 Platoon has the inglourious task of hunting down and handing back refugees from China.

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  E2Have a Happy Day

  Aug 6, 1981· 60m
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  E3Another Happy Day

  Aug 13, 1981· 60m

  The platoon is still on furlough. Some of the squaddies have been brawling in the local bars and brothels. Mayhoe encounters 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 Bilinski is having an affair with a Chinese woman, unaware that some shady characters are watching him.

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  E4The Macau Connection

  Aug 20, 1981· 60m

  Bilinski's love affair with the lady from Macau has left him open to blackmail by the snakeheads, who want him to join their trafficking racket. When a search party is sent, his interpreter is found murdered but the man himself has disappeared.

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  E5Loyalties

  Aug 27, 1981· 60m

  Bilinski is under investigation for possible complicity in people smuggling for the snakeheads in return for dubious favours received. Box is furious: he should have been going home to England, but he has to replace Bilinski in charge of 6 Platoon, itself festering with resentment.

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  E6FuturesFinale

  Sep 3, 1981· 60m

  It's time to go home. There are debts to be paid, 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.

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  E1Suspect

  Jul 18, 1978· 60m

  The Royal Wessex Rangers are on tour in Northern Ireland and are determined to catch a bomber working in the area.

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  E2Leave

  Jul 25, 1978· 60m

  Given a fortnight furlough, the men of the Royal Wessex brag to one another what a great time they're going to have. But the reality is very different.

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  E3Loyalties

  Aug 1, 1978· 60m

  The platoon return home under the temporary command of an NCO. One of his men has gone AWOL after beating up a soldier from another platoon during exercises and he has to show his superiors he can handle it in true military fashion.

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  E4Jackal

  Aug 8, 1978· 60m

  Back on duty in Northern Ireland, the Royals frustrated at having to treat the hostile local youth with kid gloves, especially since one among them may be helping a sniper.

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  E5Both Ends Against the Middle

  Aug 15, 1974· 60m

  For assaulting a fellow soldier and going AWOL, Adams must now face a court-martial. If he pleads not guilty, as he intends, he will drag some comrades down with him. Can he be persuaded to change his mind?

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  E6Thieves in the Night

  Aug 22, 1978· 60m

  A soldier with a rebellious streak and a drinking problem is posted to the Royals for one last chance to prove himself. Shortly after his arrival, the barracks are hit by a spate of thefts.

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  E7Truth GamesFinale

  Aug 29, 1978· 60m

  With Adams back from military prison and belligerent newcomer Stephens now apparently an accepted part of the squad, Platoon 6 heads off to the Welsh mountains on exercises. But an unreformed Stephens stirs up antagonisms and threatens the team's unity.