Publisher's Synopsis
All the episodes from the first series of the classic BBC drama which follows the adventures of Sgt Jack Ford (James Bolam) when he returns from World War One to the poverty of his Tyneside home. The episodes included are: 'A Land Fit For Heroes and Idiots', 'Say Hello ... Say Tirra', 'Fish in Woolly Jumpers', 'Swords and Pick Handles', 'Cold Comfort', 'Empire Day on the Slag Heap', 'A First Time For Everything', 'Paddy Boyle's Discharge', 'Angel on Horseback', 'King for a Day', 'Happy New Year - Some Say', 'Heads You Win - Tails I Lose', and 'Kind-Hearted Rat With a Lifebelt'.