Carrick is a dirty British Coaster - a 30-year-old tramp carrying unglamorous cargoes from port to port in the Channel and the North Sea. Her skipper and owner is Rick Waters, once part-time butler to Edward Heath.
George Norman, the mate, looks after the cargoes. The ship could capsize if a cargo shifts at sea. Tom Owen, ex-Royal Navy, struggles with Carrick's dodgy engine as it makes uncertain progress through the mad March days, carrying fertiliser to
Exmouth, grain to Antwerp, and spuds, improbably, to Wisbech.
Narrator Philip Jackson
Director Robin IMRAY
Series Editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF
(First shown on '40 Minutes')