When the Boat Comes In. S04 E05. Oh, My Charming Billy Boy.

First broadcast 17th March 1981.

Jack is visited by former schoolmate, teacher Sid Meek, who is in touch with Bill Pierce, Matt's nephew, now a brilliant law student at Oxford and in financial trouble.

James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Rosalind Bailey ... Sarah Headley
Paul Antony-Barber ... Bill Pierce
David Daker ... Sid Meek
Louie Ramsay ... Violet Laurence
Sabina Franklyn ... Imogen Lorrimer
Kevin Stoney ... Mr. Reamer
Angus MacKay ... Bonnington
Maeve Leslie ... Guest at Party
Roy Pattison ... Joe Pierce
Lizzie McKenzie ... Mrs. Pierce
Bobby Pattinson ... Alf Dawson
Vilma Hollingbery ... Mrs. Dawson
Clare Walker ... Annie Dawson