First broadcast 28th June 1973.
PO-Wtr. Willows discovers his wife is ill and needs compassionate leave.
Donald Burton - Commander Mark Nialls
David Savile - Lieutenant Commander Beaumont
Don Henderson - Master at Arms Heron
Graeme Eton - Lieutenant Wakelin
Frederick Jaeger - Spooner
Tony Selby - PO-Wtr. Willows
Kara Wilson - Angela
Billy Hamon - Wtr. Parkins
Sheila Beckett - Mrs. Willows
Leonard Kingston - Erwin