First broadcast 14th June 1973.
HMS Hero are sent on a hush, hush mission to the North African coast to pick up a British asset, codenamed Max, without anybody knowing.
Donald Burton - Commander Mark Nialls
David Savile - Lieutenant Commander Beaumont
Norman Eshley - Lieutenant Last
John Lee - Lieutenant Commander Kiley
Don Henderson - Master at Arms Heron
Christopher Coll - Lieutenant Boswall
James Cosmo - Leading Regulator Fuller
Richard Marner - Trepanov
Peter Miles - Taliah
John Savident - Admiral Norris
Barrie Cookson - C
Donald Hewlett - Rear Admiral Mulliner
MacDonald Hobley - Chief of the Defence Staff
Alec Wallis - Chief Petty Officer Bates
Ian Judge - Pettigrew
Robert Mill - Knox Palmer
Mark Elwes - Naval Liaison Officer
Frank Jarvis - Chief Petty Officer Jones
Leo Dolan - Docker
Leslie Southwick - Archibald
Nadim Sawalha - Arab Pilot
Ahmed Osman - Arab Operator One
Albert Moses - Arab Operator Two
Joanna Royce - Russian Secretary
Hovhannes I. Pilikian - Arab Officer
Pat Gorman - Ops Room Operator