Spearhead Jackal (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Drama

Spearhead

Jackal (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Drama

The Royals are back on duty in Northern Ireland and frustrated at having to treat the hostile local youth with kid gloves, especially since one of them may be helping a sniper.

Director

Derek Martinus

Writers

Nick McCarty (written by) (Spearhead format by) | Simon Theobalds (from an idea by)

Producer

James Ormerod

Editor

Stephan Ray (as Stephen Ray)

Production Designers

John Dilly | John Shergold

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 8, 1978

Release date

Aug 8, 1978 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Billington Colour Sgt. Jackson Colour Sgt. Jackson See fewer	UFO (1970)
Stafford Gordon Company Sgt. Major Gilby Company Sgt. Major Gilby See fewer	Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
Roy Holder Sgt. Bilinski Sgt. Bilinski See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Gordon Case Private Mayhoe Private Mayhoe See fewer	The Day of the Triffids (1981)
George Sweeney Private Twiss Private Twiss See fewer	Revolver (2005)
Charles Cork Private Gadd Private Gadd See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Lawrence Davidson Major Taylor Major Taylor See fewer	Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Brian Anthony Captain Simmons Captain Simmons See fewer	The Taste (I) (2013)
Robin Davies Corporal Box Corporal Box See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Kevin Lloyd Sergeant Sergeant See fewer	Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Oengus MacNamara Chapman (as Oengus Macnamara) Chapman (as Oengus Macnamara) See fewer	The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Joseph Reynolds Boy Boy See fewer	Spearhead (1978)